Olympia High School

Ballots for the August 1, 2023 Primary Election have been sent to registered voters and must be mailed or dropped off in postage-free drop boxes by Election Day to be counted. ​ Ballot drop boxes are open 24 hours a day during elections and will continue to accept ballots until 8 p.m. on Election Day. For a list of drop box locations in the Olympia School District, visit the Thurston County Auditor’s Office Elections Division website.

The school district recently hired two outside consultants — one to lead and facilitate a districtwide school facility efficiency review process, and another to develop a comprehensive analysis of enrollment trends and a long-term enrollment forecast.

This summer free lunches will be available at two Olympia School District schools. These lunches will be available to anyone 18 years old and younger. Meals will be served in the school cafeteria and signage will be posted directing visitors to the cafeteria entrance.

In our most recent edition of Spotlight on Success; End-of-year Facebook photo albums from across the district, OSD Summer Meal Program, Lincoln Elementary School: Home of the Movers and Shakers, Class of 2023 graduation livestream recordings, Avanti student shares cultural pride, encourages others to do the same...and much more!

Olympia School District students, families, employees and community members are invited take an online community survey sponsored by the City of Olympia’s new Social Justice and Equity Commission. ​ The Commission asked the City in October 2022 to conduct a Community Discrimination Survey to create data to better understand what discrimination looks like in Olympia and help identify what interventions would be most helpful.

Pandemic EBT, or P-EBT, is a program that provides food benefits to children who had limited onsite meals at their school or child care center due to the COVID-19 pandemic. P-EBT benefits have helped Washington families affected by these closures to buy food since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

The Olympia School District Board of Directors has approved the school year calendar for the 2023-24 school year. This calendar includes only districtwide holidays and events. School-specific events are not included, so be sure to check school websites/calendars for specific school-related events and activities. ​ 2024 graduation dates will be published as soon as the dates are confirmed.

Effective on Monday, March 6, 2023, all doors leading into the Knox 111 Administrative Center will be locked during regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The locked doors are consistent with security practices in Olympia School District schools, where entry doors are locked during the school day.

Interested in becoming a substitute paraeducator? The Olympia School District, like districts across the region, state and country, is experiencing staffing shortages and a lack of substitutes. The following are some steps we have taken to mitigate our substitute shortage and related information: