It’s National Administrative Professional’s Day today! To change it up a bit, here is a short poem to celebrate all of the ways that you make Olympia a wonderful place to work and visit. THANK YOU!
Admin assistants, we sing your praise,
For all the tireless work you do each day,
From greeting visitors with a warm smile,
To answering phones with patience and style.
Your skills are many, and your commitment is vast,
You handle all our needs, from first to last,
The schedules, the paperwork, the meetings too,
We don't know how we'd manage without you.
You're often the first friendly face we see,
And your hard work sets the tone for the day to be,
We know we can count on you, without fail,
To keep our schools running smoothly and prevail.
In the midst of all the serious work,
Know that we love all of your little quirks,
Maybe a funny joke or a silly pun,
To brighten up our day and make it fun.
So here's to you, admin assistants,
We appreciate you more than words can say,
You make our school a better place,
And we thank you for it every day!
Todays College Spotlight is Grace College & Seminary
Todays College Spotlight is Eureka College!
OHS alum, Brett Wigginton, is speaking to our Chemistry classes today about nuclear reactors and his career in the U.S. Navy as a submariner. Brett’s rank is Chief Petty Officer. Thank you for your service, Brett!
The varsity softball game scheduled for today at home vs. Riverton has been cancelled due to Riverton not having enough players.
Todays College Spotlight is Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL!
The OHS girls track team changed things up for the Rochester Rocket invitational yesterday. Goals were set and the girls showed up to compete even if it was in an event they weren’t use to running. Even though we came up a little short in our running events we still finished 8th out of 13 teams. The work these girls continue to put in to reach their goals is outstanding!
Good luck to Anna Bieber running the 800 at the distance night in Palatine tonight. She has a big goal and has worked incredibly hard to get here!
The OHS boys track team had 14 personal best performances and placed 6th at the 12-team Rochester Invite yesterday. Top performers were:
Logan Demling, Jacob Lawless, Wyatt Reinhart, & Cooper Phillips-3rd in the 4x800 relay in a season best time 9:02.43
Nolen Yeary-2nd in the shot put with an all-time best 46' 8".
Keagan Uphoff- 2nd in the high jump, 3rd in the 110 high hurdles, and 3rd in the 300 hurdles.
Sophomore Cohen Alexander- 1st place in the 100 meter dash with an all-time best 11.37 seconds (into a headwind)!!
Congratulations to Madison Bales (Heartland C.C.), Abby Litwiller (Binghamton), Cam Lawson (North Central), Anna Bieber (Eastern Illinois) and Chrystal Cornwell (Berea) on their college commitments to further their academic and running careers.
Todays College Spotlight is Central College in Pella, Iowa
Kyla Birky scores from 1st base on Lydia Rutledge's RBI double in the bottom of the 4th inning and Danika Frazier with a solo home run in the 6th as Spartans softball defeated Auburn 2-0 to remain undefeated in the conference at 4-0. Frazier with a 1-hitter, striking out 12.
OHS and OMS will continue remote learning during the week of the 24th - 28th. For additional details, please view the Thrillshare Alert email sent on 4/20/23.
The volleyball player/parent meeting scheduled for Sunday April 23rd at Oly North in Danvers has been postponed. A new date and time will be announced later.
Amy Dederich received 2nd place in English in the ACES (academic competition of engineering and science) competition, advancing to Sectionals and State at Eastern Illinois University. Congratulations, Amy!
Todays College Spotlight is Bradley University!
Jordyn Turner with the walk-off base hit in bottom of the 7th inning as Spartans softball defeats Pontiac 2-1. Shelby Finchum with a RBI game tying single in the 6th. Danika Frazier with five strikeouts, allowing three hits and one unearned run. JV defeated Pontiac 5-1.
Olympia Soccer Apparel is now available online!
Order by April 22nd to pick up on Senior Night May 1st.
Last day to order this Spring is May 9th.
Shipping also available.
Visit website for details.
brazenwave.com/olympiasoccer
The high school volleyball player/parent meeting has been rescheduled for April 23rd at 2:00pm at Olympia North Gym in Danvers.
The varsity and JV Softball games scheduled for today against Pontiac are postponed to tomorrow April 18th at Olympia at 4:30pm. We will now play varsity only softball with Riverton on Monday April 24th at 4:30pm.
The JV and Varsity Baseball games scheduled for today April 17th at Olympia vs. Pontiac have been cancelled due to wet field conditions.