Olympia CUSD 16

Preschool screenings are available for children ages 3 through 5. Screenings help determine where children are developmentally in areas such as motor skills, concepts, language, and behavior. Based on the results, families will receive a recommendation indicating whether their child qualifies for the Pre-K program.

For more information regarding the Child Find screening process, you can find resources here: https://www.childfind-idea-il.us/Materials/Educ_Rights_en.pdf

Screening Dates:
🗓️ October 8 at Minier Christian Church
🗓️ December 9 at Danvers Community Building
🗓️ March 11 at Atlanta Christian Church
🗓️ May 12 at Minier Christian Church

The Lady Spartan golf team had a busy week this week! They traveled to Lincoln on Tuesday for a triangular match with Lincoln and Mt. Zion. Junior Kennadie Finchum led the way for the Spartans with a nine hole score of 45. On Wednesday they hosted El-Paso Gridley and Metamora at North Greens Golf Course. Junior Elyse Eimer shot a career best 42! They wrapped up the week competing in the U-High Invite at Weibring Golf Course. With over 100 athletes from across the state competing Kennadie Finchum came in 34th place shooting an impressive 91. The girls are back in action on Monday at the Lincoln Elks for the Lincoln Girls Scramble.

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Last night our teams faced off against a scrappy Clinton squad! Varsity battled back after dropping the first set, taking the second, and pushing the match to a nail-biting third before falling just short. JV came out strong, splitting the first two sets and pulling off a huge win in the third: 25-22, 22-25, 16-14! Freshmen fought hard but came up short with scores of 22-25 and 21-25. They’ll be back in action this weekend as hosts of the 2nd Annual Olympia Freshman Tournament—best of luck to them!

Boys Varsity soccer downs the Hilltoppers of Mt. Pulaski last night 9-0! Seniors Tyler Caroll and Austin Rebbe leading the way with Caroll netting 4 goals and Rebbe completing his first hat trick of the year. Sophomore Diangelo Wright got involved in the scoring along with Freshman Bernardo Fortanelli! Junior Jared Phares picks up his first shutout of the year with 3 saves! Boys return to action as they travel to Athens at 5:00 pm on Tuesday evening!

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Middle school varsity baseball loses a tough 3-2 game at Tri Valley tonight. JV falls to Tri Valley as well 7-0. Both teams are at home vs East Peoria Friday. First game starts at 4:30.

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Our Varsity volleyball team faced a tough Eureka squad tonight, battling through a challenging match. (Scores and stats listed below) Our Freshman team split sets and finished strong with scores of 20-25, 25-25, 15-6. Our JV team fought hard but came up short, 21-25, 17-25. Proud of the effort across all levels—each game is another step forward for our program!

Our Oly Middle School Xc team had an awesome meet in Washington today! We had 4 PRs and a top 20 finish by Kayleigh Vest! We will be back at it on Thursday at Illini Central. Way to go Spartans!

Come cheer on the HS cross country team today, first race is at 4:30!

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The HS cross country team traveled to Clinton Saturday night for the Light It Up Invitational with 735 runners competing across 3 races. Both our boys and girls represented Oly well and set the bar high in their first 3-mile race of the season! 🔥 Open Race (Girls 96 runners, boys 163 runners) Natalie – 24th (23:17) Chloe – 55th (25:36) Leah – 76th (27:45) Jasper – 141st (24:40) 🔥 Boys Varsity (208 runners) Ty – 75th (17:40) CJ – 99th (18:13) Connor – 151st (19:39) Paul – 153rd (19:42) Wyatt – 156th (19:53) Asher – 157th (19:54) Graham – 171st (20:30) 🔥 Girls Varsity (179 runners) Mira – 43rd (20:07) Juliet – 79th (21:17) It was such a fun night under the lights, and our runners have a lot to be proud of! 💙🤍 Join us Tuesday, 9/2, for our home meet — first race starts at 4:30 PM. Come cheer on this amazing group of athletes!

Our Varsity volleyball team battled with grit today, finishing 3rd in the Warrensburg-Latham tournament! Scores: vs. Warrensburg-Latham: L 25-12, 22-25, 12-15 vs. Neoga: W 25-9, 25-4 vs. Meridian: W 25-11, 25-13 Congrats to Aubrey, who was voted to the All-Tournament Team! Great effort by our Freshman team as well at the tough Morton tournament!

The Spartans Boys Golf Team finished their long week Thursday at home with a triangular against Eureka and Fieldcrest. Varsity Scores: Ethan Barnes - 41 Mason Kruger - 44 Cam Fosdick - 47 Noah Walker - 42 Dylan Nowaskie - 48 Gage Pitcher - 54 Tram Score - 174 JV Scores: Cooper Otto - 48 Calvin Fonger - 61 Carter Mortimer - 63

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Middle school varsity baseball grabs an exciting 2-1 win tonight at Midwest Central with great pitching, excellent defense and timely hitting. JV also wins 2-0 to continue the winning streak! Varsity is at Tremont tomorrow starting at 9:00. JV is at Morton starting at 9:30.

It's a beautiful Friday afternoon here at OHS! This past week, over 400 of our students kept a perfect streak by arriving to their classes on time. Great job Spartans! As a treat, each student earned a Blue Buck that they could use to eat outside and enter our weekly PBIS raffle. This week's Blue Buck features a familiar face. Welcome to the Blue Buck Economy Mr. Cox!

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