
Steve’s Top 5 from Stop #8: Bucknell University
1. 97% employment/grad school placement after graduation
2. New university farm servicing fresh school produce and research
3. 100% PhD faculty taught courses
4. 50% of students study abroad
5. Test optional application





Bus Stop #7: Dickinson College Top 5
1. 95% medical and law school placement
2. 60% of students do research, internships, AND study abroad
3. Ranked #1 for Global Focus
4. 100% Internship guarantee
5. Graduates include CEOs from LL Bean and Justin’s Peanut Butter





Steve’s Top 5: West Virginia Univ.
1. 7th largest teaching hospital in nation
2. All athletic events free for students; tickets distributed through lottery system
3. 14 Engineering programs; world known for diesel and coal research
4. They have Deans of Completion- help students graduate in 4 years
5. Offers puppeteering major.





Top 5 Facts from Bus Stop #5: Carnegie Mellon
1. Admissions highly selective but meet financial need
2. CMU undergrad salary average is $84,700 starting
3. Leaders in Artificial Intelligence
4. Drama and Music Theatre admissions is 90% determined by audition
5. Enroll 50% woman as STEM focused institution





Congratulations to Olympia High School for being selected for a Global Excellence Award by EF for our participation in hosting students from abroad. New students coming in 2019-2020 from around the world!


Mrs. Steve’s Top 5: University of Pittsburg
1. Urban with a spacious campus feel
2. Strong social “soul” on campus
3. 17 guaranteed admit Master’s degree programs
4. Rolling admit/Apply to 1 of 5 Schools on Campus
5. Guaranteed internship program





Mrs. Steve’s Top 5: University of Pittsburg
1. Urban with a spacious campus feel
2. Strong social “soul” on campus
3. 17 guaranteed admit Master’s degree programs
4. Rolling admit/Apply to 1 of 5 Schools on Campus
5. Guaranteed internship program

Mrs. Steve's Bus Stop #3 Cont.: Oberlin Conservatory of Music
1. Oldest conservatory in the nation
2. 80-90% of acceptance criteria is your audition
3. Specializes in classical/jazz
4. Over 50% of students double major with the college
5. Focus on pre-professional music students

Bus Stop #3: Oberlin College
1. #1 PhD producing liberal arts school
2. Top Art Museum - rents art to students for their dorms for $5 (including original Picasso...really!)
3. Meets 100% student financial need
4. Winter term for student passion projects
5. Co-op living option

Bus Stop #2: Bowling Green State Univ
1. Out-of-state affordability w/ scholarships & housing
2. 1 of only 4 campuses nationally with an active crime lab
3. Strong support for undecided majors
4. D1 NCAA athletics all free for students
5. Jim Brown hosts NFL Broadcasting Bootcamp

Mrs. Steve's Top 5 Facts- U of St Francis
1. Staff will know your name and your family
2. More internships available than students attending
3. Education majors start classroom work freshman year
4. 100% nursing and education job placement rates
5. 100% pass rates on CPA exam

It's Day 1 of the Bus O' Fun College Tour through the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling! Follow me this week as I travel to 12 colleges/universities in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia! First stop is the University of St Francis in Joliet, IL.


The youth football camp scheduled for today June 17th has been cancelled. Their are regular high school football activities today.

Where are all of our Olympia alumni? We want to hear from you! Please complete the following survey to help us learn about where life has taken you after you graduated! Use the link below to connect to the survey. Thank you!
https://forms.gle/69DncCKKbay2bZyv6


Olympia sophomore, Anna Singley, participates in Biomathematics Research Conference at Illinois State University. Please see the link to the article on their website.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2019/06/isu-hosts-national-biomathematics-research-conference/

Congratulation to our Illinois Softball Coaches Association 2A All State Team members. Kaelyn Leverson 2nd team pitcher, Sydnee Usherwood 2nd team center field, Alexis Finchum 3rd team catcher and Chloe Scroggins 3rd team second base.

High School Softball State Shirts are now available for order. Orders will be taken through Friday June 21st. Follow the link to place your order. https://spartansoftball2019.itemorder.com/

Dates for HS Cheer have been set.
Monday, June 24th Parent Mtg. 5:30, Workshop to follow until 7pm.
June 25th & 26th - HS Cheer Workshop, 1pm - 2:30pm
June 27th - HS Cheer Tryout 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Congratulations to Cavit Schempp for being selected to represent the Land of Lincoln CEO class in the National Tradeshow.


Congratulations to the Spartans softball team on their IHSA 4th Place finish.
