Dear Olympia Families,

At a recent school board meeting, four schools were consolidated. Two of those schools are in close proximity to Olympia, and the district is currently finalizing the updated attendance boundary lines.

While enrollment at Olympia is expected to increase, preliminary information indicates that the school of choice option will remain in place for Fine Arts Academy at Olympia. Registration dates have been adjusted and pushed back to allow time for the district to complete the boundary decisions. I will share additional details as soon as they are finalized.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support.

Shannon George
Principal, Fine Arts Academy at Olympia

3/2-3/4 5th Grade Science Camp

3/4 PK/1 Field Day

3/5 2nd/3rd Field Day

3/6 4th/5th Field Day

3/9-3/13 Spring Break

3/20 End of the 3rd Nine Weeks

3/26 Math Night

4/3 Student Holiday

4/6 Student Holiday

Hi Families!

Here is what lessons I'll be teaching in your students' classrooms for the month of March.

Kindergarten and 1st grade will learn about how to be "feelings detectives." We are learning how to identify feelings in ourselves and others. We are learning about our thoughts and emotions and how to stay calm.

2nd and 3rd graders are also learning about emotion management and how to stay calm, but we're adding perspective-taking of others to help understand how others might be feeling.

4th graders will start learning how to identify emotions in themselves and others and apply strategies to manage their emotions. We will also identify new ways to think about situations that could help them feel better along with perspective-taking.

5th graders will learn how to develop a growth mindset and to plan, modify, and achieve goals to support their personal goals.

Mar 2nd- Mar13th Accepting Differences

If you would like to reinforce the lessons on Accepting Differences we recommend 4 popular kids books that could lead to great discussions. These could also probably be found on utube as well Moo Bird by Milgrim, Spaghetti in a hot dog bun by Dismondy, Freckleface Strawberry by Moore, and Just the Way You are by Pfister. Some Sample Qs: All people look and act in different ways. Some are short, tall, loud, quiet, dark hair, glasses, or freckles. Every person is different and unique. Were the people/animal in the story being kind or not kind? In our class/home we celebrate differences so we use words and actions that make people feel good "Even if we are different on the outside, we all have a heart with feelings on the inside." -quote from the book spaghetti on a hot dog bun

The Goal: Students understand how it feels to be different and the goal is to have everyone feel included and respected despite when they might feel different. This includes when a student might forget to wear pajamas on pajama day or a certain color that was requested.

Summary: Our differences make us special

Mar 16th-Mar 27th Breaking Bad Habits

If you would like to reinforce the lessons on Breaking Bad Habits we recommend 4 popular kids books that could lead to great discussions. These could also probably be found on utube as well The berenstain bears and the bad habit by Berenstain, Ruby the Copycat by Rathman, Take Time to Relax by Carlson, and Too Many Pears by French. Some Sample Qs: When you do something over and over you form a habit, what happened over and over in the book? Was this a good habit or bad habit? To break bad habits we need to retrain our brain and we can help each other by pointing out when we do a bad habit

The Goal: Students understand what are the good and bad habits they have at school. Then work on them. Some of these habits have been addressed in other weeks such as raising hands and not blurting, and staying quiet in the halls.

Summary: We can break our bad Habits and build good ones

Have a question, concern, or suggestion? Please submit it below, if you have the question others might also we frequently will put answers up for everyone to clear up any concerns or confusion.

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Question asked? "How can we get involved to support Olympia?"

We welcome volunteers at Olympia!

• To volunteer at Olympia, go to https://www.judsonisd.org/page/volunteering then bring your photo ID to the front office so we can scan your ID in our Raptor System. All volunteers have to complete this process first.

• To volunteer with the PTO, please email olympiaelem.pto@gmail.com
• Dads, if you'd like to join Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students), please contact our counselor, Mrs. Hadas, at ahadas@judsonisd.org.
• If you'd like to volunteer in your child's classroom, please contact the teacher through email or Class Dojo to find out if there are any opportunities available.