OSE’s first dodge ball tournament is underway! Staff game up next. #OlySpartanPride
2R is diving into their Habitat Reports by breaking into groups to do research on their chosen animal! The ownership they are taking is so fun and rewarding!
Creating snowflakes/spring flowers in 4th#olyspartanpride
Third graders learned how to code programs and also complete tasks using Merge Cubes. After learning all that goes into coding, they were impressed with the creators of their favorite video games! 😊
Fifth Grade students preparing for the upcoming dodgeball tournament playing a crowd favorite “Rutledge Ball”.
Miss Canzolino’s PM class started off Space Week by creating number and letter rocket ships in small group.
Miss Canzolino’s PM class enjoyed having a Mystery Reader today!
2nd-5th grade students performing their first “Ladder” workout of the year.
Celebrating A Day of Lincoln#thankyoulogancounty#olyspartanpride
Kindergarten & First Grade students exercise their legs playing the “Daytona 500”.
4th graders had a great time celebrating Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln! They even got to enjoy story time with Abe himself!
No School Monday, February 18, 2019, in honor of Presidents' Day!
Miss Canzolino’s PM class had a great time celebrating Valentine’s Day!
Miss Canzolino’s AM class had so much fun celebrating Valentine’s Day this morning!
2M and 4G had Valentine book buddies! We love reading with our friends
Ms Metz's second graders played Minute to Win It games, Valentine's edition. We made conversation heart towers and marshmallow/q tip transfer. We worked on working as a group and cheering on our friends! We had a great time too! #olyspartanpride
5th Graders at South practiced figurative language today by creating valentines.
2R finished up their money unit today by counting values of coins That were posted all around the room. They earned money each time they got a problem correct. Tomorrow we will "buy" fun prizes with the money that we earned! #OlySpartanPride
Miss Canzolino’s AM friends have been learning about the post office. They finished up their unit by sending Valentine’s to their families!
Miss Canzolino’s PM class has been talking about the post office! The kids finished the unit by sending Valentine’s to their families. The kids were so excited to surprise their families with mail!
2R is working so hard on Word Study! We are doing a speed sort and finding different patterns to put our words in groups!
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? That's the question third graders have been trying to solve. Students use their geography skills to narrow down where the elusive Carmen could be based on clues given. So far they've found her every time!
On Friday, Mrs. Gray wrapped up the week with a couple of polar bear explorations! We read the book “Ice Bear” and spent the week adding to our schema. On Friday, first graders participated in a stem challenge to create a polar bear den using jumbo and mini marshmallows with toothpicks. They also got to experience how a polar bear’s fat protects them from cold. They put their hands in a bowl of ice water. After, they put their hands in a bag of crisco to simulate the bear’s layers of fat. The students were impressed that they could no longer feel the cold water!
Second grade has been talking about deposit and withdrawal in terms of $$
Today we "deposited" kind words in our "emotional" bank.
Miss Canzolino’s PM class was excited to have another Mystery Reader today!
Miss Canzolino’s and Mrs. Castillo’s classes have been talking about Valentine’s Day! Today we came up with reasons we love our school!
AM Preschool friends enjoyed another Mystery Reader today!
Miss Canzolino’s AM class loved having a Mystery Reader!
A small town author just like us is stopping for a visit today to talk to our creative young authors at South! First graders have their wheels spinning coming up with story ideas!
Preschool is loving learning about the post office this week. One of our friends brought mail in that he received from Hawaii!
2nd grade going on a word hunt in their books! This week we were looking for ee, ea, and short e words! They found so many inside of their own books!
Second graders reviewed character traits and wrote Words From the Heart to describe all of our friends in our room. #olyspartanpride
Second grade has been learning to count money in Word Problems. Today we tread Alexander Who Use to be Rich Last Sunday. We kept track of the change that he lost and totaled it all up at the end!
Preschool loved having a Mystery Reader today!
Here are the alternative learning day guidelines for OSE that were also emailed though Skyward. Stay warm!!
Olympia West Elem School, 302 N School St, Minier, is open as a warming center. If your power is out and you need a warm, safe place and some food, you are welcome to come.
Recess Chicken Dancing!
Tonight’s boys basketball game has been rescheduled to Monday, February 4th, including the mini-cheer participation portion.
100 day fashion show in second grade
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2nd grade having fun on the 100th day of school!!!
Due to weather conditions, all Olympia schools will start one hour later than normal Monday, January 28, 2019.
Third Graders show Mrs. Rogers How to Enjoy Indoor Recess!
Due to cold temperatures all Olympia schools will start one hour later than normal Friday, Jan. 25.
Due to the possibility of icy roadways, Olympia schools will dismiss early Wed., Jan. 23. OHS and OMS dismiss at noon; elementary schools dismiss at 12:30. All programs and activities are cancelled the rest of the day.
