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Concerned about your kid's digital life? Here are five signs that they have a healthy relationship with screens. bit.ly/OlyMBHR

Looking for ways to manage your kid's device use? Check out these five easy screen-time tips. bit.ly/OlyMB5T

Join us at Olympia West for a Christmas Fundraiser on Tuesday, November 19 from 5:00-7:30 pm in the cafeteria. Art at the Bodega will bring over 20+ styles of fun, festive, and easy-to-paint ceramic clay ornaments to paint. All supplies will be provided including the specialized glaze paints. Orders will be clear-glazes and kiln fired. All ornaments will be returned to the school in time for winter break. Ornaments are $14.00 each; cash or credit cards are accepted. Arrive early for best selection and sales close 1/2 hour before ending time. Santa Claus will be at Olympia West for pictures along with cookies and cocoa. Pictures/cocoa are free to those that attend.

Set content limits that make sense for your family. Alongside conversations about healthy media habits, use features such as content filtering, privacy settings, and time limits offered by the apps and platforms your family uses to help manage access and exposure to media.

Help kids take breaks from tech by limiting screen time in bedrooms, during study time, or at the dinner table.

The 3rd grade classes participated in many unique STEM stations including controlling robots, constructing towers, creating kaleidoscopes, and other projects that integrated art and STEM.

Craft Night at Olympia West is next week. Mark your calendars as this will be a great event to kick-off the Christmas season.

Help keep media/tech use in check by following a few simple practices: 1. Create screen-free times and zones 2. Try parental controls 3. Establish clear family rules 4. Watch and play together 5. Help kids identify healthy behaviors Read more: http://bit.ly/OlyMBTipsE

https://bit.ly/OlyMBCB Chatbots are becoming more helpful & clever, while at the same time, making it harder to tell if we're talking to a person or an AI. This video explores how and why AI chatbots are designed to sound so human-like, and how that might impact our well-being.

Screen time; the reality is that there really is no magic number that's "just right." What's more important is the quality of kids' media, how it fits into your family's lifestyle, and how you engage your kids with it. Read more @ http://bit.ly/OlyScreenTime

Kindergarteners have been working hard to form questions to interview a school helper. They got the chance to interview Mrs. Weinzierl, who also leads many organizations in our district communities. After the interview, we got to help package food for the Emergency Food Pantries in our local communities! We packed over 200 snacks bags!

bit.ly/OlyMBMT Gut check time; do you digitally multitask in front of your kids? Explore that and other solutions to help your child reduce multitasking during homework time in this video.

The Pre-K Classes have been busy "baking pies" the last couple of days!

Pre-K and 4th grade enjoyed playing board games together today!

The community came together tonight with a possible record breaking attendance at the Community Claus Spaghetti Dinner and Family Reading Night! Thank you to H.A. Peine Library for sponsoring a fun laser light show and books for students!

Community Claus spaghetti dinner is tonight at St. John's Faith Fellowship Hall. Following the dinner, Family Reading Night will take place at Olympia Start starting at 6:45.

Join us for our Veterans Day Assembly!

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It's easy to get distracted from homework (and life) when the phone never stops pinging and the next episode plays automatically. Let's set some common sense guidelines by signing this Family Media Agreement within your family: bit.ly/OlyAgreement

Election season stressing you out? This article from The Chicago School syncs up nicely with many of the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills that we teach at Olympia; practice mindfulness for self-awareness, take mental health breaks, set boundaries, etc... These skills will help kids and parents alike navigate the media landscape during stressful (or even day to day) events.