Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break! As this newsletter will cover both December and January, I should also say that I hope everyone has a relaxing and safe Winter Break as well. This is a very busy time of year, and this year it is especially so as we are gearing up for registration for two full classes of students. Before we get too far into this letter, I want to make sure I thank the SBOs, Cheerleaders, Class Officers, and Ms. Fulton for ...
Archives for 2019
Spirit Week & Food Drive 2019-20
Spirit-Week-2019-2020Download OJH 2019-20 Spirit Week November 18-22 Our OJH Spirit Week will be held from November 18-22. During Spirit Week we will work together and compete as grades to serve the community through our food drive and build school spirit through our dress-up days, grade cheers and spirit assembly. Food Drive: OUR FOOD DRIVE BEGINS BEFORE SPIRIT WEEK and runs November 13-22. Students will serve their community and earn ...
Parent-Teacher Conferences and Performance Based Grading (PBG)
Principal’s Message-Special Edition Parent-Teacher Conferences and Performance Based Grading (PBG) With mid-terms and Parent-Teacher Conferences upon us, I thought this would be a good time to review how things are going with PBG implementation. The faculty has had numerous conversations about PBG and how they are working with it in their classes. The teacher PLC groups discuss this on a weekly basis, and the elective teachers discuss it in ...
Reflections 2019-2020
"Look Within" 2019 Reflections Due October 15th in the main office. Entry forms are available in the main office or they are available at: https://www.utahpta.org/files/docs/19-20%20Reflections%20-%20Student%20Entry%20Form_0.pdf . If you have any questions please feel free to contact Becky Black at blackbeckini@gmail.com or 801-232-6446. ...
Principal’s Message September 2019
Principal’s Message September-Principal-MessageDownload September 16, 2019 Reading Inventory (RI): Students have taken the first RI assessment of the year. RI stands for Reading Inventory, and it assesses a student’s reading ability and comprehension. RI is used throughout the country and is considered valid for determining a student’s Lexile score. Students take the test three times during the year, so the next ones will occur in ...
Say Boo to the Flu
Flu shots will be available at Olympus Jr High on Wednesday, September 25th from 4pm - 7pm. ...
Logins
We have a lot of logins and some of them have changed this year. Please use this guide to help with all of the logins. https://schools.graniteschools.org/olympusjr/files/2019/09/Login-Cheat-Sheet.pdf ...
September Bulldog Newsletter
The September Bulldog Newsletter is now available. https://olympusjrcounseling.weebly.com/newsletter.html ...
Community Council Elections
Declaration of Candidacy forms for Community Council are due on August 29 (this Thursday). The form can be found on the school's website under the Community Council Tab. We will have three openings on the council this year, so please consider joining us. ...
August Principal’s Message
August 23, 2019 First Week: We have had a busy first week of school, and students seem to be getting settled. Each day, we have less kids looking lost, less kids having troubles with lockers, and less kids being late to classes. I have enjoyed getting to meet the students and talk to them before and after school, at lunch, and between classes. I have also taken the opportunity to visit each teacher’s classroom so I can see what’s happening ...
