Celebrated some deserving Spartans at the Illinois State Board of Education - Those Who Excel Banquet. These Spartans do amazing things for our District and their schools every day. The 6th Grade OMS Team, Sandy Byrd, Cat Jennings and Emilie Ruppert all received Meritorius Service awards. Emily Weyl, Early Career Educator, received an award of Excellence.
Congrats to all our Spartans!
5th Grade at the Challenger Learning Center for a Space Mission and Stem Activity
Beginning in March, West first graders spent a lot of time learning about the solar system. They read informational texts about planets, stars, and other space objects. They wrote informative texts about their learning, and they worked to improve their oral reading rate, expression, and phrasing by reading fluency passages about outer space as well. To cap off all this challenging learning, they spent the day at the ISU Planetarium learning even more about outer space! Students also enjoyed a picnic on the Quad, along with some free time to play and soak in the sunshine.
Students at West filled the PBIS ticket bucket! Fourth grade enjoyed popsicles and an extra recess.
First graders flew across the ocean to virtually check out the Melbourne Zoo. Tomorrow they will begin to use their math superpowers and build their very own zoo!
Fourth graders practiced being engineers today by creating, testing, and retrying different ways to use chain reactions to make a machine.
Kindergarten had a great time reading with our bigger buddies!
5th Grade reading with our Kindergarten Buddies.
2W has been working hard on giving thoughtful compliments. Today we went around the room to each classmates' table spot to write something kind to them. Their faces lit up when they were able to read all of the kind things their friends said about them!
Big thanks to Schmidgall Farms for bringing PM Pre-K the AG day experience! The students had a blast interacting with all the animals!
Thank you to our school Nurses and health clerks that take care of the students and staff in our District. We appreciate you!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to our amazing and dedicated teachers!
Thank you to St. John's United Church of Christ in Minier for allowing us to use their space over the last few weeks. We were able to complete some state testing in their church hall as well as DIAL screenings and AP testing. We appreciate their partnership!
Thank you Olympia FFA and Mr. Hoffman for hosting AG day. Fourth grade enjoyed the farm machinery, animals, plants and other activities.
Ag Day at West
The Pre-K dig site is open! The students pretended to be paleontologists and dug for fossils. They had to identify the dinosaur they found and piece it back together! 🦕
Olympia CUSD 16 is now hiring for multiple teaching positions.
- 6th Grade Science
- 6th & 8th Grade English Language Arts
- Olympia West Elementary Physical Education
Read more about these positions and apply today by following the link below. Come join our amazing team and become part of Spartan Nation!
https://www.generalasp.com/olympia/onlineapp/default.aspx
2nd Graders were so excited to visit the third graders' chicks that hatched this week!
Want to keep your kiddos outside this summer to soak up some sun? 2nd Grade packed everything you need to keep them busy, so check it out at Family Fun Night!
Are you looking for something to do on the weekends or this summer? The third grade Gettin' Crafty cart can help you! Don't miss this item on the Family Fun Night silent auction.
