Beautiful day for Olympia South’s Trunk or Treat event!
OHS XC teams had an awesome day at the 21-team St. Anthony Invitational today with the girls’ team taking 2nd place and the guys’ team taking 1st place.
Tonight is Senior Night. Senior Night recognition will start at 6:30pm.
Students in English 2 are looking at different songs across several decades to see how musicians have used writing to express their beliefs and influence society when they see a flaw (a trait that John Steinbeck acknowledged in his Nobel Prize for Literature acceptance speech). Students are practicing analysis of social and historical context as they prepare to read Of Mice and Men, one of Steinbeck's most famous novels.
Today's Activities
Help keep media/tech use in check by following a few simple practices:
1. Create screen-free times and zones
2. Explore built-in digital well-being tools
3. Model the behavior you want to see
4. Help kids identify healthy behaviors
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Read more: bit.ly/OlyMBTipsS
The Olympia District Special Olympics team participated in the Region G Bowling Event on Saturday, October 9th. The athletes all did a wonderful job and finished as follows: Caleb Busick (Bronze), Hannah Baker (Gold), Kacie Raffety (Silver), and Dylan Olson (Gold). The two Gold finishers will advance to the State Event December 4th in Peoria.
Help keep media/tech use in check by following a few simple practices: 1. Create screen-free times and zones 2. Try parental controls 3. Establish clear family rules 4. Watch and play together 5. Help kids identify healthy behaviors Read more: bit.ly/OlyMBTipsE
Today's Activities
Screen time; the reality is that there really is no magic number that's "just right." What's more important is the quality of kids' media, how it fits into your family's lifestyle, and how you engage your kids with it. Read more: http://bit.ly/OlyScreenTime
OMS XC BOYS MAKE STATE FINALS!!! TJ Piper (12:13), Kaleb Jacobs (12:33), CJ Moore (12:36), Hollis Scheets (12:47), Clayton Piper (12:55), Tucker Garey (13:07), and Evan Petri (13:35) placed 2nd at the IESA Sectional meet with a team score of 103 points. Catch the boys next Saturday as they advance to the 2A state finals in Normal, Parkside. Fantastic job Spartans! Read more about this awesome performance here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fUZcwasZ0bEEKS1SGzpNZyhksmVlUlZPrvLVbm0lOBU/edit?usp=sharing
Do you multitask in front of your kids? Check out these tips to help your child reduce multitasking during homework time.
https://d1pmarobgdhgjx.cloudfront.net/parenttip/PT_6WaysToStopMultitasking-new.mp4
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It's easy to get distracted from homework (and life) when the phone never stops pinging and the next episode plays automatically. Let's set some common sense guidelines by signing this Family Media Agreement within your family: bit.ly/OlyAgree
Don't forget tomorrow (Wednesday, October 6th) is the first Early Release Day of the school year! OHMS students will dismiss at 11:30am and elementary students will dismiss at noon. No attendance for PM PreK.
Oly West 2nd graders are exploring the spellings and meanings of words during Word Work time. These strategies help patterns and words move into long-term memory storage helping our learners become stronger readers, spellers, and writers. Great work, Spartans!
Intermediate Algebra students have been learning how to program using the TI Calculators and the TI Rovers. Students were challenged to create a program that would draw a triangle, draw a rectangle, and drive the rover as close as they can without hitting the bat. #SpartanMathematicians
Today's Activities
Today's Activities
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