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August 29, 2019
Superintendent's Message
Hello Olympia School District Families,
It is hard to believe that the starting time of school is already upon usa. If you did not know, we will be jubilant the graduating grade of 2020 at the end of this academic year; 2020! As I mentioned at a Welcome Dorsum event with all staff this calendar week, the Form of 2020 was the incoming kindergarten grade of 2007-08. Where did the time become? And then much has happened in the world in those 13 years. Aught has been more impactful perchance than the full infusion of technology and digital connectivity. At the same Welcome Back outcome, we had a guest speaker who is an practiced in technology and education, and he reminded united states of america that this current generation of students will never know a world without the internet. Being digitally connected all the fourth dimension is as normal to our students as existence in water is to a fish. That is non the world I grew upward in, and I suspect many of our parents did not either.
A big part of our focus this twelvemonth, every bit we expand our 1-to-i accept-home Chromebooks to most of our secondary schools, is to ameliorate understand how that connectivity makes our current students' experiences different than our own. They may oft communicate differently, and experience the world in some other way, but like us, and all people, our students desire to feel valued and respected.
I recall our schoolhouse board had that in mind when they reached out to our greater community and used that input to create our Educatee Outcomes. They know students today are living in a unlike, fast-paced world that is exciting and full of promise. At the same time, all of the information coming at our students, and us, so fast and consistently can cause worry and anxiety. Stress can be good, but too much can be detrimental.
Our Outcomes speak to the needs of educating the whole child and then when they leave our arrangement, they volition have the skills and attributes that will permit them to live healthy, productive and satisfying lives. You may recall the Student Outcomes are:
OUR STUDENTS WILL:
Outcome i: Be empathetic and kind.
Outcome 2: Accept the academic and life skills to pursue their private career, civic and educational goals.
Outcome 3: Advocate for the social, physical and mental health of themselves and others and be hopeful about the time to come.
Outcome 4: Have the skills, noesis and courage to identify and confront personal, systemic and societal bias.
Effect 5: Discover their passions, be curious and love learning.
Outcome vi: Exist disquisitional thinkers who contribute to and interact with our local, global and natural world.
Each Issue has an accompanying set of indictors to expound upon its significant and how those skills volition exist manifested in our schools and classrooms. To come across the total set of indicators, visit the district website Strategic Planning webpage. We are committed to using these Outcomes and indicators to drive the work of the commune and to inform decision making around things like budget, programming and staffing. Await for futurity communications on how nosotros will be measuring these important ideals and goals.
School districts need high quality educational facilities in club to provide environments that allow u.s. to run into loftier expectations like those embedded in our Student Outcomes. We are and then fortunate to alive and work in a community that so generously supports our commune through approving bail measures to fund school improvements. Many families will see those bonds at work every bit at that place are several construction projects across the district; some just finishing and some just starting. We know the final products will be beautiful; but, we desire to thank you all for your patience and understanding with all of the inevitable disruptions that come with projects like these.
In closing, I desire to encourage y'all to volunteer at your child's school. We are so fortunate to have an abundance of volunteers in Olympia, and it makes a huge divergence. We can always use more help to make certain every child in every school gets the back up they need to reach their full potential. Sign up to volunteer on our district website.
Thank you, again, and accept a nifty 2019-xx school year!
Sincerely,
Patrick Murphy
Superintendent
Olympia School Commune
Ability Scholars Academy prepares students for school
Most 50 second and tertiary graders participated this summer in the Power Scholars Academy — a learning experience that combines academics with hands-on enrichment activities, field trips and more. The program, in its fourth year, is designed to help students maintain over the summer what they learned during the academic year.
The summer program is hosted by the South Audio YMCA for v weeks, starting in July. Students from Olympia School District, North Thurston Public Schools and Tumwater School District participated in this impactful program.
Programme Director Kacey Kimmel says she loves how the programme meets the scholars where they are at and helps go them on the right track for school in the fall.
Students divided their mean solar day between an academic focus in the forenoon and field trips in the afternoon. Kimmel says, "Power Scholars have an emphasis an hour a day on 'salubrious scholars.'" This year, the program introduced a cooking club, with students learning a different recipe each calendar week. Students also had the take a chance to take trips to a local urban farming park in Olympia. "They only loved learning about nature and the concept of urban farming. Some of the kids hadn't even seen a zucchini before," Kimmel said.
