On May 14th from 9 am to 12 pm the Olympia High School Student Council will be holding our first-ever Color Walk. Proceeds from the walk will benefit a foreign exchange fund for next year’s foreign exchange students at Olympia. The Color Walk will begin at the new southeast parking lot. Be sure to wear white! Register through this link: https://bit.ly/396fVKf. Find your pledge form at this link: https://bit.ly/3PazRfy.
Details ------- In their first year, Olympia Anglers win the Sectional. Josh Boots and Brantson Komnick lead the team to a sectional victory with a weight of 13.68 lbs and the tournament big bass of 6.82 lbs, caught by Josh Boots . Their teammates Aiden Fosdick and Blaine Halley respectfully made the decision to keep Josh and Brantson in the boat all day, knowing that they were doing well and had a chance to take our whole team to state. We are very proud of Aiden and Blaine's decision. Aiden and Blaine will be traveling to state with Josh and Brantson. We are equally as proud of our number 2 boat of Nick Siebert, Jackson Long, Jason Boots and Brandon Wood. They battled the rain also and weighed 4 fish for 4 lbs and never gave up. A Special thanks to Carter Lynch for showing up to support his team. It doesnt matter who caught the fish or who didnt. We are all one big family and we will compete at the state championship at Carlyle lake as one big family. Thanks to all who made this possible. Ken Petersen, Scott Boots, Ryan Komnick, BJ Long, Andrew Green, Bill Hopkins, Brett Goodman, Amy Siebert and Stacey Boots.
Varsity baseball vs. Pleasant Plains and HS Girls track at Clifton Central are both cancelled for today.
Thank You School Lunch Heroes!
Today we recognize the amazing School Lunch Heroes of who hustle every day to feed our students tasty, breakfast and lunch meals. It takes creativity, skill, and passion for feeding kids to do what you guys do - and you guys rock at it!
Congratulations to the Olympia Anglers for winning the IHSA Bass Fishing Sectional at Lake Evergreen today.
Freshmen Baseball at Washington is cancelled - no make up.. Varsity and JV Softball vs. Prairie Central is postponed to Monday May 9th. Varsity baseball vs. Prairie Central is postponed to Friday May 13th. JV baseball vs. Prairie Central is cancelled with no make up date.
Signing up for accounts on the web can be as simple as clicking one button. But if that website or service does not have a written data privacy agreement with Olympia, you may be giving away your personal information with a single click! Parents, talk to your kids about where they have created accounts. Remind them that the Student Acceptable Use Policy for Olympia states that they will not create an account with their district email address unless directed to do so by a teacher. By working together as a community we can drastically reduce the amount of data that we unnecessarily share with companies who look to sell that data to advertisers. #StrongerTogether
See more at https://www.olympia.org/page/student-data-privacy
OMS had the opportunity to team up with OHS for our first annual “The Great Spartan Changeover: 8th Grade Transition Day''. The 8th graders visited OHS classrooms, played a Kahoot where they got to know OHS Teachers/Staff, competed in a scavenger hunt, participated in an activity with OHS student leaders, learned about how they can experience success in high school, and went on a tour of the school. Thank you to everyone who helped make this transition experience meaningful for our students!
OHS Soccer WINS 4-1 over Decatur Lutheran on Senior Night honoring our exchange students Kaat Biskanter, Lea Gersdorf, and Sofia del Val.
Raquel Birky earns a hat trick. Brooke Rogers also finds the net. Assists by Tarah Hilt, Grace Birkey, Kensie Kleinschmidt, and Andi Ewalt.
Thank you to all the Junior High players who came out to scrimmage with us after the match!
The OHS boys track team had a great meet at the Eureka Invitational last Friday night. The Spartans finished 3rd place in the 14-team meet, scoring 79 points(only 8 points behind 1st place). Unfortunately, the meet was canceled due to lightning with 2 events remaining and Olympia was seeded to win one of them and to place in the top two in the other. Those points could have pushed the Spartans into 1st place. Nonetheless, it was a great team effort with many athletes performing big season-bests and 13 placers in 16 events. Top individuals were Keagan Uphoff (2nd in the 110 hurdles in a season-best 17.28 and 1st in the 300 hurdles at 42.92), Reygan Sitton (1st in the 100 in 11.69), Owen Dare (3rd in the 800 in a season-best 1:59.27), Brad Schardan (1st in the 400 in a season-best 51.72), Cooper Phillips (3rd in the 300 hurdles in 46.97), Logan Demling (4th in the 1600 in a season-best 4:51.08), Chase Ragar (4th in the triple jump at 37’ 11.5”), Skyler Biggs (4th in the shot put at 42’ 9”), and Chase Litwiller (1st in the high jump at 6’ 3”). Oly’s top relay finish was in the 3200 meter relay where they took 3rd place(Anthony Ragland, Logan Demling, Caden Clark, and Cooper Phillips).
Rewarding Relationships
Video Link: bit.ly/olyRCv2
"It's complicated" can describe many of our relationships with others, both romantic and otherwise. Add digital devices and social media to the mix, and things get complicated even further. Help students take the first step toward building healthy and rewarding friendships and romantic relationships, both online and off.
Students listen to other teens' thoughts and feelings about having and maintaining boundaries in friendships online, in a world of being constantly connected.
Washington DC 2022
Parents and kids going to DC, we are going to have an informational meeting. If you can't make it that's ok. Just let Ms Williams know so she can get you the information.
When: May 10th 6:00 PM
Where: OMS Cafeteria
Varsity softball over Rantoul 17 - 0. JV softball over Rantoul 7 - 0
JV baseball picks up a road win over Tremont. 10 - 4
The Olympia Transition Program had 4 chicks hatch this morning! We are thankful for the opportunity from McLean County’s Chick it Out program at U of I.
Olympia Senior Scholarships - Deadlines rapidly approaching!
Develop Their Instincts
Help kids learn to trust their guts so they can suss out creepy, risky, or otherwise unsafe online situations. Playact a few scenarios: What if someone asks to take a conversation private? What if someone asks for your phone number? What if someone invites you to a private chat room? Be aware that some kids (even "good" kids) will explore iffy stuff online out of curiosity. But the minute they feel uncomfortable, they need to shut things down.
Congratulations to Ryan Small on his 3rd place win in the category of Digital Computer-Aided Art at the 2022 Illini Prairie Conference Fine Art Show!
Class of 2022 -- Olympia Scholarship Deadlines are Approaching!
All application criteria and applications can be found in Naviance. Submit your application today!
It is not too late to sign up for OHS Dance Team Tryouts next week! Email Coach Emily Weyl at emily.weyl@olympia.org for the information packet and instructions on how to register. We hope to see you there!
