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Use real-life examples to help kids understand how people can view the same situation with totally different perspectives. One child might experience a game on the playground as fun, while another might feel like the rules are unfair. Sibling conflict can be a great example of how two people can have wildly different opinions about the same event. With older children, talk through controversial subjects and take turns arguing for different sides to help kids understand various viewpoints.
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If you have been thinking about joining the track team, it's not to late!!
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 (AI anyone!?)? How does it impact your life? Does it impact the type of media you consume, or where you consume it?
Early release Wednesday means STEM time for Olympia South Elementary. Thank you to State Farm for your support and to Mrs. Tibbs for making these opportunities possible. Our high school STEM Club students have been amazing mentors and facilitators to our elementary students that are learning Block coding to program robots.
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Tonight is SENIOR NIGHT for the Spartan Girl's Basketball Team. The JV and Varsity Teams take on Athens in a conference match. Come out and show your support for our seniors!!
https://youtu.be/mh1dLvGe06Y - BBC video
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. Check out these ways to escape the filter bubble and make sure your ideas about the world are being challenged.
Early voting begins today! Check out details for your county at www.olympia.org/vote
#MaintainRetainInnovate #TaxSwap #VoteMarch19
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Baseball open gyms for next week will be Sunday, Feb 11th at noon and Thursday, Feb 15th at 6:00. Both will be in the HS gym and for all HS levels (varsity, JV, freshmen)
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. Could AI be being used in the ad?
Congratulations to the Spartans that were inducted into the Technical Honor Society at the Bloomington Area Career Center (BACC). Thank you for representing Olympia so well!
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!?
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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.
Happy National School Counseling Week to our School Counselors!
The next baseball open gym will be Monday, February 5th for Freshmen, JV and Varsity. 6:00 HS Gym.
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.
