GREY GHOSTS SQUEAKED BY SPARTANS! Varsity Boys Soccer drops a hard fought game under the lights tonight at home 5-0 to IVC. A strong defensive team effort, backed by a stellar night for Freshman Kasey Salvator! Thanks to both seniors for the dedication and hard work this year!
Great job Varsity Volleyball tonight and the Freshman & JV teams on a clean sweep of Riverton! Kill leaders were Jorgi Dupureur&Sarah Cross with 6 apiece. Assists Grace Carter-Nagrocki w/18, Blocks Sarah Cross w/2, Digs Kat Springer w/18, Aces Keats Wille,Kat & Jorgi w/ 2.
A growing trend is children using generative A.I. tools such at character.ai to connect with something in a way that they feel uncomfortable doing with another human. The areas below are areas that we hope you discuss with your children at home, and are concepts that may be brought up in Olympia classrooms throughout the year.
- The role that AI will play in the areas of creative expression, human relationships, and mental well-being.
- The impacts that AI might have on their identity formation and sense of self.
- How AI companions might influence their expectations of genuine and complicated humans.
Read the full article from Common Sense Education here:
https://www.olympia.org/article/1271448
The 2nd session is October 17th 6-7 PM via Zoom. These sessons are free but you need to sign up for the zoom link.
Libby Shaffer, Rylee Robb, and Madi Barnes took on a hilly and rugged Lakeshore Golf Course today competing in the Taylorville Sectional meet. Congrats to Madi who stayed tough with long drives to earn herself a spot at the State Tournament. Great job Madi!!!
Thank you to our OMS & OHS Principals for all they do for our students, staff, and families!
Olympia South has a new support dog thanks to Mrs.Duggins! Meet Ella 🐶❣️
October is Principal Appreciation Month. We are so thankful for our Elementary Principals and the support they provide students, staff, and families.
Digital citizenship grows in importance each year (A.I. anyone?). Starting today we begin our annual focus of six core areas of digital citizenship, providing resources and support for our Oly families. More details on this outreach can be found here: bit.ly/OlyDigCitOverview
Congratulations to the middle school cross country team on an outstanding last regular season race in Delavan on Saturday. There were many amazing performances with lots of new personal records and season bests. We had four of our athletes: Mili Rebbe, Mira Kistner, Ty Gale, & Tucker Garey finish in the top 25 with many following closely after. An additional congratulations goes out to Mili Rebbe on breaking the school record with a time of 12:15 for a 2 mile race. We are so proud of the season the kids have had! We will be at Dunlap for sectionals next weekend.
You can watch the Homecoming Lip Sync performances at the link below. They start at 2:20pm today.
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/il/stanford/organization/10403/olympia-high-school
Congratulations to the Girls Swim Team for their win tonight against Pontiac! They took first place in all 12 events!
1st place finishes went to:
Sophia Thomas-200 free & 100 fly(PR)
Annelise Clendenny - 200 IM(PR)
Nora Collins - 50 free
Kaylin Winters - 100 free (Season PR)
Abbie Hoeft 500 free(PR)/100 back(PR)
Lola Finfrock - 100 breaststroke
There were some great swims tonight and many girls dropped time in their events! Nice swimming tonight girls!
Varsity VB had a tough battle with Williamsville tonight and came up short. 25-16 & 25-13. Great efforts ladies. Kill leader w/6 Jorgi Dupureur, Digs Kat Springer w/7, Blocks Sarah Cross w/1, Assists Shelby Finchum w/14, Aces Shelby Finchum & Keets Wille w/1. Keep working hard!
Congratulations to Madi Barnes, Rylee Robb, and Libby Shaffer for moving out of the Westville regional golf tournament and earning spots at the Taylorville. Madi also earned a top 4 finish while helping her team to 4th place overall. Great job Lady Spartans!
Families, we have partnered with the Ronald McDonald House in Springfield. We will save pop tabs all year. Last May these students made a delivery of collected tabs.
Did you miss last night's mental health session - Your Child's Anxiety ? Check out the replay: LINK: https://cookcenter.info/Sep26OSDReplay
Mobile food truck in McLean at noon today!
October Elementary Menu
The Girls Swim Team placed 2nd in tonight's meet at Normal Community with Mahomet and Urbana.
Top finishers were:
200 Medley Relay - 2nd place (A.Clendenny, L.Finfrock, S.Thomas, K.Winters)
Abbie Hoeft - 2nd in 50 free
Kaylin Winters -3rd in 50 free and 500 free
Lola Finfrock - 3rd in 100 fly
Sophia Thomas - 3rd in 100 free
200 free relay - 2nd place (A.Hoeft, L.Finfrock, K.Winters, S.Thomas)
Way to go girls!
Huge win tonight for Varsity vb with a a great crowd and a spectacular blue crew!🤚🏻25-17 & 25-23. Kill leaders with 8 apiece were Jorgi Dupureur and Emma Books, Assists 18 Shelby Finchum, Blocks 1 Sarah Cross,Digs Kat Springer, Aces Jorgi Dupureur 1. Good luck to 🏈Go Spartans!
