February 4, 2020
6th graders have embarked on Code.org's Computer Science Discoveries curriculum. The first unit includes several problem solving activities. One activity was building aluminum b...
February 4, 2020
Once again 8th grade students are using Sparkfun's "Inventors Kit" to build and program circuits using the Arduino programming language. There are more than 10 circuits ranging ...
February 4, 2020
This spring 7th grade students will be using the Design and Modeling Unit of the Project Lead the Way curriculum. They will create many different objects over the remainder of th...
February 3, 2020
This month we will be focusing on the effects of digital drama, cyberbullying, and hate speech both on children themselves and their larger communities. We will explore the roles...
January 31, 2020
The 2020 Students Involved with Technology (SIT) Conference is scheduled for February 22! Registration for this one-day event targeted towards students in grades 3-12 is avail...
January 26, 2020
During the course of this school year, we have taken feedback on the current state of the Olympia website. In response to this feedback, we have made a number of changes througho...
January 24, 2020
Due to dense fog and slick road conditions, Olympia schools will start one hour late today, Friday January 24th.
January 22, 2020
The Olympia School District currently has several teaching positions available for the 2020-21 school year. Check out the postings below and see if any of the positions would be ...
January 16, 2020
The Olympia School District is currently taking applications for two teacher's aide/paraprofessional positions in our elementary buildings. The current openings are at Olympia We...
January 7, 2020
Join us on Tuesday, January 14th at Portillo's in Normal from 4-8pm and 20% of the proceeds will benefit the Olympia to Peoria St. Jude Run! You can print the flyer or just sh...
January 7, 2020
The High School Dance team is putting on a Mini-Dance Clinic, Saturday, January 25, 2020 for anyone PreK-5th grade. Please see the attached flyer for details on how to register. ...
January 2, 2020
With so much media and information coming at us through the television, phones, social media, and more, it's more important than ever for kids to understand the basics of media li...
December 16, 2019
Due to inclement weather and road conditions, Olympia CUSD 16 buses will be running one hour late today, Monday December 16. Please be safe out there today!
December 13, 2019
On Friday December 20th come out to Olympia High School to support the OHS Boys and Girls Basketball teams as they take on Tri Valley High School. The games will start at 5:30 p....
December 4, 2019
The Olympia Transportation Department is currently looking for people that are interested in serving as substitute bus drivers and substitute bus aides. The Olympia School Distri...
December 3, 2019
Monday, January 6, 2020 which is the first day back to school with students is now Freshman Orientation for the OHS Class of 2024 (Please note the date change). We strongly encou...
November 1, 2019
The Halloween ghouls have left the building and power at OHMS has been restored! Services across the district that were impacted are back up and running. Thank you for your patien...
October 22, 2019
National School Bus Safety Week is the week of October 21st through October 25th. We would like to thank all members of the Olympia Transportation Department for all of their har...
October 22, 2019
National School Bus Safety Week is the week of October 21st through October 25th. We would like to thank all members of the Olympia Transportation Department for all of their har...
October 21, 2019
The week of October 14th through October 18th was designated as National School Lunch Week. We would like to take some time to thank all of the awesome food service workers of th...