Olympia School District

Olympia School District is a school district (Washington school district number 111) serving approximately 9400 students in the city of Olympia in Thurston County, Washington. The school district has approximately 1200 staff members and maintains 19 campuses.

Olympia School District
Location
1113 Legion Way SE, Olympia, Washington 98501
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	1852 [1]
Superintendent	Dr. Patrick Murphy
Students and staff
Students	9,430 [2]
Teachers	524 [2]
Other information
Website	http://osd.wednet.edu

Schools

High Schools (Grades 9-12)

High School	Grade Levels/Type	Established	Enrollment[2]	Mascot	WIAA Classification	Notes	Principals
Avanti	alternative	1996	158	Boxers	n/a		Michael Velasquez
Capital	comprehensive 9-12	1975	1388	Cougars	3A	Hosts students from Griffin SD and McCleary SD	Curtis Cleveringa
Olympia	comprehensive 9-12	1907	1804	Bears	4A		Matt Grant

Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

Name	Grade Levels/Type	Established	Enrollment[2]	Mascot	Principal
Jefferson	6-8	1961	430	Spud the Dog	Michael Cimino
Marshall	6-8		368	Mustangs	Condee Wood
Reeves	6-8	1970	428	Raiders	Aaron Davis
Washington	6-8		819	Bulldogs	Paul Anders

Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)

Name	Grades	Established	Enrollment (2018)	Mascot	Principal	Remarks
Boston Harbor	K-5	1964*	152	Bruins	Jen Brotherton	*1900s as part of Boston Harbor school district, 1964 as officially part of OSD
Centennial	K-5	1989	523	Stars	Shannon Ritter	Replaced McKinley Elementary
Garfield	K-5	1852*	414	Cheetahs	Brendon Chertok	*1852 as Westside school, 1902 as Garfield School
Julia Butler Hansen	K-5	1994	459	Hawks	William (Billy) Harris	"Hansen". Hosts alternative HAP program.
Leland P. Brown	K-5	1965	338	Eagles	Charleen Hayes	"L.P. Brown"
Abraham Lincoln	K-5	1859	281	Lions	Marcela Abadi	Hosts the district's alternative Options Program
James Madison	K-5		244	Lion Cubs	Domenico Spatola-Knoll
Margaret McKenny	K-5		367	Hawks	Michael Havens	Named for local environmentalist, activist and author.
McLane	K-5	1883*	328	Owls	Monica West	Named for pioneer and legislator William McLane. Originally McLane School before integrating with Olympia.
Pioneer	K-5	1969	506	Bear Cubs	Joel Lang
Theodore Roosevelt	K-5	1908	417	Roadrunners	Sean Shaughnessy

Name	Grade Levels/Type	Established	Enrollment[2]	Mascot	Administrator
Olympia Regional Learning Academy	K-12 alternative		482	Orcas	Celeste Waltermeyer

Other facilities

• Knox Building (District Headquarters, Housed in same building as Avanti High School.)

Board of directors

The Olympia School Board currently has five voting members and two high school student representatives who do not vote, but have a say in the issues the Board deals with. The voting members are Frank Wilson (Board President), Joellen Wilhelm (Board Vice President), Scott Clifthorne, Hilary Seidel, and Dr. Leslie Huff.

References

1. History of Olympia School District Accessed online 21 December 2010
2. Olympia School District 2009-2010 Report Card Accessed online 11 March 2011