After all of the elementary schools have held kindergarten screening appointments, the transportation department looks at the pool of incoming kindergarten students to determine the most efficient schedule. This helps the district minimize the amount of time students spend on a bus and minimize the costs associated with transportation.
While no two schools are exactly alike, Olentangy’s five middle schools provide essentially the same curricular offerings. Extracurricular opportunities at the schools are very similar, but do vary slightly due to student interest. Questions pertaining to specific programs can be directed to the building principals. To view the attendance boundaries for Olentangy’s middle schools, please click here. To learn more about each of the schools, please click on the links below.
Olentangy Liberty High School (OLHS) will perform “Legally Blond” on May 3, 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. There will also be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 6. You can learn more about this production by typing the word “legally” in the search field on any page of the district website.
The average size of an elementary class is 22.4 students. The average class size in the middle schools and high schools is approximately 24 students.
The Olentangy High School 2012 homecoming game will be Friday, October 12. The Braves will take on the Warriors of Watkins Memorial High School.
Olentangy will hold kindergarten registration for the 2012-13 school year shortly after concluding the current elementary redistricting process. The redistricting process is needed because Heritage Elementary School (HES) will transition from a kindergarten-only building to a traditional elementary building (housing grades kindergarten through five) for the 2012-13 school year.
A committee of 55 Olentangy residents has been researching attendance boundary options throughout the month of January. The community is invited to follow their work online at www.dejongrichter.com/projects/olsd/. All residents are also invited to attend a community dialogue about redistricting on Tuesday, January 24 at 7 p.m. at the Center for Older Adults, 800 Cheshire Road in Delaware.
The redistricting process is expected to be complete in early February. Families should continue to monitor district listserves and the website for dates and other registration information. For any other registration questions, please call the New Student Welcome Center at (740) 657-4030 or click here.
2012-13 registration for students entering grades one through 12 will begin this spring. Specific dates will be announced in February on the district website and through building listserves. For more details on the information required for registration, please click here. Additional questions regarding registration can be directed to the New Student Welcome Center at (740) 657-4030.
During the course of summer break, several of the teachers who were scheduled to teach the after-school strings classes accepted full-time employment in other districts. By early August, Olentangy had eight buildings without strings teachers. District administrators and building principals conducted an exhaustive search to fill these positions – including contacting local universities and posting the positions with the Ohio Music Education Association – but we were unable to find enough teachers to meet the district’s needs. That’s when we turned to our high school strings teachers. While they were willing to take on the additional duties of elementary strings, their after-school schedules were already filled with high school events. We worked with the high schools to create a schedule that would allow them to work with the elementary students for a similar amount of time as had been expected with the original after-school strings structure.
We regret the inconvenience that this scheduling change may cause for our families. We also hope that the students who aspire to continue their musical career with the district will benefit from receiving instruction directly from our high school teachers.
Olentangy will go through a redistricting process for elementary schools during the 2011-12 school year. This process should be complete by mid to late winter. The new boundaries will go into effect for the 2012-13 school year. The attendance boundaries for Olentangy’s middle schools and high schools will not change.
If you’d like your child to be considered for early entrance to kindergarten, please contact the school in your attendance area. The school psychologist assigned to that building will set up a time to test your child. If you aren’t sure which elementary school your child would attend, please click here for an attendance-area map, or click here for a listing by subdivision.