Principal’s Message

Dear Parents and Students, Thank you for your generous support of our teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. The food was wonderful. Thank you PTSA for making Olympus a great school to work at. LOST & FOUND Please check the lost & found area. It is full of items.  We will be donating it all at the end of the school year. So if you’re missing a jacket, hoodie or numerous other items please take it home before its ...

Dear Parents and Students, PERFECT ATTENDANCE GOAL & REWARD Students with perfect attendance April 20th-May 8th will be invited to a root beer float party on May 11th during advisory.  If students must be checked out for appointments, please get a doctor’s note as medical excuses won’t count against their attendance.  Please help support us in encouraging students to come to school and stay in school all day during ...

Dear Parents and Students, RISE SPRING STUDENT ASSESSMENT SHEETS Parents, we are making a concerted effort to help students and parents to see the importance of the state end-of-year RISE assessment. These scores impact school funding, programs and opportunities offered to students, and property values in the school boundaries. We use these scores to plan interventions and extensions of learning and to help improve instructional strategies. ...

Dear Parents and Students, I’m sorry to inform you that effective July 1st, I will no longer be the principal at Olympus Jr. High School. I have been reassigned to Bennion Jr. High School.  I will greatly miss this school.  I have enjoyed working with many of you on the PTA, Community Council, sports, and many activities.  Michael Douglas (not the actor) will be your new principal. He is coming from Bonneville ...

Dear Parents and Students, INTO THE WOODS Olympus Jr’s presentation of “Into the Woods” has begun. The remaining performances are tonight @7pm , tomorrow @ 1pm and 7pm.  Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door. TRACK & FIELD The Track & Field sports season will begin on March 31. This sport is for boys and girls in grades 6-8. Events include: sprints and distance races, Relay races, high jump, ...

Dear Parents and Students, YEARBOOKS The last chance to purchase a Yearbook is this weekend.  All orders for a yearbook will need to be completed the morning of Feb.2nd . The cost is $20. The yearbook can be ordered on the Parent Portal in FOCUS or in person in the front office. PTA We are looking for an Oly Jr PTA President for the 2026–2027 school year. We rotate elementary schools, and this year it’s Crestview’s ...

Dear Parents and Students, HOLIDAY FUND RAISER Olympus Jr. is in the middle of a fund raiser. This is to support Santa Sacks that are given out to disadvantaged families at our school.  All additional funds are given to the Granite Education Foundation for use in the Food Pantries through out Granite School District. We are having a competition between grades for various prizes. Please donate in the parent portal, webstore in ...

Dear Parents and Students, OPEN ENROLLMENT STARTING The Open Enrollment window is open from Nov. 15 till Feb. 6 @ 3pm.  The process for this is on-line.   The link to Open Enrollment form. Please let your friends and neighbors know as this date has changed and we would love to have more of your friends and neighbors come to our school next year.  Remember that if you have an 8th grade student on an open enrollment permit, you ...

Dear Parents and Students, OPEN ENROLLMENT STARTING The Open Enrollment window is open from Nov. 15 till Feb. 6 @ 3pm.  The process for this is on-line.   The link to Open Enrollment form Please let your friends and neighbors know as this date has changed and we would love to have more of your friends and neighbors come to our school next year.  Remember that if you have an 8th grade student on an open enrollment permit, you ...

Dear Parents and Students, ***IMPORTANT***  On November 11 & 12 there will be road construction on East Murray Holladay Rd between Olympus Jr and Harmons.  The road will be closed from 9am -2pm on both days. To access Olympus Jr during these hours, you will need to come from the west, up from Highland dr. Or from the North on Laney Avenue.  See attachment for more info. Thank you to all the parent ...