Congratulations to the OHS girls track team for their awesome performances at Greenville! The Lady-Spartans placed 3rd out of 17 teams, missing first place by only 4 points! Additionally, the girls brought home 25 medals, with an outstanding 1st place finish by Amelia Kistner in the 2 mile, 2nd by Anna Bieber in the 800, 3rd by Abby Litwiler in the mile, 3rd by Hannah Cleveland in the shot-put, 3rd by Melissa Bieber in the triple jump and 400, 3rd by Kourtney Fann in the 300 hurdles, and 3rd in the girls 4x800 by Chrystal Cornwell, Madison Bales, Anna Bieber, and Kaylie Dare. Fantastic job ladies!!!
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today April 1st vs. U-High at Olympia has been cancelled.
The 3 varsity softball games scheduled for Saturday 4/2/22 at UIS as a part of the PORTA Slam have been cancelled.
The varsity and JV softball and baseball games scheduled for today March 31st vs. Tolono Unity are cancelled. We are working on make up dates.
Varsity/JV softball vs. Tremont today and Varsity/JV baseball vs. Tri Valley for today are all cancelled.
Congrats to the Spartan tracksters that had a successful day at the IL Top Times Meet today! Starting the day off was Owen Dare securing a 6th place medal in the 800 with a season best 2:02.32. Owen was seeded #7 going into the race. Next, Brad Schardan, seeded 22nd in the 400, dropped a full second for a season best time of 53.16 and placed 12th. Rounding out the day, Owen and Brad joined Keagan Uphoff and Cohen Alexander in the 1600 relay to place 11th. Great day guys! This meet concludes the 2022 indoor season and the outdoor track season kicks off 1 week from today at the Greenville Invitational.
Four members of the Olympia High School boy’s track team have qualified for the Class 2A Illinois Top Times indoor Championship track meet held at Wesleyan’s Shirk Center. Seniors Owen Dare and Brad Schardan will run the 800 (scheduled for 11:40) and 400(12:25) meter races, respectively. These two will be joined by sophomore Keagan Uphoff and freshman Cohen Alexander to compete in the 1600 meter relay, scheduled for 1:50. Come see the excitement as these young men do their best to bring home medals from a meet that gathers most of the top track athletes in the state!
The varsity and JV softball games scheduled for Saturday March 26th at Olympia vs Metamora and Lincoln are cancelled.
The varsity and JV baseball games scheduled against Pekin for today March 25th have been cancelled.
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today March 24th vs Clinton at Olympia is cancelled.
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today March 22nd at Washington is cancelled.
The cancelled track practice for today, referred to in the previous post, is middle school track. Middle School track practice is cancelled for today.
The JV and Varsity Baseball games scheduled for today March 14th at Olympia vs. Brimfield have been cancelled due to field conditions.
The annual Mr. Spartan pageant is on as scheduled for tonight at 7:00pm in the high school auditorium. Come out and take part in this Olympia High School tradition.
Due to road conditions, the Olympia School District will be utilizing a remote learning day for Friday March 11th. Elementary students should work on their packets that were sent home and Middle School and High School students will be expected to check Google Classroom for instructions from their teachers.
A decision regarding activities will be made this afternoon. Coaches will be in contact with students and families.
Thank you, and have a safe Friday!
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Andy Walsh
Assistant Superintendent
Big congratulations to Shelby Finchum and Casey Wissmiller for representing the Spartans at the Sectional 3 Point Contest at IVC this evening!!
Families & Students,
Due to the impending forecast that includes ice in the early morning and
heavy snowfall tomorrow afternoon, Olympia students will be doing remote
learning tomorrow, Thursday, February 17th. Elementary students will work
on the materials that have been sent home by their teachers. Middle school
and high school students should login to Google classroom tomorrow to
complete their work and / or participate in meetings with their teachers.
We realize there may be minor fluctuations in the weather but at this
point it appears as if our morning commute and our afternoon commute would
both be negatively impacted by weather. We will make an announcement
tomorrow regarding Thursday after school activities / practices.
As a reminder, students DO NOT have school on Friday, February 18th due to
a Teacher Institute Day. Monday, February 21st is a school holiday as well.
We will see students back in our buildings on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
Girls basketball to play Dee-Mack in the IHSA regional semi finals tonight. Tip off at 6:00pm at U-High in Normal. Come out in large numbers and show your support!🤟🤟
Congratulations OHS Speech!
The final game of the regular season for Spartan Girls Basketball is tonight HOME vs Tri-Valley. JV tip-off at 5:30pm, Varsity at 7:00pm. Come show your support! 🤟🤟