Budget Forums This Week - You're Invited!

The Olympia School District is in the process of developing its 2013-14 school year budget. Last week Superintendent Cvitanich presented his proposed budget to the school board (you'll find details on the OSD budget webpage). This week we are holding two community budget forums to gather your feedback on the proposed budget and hear how you think the district should prioritize its spending for the 2013-14 school year. We hope you will mark your calendars for one of these meetings:

  • Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. – Reeves Middle School, 2200 Quince St. NE
  • Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. – Jefferson Middle School, 2200 Conger Ave. NW

If you have questions about the proposed budget or the upcoming budget forums, please contact the OSD Communications and Community Relations office at OSD@osd.wednet.edu or (360) 596-6103.

OSD News & Notes: May 17, 2013

In this week's News & Notes we break-down the 2013 OSD Employee Recognition Award winners, OHS student Sharonne Collins wins state photography contest, Marshall students celebrate medieval style...and much, much more!

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Late Start Days

Lincoln Options does not observe Late Start. On days when Late Start is being observed by other schools there will be no AM buses.

2013-14 School Year Calendar Now Available

The calendar for the 2013-14 school year has just been finalized and is now available!

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Welcome

The Options Program at Lincoln School offers an alternative approach to elementary education that is a choice for students in the Lincoln Service Area and from the Olympia School District. The program provides a unified model for grades K-5 that respects how children learn and views learning as a collaborative effort of staff, students and parents.

The Options Program

  • The emotional and social growth of children and academic progress are equally valued and developed in an environment where differences and diversity are appreciated and respected.
  • Children stay with the same teacher in multi-age classrooms for two years or more to support their learning and strengthen family school relationships.
  • The curriculum is organized around concepts and themes rather than as a series of separate subjects. A variety of experiences acknowledging the many forms of intelligence encourage individual initiative and cooperative learning.
  • Multiple intelligences, cooperation, social justice and sustainability are taught and practiced.
  • Parents are vital to sustaining the Options Program and are involved in governance, as partners supporting learning in the classroom, enrichment activities, field trips, fund raising, and social events.
  • The Options classroom provides a developmentally-based curriculum that takes children from where they are "in total" and gives them opportunities and equipment to move forward at their own rates (in areas of their specific interest), enabling them to acquire life support skills (the basic education) in the process.

A Special Place

The Lincoln Garden, Native Garden, Chickens and Wetland are just a few of the many things that make Lincoln Options special.