Tip #3: Explore Different Sides of a Story!
Use real-life examples to help kids understand how people can view the same situation with totally different perspectives. One child might experience a game on the playground as fun, while another might feel like the rules are unfair. Sibling conflict can be a great example of how two people can have wildly different opinions about the same event. With older children, talk through controversial subjects and take turns arguing for different sides to help kids understand various viewpoints.
2nd PBIS all school celebration today! Way to earn all those blue tickets South Spartans. Friday afternoon game day was a great way to end the week.
Congratulations to our Super Spartans for January! These students go above and beyond in the kindness department! Check out the video of our celebrations today!
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Fake News has been around for a long time. Track its history from 63 B.C. through present day in this infographic. Where do you see Fake News today? How does it impact your life? Does it impact the type of media you consume, or where you consume it?
https://youtu.be/mh1dLvGe06Y - BBC
When we get news from our social media feeds, it often only tells us part of the story. Our friends -- and the website's algorithms -- tend to feed us perspectives we already agree with. Check out these ways to escape the filter bubble and make sure your ideas about the world are being challenged.
This Sunday’s Spartan Swim is cancelled. Thanks to those that came to the other two swims.
Tip #2: Play Spot The Ad
When you see advertising on TV or on a billboard, ask your children to figure out what the ad is selling. Sometimes it's obvious, and sometimes it's not. Help them explore why certain pictures, sounds, or words are used to sell certain products.
Well-crafted headlines benefit everyone. They help readers digest information and publishers sell news stories. But what if the headline is misleading? What if it's crafted just to get clicks and not to inform? "Clickbait" headlines may benefit advertisers and publishers (think $$$), but they don't benefit readers. And when they go viral, they can badly misinform the public. This week, look for clickbait headlines in the media that you consume and discuss them with your family. How many can you find before Sunday rolls around!?
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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.
Tip #1: Encourage Healthy Skepticism. Help your children analyze the info 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.
With so much media and information coming at us through the television, phones, social media, and more, it's more important than ever for kids to understand the basics of media literacy. When kids can identify different types of news and media and the methods and meanings behind them, they're on their way to being critical thinkers and smart consumers.
Throughout the month, we will be sharing a set of five tips to help your children become critical thinkers of news and media. Here is a short video to get those conversations started!
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OSE students names were pulled from the PBIS bucket to have an Out of the Blue hot chocolate party on this chilly Friday afternoon! Love celebrating the positive choices our students make.
The Olympia National Honor Society is hosting a Princess Tea Party on February 12th from 1-3 PM at Olympia High School. Proceeds from the event will benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. RSVP to amanda.hapgood@olympia.org by February 6th to reserve your seat!
First graders in Mrs. Hutcherson’s class at Oly South had a special visitor this morning! This year, they “adopted” a cow from the Schoenberg Dairy Farm in Missouri. A representative from the St. Louis District Dairy Council came and talked to the class about their cow, Oreo, and the awesome farm she lives on!
First graders in Mrs. Hutcherson’s class at Oly South had a special visitor this morning! This year, they “adopted” a cow from the Schoenberg Dairy Farm in Missouri. A representative from the St. Louis District Dairy Council came and talked to the class about their cow, Oreo, and the awesome farm she lives on!
Dr. O’Donnell was the mystery reader today in Ms. Canzolino’s pre-k class!
On Friday, Oly South honored our Super Spartans for December. These students know how to Collaborate with their peers and make it look easy! We celebrated with a parade before they enjoyed a donut party! Check out the link to the parade video below:
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Elementary Families, Spartan Swim returns this Friday, Jan. 20th 6-8 PM. Please use the southeast doors at the high school. Please contact michelle.maris@olympia.org with questions.
5th grade band started this week for 35 Olympia elementary students. The kids are thrilled and so is Mr. Spencer! An exciting addition to our music program!
Olympia South students were selected “Out of the Blue” for glow bingo! Mrs. Duggins and Mrs. Rogers set up a glow-in-the-dark bingo game with fun glow prizes! Students selected have all done a great job of following school-wide expectations!
