Give Back to a Spartan This Season!
Angel Tree Update: All of our OMS students have been sponsored! Way to go Spartan Nation! Now let's expand that generosity to our students at OHS. There are still around ten students whose holiday season can be made bright with a sponsorship from an Olympia community member. Share this message, and let's get those ornaments on the tree! 🎄💙
https://www.olympia.org/page/nhs-angel-tree
Fake News has been around for a long time. Track its history from 63 B.C. through present day in this infographic. Where do you see Fake News today? How does it impact your life? Does it impact the type of media you consume, or where you consume it?
Correction from wrestling tonight. Lincoln 41 and Olympia 37.
Varsity girls basketball moves to 8-2 on the season with a non-conference road win over Tremont. 66 to 54.
Spartans pick up two wins at home tonight in wrestling. 69 to 12 over U-High and 37 to 35 over. Lincoln.
Don't forget to sign up for the OHS Dance Mini Clinic by tomorrow- Friday, December 10th, to be guaranteed a shirt. Email emily.weyl@olympia.org with any questions!
Filter Bubble Trouble
When we get news from our social media feeds, it often only tells us part of the story. Our friends -- and the website's algorithms -- tend to feed us perspectives we already agree with. Show students ways to escape the filter bubble and make sure their ideas about the world are being challenged.
https://youtu.be/mh1dLvGe06Y - BBC
OMHS Friday Market will move inside by the middle school cafeteria. We have school supplies, gloves, hats and several winter coats. We always have fresh food. Thanks to the NHS for helping with our Markets!
Tip #2: Play "Spot The Ad"
When you see advertising on TV or on a billboard, ask your children to figure out what the ad is selling. Sometimes it's obvious, and sometimes it's not. Help them explore why certain pictures, sounds, or words are used to sell certain products.
8th grade OMS students had the opportunity to create their own businesses and pitch them to a group of Olympia Sharks. They had a chance to create their own business plan and seek out investments from the Sharks! #SpartanEntrepreneurs #SharkTank
NFHS is having technical difficulties with the streaming of tonight’s games due to an issue with Amazon web services.
Well-crafted headlines benefit everyone. They help readers digest information and publishers sell news stories. But what if the headline is misleading? What if it's crafted just to get clicks and not to inform? "Clickbait" headlines may benefit advertisers and publishers (think $$$), but they don't benefit readers. And when they go viral, they can badly misinform the public.
This week, look for clickbait headlines in the media that you consume and discuss them with your family. How many can you find before Sunday rolls around!?
Varsity Girls Basketball with a home non conference win over Heyworth. 57 to 32. Taylor Nowaskie with 23 pts. Hannah Cleveland with 17 pts. Spartans improve to 7 and 2 on the season.
JV Girls Basketball pick up a home non conference win over Heyworth. 37 to 17
Weekly Schedule of Activities
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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.
As OHS students wrapped up their mental health unit, Project Oz McLean County spent time discussing mental health awareness with them. Students were given tools to recognize the signs of poor mental health and received resources if they or someone they know showed these signs. We are fortunate to have the community link with our school to advocate for the overall health of our students!
Tip #1: Encourage Healthy Skepticism
Help your children analyze the info 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.
Varsity Girls Basketball pulls out a tough road non-conference win over Farmington 34-33.
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 literacy. When kids can identify different types of news and media and the methods and meanings behind them, they're on their way to being critical thinkers and smart consumers.
Throughout the month, we will be sharing a set of five tips to help your children become critical thinkers of news and media. Here is a short video to get those conversations started!
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