All Olympia School District schools and the Knox 111 Administrative Center will be closed to the public during Winter Break. Winter Break is from Monday, December 19, 2022 through Monday, January 2, 2023. School resumes on Tuesday, January 3. School and administrative offices also reopen on January 3.

While Knox Administrative Center staff will be working on-site and remotely over winter break, please remember that the Knox building will be closed to the public throughout the break. Any deliveries should be made at the lower level of the Knox building, 111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia on business days (December 19-21, and December 27-29).

If you will need assistance over winter break, please plan ahead and make an appointment to work with central office staff.

There is no time like the present to read through the 2022-23 Snow Letter, which outlines protocols for 2-hour late starts, school closures and communications.

View the 2022-23 Snow Letter posted on the district website. Scroll to the bottom to click to see the updated Snow Routes.

Congratulations to Brenda Beck, Avanti High School Office Manager and ALE Coordinator, for being named this year’s OSD Classified School Employee of the Year. The annual award recognizes employees who consistently demonstrate outstanding work performance, professional leadership and collaboration.

Brenda will be recognized at the Olympia School Board meeting on Thursday, December 8. The recognition portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Knox Administrative Center, 111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506. The board meeting will also be available on Zoom.

Olympia School District’s annual United Way Giving Campaign continues through Wednesday, November 30. This year all pledges should be submitted online.

United Way is a national organization that provides a multitude of services to thousands of people right here in the Olympia community, including many of the students and families served by the school district.

Donations through the United Way support a variety of organizations. In past years, United Way has supported organizations such as the Thurston Food Bank, Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB), Boys & Girls Club of Thurston County and the Olympia School District Education Foundation.

Additional details about the United Way of Thurston County can be found on its website.

If you have questions or need more information, please feel free to contact Renee Hunsaker at rhunsaker@unitedway-thurston.org.

All online pledge forms need to be completed no later than November 30.

View the online pledge form.

All Olympia School District schools and the Knox 111 Administrative Center will be closed to the public during Thanksgiving and Winter breaks.

• Thanksgiving Break is from Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25. School resumes on Monday, November 28. School and administrative offices also reopen to the public on November 28. 

• Winter Break is from Monday, December 19 through Monday, January 2. School resumes on Tuesday, January 3. School and administrative offices also reopen to the public on January 3.

While Knox Administrative staff will be working on-site and remotely over breaks, the Knox building will be closed to the public throughout Thanksgiving and Winter breaks. Any deliveries should be made at the lower level of the Knox building, 111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia on business days (November 23, December 19-21 and December 27-29). Please plan ahead and make an appointment to work with central office staff over Thanksgiving and Winter breaks.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2022 for Thomas Lee Jorgenson, a former head custodian at Roosevelt Elementary, who died on October 24, 2022.

Jorgenson graduated from Olympia High School in 1972. He retired several years ago from his role as head custodian. Services will be held at 11 a.m. at Heritage Baptist Church of Tenino, 1315 Sussex Ave. E., Tenino, WA 98589, followed by a reception at the church.

To learn more about Jorgenson’s life and/or to leave a memory online, visit the Funeral Alternatives of Washington website

The Olympia High School Theatre Arts Department presents “Into the Woods,” a classic American Musical Theatre written by Stephen Sondheim.

Performances will be held at 7 p.m. on November 10, 11, 12, 17 and 19. Additionally, a matinee understudy performance will be held at 1 p.m. on November 12.

Tickets are $10 for the general public, or $8 for seniors (65 and older) and students (18 and younger). Tickets are available online and at the door. More information about ‘Into the Woods’ is posted on the Olympia High School website.

Avanti High School will hold its quarterly “Exhibition Night” between 5 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The community is welcome to see students’ demonstration of education within the Session’s theme, “Welcome! Come on In!”

Avanti High is at 1113 Legion Way S.E., Olympia, WA 98501.

The Annual Olympia High Bearzaar featuring 150 local craft vendors is scheduled on Saturday, November 19, 2022.

Admission is free between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. or $5 for early admission between 8:15 and 9:30 a.m. Childcare is available for ages 2 and older.

Bearzaar is held at Olympia High School, 1302 North Street S.E., Olympia.