Due to hazardous conditions, all Olympia Schools are closed Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
Due to weather conditions, Olympia schools will start one hour later than normal Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Due to visibility and road conditions, all Olympia schools will start one hour later then normal Tuesday, January 15, 2019.
The mini cheer clinic that was scheduled for Saturday Jan. 12th has been postponed to Sunday Jan. 13th from 12 pm to 3 pm in the high school.
Members of the Atlanta Masonic Lodge came to Olympia South today to share a generous donation to support our students’ needs. Their generosity is greatly appreciated!
Second grade classes celebrated the season with holiday mystery bags. There were nutcracker tongues (orange slices), reindeer noses (milk dud candies), Santa's beard (cotton candy), and Grinch snot (green jello) ewwwww! Even Mrs. Rogers joined in on the fun!
Celebrating Super Spartan behavior with Christmas Minute to Win It! #OlySpartanPride
What a fabulous Holiday Road Trip we went on tonight! Thanks to Miss Haines and all the kiddos for putting on such an awesome show. #OlySpartanPride
Wendy’s in Lincoln was awesome to our kids! So generous and hospitable to our 21 kiddos! Thank you Manager Stacie!
Limo lunch for our fundraiser winners! #OlySpartanPride
All the little elves at Oly South will start counting down to winter break with gifts of kindness. Beginning Monday, we will reveal one gift of kindness each day and encourage our students to share their most priceless gifts with our school!
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Oly South 1st graders and guests enjoyed our annual 1st grade feast on Tuesday, November 20th. The students performed poems and songs as well as shared some pumpkin bread they baked the day before. It was a great day to show we are thankful!
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All Olympia schools will start one hour later than normal today, Monday, November 26, 2018.
Oly South enjoys listening to our Madrigal visitors from the High School. #olyspartanpride
3rd grade students are seeing if the homes they built for the Pilgrims can make it through the elements of wind, rain and snow! #OlySoartanPride
Oly South Honors Veterans
OSE will celebrate Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 9th! Student council will welcome Veterans from 8:30-9:15am for a light breakfast, followed by an all school assembly at 9:30am #OlySpartanPride
Building bridges that will hold a pumpkin is an engineering challenge that 4th graders just took on. #OlySpartanPride
Remember, no costumes at Olympia South tomorrow! #OlySpartanPride
Team work in action to solve the bride's dilema #olyspartanpride
4G busy with SCI math investigations...The Skeleton Bride#OlySpartanPride
Career Day Underway at Oly South! #olyspartanpride
Tomorrow is Career Day at South! Don’t forget to dress up as what you want to be when you grow up! #OlySpartanPride
2nd grade doctors in action performing “surgery” on text features. #OlySpartanPride
South staff finished 1st quarter with a day of learning and rocking their college apparel! #OlySpartanPride
Ms. Metz's second grade and Mrs. Garcia's fourth grade reading buddies met for the first time on Friday. Our fourth grade friends listened to their second grade buddies read and offered a listening ear and helpful strategies. We cant wait to read together again soon!
Firsties at South began last week reading “Bat Loves the Night” by author, Nicola Davies. This book led the students on a mission to learn about why a bat is not a bird, different types of bats, parts of a bat and more! The week finished with the first official BAT DAY!! Students spent the day in a bat cave with lights off, flashlights, glow sticks, and even a bat roost. Students worked on art, informative writing, comparing bats and birds, and a whole grade level activity to understand echolocation. The kids had a blast and were able to share what they had learned all week!
The second grade classes at Olympia South are learning about communities. We discussed the three types of communities (rural. urban, and suburban) and created second grade NOUN TOWN. #olyspartanpride
Firemen Visit OSE
Learning about Lava in 4th#Olyspartanpride
We are off to a great Homecoming Week at Oly South! Thanks to OHS for the fun assembly yesterday. #OlySpartanPride
Fifth and fourth grade Enrichment Groups after their “What My Name Means” poem presentations. They all did an awesome job. Notice the fourth graders smiles are bigger than the fifth graders.
#coordinate graphing#spartan pride#mathisfunin4
Ms. Metz's second grade class celebrated National Dot Day on September 14. We read the book The Dot and learned how to make our mark on the world! We also learned about pointillism and created our own dot masterpieces.
Wow! We are a month into school and this group of second graders has met their new goal of 11 minutes reading stamina! They are working so hard! #olyspartanpride
We are practing reading response and collaboration in 5th grade at OSE today!
Telephones are currently down at Olympia South. If you need to reach the school, please call the District office at 309-379-6011. You can speak to someone and have your call transferred or you can dial 2020 when prompted. Sorry for the inconvenience!
First graders are building a strong classroom community with their morning meetings each day. To begin with, the class reads a message from Mrs. Gray. Students then greet each other in unique ways each day. Then, students are selected to think deep and answer the question of the day. Our meeting concludes each day with an activity that encourages the whole group to work together as a team. It is so fun to watch them grow as a community and become closer each day!
