Baseball players: plan on being outside for practice at 3:30 on Monday. Make sure you have inside and outside practice clothes with you all week. Make sure to get registered and have physical stuff turned into the office by Monday.
about 1 month ago, Olympia Baseball
Mrs. Jennings (OWE 4th Grade) and Mr. Keith (Bus Driver) were the recipients of the last Fresh Cookie Friday celebration. Congratulations to these two staff members!
about 1 month ago, LAURA O'DONNELL
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Referendum Fast Fact #3: If question 2 (Education Fund) passes, it would reduce the deficit, provide more competitive salaries for teachers and staff and allow for the addition of important programs throughout the district. Download a full-page Fast Facts sheet and learn more at: www.olympia.org/referendum #MaintainRetainInnovate #TaxSwap #VoteMarch19 #FastFacts
about 1 month ago, Sean Mullins
Question 2
Reminders: No baseball open gym tonight (Thursday, Feb 22) Season starts Monday. (Feb 26) Make sure players are registered on 8to18 and have a current physical turned into the office. More info for Monday will be posted soon.
about 1 month ago, Olympia Baseball
Family Tip Sheet: bit.ly/OlyNMFR2 Wikipedia.org is where millions of people stop first for information. Tools like it are what make the internet so valuable. But they also teach an important lesson, one you can start teaching your kids now: don’t believe everything you read.
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Wikipedia
The Olympia Baseball store has been extended to Friday at 8am. https://orders.minervapromotions.com/olympia_hs_baseball/shop/home
about 1 month ago, Olympia Baseball
Check out this list of trustworthy resources to help you learn what's true (and what is not!) on the web. You can even use one of them to look back in time and what was on a website in the past!
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Fearless Fact Finding
Reminders: Baseball open gym will be Tuesday, Feb 20th at 5:45 in the HS gym. Also, baseball team store closes at 8:00am on Wednesday, all orders will need to be placed before that time. https://orders.minervapromotions.com/olympia_hs_baseball/shop/home
about 1 month ago, Olympia Baseball
Referendum Fast Fact #2: If question 1 (O + M Fund) passes, it would fund important maintenance and repairs which could in turn prevent future costly repairs. Download a full-page Fast Facts sheet and learn more at: www.olympia.org/referendum #VoteMarch19 #FastFacts
about 1 month ago, Sean Mullins
Question 1
Show your children how you get news and information from different places, and explain how you make your choices. Use words like "credible," "trustworthy," "respected," and "fair." Ask them where they get their information, and if they think about those same words when choosing. As kids get older, introduce the ideas of bias, satire, and clickbait. Is generative AI, like ChatGPT, a trustworthy site for news and information?
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Fake news tip 5
Amazing weekend for our Olympia Spartan Wrestlers! Congratulations to Bentley Wise - state champion 150 pounds Dylan Eimer - 4th place 113 pounds Nolen Yeary - 6th place 215 pounds Kelton Graden - state qualifier We're proud of all of your hard work!
about 1 month ago, Josh Collins
Referendum Fast Fact #1: The tax swap is needed to address outside factors that have led to a $1.5 million deficit in the education fund: - State funding has decreased - Cost of goods and services has increased - Cost of salaries and benefits has increased - The education rate has not changed since 2007 Download a full-page Fast Facts sheet and learn more at: www.olympia.org/referendum #MaintainRetainInnovate #TaxSwap #VoteMarch19 #FastFacts
about 1 month ago, Sean Mullins
Deficit
If a picture's worth a thousand words, do the words always tell a true story? One way to find out is through a reverse image search. Search with an image instead of a keyword and see what you discover!
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Reverse Image Search
Congratulations to our 'Fresh Cookie Friday' recipients - Donna Anderson (ONE Cafeteria) and Brent Shedd (OMS Math). We appreciate you!
about 1 month ago, LAURA O'DONNELL
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Talk through the kind of content you and your tween or teen pass along to friends online. What types of things do you like to share? Do you always check to make sure something is true before you share it? How do emotions factor into your decisions to share things? Have you ever shared something and later found out it wasn't true?
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Fake news tip 4
Play around with ideas, deciding which are facts and which are opinions. Ask: How tall are you? What's the best food in the world? Do you like dogs? Point out that both facts and opinions show up in the news, but opinion is usually labeled.
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Fake news tip 4
The Olympia baseball store will be open now through next Wednesday, February 21st. Follow the link to gear up for the upcoming season! https://orders.minervapromotions.com/olympia_hs_baseball/shop/home
about 1 month ago, Olympia Baseball
The Seniors named as Illinois State Scholars were recognized at the Board of Education meeting this month. Students are identified for this honor as a result of SAT scores and high school coursework / GPA. Congratulations to these students and those that couldn't be at the meeting! We are so proud of you!
about 1 month ago, LAURA O'DONNELL
State Scholars
Video: bit.ly/OlyNMV1 Family Activity: Decoding Images. bit.ly/OlyNMFR1 Kids find and read news in lots of different ways. But studies show they're not very good at interpreting what they see. How can we help them get better? Teaching your children about the structure of online news articles is an important place to start.
about 1 month ago, EdTech@Oly
Reading News Online
The Olympia Board of Education approved naming the OHMS baseball field the 'Ron Smith Field'. The District is working with OPBA to plan a dedication on OPBA Day - April 6th. Thank you Coach for the positive impact you have had on so many student athletes!
about 1 month ago, LAURA O'DONNELL
Coach
Coach Smith