Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Youths ages 18 years and younger are eligible to receive free summer lunches from the Olympia School District from Monday, June 23, to Friday ...
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Youths ages 18 and under can get free summer meals at five different locations within North Thurston Public Schools. The meals are either ...
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During the first reading of the Olympia School District (OSD) budget, a $6,586,473 ending fund balance was projected for the 2025-26 school ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/20/25
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The Olympia School District is gearing up for summer classes in high school and elementary school.
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/19/25
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The Tumwater School District Board of Directors approved the 2025-30 Strategic Plan, which outlines the goals and standards of the district’s ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/18/25
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The Olympia School District Board of Directors and Superintendent Patrick Murphy revived discussions about school closures to balance the budget at a meeting on ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/17/25
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Seventy Roosevelt Elementary School fifth graders have created flags to tell a visual story of belonging. The flags stem from a partnership with Roosevelt Elementary ...
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The Tumwater School District’s Highly Capable program, which served 240 students during the 2024-25 school year, is looking to extend its ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/16/25
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The Tumwater School District announced on its website that free summer meals will be given to students ages 18 and ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/16/25
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Dear Advocate,
I just got my child’s Individualized Educational Program (IEP) progress report, and I’m honestly confused. For most of the goals, it has no data, and then has …
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By Shannon Sankstone
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6/16/25
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Sadie McKune, a North Thurston High School senior, won the 2025 High School Sports Star of the Year - Girl's Sports award from the Olympia & Beyond ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/13/25
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The Olympia School District is projecting an increase in student enrollment at McLane Elementary School, largely because of multifamily construction projects ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/11/25
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The Capital Educational Service District (ESD) 113 announced Jacqui Gibbons, a middle school teacher in the North Thurston Public Schools, as the 2026 Regional ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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6/10/25
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As the summer sun shines, I find myself looking back to the rainy days of the Pacific Northwest, to a school year that left me drained and ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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6/9/25
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North Thurston Public Schools has borrowed money to help renovate, modernize and enhance learning environments at River Ridge High School, Komachin Middle School and ...
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By Jessie Darland
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6/6/25
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Individualized Educational Program (IEP) meetings can feel like a blur of goals, data collection, evaluation findings, service minutes, mysterious acronyms and educational ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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6/2/25
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The post-legislative session budget update for the Olympia School District reflected an underlying funding gap estimated at ...
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The Olympia School District proclaimed June as Pride Month, as a means to declare support for LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual) ...
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At a meeting on Thursday, May 22, the Olympia School District (OSD) swore in one returning and three new student representatives for the 2025-26 school ...
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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5/26/25
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The flowers are blooming. The sky is blue. The birds are chirping.
And if you’re a parent of a child in special education, it’s time to prepare for ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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5/26/25
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