Olympia CUSD 16

🏰🎄🎭 Wes hale good lords and ladies fair! Madrigal season is upon us! 🎶✨
Olympia High School proudly presents the 35th annual Madrigal Dinners on Friday, December 12th at 7 pm; Saturday, December 13th at 7 pm; and Sunday, December 14th at 2 pm at Castle Olympia (formerly Olympia Middle School Gymnasium). We ask that all patrons still enter through the high school activity entrance (Gym) doors for the dinners.

We invite you to Castle Olympia to join us for this festive celebration! Our feaste includes your choice of grilled chicken breast or vegetarian lasagna, served with southern-style green beans, mashed potatoes, a dinner roll with butter, and Simply Sweet Cakes cupcakes.

The Olympia Chamber Choir, Court Singers, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Masque, and 8th Grade Chorus will all perform in this seasonal celebration, directed by Aubrey Zega. Masque directed by Eric Hansen and band directed by Kevin Greene. Over 130 OHMS students are involved in this year’s show!

Please send an email to aubrey.zega@olympia.org with any questions!

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The Olympia Wrestling team moves to 4-0 with 2 conference wins tonight. Olympia 30 Riverton 0 Olympia 54 Pittsfield 16

The OMS Boys Basketball team defended homecourt tonight against Pontiac. The 7th Grade team had a tight game but they were able to squeeze out the win 23 - 20. Isaiah Gaither led the team in scoring with 11 points, followed by Ben Britt, Reece Peifer, and Luke Milligan each scoring 4 points. The 8th grade team dominated from start to finish winning 42 - 14. Easton Boudeman led the team with 13 points followed by Cade Yoder with 10 points.
The Spartans are back in action Saturday at Maroa-Forsythe at 10 AM. Go Spartans!
7th Grade: 9-3
8th Grade: 9-3

Girls Basketball

Girls Basketball

OMS Volleyball tryouts are coming up next week! All players must be registered on 8 to 18 and have a current physical on file. Reach out to Mrs. Miller with any questions: stevie.miller@olympia.org

All after school activities, including practices and games for tonight are cancelled.

Today's Activities

Olympia Middle School staff brought outstanding energy to the 4th Annual Staff Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt today. All 10 turkeys were finally tracked down… five sporting Mr. Jones’ face and five proudly featuring Mrs. Miller. As we head into break, our hearts are filled with gratitude for the incredible students who make OMS such a remarkable place. We are truly thankful beyond measure for this community.

Wishing everyone a safe, joyful, and well-deserved Thanksgiving break! 🦃

Last night the High School Wrestling team had their first meet of the season at Peoria Notre Dame High School. We had some great competition and start the season 2-0 as a team! Final Results: Olympia 52 - Peoria Notre Dame 23 Olympia 53 - Farmington 18 Our next meet will be at Riverton High School on Thursday December 4th at 6:00pm.

Attention Olympia wrestling fans and alumni! Please mark your calendars for Thursday December 11th. We will be honoring Coach Mike Manahan at our annual "Manahan Duals". We will also be dedicating our mat room in his name. Please join us in honoring a man who has done so much for our school and for the sport of wrestling. If you'd like to purchase a t-shirt for the event, the link is listed below. The deadline is December 1st, and orders will be available for pickup at the duals. We hope to see you all there! https://orders.minervapromotions.com/olmypia_hs_wrestling/shop/home

The OMS Boys Basketball teams competed last night at home against Midwest Central. The 7th Grade team got the win 46-10. Isaiah Gaither led the team in scoring (10 points), followed by Luke Milligan and Jackson Behrens both with 8 points.
The 8th grade team lost a tough one 37-48 with Will Langley (19 points) and Cade Yoder (8 points) leading their team in scoring.
The Spartans are back in action tonight at home against Heyworth. Go Spartans!
7th Grade: 8-2
8th Grade: 7-3

The OMS Dance Team had a great time supporting the boys basketball team last night. The dancers performed a brand NEW dance! If you missed it, we are performing again tonight at 5! Be there!💙🖤🩵

The Spartans (1-0) won 67-54  in their opening game in the GCMS Thanksgiving Tournament against Hoopeston. Senior Dylan Nowaskie led the way for the Spartans with a tournament-tied and school-record 44 points. Senior Ben Tackett added 9 points as well. The Spartans never trailed in the game.  The Spartans are back in action Wednesday night (6:30 pm) against Armstrong at GCMS.

🦃 Pre-Thanksgiving Spartan Cart Success! 🦃

Excitement was in the air this morning at Olympia Middle School! 🎉 The line was wrapped around the gym as our Spartans had a chance to spend their hard-earned tickets at the Black Friday Spartan Cart sale!

Our PBIS team slashed prices, and students walked away with all kinds of goodies. Hundreds of tickets were spent this morning—and remember, each ticket represents an instance of our amazing students displaying Respect, Responsibility, and positive Relationships!

We are incredibly thankful for the great things we are seeing at Olympia Middle School every single day! Keep up the excellent work, Spartans! 💙🤍

#OMSSpartans #PBIS #BlackFridaySale #StudentSuccess #Community

Today's Activities

Girls Basketball

Today's Activities

Varsity girls basketball traveled to the first ever Hornet Hoopsgiving Tournament at Eureka. The team improved so much over the three day tournament and Elyse Eimer earned an All Tournament Team selection! Congrats Elyse!

Thanks to our awesome cafeteria staff, we've rolled out a VIP Lunch Experience for OHS PBIS winners. Two students are drawn every other week for a chance to invite their friends to a VIP lunch - no lines, table service, and a special menu to choose from. Hope y'all enjoyed the first VIP lunch!!