Mornings at the Power Scholars Academy, held at Garfield Unproblematic, included xc-minute sessions in English Linguistic communication Arts and math, with "brain breaks" to allow the students time to expend some free energy and refocus. Afternoons were filled with Intercity Transit trips to the local library and nature trail walks.
Site Manager Thomas Solenberger related a memorable moment from the summer, saying, "A mother came to me to tell me that her son had finally found a love for reading. She had tried and so many unlike ways to try and get him to bask reading equally much as she does, with no luck. I retrieve that existence exposed to many dissimilar kinds of books on one of our field trips to the library was very helpful for this child in item."
Invitee speakers also occasionally visited the scholars to share about a variety of topics. This summer, students learned more almost wolves at Wolf Haven International, a sanctuary for convict born and displaced wolves. Kimmel added that swim lessons at Briggs YMCA were "the highlight of our summer." She added, "It was great to run into how excited they were to swim, splashing around — and their confidence."
Power Scholars coincides with the Summer Food Service Program offered through Olympia Parks and Recreation. Students received breakfast, snacks and lunch as part of the University.
The Power Scholars Academy in Olympia has been in being for four years, hosted at Garfield Unproblematic School for three of those years. Solenberger says, "This year's program was a huge success. We graduated 47 kids and saw positive comeback in academics for almost all of them."
Work continues on several major school structure projects
Work connected this summer on several major school construction projects canonical by voters in the 2016 schoolhouse bail election. Below is a summary of some of the major projects at both the elementary and high school levels:
Capital Loftier Schoolhouse
Construction is underway on a new two-story Performing Arts Middle (PAC) that volition seat 500 people. The existing PAC will be converted to a lecture hall. The siding of Capital's main building as well is existence replaced and portions of the school are being reroofed. Other improvements include replacing single-pane windows with double-panes, removing not-functioning in-wall heaters and adding a new air distribution arrangement.
Olympia Loftier School
Several construction projects are also underway at Olympia High School. The Main Office, for example, is under construction with the installation of a new reception window and secured vestibule. Rug has besides been replaced this summer in existing classrooms, offices and the Performing Arts Center. This autumn, piece of work volition go on on the addition of a 2,000-square-foot music room and 4 boosted science classrooms and science prep rooms. Construction of these classroom additions will continue throughout the 2019-xx schoolhouse year. Next summer, piece of work will begin on a two-story edifice add-on that will house 14 classrooms next to the Commons.
Centennial Elementary School
More than progress was fabricated this summer on the Centennial Elementary modernization project. Work continued on modernizing the kitchen to brand the food service arrangement more efficient; adding a permanent stage, as well as adding new lighting and new ceilings in the multipurpose room; calculation new classroom furniture throughout the school; and reconfiguring the parking lot to streamline selection up and drop-off, equally well every bit ease traffic congestion on side streets. Rubberized tile will be added to the school playground surface this fall. The addition of a second gym was completed in spring.
McLane Simple School
Similar to Centennial, McLane construction includes a modernization of the school kitchen to make the food service system more than efficient. New basketball game backstops are being added, and the installation of a new heating and cooling organization are among the upgrades to the gym. The multipurpose room features a permanent phase, new lighting and ceilings. Like Centennial, McLane's parking lot is beingness reconfigured to ease congestion. The school playground surface has been upgraded this summer with rubberized tile.
Roosevelt Unproblematic School
Work this summer included the renovation of the schoolhouse's front entry canopy to let more daylight in, while allowing for a covered surface area for students and parents to stand during all of those rainy, Washington days. The parking lot is existence reconfigured to ease congestion. The San Francisco Street entry has been airtight to minimize congestion along that busy street. Like to Centennial and McLane, improvements at Roosevelt include modernizing the kitchen and service area, improving the heating and cooling organization in the gym, and repainting.
District Office: Knox 111 Administrative Centre
Over the summertime, extensive piece of work has connected on the new location of the Knox Administrative Center at 111 Bethel St. Due north.Eastward. (former home of The Olympian newspaper). Administrative offices began moving to the new site in late July from the former location at 1113 Legion Way Due south.Due east. The move volition make way for the eventual expansion of Avanti High School, which is also role of the 2016 schoolhouse bond improvement projects. Plans are to hold an open house later this fall for the customs once the motility to Knox 111 Authoritative Center and its remodel are consummate.
