About Me
Hi, I'm Mr. Olmsted! My students sometimes call me Mr. O; adults call me Spencer. I came to Roosevelt in 2016, but I have been a teacher in the Olympia School District since 2006. I taught for three years at L.P. Brown and then spent seven years at Pioneer
(all of that in 5th grade). When I got to Roosevelt I taught 4th grade for a couple years, and then went back to 5th grade. Starting in the 2020 school year, I will be heading up the ALPS program for 4th/5th grades!
I absolutely know where you (student you) are headed, and I'll help you get there. I have no idea where your parents are headed, but I'm happy to help them too.
I have lived in the Roosevelt neighborhood for the last eleven years, so I'm also your neighbor. And I have a son at school here, so I'm also a Roosevelt parent. Pretty exciting!
Before I became a teacher I was a software developer in San Francisco. In that job I traveled all over the United States working at different companies for periods as short as a week all the way up to periods as long as a couple years. Interesting work, but it wasn't as interesting as a classroom full of kids.
I have lived in New York (where I was born), Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, New Mexico, California, Montana, and now Washington State, where I have been for the last fourteen years. I have also traveled all over the world - in college I spent a semester in Zimbabwe!
Anyway, I'm glad to be a part of the Roosevelt family and I'm looking forward to working with you.
Some things I enjoy...