With a heavy heart, we want to share the sad news that longtime OSD educator Gordon Chamberlain passed away yesterday. Counselors and social workers are available to help with this loss. Please email the Communications department at communications
@osd
.wednet.edu
Congrats to Olympia High choir teacher Dan Schwartz on being named a 2018 Chinook Region Outstanding Music Educator! 🎼🎼💙
@theolympian
@ESD113
@ThurstonTalk
Congrats Carol McKay for being selected as one of five state finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Carol teaches pre-calculus and algebra at Capital High School. 🎉🎉🎉
#ExcellenceInTeaching
Read more:
In less than an hour, the Capital High volleyball team competes for the state championship! The team is vying for the Class 3A state title against Mercer Island at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. Game time is 7 pm. Go Cougs!!
Congratulations to our amazing teachers who earned or renewed their National Board Certification this year! It is a rigorous process and we are so proud of you for your commitment to learning and growing along with your students.
#NBCT
#OSDFriends
🎉🎉🎉
As part of a statewide tribute to the class of 2020, the OSD will turn on our stadium/field lights this Friday at 8:20 pm (20:20 military time). Field lights will be shining bright at Ingersoll Stadium and Swarthout Field. 👏🏼💓😃
#OSDFriends
#BeTheLightWA
#ClassOf2020
We learned tonight that false information about our district related to coronavirus (COVID-19) was shared on a mobile messaging app. The message states that OSD schools will be closed next week for sanitation purposes. This is NOT true. See details below.
Since it's Football Friday we thought you might enjoy a few sights and sounds captured at Capital High School Football's win over North Thurston last Friday. Go fight win Coug's! 🏈🔥🏈
#CapitalCougs
#FootballFriday
#OffToYelmWeGo
@COUGS_AD
Congrats to Capital junior Rahma Gaye for winning state champion in the state Speech and Debate Tournament with her speech, “What’s in a Name?” The speech shares her experience of being a young Black Muslim woman in America and the need for more positive representation.
Congrats to
@CapitalCougs
student Raghu Bharadwaj, 1 of 15 students in WA State selected to compete in the
@NtlJSHS
Science Fair at
@PLUNEWS
. Of the 15 participants, Raghu was 1 of 5 asked to complete a full presentation of his project! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#CapitalHS
#CougPride
#JSHS
Steve Taylor, Capital High School Athletic Director, helped the booster club at CHS sell 15 rolls of duct tape for a fundraiser, raising $1,500. He also generously agreed to be duct taped to a pillar in the commons. 😄😄😄
#DuctTape
#OurStaffIsAwesome
#WayTooMuchFun
Lots of happy tears at today’s surprise homecoming during the Veterans Day assembly at McKenny Elementary. Welcome home Staff Sgt. Latavis Walker!
#OSDFriends
#BestSurpriseEver
This stunning shot was captured over the weekend in the neighborhood of Reeves Middle School. We hope everyone is staying safe, warm and enjoying the winter wonderland that is Olympia! ❄️⛄️❄️
#OSDFriends
#SnowDay
#OlyInABlanket
@downtownolympia
Photo courtesy of Robert Hardy
Congratulations to the Capital track and field time for winning its first State Championship this weekend!
Individual championships:
Amanda Moll - 3 State Championships
Hanna Moll - 2 State Championships
Kora Landers - 1 State Championship
Lucy Heminway - 1 State Championship
The Capital HS Thespians received the Excellence in Musical Theater Award from projectUcan for their stellar performance of "The Theory of Relativity." Congrats, Capital HS Thespians! We look forward to seeing your future performances in the 2019-20 school year. 🎉🎭🎉
UPDATE: Pioneer Elementary School will be closed Friday, March 13, 2020. All OSD schools will be closed beginning Monday, March 16, 2020. They will remain closed until further notice. See our Coronavirus webpage (link below) for complete messaging.
The state championship Capital HS volleyball team is expected to arrive home today! The band will play and the community is invited to help congratulate the team. Be at the school's lower parking lot by 1:30 pm (2707 Conger Ave., Olympia).