We're looking forward to seeing the end results of all these improvements to our schools and new administrative center.
- Take a peek at some of the construction progress made this summertime
See listing of back-to-schoolhouse resources
The first day of school for the 2019-xx school year is Midweek, September 4. The first day of school for kindergarten and preschool begins on Monday, September ix (except for Lincoln Elementary. All grades at Lincoln Simple, including kindergarten, begin on September 4).
The offset day of school can be both exciting and stressful. We accept put together a few resources that will make it easier for our students and parents to get the school yr off to a great commencement! View our Dorsum to Schoolhouse webpage for links to resources similar school supplies, motorbus routes, new student registration and more.
Please visit our Child Diet Services webpage for questions you may have regarding Breakfast and Lunch programs, including Free and Reduced meals and applications. You lot may also find districtwide menu and meal information for the upcoming schoolhouse twelvemonth here.
We can't wait to see our students and families on September 4. Merely a reminder that September 4 is a full day at school (no early on release).
Summer school offers new academic opportunities
Nearly 150 students enrolled in summer school this year had a run a risk to participate in a new blended learning programme. Students had the opportunity to learn in class or online, with participants only being required to come into the school building for testing.
This blazon of learning was a good fit for students such as Nathan Benfield, who is starting his senior year this fall and took Algebra 2 during summer schoolhouse.
"I like beingness able to do the work on my own time," Nathan says. "I have a lot of chances to retake things. And it will heave my GPA, which I actually like." He says of his instructor, Amelia Young, "If I accept questions, she'southward always available to talk to." He added he enjoys the freedom to ask for help when he needs information technology, merely mostly the gamble to focus on doing his piece of work.
"This composite learning way has really helped the students gain power in their learning," says Principal Jane Allaire. "It brings dorsum hope."
Most students who nourish Summertime School come up for credit retrieval; the opportunity to retake a class. Students also take the chance to participate in grade replacement; the opportunity for students with a passing grade to retake a form and replace their grade. "If they are satisfied with their grade, it can proceed their transcript. If they get the same grade or lower, they practice not have to have that reverberate," Allaire says.
This program has also been an fantabulous opportunity for English language Learner (EL) students to help them get ahead for the upcoming school yr. Most v percent of the students at summer school are attention to go initial credit. "They tin can take the form they weren't able to take due to life circumstances," Allaire says.
Colton Ramsey, a student going into tenth class this year, says, "It gives me an opportunity to keep trying; to keep moving forrad." He is participating in the initial credit aspect of summer schoolhouse. He likes the fact that he can exercise it at home. "Information technology's not required to go in every day, considering I've got a lot of summer camps," Colton says. Outside of the academic aspect of summertime school, Colton likewise likes the general atmosphere.
Sidney Pettit, a senior finishing up her coursework for graduation, enrolled in a personal finance form. "I can focus a lot more hither than at regular school, she says. "I'one thousand almost washed, and it's paying off, and I can experience it paying off." When asked what she hopes to practise after graduating, she said she plans to take a break to determine what to study. She is interested in AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps. In the meantime, she is looking forrard to getting a total-time job.
Allaire says of the composite learning plan: "The students technically simply need to be here for tests, or if they need support." She continues: "It's been not bad for students with anxiety, or travel challenges, or medical conditions."
She added, "We had a kid who should have been a senior last year, but he got whooping cough and was out of course for about ii months. Because he was ill, he wasn't able to keep up on his studies. He came hither, did his classes and in ii weeks was a graduate."
Register for fall sports with new online process
Registering students for athletics is now easier than ever. The Olympia School District has partnered with FamilyID, a secure online registration platform that is a convenient manner to register students for middle and high school sports.
When a family registers through FamilyID, the organization keeps track of the information in a FamilyID profile. This allows data to be entered ane time for multiple seasons, multiple family members and multiple programs.
Autumn 2019 sports clearance started online for all center and high school students on August 14. To register for fall sports, please visit the Sports Clearance Process webpage on each of the iv middle school and 2 comprehensive high school websites. Direct links to those pages, which include instructions for completing the online sports clearance process, are beneath:
- Capital HS
- Olympia HS
- Jefferson MS
- Marshall MS
- Reeves MS
- Washington MS
For more data, visit the Olympia Schoolhouse Commune website Sports Clearance Procedure webpage.
