Olympic High School

Art Club is a club for sharing art ideas, doing art tutorials and creating larger art shows. Our group is a way to overall support each other's art process.

Every student at OHS is a member of the ASB.  Student funds are raised through the sale of ASB cards.  Students with ASB privileges are admitted to athletic home games for free and receive a reduced price at away games.  Students with ASB card privileges also get a discount on various school activities.  All students participating in co-curricular activities are required to purchase an ASB card.

The Executive Board has authority over student affairs as per state law, the responsibilities defined in the constitution, and duties assigned by members of the student body. The officers of this organization shall be President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Historian. Elections will be held every spring.

ASL club is a place where students will practice what they have learned in class and extend their knowledge about the deaf/impaired culture and environment.

Students do not need to be enrolled in an ASL class to be a member of this club.

The Asian Pacific Islander Club (API for short) exists to bring our school community together.  This is a place where students can share their cultural teachings and enjoy each other’s company.  The club is open to all OHS students.

Olympic High Schools’ bands/orchestra are offered as separate classes and make up part of the Olympic music department. In addition to school concerts, bands/orchestra members compete in league and state solo/ensemble contests as well as marching band competitions.

This performance based club was established to lift and encourage our members, to share our culture past and present, to present our culture by performance presentations and marketing material, and to promote unity between students of all races and religious backgrounds.

The OHS Book Club selects at least one book per quarter to read and discuss. The club has focused on fantasy, dystopian fiction, and occasionally even non-fiction, as well as screening movie versions of their favorite literature selections. If you enjoy reading and would like to share your love of books with like-minded students, Book Club welcomes you. 

Olympic High School’s choral program consists of three different choirs that offer students a wide variety of musical experiences and performance opportunities. Music styles include jazz, Broadway, contemporary and traditional choral music are studied throughout the year.

Performances include league contests, various school and community events, and numerous festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Music Theory, AP Music Theory and Audio Production are also offered to those students who wish to further their pursuit of music.

There are four (4) class councils, each one representing seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Each class council will represent and organize activities for their class. Each class will elect a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Historian to serve for a one (1) year. Elections for senior, junior, and sophomore classes will be held in the spring and freshmen class in the fall.

Debate is an activity which provides real world skills for leadership and success. These skills include:

·Thinking on your feet

·Awareness of world affairs

·Rhetorical skills for communicating your ideas effectively

·Research and organization skills

·Learning effective argumentation and evaluating the validity of evidence

·Gaining confidence in your ideas

Debate Club works in conjunction with Speech and Debate Class and the Debate Team to provide students the opportunity to compete in regional tournaments. The club is open to all students grades 9-12, and will focus on improving debating skills in order to be more competitive in tournaments. In addition, the club may participate in some fundraising to aid in tournament costs, and will communicate with parents and other community members to help to coordinate volunteers to serve as judges at the tournaments.

Olympic Theater Company offers students the opportunity to demonstrate their active enjoyment of theater. Some of the areas they may participate in are: acting, lighting, stage design, make-up, publicity, and directing.

This club explores the Japanese culture.

Members represent OHS in competitions of general knowledge in the areas of history, geography, English, math, the arts, and science. Members participate in district, regional, and state competitions.

Link Crew is a high school transition program that increase freshman and sophomore success. Members of the junior and senior class are trained to be Link Leaders. These Link Leaders act as positive role models, motivators and mentors to help guide the freshmen and sophomores to discover what it takes to be successful during the transition to high school.

All sports medicine students with a B+ or higher in sports medicine and a GPA of 3.0 and above are encouraged to join the Olympic High School Chapter of National Honor Society of Sports Medicine. Individuals who meet the Sports Medicine class grade, GPA requirement, fulfillment of sports medicine internship, and demonstrate characteristics of leadership, character and community service are eligible to be inducted as members once they reach the end of their Sophomore year.

Olympic High School has a FIRST Robotics (FRC) team, Team 3223, Robotics of Central Kitsap (ROCK). The varsity Sport for the Mind, FRC combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology.

Under strict rules, limited resources and time limits, teams of 25 students or more are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork skills and build and program robots to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. It’s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get.

Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team.

Skills USA is a national organization that allows students to experience and learn leadership skills in various trade and industrial programs. Skills USA students participate in leadership conferences, contests and skill competitions.

Skills USA promotes leadership development, civic consciousness and career skills.

Yearbooks are designed and produced by OHS students under the direction of a faculty teacher/advisor.  This class gives students the opportunity to experience the publishing business.  Students are responsible for photography, copy writing, and layout of the yearbook. The books are sold during the August registration time and the first month of school at pre-payment discounted prices.  After that time, prices increase and yearbooks may only be purchased before winter break and after spring break as long as supplies last.