#StateChamps
#CapitalHS
Thank you OSD voters! The 4-year Educational Programs & Operations Replacement Levy passed with 69.65% "yes" votes, according to initial Thurston County election results released tonight. We appreciate the continued support for our students, staff and families! 😍💯🙌
#OSDFriends
Unified Oly aimed to "Pack the Gym" on Friday night, Jan. 5 and did just that with fans, teachers, students and athletes cheering on the Unified teams! Our community is AMAZING! 🏀💙🏀💙🏀💙😀
#OlyLove
@ThurstonTalk
Congressman
@RepDennyHeck
visited
@CapitalCougs
this morning to learn more about the CorePLUS Manufacturing program sponsored by
@Boeing
. CorePLUS is designed to train students still in high school so that they would be ready to go to work directly after graduation!
#CTE
🔩⚙️
Perseverance and a little time made all the difference for Jonathan Murphy! He is officially a
@CapitalCougs
graduate (the first in his family) after finishing up a few academic requirements at summer school. Congratulations Jonathan!
#CapitalHS
#Persevere
💛❤️🎓🎉🎓🎉
This Friday at 8:20 pm (20:20) high schools across WA state will be turning on their stadium lights to honor the Class of 2020...and so will we! Field lights will be shining bright at Ingersoll Stadium and Swarthout Field! 💡🥳💡
#BeTheLightWA
#ClassOf2020
Capital HS students returned to their elementary school for a heart-warming grad walk. The graduating seniors were welcomed by cheering students and teachers they walked through the halls of Garfield Elementary School. 🎓🎉🎓
#GraduateSuperstars
FB album:
Go Bears! Olympia High School was full of spirit for the first day of school today. Here are some photos from the morning welcome assembly. 😍🐻🥳
#OSDFirstDay2021
#OSDfriends
Congrats to Olympia HS &
@NewMarketSkills
senior Justice Shultz and junior Cameron Hardy. They won Gold in this year's
@SkillsUSA
Interactive Application and Video Game Development regional contest with their video game "T.E.S.L.A." Good luck at nationals in Louisville KY! 🎮👾🥇
Carol McKay, a pre-calculus and algebra teacher at Capital High School, is one of five finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). 🧮🖊🎉
#CongratsCarol
#TeachingExcellence
Read more:
@CapitalCougs
All OSD schools and buses 2 hours late today, Feb. 21. AM buses on snow routes. No out-of-district transportation. No a.m. preschool. No a.m. Avanti program (periods 1-3). All schools dismiss today at regular Wednesday 50-minute early release time.
Shout out to
@OLYMPIA_BEARS
student athlete Beatrice Asomaning for her record-setting performance at the South Sound Track Classic where she shattered a 35-year old OHS record in the discus. Beatrice earned
@wiaawa
4A female athlete of the week! 💪🏿💙🐻
#RecordBreaker
#DiscusGoals
High school shop classes have come a long way! You can even build an ash pan for your outdoor fire pit in the Capital High School Intro to Metals class. So cool! What was your favorite hands-on class in high school?
@ReadyWA
@waOSPI
@ESD113
#CTE
#RealWorldSkills
❤️🧡🛠️⚙️🔩
Congratulations to senior Tucker Grow for earning two full scholarships to choose from, one from the U.S. Marines and one from the U.S. Army. Tucker can use either scholarship to attend any U.S. university of his choice. 🎉👍Way to go Tucker!
#Scholarships
#FullRide
#CapitalHS
Really nice piece by
@ThurstonTalk
on Pam Barker, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, who plans on retiring after the 2018-19 school year. Thank you so much Pam, and please, don't be a stranger! ❤️🧡💛
#OSDFriends
#DistrictFam
#IHateGoodbyes
Due to snow and icy roads, all OSD schools are closed today, Thursday, February 22. Check the district website and social media by noon for the status of any after-school or evening activities.
It’s the first day of kindergarten and preschool today in the Olympia School District! There were lots of smiles, a few tears and plenty of energy in the classrooms we visited at Pioneer Elementary this morning. Here's to a fabulous year of learning and growing! 😍😍
@waOSPI
Congratulations to this year's Olympia School District Teachers of the Year!