Register to vote for Nov General Election
Thurston County residents may register to vote online, by post or in-person at the Thurston County Accountant's Role for the November 5, 2019 General Election.
There are three Olympia School Board seats on this election ballot. In that location are two candidates vying for the Commune 1 seat: Maria Flores and Heath Howerton.
In that location are two other board seats that volition exist on the November General Election ballot. The candidates for both of those seats are running unopposed. Justin McKaughan is vying for the District 2 seat that will be vacated past Director Joellen Wilhelm, and Hilary Seidel is running for re-election to the Commune 4 position, which she has held the past 2 years.
The terminal day to file a write-in candidacy with no filing fee is Oct 18, 2019. Military ballots volition be mailed on September 20, and local ballots will be mailed Oct 16.
Following are voter registration deadlines for the upcoming General Election:
- October 28, 2019: Deadline to register to vote online, by mail or by voter registration drive. Notation: Online voter registration services across the state volition be unavailable from Th, August 30 through Monday, September iii as part of a Department of Licensing database upgrade. Online voter registration resumes on September iv.
- Nov 5, 2019: You lot may register to vote in person and update your voter registration address upward until eight p.thousand. on Election Solar day Nov 5. In-person voter registration is done at the Thurston County Elections Segmentation, 2000 Lakeridge Dr. S.Westward., Bldg. 1, Rm. 118 in Olympia.
To register to vote you must be:
- A denizen of the United States.
- Residing at your electric current address for a minimum of 30 days before Ballot Day.
- A legal resident of Washington state.
- At least 18 years quondam by Ballot Twenty-four hours.
For additional voter registration data, visit the Thurston County Auditor'due south Office Elections Division webpage.
Upcoming Events
September:
- September 2 - Labor Twenty-four hours
- September 4 - Kickoff Day of School (Full Twenty-four hours - No Early Release)
- September 9 - First Day of Preschool & Kindergarten*
- September ix - Board Meeting at Knox 1113 Legion Mode SE at half dozen:30 p.chiliad.
- September 17 - Constitution Day
- September 23 - Board Coming together at Madison ES at half dozen:30 p.m.
- September 24 - Parenting Workshop: Managing Your Parental Response (MS/HS) at Olympia Regional Learning Academy at 6:thirty p.m.
*All grades at Lincoln Elementary begin September four
OSD Detect of Nondiscrimination
The Olympia Schoolhouse District volition provide equal educational opportunity and handling for all students in all aspects of the academic and activities program without discrimination based on race, religion, creed, color, national origin, historic period, honorably-discharged veteran or military condition, sex activity, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of whatever sensory, mental or physical disability, or the employ of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code every bit a patriotic club. Commune programs will be free from sexual harassment. Auxiliary aids and services will exist provided upon request to individuals with disabilities.
The Olympia School District offers many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs/courses in the following areas: Skilled and Technical Sciences/Stalk (Science, Technology, Applied science and Mathematics); Agriculture/Natural Resource; Business organisation Marketing; Family unit and Consumer Sciences; and Health Sciences. For more data about CTE class offerings and admissions criteria, contact Pat Cusack, Director of College and Career Readiness, 111 Bethel St. North.E., Olympia, WA 98506, (360) 596-6102. Lack of English language linguistic communication proficiency will non be a bulwark to admission and participation in CTE programs.
The following people have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies, reports of declared sexual harassment, concerns about compliance, and/or grievance procedures:
- Scott Niemann, Title Ix Officer, sniemann@osd.wednet.edu, (360) 596-6185 or Fall Lara, Executive Director of Elementary Educational activity, alara@osd.wednet.edu, (360) 596-8534
- Ken Turcotte, Section 504 and ADA Coordinator, klturcotte@osd.wednet.edu, (360) 596-7530
- Scott Niemann, Affirmative Action Officer and Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, sniemann@osd.wednet.edu, (360) 596-6185
- Pat Cusack, Director of College and Career Readiness, pcusack@osd.wednet.edu, (360) 596-6102
All five individuals may also be contacted at 111 Bethel St. Due north.East., Olympia, WA, 98506.
Source: https://osd.wednet.edu/community/spotlight_on_success/archive/2018-19/august_29__2019
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