Once kids go online, their chances of finding cyberbullies, haters, and trolls is, sadly, quite high. Find age-specific guidelines, videos, and articles to help with tough conversations -- whether your kid is a bully or is being bullied. Explore answers to all your cyberbullying questions, age-appropriate advice, school resources, and more from parents and experts. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying
Most kids will encounter mean behavior at some point in their digital lives. For some kids, this experience is a blip that's easily forgotten, while for others it can have deep, long-lasting effects. For parents, the key is staying involved in kids' lives -- both online and off -- so they can step in and offer help if necessary. With guidance from parents and educators, kids can learn how to dodge the drama and stand up for others.
Throughout October we will be sharing 6 different tips for families to encourage best behavior when approaching the topics of Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, and Hate Speech with your families.
1) Define your terms
2) Check in about online life
3) Role-play
4) Encourage upstanding
5) Take breaks
6) Review worst-case steps
Save the date for Olympia’s National Honor Society Halloween Fest!
Digital citizenship continues to grow in importance each year. Starting in Oct. we begin our monthly focus of six areas of digital citizenship, providing resources and support for our Oly families. More details on this annual outreach can be found here: bit.ly/OlyDigCitOverview
Kindergarten dissected leaves today to investigate what is inside! We shared what we noticed and wondered about leaves.
Elementary science teachers spent some of the institute day working on enhancing their science instruction. The goal is to engage students so they are forced to problem solve and think critically - like scientists!
Late Night Reminder! Tomorrow is an institute day and therefore students will not be in attendance. Our staff, meanwhile, will be hard at work making Spartan Nation the best possible environment for learning!
The OMS Softball team is off to state. Thank you to Stanford Fire and Police, Danvers Fire and Police, McLean Police, McLean County Police, Minier Police and EMS, and Mt Hope Funks Grove EMS for the escort. Lady Spartans take on Frankfort Hickory Creek today at 10:30 am
Happy International Day of Peace! Third graders wrote acrostic poems describing ways they experience peace and how to bring peace to the world around them.
Third graders practiced rounding today!
This is the last weekend to complete our family survery. You still have time! bit.ly/3eWj02G Thank you for your input!
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
