Congratulations to Ashlyn Witham in 5th grade for winning the Yearbook Cover Contest at ONE! Nice job Ashlyn!
Fake news is nothing new. Check out this timeline to learn about some ways it has been utilized throughout history to influence society. Ask your family about other examples that you know of and why they were used!
Congratulations to Mrs. Loyer and her 2nd grade class for winning the One Class at a Time award! ABC news and CEFCU presented a $1,000 check to Mrs. Loyer to be used for her classroom. The news feature will air on ABC news at 5:00 and 5:30 pm on February 5th.
Thank you to everyone who attended the "Caring Adults" event put on by the Spartan Council. It was a wonderful way to kick off the new semester!
Tomorrow is the first ever Spartan Council, "Caring Adults" event at Olympia North! This event begins at 7:40 and ends around 8:30. Please come out to show students how much their community supports them!
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All media comes with an author and an agenda. Help kids think critically about any media they view with critical questions that dig below the surface. And to really empower kids, have them create their own media with these same questions in mind.
Family Tip 1: Encourage Healthy Skepticism!
Help kids analyze the messages around them - from toy packaging to Instagram posts to news headlines - and question the purpose of the words and images they see. Teach kids how to use fact-checking tools like Snopes and FactCheck.org.
Wishing all of our Olympia North families a very happy Holiday Season!
Winter Break runs from December 21 - January 5th. School will resume on Monday, January 6, 2020.
Do you want to build a Snowman? Olympia North Kindergarten and 1st grade students built a Physical Education version of a Snowman during class. Teams had to relay down the gym on a scooter to get a piece of equipment to build the snowman. Then decide how to use the equipment to make their snowman.
Students at Olympia North help set a World Record. On Nov. 14th students at Olympia North and students across the country stacked cups during Physical Education class. The result is a Guinness World Record.
If students want to submit a yearbook cover for the Yearbook Cover Contest they are due by the end of the school day on Thursday, December 19th.
The gift store from Winter Wonderland will be available through Wednesday, 12-18-19 if your child still wants to pick something out!
Help! My Kid Wants to Use Social Media! Get your kid -and yourself - ready for the next step with these conversation starters. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/help-my-kid-wants-to-use-social-media
Scholastic agreed to let us have the BOGO Book Fair for one more day! Students will have the opportunity to shop Tuesday, December 17th during their regular lab time.
Due to inclement weather, Olympia CUSD 16 will be running one hour late today, Monday December 16. Be safe out there!
Winter Wonderland will be taking place at Olympia North on Monday, December 16th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!
Third graders have been working on mastering nonfiction text features. Today the students performed nonfiction text feature surgery to show their knowledge of the text features.
The Scholastic BOGO Book Fair begins tomorrow! Follow the link below for additional information:
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What Kind of Digital Footprint Do You Want To Leave?
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