Olympia Middle School

Representatives from each advisory are using their geography skills to locate 24 world cities using coordinates in the Absolute Location Quest. Who will conquer this challenge th...

Order in the court! 7th grade students in Mrs. Hembra's Mock Trial Power Hour wrapped up their course by participating in mock trials yesterday afternoon. Students broke into tw...

Students in 8th Grade STEM 1 Power Hour have been hard at work building model rockets. Today they prepped their rockets for launch and we took them out with the expectation of get...

7th grade students revisit most of the skills we've covered in English I and II this year with their exploration of The Hero's Journey, an introduction to archetypes in literature...

Over the last several weeks, students in Mrs. Hembra's English I and II classes have been exploring the concept of the hero's journey through various forms of text. Students were...

Mrs. Swartz's 8th Grade Science students are finishing the year strong with units on cells and heredity. Carter, Drew, and Anthony (above) are in the process of extracting DNA fro...

The OMS Fellowship of Christian Athletes celebrated the end of the year today with devotions, prayer, food and games. The FCA’s mission is “To lead every coach and athlete into a g...

Throughout this week the OMS Staff has been celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week. We would like to thank all of the parents that have been helping us with all of the food that h...

The 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Bands put on a magnificent performance on Tuesday May 8th at their Spring Concert. All three bands combined classical music with contemporary pieces to ...

As their community service project for the year, Mrs. Hembra's Advisory decided to create a mural to display the Spartan Skills for all who walk the halls of OMS. The mural is qu...

We would like to congratulate Maggie, Luke, Mckenzie, and Austin for being named Spartan of the Week by their respective teachers. Way to go Spartans!! #OlySpartanPride

Earlier in the semester, Mrs. Mehl's class was invited by random classroom selection, from a middle school in Minnesota to join the Great Mail Race! By participating in the Race,...

School Kits order forms were sent home with students last week and the order forms are due back on May 18th. By ordering through School Kits, all supplies will be delivered to yo...

On Thursday, May 3rd, the Olympia Middle School staff celebrated its May 2018 Illinois State University graduates. Miss Melody Haigh has been a student teacher in the sixth grade...

8th Graders successfully completed various community service projects at Miller Park Zoo before spending some time exploring the exhibits. Using the information from their experie...

OMS students began their first day of FitnessGram assessments today with the 20 meter pacer. The students are challenged over their aerobic capacity, flexibility, muscular enduranc...

Sunday was another great day to be an Olympia Spartan! Our OMS Special Olympics Athletes competed over the weekend at the Regional Special Olympics track games at East Peoria. Our...

Olympia Middle School would like to congratulate Nicole, Mattie, and Aime for being selected as Spartans of the Week by their teachers. Way to go students!! #OlySpartanPride

Congratulations to the OMS 8th grade band! Their performance at the IGSMA State Contest earned them a rating of "Superior", the highest possible rating. The band traveled to Troy ...

This year art OMS art students started using Artsonia, the world’s largest student art museum, where they have started to build digital art portfolios. It is so much more than a...