Today at Olympia
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The Olympia High School track teams competed this past Saturday at the U of I indoor track at the Rantoul Invite. Both teams came away with some exciting results, sparking dreams of many good things to come! Some of the top performances included:
Evan Petri- 12:00.31 in the 3200 m run (29 second all-time PR)
Keagan Uphoff- 5th place in the 60 m hurdles (tied his PR at 8.79 sec.)
Cohen Alexander, Blake Youngren, Corbin Rios, and Chase Ragar had a 2 second PR in the 4x200 m relay with a time of 1:40.48
Cohen Alexander, TJ Gellner, Keagan Uphoff, and Blake Youngren- 4th place in the 4x400 m relay with a time of 3:43.68
Great work guys, keep up the good work! Come see the guys compete at Wesleyan’s Shirk Center this Thursday, starting at 4:00!
Opening Day for baseball and softball.
This is a tax swap, which means the tax rate will remain the same at $5.50 if the referendum passes or fails.
If the questions fail, the district won’t be able to use funds in the most efficient way. The tax rate will be the same because the district will need to take out new working cash bonds and continue to use variable rate funds to cover operating expenses.
Learn more about the March 19 referendum at www.olympia.org/referendum
#MaintainRetainInnovate #TaxSwap #VoteMarch19
It was a long day at the Armory in Champaign for the girls track team yesterday. The Rantoul invitational brought in some good competition. The girls team finished 13th out of 26 teams. Several girls shaved off time from our first meet. It's going to be a great season!
Spartan Nation is so thankful for our School Social Workers - this week and every other week during the school year. The support they provide to our students and staff is amazing!
The boys’ track team had a great season opener today at the ISU Horton Fieldhouse. Top highlights include sophomore Evan Petri with an all time PR in the 1600 m run (5:39.62), junior Cohen Alexander took 7th place in both the 60 m (7.34) & 200 m (24.67) dash, and senior Keagan Uphoff placed 3rd in the 60 m high hurdles.
First indoor meet for the Olympia girls track team.
For those who could not attend our Virtual Information Session on February 29, you can view the meeting in full by visiting: https://www.youtube.com/live/w3a-92joeFY?si=g3qC8BcHQ2SaAMKb
#MaintainRetainInnovate #TaxSwap #VoteMarch19
Both IEPs and 504 plans support students with learning challenges, but how are they different? What plan is right for my student? Join us for a 30-minute message and learn how these plans might support your student. Register today! https://t.e2ma.net/click/mjrzli/6iwimkp/6u1eg3
Our brains are great at using past experiences to make quick decisions on the fly, but these shortcuts can also lead to bias. "Confirmation bias" is our brain's tendency to seek out information that confirms things we already think we know. Help your students learn to recognize this when they encounter news online, as a way to examine competing opinions and ideas and to avoid drawing questionable conclusions.
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.
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!
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.
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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.
The Olympia Baseball store has been extended to Friday at 8am.
https://orders.minervapromotions.com/olympia_hs_baseball/shop/home
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!
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
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?
