Olympia High School

Link: http://bit.ly/OLYNMLr Common Sense has released a brand new News & Media Literacy Resource Center with TONS of resources around this topic. Check out this new web series from Crash Course! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU

Link: http://bit.ly/OLYNMLr Common Sense has recently released a brand new News & Media Literacy Resource Center with TONS of resources around this topic. Particularly neat is a new web series by Crash Course...check it out! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU

Spartans Love St. Jude - Help support a great cause for the Boys' Basketball Game on January 24th vs. St. Joe-Ogden - order a shirt to support the Children of St. Jude - https://forms.gle/QbmCBHCc2U3oY9kv5

The boys’ swim meet for tonight, Jan. 14th has been cancelled, they will have dry land practice after school.

Olympia’s Speech team competed very well at the Norlympia tournament with 4 Varsity tournament champions! Grace Melick in Dramatic Interpretation and Declamation, Beatrice Harbaugh in Poetry and Mariah Maris in Prose. Congratulations to the team!

Family Tip 2: Play "Spot the Ad"! When you see media, ask your kids to figure out what the ad is selling. Sometimes it's obvious, and sometimes it's not. Help them explore why certain pictures, sounds, and words are used to sell certain products.

The Lady Spartans pick up a couple big conference wins at home over St. Joseph-Ogden. JV 45 to 28 and Varsity 42 to 33. Varsity record moves to 2 - 0 in the conference and 16 - 3 overall.

Fake news is nothing new. Check out this timeline to learn about some ways it has been utilized throughout history to influence society. Ask your family about other examples that you know of and why they were used!

Spartans pick up a home non conference win over Maroa-Forsyth. 37 to 29.

bit.ly/OlyNMV2 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.

Lady Spartans pick up a road conference win over Prairie Central. 50-42. Spartans run their record to 15 and 3 on the season.

Family Tip 1: Encourage Healthy Skepticism! Help kids analyze the messages 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.

Holiday Hoopla at Olympia tonight. JV Girls - Olympia 35 Tri Valley 45. Varsity Girls - Olympia 70 Tri Valley 27. JV Boys - Olympia 55 Tri Vally 46. Varsity Boys - Olympia 65 Tri Valley 59.

Article Time! How Colleges Use Kids' Social Media Feeds. Learn how what you post can hurt - and help - the admissions process. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/how-colleges-use-kids-social-media-feeds

Holiday Hoopla December 20th. There has been some conflicting information in regards to the start times and location of the basketball games on Dec. 20th. The varsity girls will play at 5:30pm in the high school gym, followed by the varsity boys at 7:00pm in the high school gym. The JV boys will play at 5:30pm in the middle school gym followed by the JV girls at 7:00pm in the middle school gym. Come out and support our boys and girls basketball teams and St. Jude.

Tonight’s, 12/17, HS Wrestling Match at Eureka will be live streamed. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvpwR5En6c3fjRQ2p4gcZ2A

Help! My Kid Wants to Use Social Media! Get your kid -and yourself - ready for the next step with these conversation starters. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/help-my-kid-wants-to-use-social-media

The Olympia High School speech team competed at Normal Community this weekend and placed fifth as a team! Special congratulations to Varsity Tournament Champion in Oratorical Declamation - Grace Melick!

What mark will you leave on the world? What is your “purpose”? How can you foster an online identity for yourself that supports and drives forward this purpose? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRkhkO4fKAg&feature=youtu.be

Due to inclement weather, Olympia CUSD 16 will be running one hour late today, Monday December 16. Be safe out there!