3 rare “Distinguished” designationsawarded to our NAF Academies of Engineering, Finance, and Health Sciences by National Academy Foundation – OHS is Top 1% in America!
Amazon #1 best selling book on Education (What School Could Be) dedicates section about Olympic’s best practices and its unique collaboration with local stakeholders.
Blue Diamond 2018 “Best in Charlotte Award” given to Olympic by Charlotte Technology Collaborative– 3rd Time in 4 Years!
Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing students design & build a prototype to protect schools & students should a gunman incident occur and generate extensive media
Duke Energy and NC Green Power award Olympic a $30,000 solar power grant to become the only CMS school to generate solar energy and one of the first seven in NC– Summer Installation
Olympic chosen as one of 50 Lenovo scholar schools in the nation
Olympic pioneerspre-Apprenticeship after school program in Advanced Manufacturing
Students raise funds and deliver Christmas gifts to 1,000 needy children with Operation Santa Claus
FIRST Robotics team advances to State Championship Tournament
Olympic builds its reputation as the premiere campus for STEM education with its $300,000 Bosch Rexroth Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center, hosting events like STEMfest, TECHfest, FIRST Lego Robotics Tournament, FLYmore Drone Academy Boot Camp, Red Ventures Hack-a-Thon Boot Camp, and more
“Career Ready” students intentionally being developed in areas of Business, Finance, IT, Health Care, Hospitality & Tourism, Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering and Energy
Charlotte Chamber’s Education & the Workforce Committee and Society of Foundations tours Olympic and queries a panel of educators and business partners about their nationally recognized best practices
Olympic builds upon it’s public reputation and its practices are used by researchers as the model for increasing upward economic and social mobility with local youth by Foundation For The Carolinas and the Charlotte Opportunities Task Force.
