Olentangy's Top News

Olentangy Liberty High School (OLHS) Senior Sachin R. will be honored by the Delaware General Health District’s Keep Delaware County Beautiful litter prevention and recycling awards. Sachin will receive the Garrison-Brown Award for his community computer recycling campaign. Sachin was featured on the cover of the Feb. 23, 2011 Olentangy Valley News for this, and has already been named a distinguished finalist for a Prudential Spirit of Community Award and a President’s Volunteer Service Award. For more information about Sachin’s campaign, log on to his web site: crcfbt.org.

The College Board has named Olentangy Local Schools as one of the 23 Ohio school districts to place in their Second Annual AP Honor Roll. The districts qualified by increasing student access to college-level Advanced Placement® courses while maintaining or increasing the percentage of those students scoring 3 or higher on rigorous AP course exams. Olentangy was one of the eleven districts to  make the list for the second year. Read the press release from the Ohio Department of Education here.

OLMS sixth grade student shows off her newly acquired r.a.d.Kids skills

Olentangy Liberty Middle School in cooperation with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office recently offered an important safety education course to 6th grade titled r.a.d.KIDS.  (Resisting Aggression Defensively).  R.a.d.KIDS is the largest personal safety education organization in the world. This after school course, presented by Olentangy School Resource Officer Deputy Ron Vogel, teaches children how to protect themselves from violence and harm. The program addresses topics such as home, school and vehicle safety; realistic defense against abduction; good-bad-uncomfortable touch; self realization; and personal empowerment.

The Helping Hands table overflows!

Olentangy Liberty Middle School  has jumped into the holiday spirit in a big way this season with several giving opportunities.  This heavy laden table of donated food demonstrates the generosity of the students and staff at OLMS!  The food drive is known around OLMS as Helping Hands.  Proceeds will go to Olentangy families in need. In the same spirit of holiday caring and sharing, OLMS students and staff are also working with the Marine Corps to donate to the Toys for Tots campaign, and have established a drop-off site for Soles for Souls, an organizaton that gives shoes to the needy.

Olentangy Liberty High School recently received a National School of Distinction status from the Schools Fight Hunger program. Fewer than 2,000 schools nationwide earned this level of distinction in the 2010-2011 school year. The National School of Distinction status is awarded to schools that demonstrate notable enthusiasm, creativity or dedication in getting involved with the hunger cause. OLHS held a food drive in 2010-11 that collected 2,168 pounds of food. The Schools Fight Hunger program is a 2-year-old initiative focused on helping schools fight hunger most effectively, celebrating the good work of schools and students and inspiring the next generation of leaders on the value of service.

Five Olentangy schools were honored November 14 with an awards presentation at the Greater Columbus Convention Center by Battelle for Kids’ Subject-Level Award for High Progress. ( SOAR program). This award is designed to acknowledge Ohio schools participating in SOAR for their high academic progress in multiple grade levels in a core subject over the most recent school year. (2010-11) Olentangy Orange High School was recognized for significant progress in English 9, Olentangy Orange Middle School was recongnized for Algebra I, Olentangy Shanahan Middle School for science, Olentangy Liberty High School for biology and Olentangy High School for pre-calculus. The districts recognized are among the top five percent of districts (out of 90 eligible SOAR districts) making exceptional growth with students.

Scioto Ridge Elementary School (SRES) principal Julie Nolan and several of her students visited the November 9th Board Meeting to talk about their program called the “Leader in Me”.  The Leader in Me is designed to teach Steven Covey’s 7 habits.  The students, parents and staff have raised approximately $30,000 for the program. SRES is holding a community collection event of used computers with the help of Redemtech to raise funds for the “Leader in Me” program.  Redemtech is a leader in computer refurbishment and resale. If you have recently upgraded to a new computer, consider donating your used computer in this collection event.  A secure drop box will be available to drop off your used, working desktop or laptop computers and LCD monitors at SRES until Thursday, November 17, at 8:00 p.m.  If you choose to participate in this program, please complete the liability waiver which is linked below. The Leader in Me program helps develop essential life skills students will benefit from in the 21st century.

http://www.olentangy.k12.oh.us/buildings/sres/leader-in-me-brochure.pdf

SRES Presents "The Leader in Me" to the Board of Education

An evening of healthy choices was offered at Olentangy Hyatts Middle School on November 10. The second year for the OLSD health expo was deemed a success by vendors, organizers and browsers. The event featured health screenings, demos, kids’ activities, healthy food, and lots of health-related vendors. The silent auction at the Expo helped to fund the Olentangy Hyatts Middle School greenhouse.

Liberty Soccer

Olentangy Liberty High School’s boys soccer team will play St. Ignatious High School for the Divison l championship Friday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m. at Crew Stadium. Please join us for this exciting game and cheer the Patriots on to victory!

Ohio State University football players Boom Herron and Mike Adams appeared last Friday at Heritage Elementary School to read to eight classes of kindergarten students.  Teachers sometimes use the mystery reader tactic to incite enthusiasm about reading, and these players certainly qualified as quite the wonderful surprise! This experience with reading directly correlates with the kindergarten common standards in English Language Arts.  This standard emphasizes active engagement in group reading activites with purpose and understanding.  Teacher Natalia Janakievski invited and hosted the Buckeyes.