Olympia CUSD 16

Congratulations to Austin Swan for his decision to continue his football career at Eureka College. Great to see our guys going on to the next level. They are getting a great one!

Today’s featured senior is Alex Kindred. Alex has been a member of FFA, NHS, Football and Baseball. He has volunteered countless hours to help with middle school baseball. Alex will play baseball at Monmouth College where he will major in Computer Science. Thank you, Alex!

Today, OHS celebrated Decision Day for the Class of 2022! Graduating Seniors are asked the question “What’s your E: Enrolled, Enlisted, Employed?” Check out this video with their answers: https://bit.ly/3N1F9Z1

This week is senior week for spartan baseball and we are extremely proud of our seniors! Check in to see featured posts on each of our seniors throughout the week. Come support our seniors for senior night tomorrow at 4:30 on the varsity field against Williamsville!

The freshmen baseball game scheduled for today May 9th at Normal Community has been cancelled.

Olympia Transportation is Hiring! Contact us today if you are interested or would like more information.

Details ------- In their first year, Olympia Anglers win the Sectional. Josh Boots and Brantson Komnick lead the team to a sectional victory with a weight of 13.68 lbs and the tournament big bass of 6.82 lbs, caught by Josh Boots . Their teammates Aiden Fosdick and Blaine Halley respectfully made the decision to keep Josh and Brantson in the boat all day, knowing that they were doing well and had a chance to take our whole team to state. We are very proud of Aiden and Blaine's decision. Aiden and Blaine will be traveling to state with Josh and Brantson. We are equally as proud of our number 2 boat of Nick Siebert, Jackson Long, Jason Boots and Brandon Wood. They battled the rain also and weighed 4 fish for 4 lbs and never gave up. A Special thanks to Carter Lynch for showing up to support his team. It doesnt matter who caught the fish or who didnt. We are all one big family and we will compete at the state championship at Carlyle lake as one big family. Thanks to all who made this possible. Ken Petersen, Scott Boots, Ryan Komnick, BJ Long, Andrew Green, Bill Hopkins, Brett Goodman, Amy Siebert and Stacey Boots.

Varsity baseball vs. Pleasant Plains and HS Girls track at Clifton Central are both cancelled for today.

Erin Dederich, OHS Student Council President and State Constitution Chairperson, presents at IASC State Convention.

OHS Student Council getting their leadership on at State Convention!

Congratulations to the Olympia Anglers for winning the IHSA Bass Fishing Sectional at Lake Evergreen today.

Here is the link to the flyer for the 3rd annual Summer Strength and Speed camp: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gDHpiYeIuCoZ0Y_GpqcPV43grmSh1Bg4w9GYLuhA0t0/edit?usp=sharing A great opportunity for our Olympia High Student Athletes!

Freshmen Baseball at Washington is cancelled - no make up.. Varsity and JV Softball vs. Prairie Central is postponed to Monday May 9th. Varsity baseball vs. Prairie Central is postponed to Friday May 13th. JV baseball vs. Prairie Central is cancelled with no make up date.

Kindergarten celebrated reaching our reading goal with a flashlight reading party!

Signing up for accounts on the web can be as simple as clicking one button. But if that website or service does not have a written data privacy agreement with Olympia, you may be giving away your personal information with a single click! Parents, talk to your kids about where they have created accounts. Remind them that the Student Acceptable Use Policy for Olympia states that they will not create an account with their district email address unless directed to do so by a teacher. By working together as a community we can drastically reduce the amount of data that we unnecessarily share with companies who look to sell that data to advertisers. #StrongerTogether See more at https://www.olympia.org/page/student-data-privacy

OMS had the opportunity to team up with OHS for our first annual “The Great Spartan Changeover: 8th Grade Transition Day''. The 8th graders visited OHS classrooms, played a Kahoot where they got to know OHS Teachers/Staff, competed in a scavenger hunt, participated in an activity with OHS student leaders, learned about how they can experience success in high school, and went on a tour of the school. Thank you to everyone who helped make this transition experience meaningful for our students!

OHS Soccer WINS 4-1 over Decatur Lutheran on Senior Night honoring our exchange students Kaat Biskanter, Lea Gersdorf, and Sofia del Val. Raquel Birky earns a hat trick. Brooke Rogers also finds the net. Assists by Tarah Hilt, Grace Birkey, Kensie Kleinschmidt, and Andi Ewalt. Thank you to all the Junior High players who came out to scrimmage with us after the match!

Varsity baseball falls to Rochester tonight 5-2. JV baseball loses 4-3 in extra innings, also to Rochester.

The OHS boys track team had a great meet at the Eureka Invitational last Friday night. The Spartans finished 3rd place in the 14-team meet, scoring 79 points(only 8 points behind 1st place). Unfortunately, the meet was canceled due to lightning with 2 events remaining and Olympia was seeded to win one of them and to place in the top two in the other. Those points could have pushed the Spartans into 1st place. Nonetheless, it was a great team effort with many athletes performing big season-bests and 13 placers in 16 events. Top individuals were Keagan Uphoff (2nd in the 110 hurdles in a season-best 17.28 and 1st in the 300 hurdles at 42.92), Reygan Sitton (1st in the 100 in 11.69), Owen Dare (3rd in the 800 in a season-best 1:59.27), Brad Schardan (1st in the 400 in a season-best 51.72), Cooper Phillips (3rd in the 300 hurdles in 46.97), Logan Demling (4th in the 1600 in a season-best 4:51.08), Chase Ragar (4th in the triple jump at 37’ 11.5”), Skyler Biggs (4th in the shot put at 42’ 9”), and Chase Litwiller (1st in the high jump at 6’ 3”). Oly’s top relay finish was in the 3200 meter relay where they took 3rd place(Anthony Ragland, Logan Demling, Caden Clark, and Cooper Phillips).

We are blessed to have amazing Principals and Assistant Principals at Olympia. Thank you for all you do for our students!