Date posted: January 23, 2020
Yesterday was our annual MLK Service Project making blankets for Seattle Children's Hospital. OLS students, faculty, and staff gathered on campus and made a total of 12 fleece blankets that will be delivered to Seattle Children's Hospital and given to children staying in the hospital. Some of our students have been patients at Seattle Children's ...more about Annual MLK Service Project
Date posted: January 16, 2020
Throughout the winter quarter, students enrolled in Individual Studies will be touring 4 job sites as a class and participating in at least 2 individual job shadows matched to their career pathways. Here's what some of the students had to say about their recent visit to the Microsoft Inclusive Tech Lab on January 6th. "I ...more about Visit to Microsoft Inclusive Lab
Date posted: January 14, 2020
As part of the Fall Quarter News & Daily Living course, students are assigned to write a news article on a topic of their choice that has to do with the OLS program. We will be sharing their articles on our news page as OLS Student Reporters stories. Learning Lab and What It Can Do ...more about Learning Lab and What It Can Do for You
Date posted: January 14, 2020
4th year OLS Student Joey was invited to speak at the King County Behavioral Health Forum: A Community Conversation about Mental Health and Substance Use Recovery on November 18, and he shared his inspiring story and accomplishments with legislators, councilmembers, and members from the community. Over the last few years, Joey has had several opportunities ...more about OLS Student Speaks at Behavioral Health Forum
Date posted: January 14, 2020
Why do students need to learn about hygiene and personal appearance? OLS students participate in job shadows and internships during their 3rd and 4th years. Part of being ready for the workforce starts with good workplace hygiene and appearance. Students researched and defined the benefits of good hygiene as having better health. By keeping themselves clean it helps prevent ...more about The Benefits of Workplace Hygiene and Personal Appearance
Date posted: January 2, 2020
Madison Miller of the Bellevue Reporter works with student Dylan As their final projects for News and Daily Living, students wrote news articles about life at OLS and collaborated to assemble the articles into a student newspaper. They began by brainstorming ideas for potential articles on the whiteboard, and then choosing one that interested them. ...more about OLS Students Write the News
Date posted: December 31, 2019
Students enrolled in the Intro to Communications course in fall quarter participated in a great team-building exercise. Various shapes were posted around the classroom, and students were asked to move toward the shape they found the most appealing. Once everyone was standing near their shape, they engaged in a discussion about the different personalities inherent ...more about Which Shape Are You?
Date posted: December 30, 2019
Students enrolled in Nutrition, Health, and Fitness during fall quarter had a wonderful time making trail mix and delivering it to Camp Unity Eastside, a transitional mobile encampment and self-managed outside community. On a trip to Fred Meyers, students gathered ingredients for the trail mix and spent time in class putting it together. They learned ...more about Trail Mix for Camp Unity
Date posted: December 18, 2019
Students had a lot of fun in the Strength & Fitness elective course this fall. One activity they participated in was a series of circuit training exercises that fit into the components of fitness categories. These categories are muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility. Students do a series of walking or jogging, stair ...more about Circuit Training
Date posted: December 17, 2019
First year students enrolled in our Intro to Communications course this fall hosted the Coffee Social, an annual fall activity put together by the students to help them practice the new communication skills they learn in the course. Students invite fellow OLS students, faculty, staff, and members of the community to stop by for light ...more about 2019 Coffee Social
