Big Day for the Spartans. Good Luck to the high school Cross County runners at the Sectional meet in Elmwood. The girls will run at 10:00am and the boys will run at 11:00am. Good Luck to the Football team in the 1st Round Playoff game at Benton High School at 3:00pm today.
OMS had their first schoolwide PBIS celebration today! PBIS is a skill-building approach that strengthens the foundation of social skills for all students. For the month of October, our focus was on developing positive student relationships. To celebrate their work, students got to participate in a game of kickball against the staff along with other fun activities!
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Other than straight-up cyberbullying, what are some other reasons our kids might be bummed by others' online behavior? Read more about ghosting, subtweeting, griefing (plus more), and learn some simple tips on how to handle these situations.
Football Playoff t-shirt and hoodie orders can be picked up outside the high school office until 4:00pm today or in the high school office tomorrow.
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Chatting online can feel just like talking to someone in person, but it's actually quite different. It's all because of something called the "online disinhibition effect," which makes us more likely to share/communicate differently than if in person.
Mark your calendar for Thursday, November 17, 2022! The annual Community Claus Spaghetti Dinner is coming back to St. John's Fellowship Hall. The spaghetti meal will be dine in or carry out. Please use the link below to reserve your meal as this will help with meal preparations.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0944AAA722A02-community3
OHS students are learning to weld (or practicing) with this virtual reality welding machine. Amazing technology that our kids have access to due to the machine being shared with Oly for the semester.
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The Olympia High School National Honor Society is hosting its annual Halloween Carnival on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 1-3 pm at the high school. The carnival features games, hayrack rides, crafts, a petting zoo, a bake sale, face painting and a haunted house. Cost is $5 per child, age 3+. All proceeds will benefit Toys for Tots.
Each year we have an expert teacher panel comprised of Olympia teachers from all five buildings in our district come to our New Teacher Academy to answer questions around teaching and learning. These conversations and partnerships are instrumental in supporting our new teachers here in Spartan Nation. Thank you to all who attended tonight!
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There are A LOT of "social media" sites out there. You know about Twitter & Facebook, but what about Reddit, TikTok, Snapchat, or Discord? Educate yourself with these "Parent's Ultimate Guides" from Common Sense media!
Due to extenuating circumstances, the performances of the high school fall play have been cancelled.
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For kids, miscommunication is a common occurrence online and on social media. Plus, being behind a screen makes it easier to say things they wouldn't say in person. So how do we help kids avoid the pitfalls of digital drama? Hear it from the source!
North families, we still have opening for the screening this Thursday. Contact Michelle for details. 708-689-3175
Only a few hours left to order your football playoff t-shirts. Deadline is 2:00pm.
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The Olympia Spartans will travel to Benton for their first round playoff game on Saturday October 29th. Kickoff is 3:00pm.
The Spartans will play Benton in the IHSA Class 3A Playoffs. Date and time of the game will be announced as soon as details are finalized. Don't forget to order your playoff t-shirts.
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The Spartans were met with a beautiful day and a tremendous course to race on Saturday morning. Our teams were set to qualify for Sectionals and both sides accomplished that task.
The Spartan ladies kicked off the running success by giving #2 State-ranked Eureka a great competition. We were only 12 points off with 57 to Eureka’s 45. Amelia Kistner made a sensational turnaround from last season running on the same course. She was 2 minutes faster than last year while running 18:48 and earning a 4th place medal! Emma Swartzendruber, new to postseason racing, finished second for our squad in 19:15! Our scorers were rounded out by Anna Bieber, Chrystal Cornwell, and Abby Litwiller (19:39, 20:03, and 20:24). Cam Lawson ran closely to our top 5 with a time of 20:40, and Rachel Andris followed in 22:41.
The boys’ side outperformed rankings while finishing 4th behind a strong U-High squad, Eureka, and El Paso-Gridley. We narrowly beat Heyworth by 3 points (173-176). The Spartans were a tale of two tight packs with one strong center piece in their race Saturday. Logan Demling, Cooper Phillips, and Caden Clark were within 18 seconds of one another (16:31, 16:35, and 16:49). C.J. Moore was the glue that stuck the packs together with a time of 17:36. Our second pack saw Logan Farquhar move well, leading Jacob Lawless and Evan Petri to a 54 second split between the 3 runners (18:48, 19:27, 19:42).
Spartans XC is back to racing on Wednesday for our JV runners at Maxwell Park in Normal and at Sectionals in Elmwood on Saturday morning.
The Spartans pick up win number five with a 47 to 6 win over Petersburg PORTA on Homecoming. They are now playoff eligible. Congratulations to the players and coaches and Good Luck in the PLAYOFFS !!!!!!
First Oly football tailgate and we had a great turnout. We plan to offer a football tailgate package for those interested next year. Thanks to those that participated in this event!
