Happy Friday from Olympia West Student Council!
Fourth grade and Pre-k students enjoying reading books with each other.
The pre-k students are learning about bugs this week. We spent part of free choice time examining some bugs we caught.
Pre-K is getting ready to welcome fall by making “falling leaves” for our classroom.
Third graders started their estimation unit by working with pan balances to find the difference between estimated and predicted mass!
Helping our kids after the pandemic - Free "We are Parents" webinar hosted at Carle in Bloomington, Friday 9/23 See details :https://bit.ly/3d94Hat
If you have any questions regarding the implementation of technology resources at Olympia, check out our Family and Student Technology website at https://www.olympia.org/page/fam-stu-tech. Read up on the student Acceptable Use Policy, learn about student devices, and more!
At Olympia, we want to create a space where our teachers can thrive.
One way we work towards doing this is through our teacher mentoring programs. Our teacher mentors are trained to provide quality support to the new teachers in our district while also encouraging them to develop their unique teacher presence. We are grateful for our amazing group of teacher mentors here at Oly!
Families, please take a few minutes to complete the parent survey for parent engagement topics. We will communicate the top 3 topics and plan events around the results. Thank you for your input! https://forms.gle/of8TaF3D2ZY6BcnS6
Kindergarten got to observe a chrysalis turn into a butterfly over the past week. Today we got to release it!
Families as school starts back up remember to make attendance a priority!
Pre-K and 4th grade had book buddies today! It was so fun to see them reading together 😊.
Mrs. Williamson making vowel and consonant review fun at Oly West today. The first graders loved it! Mrs. Castleman got in on the fun as well!
Second Grade learned about the importance of teamwork and communication this week as they had the challenge of stacking cups using only rubber bands and string to move them. We love using teamwork!
First graders ended their first Friday celebrating small successes by sharing how they were proud of themselves this week.
Third graders learned how to play Sudoku today to practice problem solving skills and perseverance!
We love first grade!
Olympia West is ready to welcome students and families back for the 2022-2023 school year. Kindergarten and PreK open house is tonight.
A new school year means we get to welcome our new Spartan Staff! We spent two days this week working through a new teacher orientation where we went over the Olympia District Vision & Values; Strategic Planning Themes; Teaching & Learning in Spartan Nation; and Student Support Systems. We are excited to welcome these new staff members to Olympia!
Olympia's food service staff spent time together preparing for the new school year. Our department is ready to take on the challenges unique to food service. Our goal as always is to provide outstanding service and high quality meals that meet or exceed the latest federal and state requirements. New this year will be plant based lunch entrée options that are available to order by staff and students at the OHSMS and by parents for elementary students. Look for the QR code included on lunch menus. We are also excited to share that we will be able to continue for this year to offer reimbursable breakfast meals free of charge to all Olympia Students. Reimbursable lunch meals will return as charges to family accounts. The application for free and reduce meals may be found on the Olympia Website/Parents/Paper Forms/Food Service.
