All after school events at Olympia CUSD 16 have been cancelled for this evening due the the fire at the OHMS campus.
There is an active fire at the middle school / high school campus. All students and staff are safe.
Do not come to the OHMS campus as this will interfere with the evacuation process.
High school students who can drive will be sent home. All other high school and middle school students are being evacuated to our designated evacuation zone at Minier Christian Church. Pickup will occur there. More information regarding the timeline for pickup will be shared soon.
Due to buses needed for the evacuation, elementary buses will run their afternoon routes but they will not be on time. Parents can pick up their elementary students from school, but first need to call their child's school office.
We will continue to share details as soon as we can.
Olympia CUSD 16: There is an active fire at the middle school/high school campus. All students and staff are evacuated and safe. Please do not come to OHMS to pick up your student at this time. High school students that drove will be released to go home and all other students will be evacuated to the Minier Christian Church. Students can be picked up at the church. Due to altered bus routes, elementary buses will not run their afternoon routes on time. Parents can pick up their elementary students from school but should call the school first.
Two school records go down this morning. Congratulations to Sarah Cross who broke our school record in the squat with a lift of 295 lbs, and to Blaine Halley who broke our school record in the bench press with a lift of 380 lbs!!!
Olympia would like to welcome Jon Rask as our new Head Volleyball coach. Jon brings more than 15 years of experience with him, most recently at Central Illinois Elite in Peoria. There will be a player/parent meeting on April 15th at 11:00am in the OHS cafeteria.
The weather was amazing for this triangular meet in Lincoln. We had a lot of fun with entries and getting girls in events they don't usually run. The distance girls has a friendly competition during their 1600 meter race.
Varsity softball falls at St. Joseph losing 2-0. JV won 7-4.
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Olympia girls track team had an awesome day at the Metamora invite on Saturday. The weather was perfect and some of the girls were able to bring home some Pr's. The Oly girls team finished 7th out of the 13 teams. They have a lot to be proud of!
Here are some highlights of what these girls did:
Anna Bieber came in 4th in the 800 with a time of 2:27
Chrystal Cornwell came in 7th in the 1600 meter run setting a PR for this season of 5:53
Cam Lawson set another PR this season in the 1600 with a time of 5:54
Melissa Bieber came in 1st in the 300m hurdles with a time of 50.39
4x100 varsity team: Palmer Scheets, Melissa Bieber, Grace Whiteside and Mallory Miller came in 5th with a time of 53.66
4x800 varsity team: Anna Bieber, Chrystal Cornwell, Abby Litwiller and Emma Swartzendruber came in 4th with a time of 10:39
We still have so much season left, these girls are determined at hitting their goals. Next meet is Tuesday at Lincoln high school!
The OHS boys track team competed at the 13-team Metamora Invite today. The team racked up 32 personal records throughout the day and top finishers included:
Nolen Yeary(5th in shot put with an all-time best toss of 45' 9")
Reygan Sitton(6th in 100 m dash at 11.59)
Keagan Uphoff(3rd in 110 hurdles at 16.33 & 2nd in high jump at 6' 2")
Cooper Phillips, CJ Moore, Wyatt Reinhart, & Evan Petri were 4th place in the JV 3200 m relay.
Logan Demling, Caden Clark, Jacob Lawless, & Logan Farquhar we're 6th in the varsity 3200 m relay.
Congratulations guys! The Spartans will be back in action next Tuesday at Lincoln.
Varsity softball with a 11-0 victory over Rochester in 5 innings. Multi-hit game for Kat Springer, Jordyn Turner, Danika Frazier, Shelby Finchum and Lydia Rutledge. Lydia with 4 RBIs. Danika with a 2-hit shutout, improving to 7—1.
Varsity Softball with a 22-0 4-inning win over New Berlin to move to 2-0 in conference play and 6-1 overall. JV won 15-0.
Thank you to all our Spartan Paraprofessionals that work tirelessly for our students. We could not survive without you!
The JV Baseball game scheduled for today April 5th at Olympia vs. Normal West has been cancelled.
Olympia Varsity Softball defeated Pleasant Plains 15-0 in 4 innings.
On Saturday at U of I, Dakota Birky won gold medals in the 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and 25 medley relay at the Special Olympics swim meet! #SpartanProud #SpecialOlympics #SOAR
The JV baseball game scheduled for today at Olympia vs STM has been cancelled
The varsity and JV girls soccer games scheduled for today vs Canton have been cancelled.
Varsity Softball defeated Tremont 3-0. Multi-hit game for Kat Springer, Jordyn Turner, Danika Frazier and Shelby Finchum with Danika tossing a no-hitter. Spartans improve to 4-1. JV girls won 4-0.
Congrats to Keagan Uphoff for earning a 7th place medal in the high jump (6' 1.5") at the IL Top Times Indoor Meet at Wesleyan today!Keagan qualified in the high jump and the 60 m hurdles, where they invite the top 12 and 24 athletes in the state, respectively.
