Family Tip 1: Encourage Healthy Skepticism!
Help kids analyze the messages around them - from toy packaging to Instagram posts to news headlines - and question the purpose of the words and images they see. Teach kids how to use fact-checking tools like Snopes and FactCheck.org.
Wishing all of our Olympia North families a very happy Holiday Season!
Winter Break runs from December 21 - January 5th. School will resume on Monday, January 6, 2020.
Do you want to build a Snowman? Olympia North Kindergarten and 1st grade students built a Physical Education version of a Snowman during class. Teams had to relay down the gym on a scooter to get a piece of equipment to build the snowman. Then decide how to use the equipment to make their snowman.
Students at Olympia North help set a World Record. On Nov. 14th students at Olympia North and students across the country stacked cups during Physical Education class. The result is a Guinness World Record.
If students want to submit a yearbook cover for the Yearbook Cover Contest they are due by the end of the school day on Thursday, December 19th.
The gift store from Winter Wonderland will be available through Wednesday, 12-18-19 if your child still wants to pick something out!
Help! My Kid Wants to Use Social Media! Get your kid -and yourself - ready for the next step with these conversation starters. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/help-my-kid-wants-to-use-social-media
Scholastic agreed to let us have the BOGO Book Fair for one more day! Students will have the opportunity to shop Tuesday, December 17th during their regular lab time.
Due to inclement weather, Olympia CUSD 16 will be running one hour late today, Monday December 16. Be safe out there!
Winter Wonderland will be taking place at Olympia North on Monday, December 16th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!
What Kind of Digital Footprint Do You Want To Leave?
https://d1pmarobgdhgjx.cloudfront.net/education/Digital_Footprint_Animation_2017.mp4
Third graders have been working on mastering nonfiction text features. Today the students performed nonfiction text feature surgery to show their knowledge of the text features.
The Scholastic BOGO Book Fair begins tomorrow! Follow the link below for additional information:
https://tinyurl.com/spk3qe2
Yearbook Cover Contest! Let's see how creative our students are!
It is Computer Science Education Week and 5th graders at Oly North got to listen to two guest speakers today! A special thanks to Rick Clemmons and Jeff Hevrin from Country Financial who shared about how they use coding in their jobs and answered lots of our questions!
Check out this short video for your elementary kiddos around what a digital footprint really means. We already K-5 students posting and interacting online, so let's start some good habits early!
http://bit.ly/OlyDFV2
The Scholastic Book Fair is back for 2 days only with a special BOGO promotion for the holidays!!
As soon as you share the first photo of your kid, you're establishing their digital footprint. As kids get older and start creating their own content or engaging with others online, it's important for them to understand the tracks they're leaving behind and what those tracks might reveal. Parents can help guide kids toward creating the kind of footprint they can be proud of. https://www.commonsense.org/education/family-tips/k-5-digital-footprint-and-identity
2nd and 5th grade math buddies met up today to play a fun mental math game! The collaboration and discussion was top notch!
