The Spartan Family Scoop

Dear Olympia Families,

This will be the final Spartan Family Scoop of the school year, and will be my final newsletter as Principal of Olympia.

Being the Principal of Olympia these past three years has been extremely rewarding. Getting to know and interact with your children everyday has brought immense joy to my life. To hear their stories, to discuss their hopes and dreams, and to see their excitement when they accomplished something significant has been the best part of the job and the thing I will carry with me into my next professional chapter. Your children are special, and I truly believe they will change the world for the better.

And to you, parents and guardians, thank you! Thank you for the support you have provided over the years. Thank you for your faith and trust you gifted to me. I was able to lead in large part because of that faith.

As Olympia moves into its next chapter of Principal leadership, I am confident that the work we have done to create a safe and welcoming environment that is hyper focused on teaching and learning will only continue to grow. I truly believe that Olympia is in its prime. I am excited to see how Olympia continues to blossom.

I hope you all have an incredible summer!

Thank you,

Principal Jones

Your Proud Principal

#WeAreOlympia #TheFullStudentExperience

We are exploring the idea of adding a required leadership course that provides direct instruction on life skills - including creative innovation, effective communication, critical thinking, and reflection - all of which are part of the NYS Portrait of a Graduate. The Portrait is part of the broader NY Inspires graduation measures initiative, which examines how our graduation requirements can better prepare students for life beyond high school. As we consider these changes, we want to ensure any new course truly supports our students and minimizes disruption to what already works well. Your feedback will directly inform how this proposal fits within our larger NY Inspires vision. To help you understand this initiative, our students prepared a NY Inspires informational video, which will give you a big picture overview of the initiative and an opportunity to provide feedback for us to consider.

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts in the Google Form and embedded ThoughtExchange (question #4). Your perspective is essential in helping us shape a thoughtful and balanced path to graduation for all students. There is a QR code at the end to access the feedback forms. There is also a direct link to the feedback form. Please note that the form contains an embedded link to a ThoughtExchange, so please be sure to complete both forms.

Principal Jones will be speaking at the event!

• June 22nd-June 25th: Regents Exams continue- students in grades 9-12 attend for exams only.

• Tuesday, June 23: This will now be the last full day of school for all 6–8 students, and the final day for PM pre-kindergarten students. (Originally, the last full day was scheduled for Wednesday, June 24.)
  

• Wednesday, June 24: This will be a half-day for all 6-8 students. Dismissal will be at 10:15am.

• Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26: There will be no school for PreK-8 students. These days will be used for teacher professional learning and planning.

Olympia's graduation is Saturday, June 27th. Ceremony begins at 1:30pm at the Greece Performing Arts Center. Students need to be present at 12:30pm. All visitors should leaves bags, balloons, gifts, etc in vehicles as to expediate the entry screening process. Only those with graduation tickets will be allowed into the building.

Looking for activities for your child to participate in over the summer? If so, check out the link below!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sBJUEToPg5cs2ntqelLPEZF3-VMM6-uWnA-mjnhwaNM/edit?usp=sharing

If you need to communicate your child's absence for the day, or communicate a reason for a past absence, or simply have an inquiry regarding attendance write to this email address:

olympia.attendance@greececsd.org. We hope that using a centralized email address, that multiple Olympia staff members that support attendance needs have access to, will ensure timely and efficient communication.

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