Be sure to visit the Olympia School District website to see the new OSD Enrollment Reports Data Dashboard. The dashboard includes data from the last five school years and provides student enrollment information including monthly school and grade level data.
This summer free lunches will be available at two Olympia School District schools. Lunch will be available to anyone 18 years old and younger. Meals will be served in the school cafeteria and signage will be posted directing visitors to the cafeteria entrance.
Beginning Monday, June 24, through Friday, August 16, 2024, lunches will be available on-site at Garfield Elementary School and at Roosevelt Elementary School from 12 to 12:30 p.m. No pre-order of lunch is necessary. Meals must be eaten on-site, and no grab-and-go meals will be prepared.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
View the USDA Nondiscrimination Statement on the OSD Child Nutrition Services webpage.
This week we are featuring several photos sent to us over the year by employees who had already had at least one photo published in the staff blog in 2023-24. We will publish several more photos next week before we wrap up the blog for summer. A special thank you to everyone who has sent photos in since we first launched the Scenic Photo of the Week in 2016! You and your artistic talents are all amazing!!
OSD employees are encouraged to email the Communications department a photo of their artwork portraying nature (e.g., landscapes, sunrises or sunsets, an interesting cloud formation, a close-up of a flower) for consideration in this staff blog. Your image can be something you captured on canvas, in a photograph, on a textile, in a pencil, charcoal or pastel drawing, with wire — the possibilities are endless!
Please remember, you can be a novice or a professional. You can submit photos taken with your phone or a fancy camera. The goal is for as many employees as possible to participate!
Guidelines:
Depending on the number of images submitted, we will print one or more in each issue of the staff blog.
The Olympia Education Foundation invites you to Rise & Shine for Students! on Friday, Oct. 4 (a non-student day).
Please consider saving the date for this free community event that includes pastries and coffee. You’ll learn how support of the Principal’s Emergency Fund, Opportunity Grants and Mental Health Initiative is cultivating student potential in the Olympia School District.
Questions? Contact Executive Director Katy Johansson at info@olyedfoundation.org.
OSD employees are encouraged to email the Communications department a photo of their artwork portraying nature (e.g., landscapes, sunrises or sunsets, an interesting cloud formation, a close-up of a flower) for consideration in this staff blog. Your image can be something you captured on canvas, in a photograph, on a textile, in a pencil, charcoal or pastel drawing, with wire — the possibilities are endless!
Please remember, you can be a novice or a professional. You can submit photos taken with your phone or a fancy camera. The goal is for as many employees as possible to participate!
Guidelines:
Depending on the number of images submitted, we will print one or more in each issue of the staff blog.
In preparation for the summer, please see the information below:
Elementary, middle and high school front offices throughout the school district will remain open through Friday, June 21, 2024. Middle and high school offices reopen on August 19, while elementary school offices reopen on August 26.
Summer hours for the Knox 111 Administrative Office located at 111 Bethel St. N.E. in Olympia will begin on Monday, June 24, and end on Friday, August 16, 2024. During that time the building will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Please Note: From July 1 through July 26, Knox will be open to the public Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Friday by appointment only.
Members of the public who need to meet with the Technology Department on the building’s lower level should knock on the door located near the parking lot next to the Knox building off Tullis Street. The door is at the top of an accessibility ramp with blue railings.
OSD employees are encouraged to email the Communications department a photo of their artwork portraying nature (e.g., landscapes, sunrises or sunsets, an interesting cloud formation, a close-up of a flower) for consideration in this staff blog. Your image can be something you captured on canvas, in a photograph, on a textile, in a pencil, charcoal or pastel drawing, with wire — the possibilities are endless!
Please remember, you can be a novice or a professional. You can submit photos taken with your phone or a fancy camera. The goal is for as many employees as possible to participate!
Guidelines:
Depending on the number of images submitted, we will print one or more in each issue of the staff blog.
Human Resources will be issuing reasonable assurance letters to classified employees that meet the following criteria:
Letters will be issued by employee groups (OEAPA, OTPAA, OPA, Non-Rep & Teamsters) via Skyward no later than Monday, June 10, 2024. Classified employees will be notified via their district email when their letter is available for review and signature. Once available, employees need to log in to Employee Access on Skyward. There will be a pop-up with a link to the letter and instructions for each step. Letters need to be reviewed and signed no later than June 30, 2024.
You may find step-by-step instructions on how to access and sign your RA Letter by clicking here.
If you plan to resign or retire prior to the 2024-25 school year, please complete the Notice of Separation form and send it to the Human Resources department. Please note: the employee is still responsible for notifying their administrator.
For questions, please contact:
Laura Emmil
Classified Contracts Coordinator (Elementary Paras, Knox Paras, Non-Represented Staff)
Email: lemmil@osd.wednet.edu
Aja Dale
Classified Contracts Coordinator (Secondary Paras)
Email: adale@osd.wednet.edu
Thomas Farmer
Classified Contracts Coordinator (OEAPA, OTPAA, Transportation, Maintenance, Grounds & Food Service)
Email: tfarmer@osd.wednet.edu
Check out our most recent edition of Spotlight on Success, including articles about how some middle school students are giving back to their community, high school graduation information, WASA Region 113 award winners, summer school and summer meals information, a school magic presentation that teaches students how to BAND together to stop Bullying, a high school student who spent four months earlier this year in Japan thanks to a full scholarship, and a high school student awarded a prestigious National Merit Scholarship.
You can find all these great articles and more when you open the May edition of Spotlight on Success. Each month the newsletter is emailed to OSD staff, families and Friends of the OSD, and posted on the district website.
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