First through fourth graders at West had the opportunity to read the book The Dot during Second Step. The message of the book is to try again when you face an obstacle, and encourage and support others when they need it. The students created a half of their own Dot, and combined it with a classmate's to create a beautiful masterpiece, just like the story!
Parents, we are kicking off our free mental health series with Your Child's Anxiety session via zoom. September 26th, at 6:00 PM. All parents and staff are encouraged to attend! Questions: Michelle.maris@olympia.org
Our first session in our Mental Health Series is coming September 26th 6-7PM via zoom. Register today!
Happy Substitute Appreciation Week to our subs!
Yesterday, kindergarten read the book "Library Mouse" and learned that anyone can be an author! Today, the library mouse surprised kindergarten with mouse sized books to create! Everyone practiced being an author by writing an "All about Me" book. We even left the books out for the library mouse to read!
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New Olympia teachers spent two days with each other, District administrators, and some veteran teachers getting oriented to Olympia. It is a great group with only four brand new teachers as the others are coming to us with experience in other districts. We ended our time together with a bus tour of all eight communities. Their energy and enthusiasm was impressive!
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2nd Graders had a blast ending the year by being outside all day for Field Day! Happy Summer!
5th Grade at Field Day.
Escape Room: First graders worked hard helping their teachers the last couple of days! The teachers lost all the keys needed to lock up the school for summer. The students had to solve a series of clues, puzzles, and ciphers in order to find the keys, collect them in the key catcher, and return them to the office before summer arrived. Thankfully, all of their hard work and collaboration paid off. All of the keys were found, and summer is saved!
Congratulations to Zane for also completing his 5th grade ELA IXL Skills Plan. He completed a variety of ELA skills over a range of grade levels.
Congratulations to Tate for also completing his 5th grade ELA IXL Skills Plan. He completed a variety of ELA skills over a range of grade levels.
Congratulations to Evie for completing her 5th grade ELA IXL Skills Plan. She completed a variety of ELA skills over a range of grade levels.
Learning should not stop when school’s out! Check out IXL's summer resources for one way to keep the momentum over summer break!
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Celebrated some deserving Spartans at the Illinois State Board of Education - Those Who Excel Banquet. These Spartans do amazing things for our District and their schools every day. The 6th Grade OMS Team, Sandy Byrd, Cat Jennings and Emilie Ruppert all received Meritorius Service awards. Emily Weyl, Early Career Educator, received an award of Excellence.
Congrats to all our Spartans!
5th Grade at the Challenger Learning Center for a Space Mission and Stem Activity
Beginning in March, West first graders spent a lot of time learning about the solar system. They read informational texts about planets, stars, and other space objects. They wrote informative texts about their learning, and they worked to improve their oral reading rate, expression, and phrasing by reading fluency passages about outer space as well. To cap off all this challenging learning, they spent the day at the ISU Planetarium learning even more about outer space! Students also enjoyed a picnic on the Quad, along with some free time to play and soak in the sunshine.
Students at West filled the PBIS ticket bucket! Fourth grade enjoyed popsicles and an extra recess.
First graders flew across the ocean to virtually check out the Melbourne Zoo. Tomorrow they will begin to use their math superpowers and build their very own zoo!
