- Olympia High School (Stanford, Illinois)
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Olympia High School Location 7832 North 100 E Road
Stanford, IL 61774Information Type Public School district Olympic Community Unit School District #16 Principal Lance Thurman Grades 9-12 Color(s) Columbia blue, Navy blue, White Mascot Spartans Information 309-379-5911 Website Olympia High School at district website Olympia High School is a school located in the middle of a cornfield, about three miles southwest of Stanford, Illinois, in McLean County. The school had a graduation rate in 2007 of 90.3%, a ratio the school's principal attributed to tough attendance regulations and after school programs. The towns in the Olympia Cusd. 16 School District include: Armington, Atlanta, Covell, Danvers, Hopedale, McLean, Minier, Stanford and Waynesville. Olympia is known for their outstanding baseball and softball teams who have won tons of state championships. Their marching band is very formal and are out to win this 2011-2012 school year. This year they are doing the field show NightWatch and their parade toon is Alive and Amplified. They are under the direction of Kyle Brubaker. Principal Lance Thurman has a strict policy on absences only allowing 8 absences a Semester excused or unexcused. The softball/baseball teams are #1 in the state and are excited to begin playing this season. The Spartan Football team is ready to get back on track from their horrible seasons in the past. You can see the Marching Spartans in action this year at almost every competition this year. They also perform at every parade in the school district. Olympia's most memorable class was the year of 2009, full of ambitious, but rambunctious students, lead especially by student Claire Keturi.[2]
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Athletic highlights
- The Olympia Football team placed second 3A in 1986
- The Wrestling team had a run of Class A state trophies from 1997 thru 2001, placing third, fourth and second, respectively.
- The Boys Baseball team has won three state championships, one in 2002 (Class A) and back to back championships in 2004 and 2007. (Class 3A).
- The Girls Softball team also won the Class A state championship in 2002 & 2003, and 2009, and finished second in 2005 (Class A) & 2009 (Class 4A).
- The Girls Cross Country team placed second in 2001 and third in 2002, both in Class A.
- The Girls Track team placed second in 1987, third in 1989 and second again in 2000, all in Class A.
Staff
- Superintendent: Brad Hutchinson
- Principal: Lance Thurman
- Dean of Students: Matt Hurley
- Activities Director: Mike Lootens
- Baseball Coach: Mark Finchum
- Band Director: Kyle Brubaker
- Chorus Instructor: Debbie Aurelius-Muir
- Physics/Algebra Teacher: Matthew Funkhouser
- English 1 Teacher: Jill Uhlman
- Physical Science Teacher: Brandi Cooper
- Algebra 2 Teacher: Angela Davis
- World History Teacher: Lon Abrams
- World History Teacher: Michael Haak
- Intro to Ag Teacher: Corianne Schaidler
Marching Band
Flutes: Jena Marlatt
Julia Griffith Jaden Horner Liz Rush Megan Birky Rachel Hawker Allison SchuetteClarinets: Hannah Wienzerial
Brie Birky Nicole Aldridge Alanis Tabor Alyssa Wurth Sara LauraSaxophones: Erin Shull
Bre Settles Clair Wienzerial Cheyenne Hansen Ashley McCainTenor Saxophone: Kent Graber
Joel Irons Tim VanDykeTrumpets: Alyssa Anderson
Katie Birkabaw Reed Walters Corey Bowen John Quiram Samantha DietrictLow Brass: Suzanne Deloria
Kenyon Jelowski Amanda Fitchorn Matthew Henry Gabrielle Meisner Kyle BarthDrum Majors: Ashley Mehl
Jared NicholasStudent demographics
Race Male Female Total American Indian/Alaskan 0 3 12 Asian/Pacific Islander 0 4 0 Hispanic 117 47 61 Black (Non-Hispanic) 4 14 27 White (Non-Hispanic) 245 328 562 References
- ^ Stanford (Olympia) IHSA. Retrieved 21/02/08.
- ^ Coulter, Phyllis. (November 1, 2007) news/doc472942a8ab6c9607940365.txt Central Illinois schools hold their own on graduation rates Pantagraph.com. Retrieved 21/02/08.
External links
- Olympia High School at Olympia Community Unit School District #16
- Olympia High School profile at Interactive Illinois Report Card
Categories:- High schools in Illinois
- Schools in McLean County, Illinois
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