Oly South Picture Day-TOMORROW! Thursday, September 6th. Ordering information will be sent home after pictures are taken!
In second grade, we are practicong our growth mindset by creating masterpieces from a beautiful oops coffee stain using Seesaw
We have a group of engineers in this room! Working on STEM project #1 in 2R! The objective was to launch a Pom Pom after creating a slingshot with popsicle sticks and rubber bands! Team work and collaboration at its finest 👍🏻
2nd graders are one week into school and are working real hard on adding details to pictures and their writing! Superstar writers in the making! #OlySpartanPride
New crossing guards going through training today to help keep South safe! #OlySpartanPride
OSE Fifth Graders started their day with kindness in mind. Hopefully YOU will be a recipient of some of that kindness.
1st graders are excited for a magical year! On Thursday, they received a special delivery of magic play dough, and today they made magic bracelets! While we took time to make predictions of what would happen and talked about why our bracelets changed colors when we walked outside and glowed in the dark when we came inside, our favorite answer and the most logical answer came from a special first grader who said she thought the magic was brought on by our love and care! First graders at South are in for a magical year of learning and leading!
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Star Students walk the Red Carpet for the first day of School!
Oly South Staff gets ready for the school year! #olyspartanpride
The 18-19 school year is approaching quickly! If you have not completed online registration for your student through Family Access, please do that today! It’s important for our planning purposes to have all of our kiddos registered! #OlySpartanPride
Thank you to The Church has Left the Building Crew! #olyspartanpride #thechurchhasleftthebuilding
Make sure to register your student for the 18-19 school year! ALL students have to be registered online through Skyward Family Access. Directions can be found on our website at www.olympia.org
Dont miss this opportunity!! Sign up deadline is June 8th! #OlySpartanPride
Making the most of indoor field day#happyin4#olyspartanpride
Second graders enjoying a sing-along on their last music day of the year! #olyspartanpride
4th and 5th graders do a great job giving a mini concert on recorders!#olyspartanpride
Celebrating K-2 students at Awards Day! #olyspartanpride
Celebrating a successful season of Girls on the Run. Next stop: 5K! #OlySpartanPride
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Thank you to all the officers who came out to Law Enforcement Day at Oly South! #olyspartanpride
Second grades' field trip to Sugar Grove Nature Center. We learned more about erosion, habitats, and animal adaptations #OlySpartanPride
Inquiry projects on food webs and how environmental threats affect their web are a huge success in fifth grade! Way to go!
Pre-K Promotion and Pre-K Awards at OSE! #OlySpartanPride
Second graders went to OHS for ag day. They went to many stations including: welding, farm equipment, animals,safety, drone demo, etc,
Mrs. Read's second grade class has been learning about symmetry. We practiced by drawing the other side of our face. A lot of laughs were had while learning took place!
Celebrating Alexa’s last day of chemo with a lunchtime dance party! #OlySpartanPride
5th grade is preparing to “pop” on to OMS! #OlySpartanPride
Mrs. Gray’s 1st graders are learning about cows in their final Ag in the Classroom visit with Miss Amy from the Logan County Extension Office!
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It is an honor to celebrate the teaching of Mrs. Averbeck at the IPA Faculty Recognition Luncheon! #OlySpartanPride
It was a beautiful, warm day for a walk for St.Jude. Second graders ran and walked their way around the ball field for 45 minutes!
Chicks are hatching in Mrs. Gray’s first grade! Three have hatched so far with two more currently pipping!
Miss Rizzolo's second grade class are learning while enjoying the sunshine. #olyspartanpride
Super fun night at OSE Carnival! #OlySpartanPride
Our 5th graders were excited to celebrate “Poem in Your Pocket Day” yesterday by sharing their favorite poem with friends!
Spanish 4 students from OHS share their knowledge with our 4th graders! #OlySpartanPride
GOTR is working hard on their leadership skills! Hopefully the weather will cooperate soon so we can train outside! #OlySpartanPride
Friday was a great day to recognize these two outstanding 5th grade students at the IPA recognition lunch! #OlySpartanPride
4th graders studying energy with roller coasters! #OlySpartanpride
1st graders made their way to each 3-5th grade classroom this morning to show the students support with testing. They will “rock” it! #OlySpartanPride
5th grade DARE Day at the Peoria Chiefs game! #OlySpartanPride
Third Graders Party Like It's PARCC Week! #olyspartanpride
The first day of PARCC testing is going very well! So proud of how hard the kids are working! #OlySpartanPride
Reminder-Kindergarten Round Up/Pre-Registration for next year’s incoming Kindergarten students is THIS Thursday from 5-6:30 at Olympia South. You do not need to attend the full time. 2 sessions will occur: one at 5 and one at 5:45. Please call 217-648-2302 with questions or to RSVP if you have not done so already.
PARCC Spirit Week April 3-6!!