We would like to give a huge shout-out to Devin Alexander, Lorraine Manning and Marion Sheridan for being named this year's OSD Teachers of the Year. 📚👩🏫📝 To read more:
Congratulations to the Olympia Robotics Federation Robotics Team for winning the Spirit Award for their efforts to work with students in Cairo, Egypt to start a FIRST LEGO League robotics team there. 🇪🇬🤖🇺🇸
Boston Harbor ES Principal Brotherton says she is excited to welcome back the students. She is looking forward to seeing Boston Harbor ES families at their Ice Cream Social on September 3. Administrative Professional Schwegler says, "Bring on a fabulous school year!" ⚓️💙⚓️
The talented
@CapitalCougs
Chamber Choir performed during the pre-show and intermission at Pacific Northwest Ballet's "The Nutcracker" in Seattle's McCaw Hall on Sunday, December 3.
@PNBallet
@McCawHall
🎼🎤😍
Had an opportunity to swing by Roosevelt and Pioneer to see how 'Hour of Code' was going. Students were focused. Can't wait to see the amazing technological advances these mini coders bring to our world in the not too distant future! 🤖👾💻
#HourOfCode
#RooseveltES
#PioneerES
Welcome back first and second graders! Students at Mclane Elementary, Pioneer Elementary and Leland P Brown Elementary were happy to be back today as the district continues the transition to more in-person learning.❤😁🚌
#OSDfriends
#WelcomeBack
#HybridLearning
It’s the first day of school in the OSD and students on a few bus routes had the company of our very own Superintendent Patrick Murphy riding along with them. He was there to send our kids into the school year with a high-five and a positive word for a successful year ahead. 😃💙
Congratulations to our very own Carolyn Poage on being selected as the Capital Region ESD 113 Classified School Employee of the Year! We are so proud to have you on our team.
@waOSPI
#YouRock
#OlympiaHS
💙😀
Capital and Olympia High School students experienced the C-SPAN bus today as part of the
#50capitalstour
. Students stepped inside the state-of-the-art 45-foot customized motor coach to learn about
@cspan
's free educational resources and public affairs coverage. Thanks
@cspanbus
!
We have recently updated our meal distribution locations (see link below). You will find a Meal Distribution flyer linked at the top of the page in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. 🥕🧀🥪
#MealDistribution
#NecessaryNutrients
#NewSitesAvailable
Congratulations to the four Olympia School District students who earned top awards at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction annual art show! 🎨🎗❤️
@waOSPI
@OLYMPIA_BEARS
Nikki Winkley, a math and PE teacher at Avanti HS, was named Teacher of the Week by Seattle Mariners Radio Network and WSECU. Nikki received a $500 classroom grant that will be used to build a pavilion at Avanti HS. 😃😃😃
#TeacherOfTheWeek
@WSECU
@Mariners
@ThurstonTalk
Olympia families, this is just a reminder that our meal distribution is continuing as an essential service on weekdays during the governor's stay home order. Details below...tell your friends! 🥕🍑🥪
#OSDFriends
#MealDistribution
#NecessaryNutrients
Tomorrow at 10 a.m., listen to the live broadcast as the Capital Cougars play in the WA State 3A Baseball Championships. At 4 p.m., listen to the live broadcast as the Olympia Bears play in the 4A Baseball Championship. ⚾️🥇⚾️
Listen:
We sat down with a few of our teachers to see what brought them into teaching. After, we asked our students to describe their teachers in a single word. The answers were remarkable!
#EverydayHeroes
#FiveDaysAndCounting
#TeachersGottaTeach
💙💚💛🧡❤️💜
“There are so many factors in a school system that impact the success of a student, but none greater than having a high quality teacher in the classroom every day.” -Patrick C. Murphy, Superintendent
We ❤️ our OSD teachers!
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
Capital HS has been busy this week highlighting Red Ribbon Week; a nationwide movement that encourages students to be drug free. Capital HS leadership students stood in front of their school bright and early, handing out red ribbons - a pledge to stay away from drugs.🎗👍🎗