Please help us welcome new or newly assigned principals, assistant principals and dean of students at schools throughout the district:

Elementary Schools

• Hansen and Centennial ES: Assistant Principal Denise Freund, who most recently served as the K-12 Special Education teacher for the Kelso Virtual Academy.
• LP Brown ES
  • Principal Sean Shaughnessy, who most recently served as principal at Roosevelt Elementary in Olympia.
  • Dean of Students Callie Jones, who most recently served as an administrative intern at Roosevelt Elementary.
• McLane ES: Principal Dannie Clark, who most recently served as assistant principal at Hansen and Centennial elementary schools in Olympia.
• Roosevelt ES: Principal Chisa Marshall, who most recently served as principal of Shining Mountain Elementary School in the Bethel School District.

Middle Schools

• Jefferson MS
  • Interim Principal Jane Allaire, who most recently served as an assistant principal in the Elma School District.
  • Interim Assistant Principal Sharyn Merrigan, who most recently served as the elementary summer school principal, principal intern at Boston Harbor Elementary and a technology instructional coach.
• Thurgood Marshall MS: Principal Anthony Brock, who most recently served as principal at McLane Elementary in Olympia.
• Washington MS: Assistant Principal Bonnie Hauschka, who most recently served as principal at LP Brown Elementary in Olympia.

High Schools

• Capital HS:
  • Interim Principal Lillian Hunter, who served since February 2022 as assistant principal at Capital High School.
  • Assistant Principal Doug Anderson, who most recently served as middle school principal in the Griffin School District.
  • Dean of Students Michael Lunde, who most recently worked as a dean of students at the former South Sound High School in North Thurston Public Schools, and a coach at Capital High School.
• Olympia HS
  • Assistant Principal Elizabeth Cornelius, who most recently served as dean of students at Nisqually Middle School in North Thurston Public Schools.
  • Assistant Principal Dan Casler, who most recently served as a fifth grade teacher at Peter G Schmidt Elementary in Tumwater.
• Olympia Regional Learning Academy: Assistant Principal Stacey Anderson, who served most recently as the principal at CHOICE, an alternative school in Shelton.

Be on the lookout for the new OSD Annual Wall calendar and handbook. Printed calendars are estimated for delivery to schools and support buildings August 29-30.

The 2022-23 calendar features photos of students and staff from throughout the district, as well as important district information on back pages.

Enjoy!

The Knox 111 Administrative Center will close to the public from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31 while staff attend a welcome back event for district employees. The Administrative Center is located at 111 Bethel St. N.E. in Olympia.

Registration is now open for Olympia School District staff interested in participating in the OSD Social Media Workshop and/or Teacher Webpage and Web Editor Training. Staff can receive clock hours for each of these training opportunities.

OSD Social Media Workshop

In Person
Thursday, September 1 from 4-5 p.m.
Knox 111 Administrative Offices, Room 268
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Online via Zoom
Friday, September 2 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Is your school officially represented on social media? If not, let’s fix that!

In the ever-changing world of social media, it can be daunting when considering what social media platforms to choose to best reach your families. Don’t be dismayed, it’s really quite simple and unquestionably worth your time and effort.

Give us an hour of your time and come sit down as we delve into the following “Social Media Tips” when managing a school or district-related social media account:

• Why do we need to promote our school? We’re doing fine!
• Getting approval from your Administrator
• How to select the social media platform to best reach your audience
• Setting up your accounts (using district email)
• Checking student permissions (when publishing students’ names/photos)
• How to best promote your new social media account
• Frequency of posting: Creating a social media calendar
• Creating engagement: Like, Follow and Share
• How to produce consistent, easily digestible and accessible content
• The “How-To’s” of video production and posting
• How to properly add and edit closed captions to your video content
• Finding your “voice” and “tone”

Our hope is that by the time this workshop wraps up you will feel much more comfortable opening up a social media account that represents your school community. This includes accounts for a school, athletic team, club, program or classroom. You will be amazed at the number of families you reach that were not previously reached through your school website (or teacher page), robocalls, newsletters, email and flyers.

With a consistent posting schedule, your engagement will soar. You will have a brand new way to communicate with students, families and our community which prioritizes content pushed out through social media. There are so many great stories to tell throughout our district, don’t be afraid of using this unique outlet to bring yours to the forefront!

For the online training, details with the necessary Zoom information are in PDEnroller. Please sign up for these trainings in PDEnroller prior to its start so everything is properly set up for each user. Should you need additional information, contact Conor Schober at cschober@osd.wednet.edu.

Teacher Webpage and Web Editor Training

Online via Zoom
Wednesday, August 31 from 1-3 p.m
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In Person
Friday, September 2 from 1-3 p.m
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This training is for Olympia School District teachers and web editors interested in creating, editing and curating content for a teacher website or department webpage.

For the online training, details with the necessary Zoom information are in PDEnroller. Please sign up for these trainings in PDEnroller prior to its start so everything is properly set up for each user. Should you need additional information, contact Conor Schober at cschober@osd.wednet.edu.

Below is a copy of an email sent today to certificated staff from District Leadership

Hello OSD educators,

We apologize for the late notice, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we unfortunately need to cancel the 2022 Whole Child Institute that had been scheduled tomorrow and Thursday, August 17 and 18, 2022.

Like you, we were looking forward to gathering for this professional development opportunity before the start of school. Our team will continue to move forward to plan other professional development opportunities this school year and will communicate with everyone as soon as we have more information.

Thank you to everyone who signed up to present or attend. Again, we are sorry for the short notice in the change of plans for this event. We look forward to partnering with you in the 2022-23 school year.

Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, August 31 for an all-staff “Welcome Back” to kick off the 2022-23 school year. The morning will feature fun, food, district updates and a guest speaker.

Who: All OSD staff
What: Kick-off to the new school year
Where: Ingersoll Stadium
When: August 31 9 a.m. – 12 noon. Box Lunch will be provided for all staff and will be transported to each building.

Note: OSD school buses will pick up staff at their schools or support buildings between 8 and 8:15 a.m. to transport to Ingersoll Stadium. Employees who work at schools close to the stadium are welcome to walk to the event.  We encourage staff to ride the bus to the event due to very limited parking.

More information will be shared with each employee group in the next few weeks. Principals/supervisors will be asking to confirm your attendance. We look forward to celebrating the start of the school year with all OSD employees.

See you on August 31