2020-21 Student Awards

    • First place awards in Johnson County Arts Council Shooting Stars Scholarship Awards — Carly Welter, Olathe North High School; Lilliana Hughey, Olathe East High School; Carlee Elsner and Rachel Montemayor, Olathe Northwest High School 
    • Kansas City Star Scholar-Athlete high school award winners — Hali Liu, Olathe East High School; Jillian Klusman, Olathe North High School; Sam Arrick, Olathe Northwest High School; Riley Vandaveer, Olathe South High School; Alex Birge, Olathe West High School
    • Third in Extemporaneous Debate at the National Speech and Debate Tournament — Kaelyn Wellman, Olathe Northwest High School
    • District's only four-time qualifier for National Speech and Debate Tournament — Teagan Townsend, Olathe East High School
    • 6A state champion in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking and Informative Speaking — Ellie Willson, Olathe Northwest High School
    • 6A state champion in Lincoln-Douglas Debate — Kaelyn Wellman, Olathe Northwest High School
    • U.S. Presidential Scholar — Khushi Kohli, Olathe North High School
    • Top 10 in the English-Speaking Union 2021 National Shakespeare Competition — Aliyah Pullin, Olathe South High School
    • National winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award and scholarship — Arjun Garapaty, Olathe North High School
    • One of 15 groups nationwide selected for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Festival — Olathe Northwest High School Raven Jazz I ensemble
    • Competing in National History Day competition — Sonia Parmar and Claire Sullivan of Prairie Trail Middle School, and Emily Yan, Emily Harter, Kendall Starcevich and Jaiden Green from Olathe West High School
    • Grand Award winners at the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair — Demetrius Bush, Khushi Kohli, Samuel Liu and Andrew Paget, Olathe North High School
    • Kansas Career and Technical Education Scholars — Mychael Britt, Cooper Dady, Boston Randall and Ethan Ross of Olathe South High School / Olathe Advanced Technical Center; Autumn Hughey of Olathe West High School / Olathe Advanced Technical Center; Gavin Kennedy of Olathe Northwest High School / Olathe Advanced Technical Center; and Emilee Peet of Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Liam Moore, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Connor Schroeder, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Caleb Cooper, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Akerth Jain, Olathe North High School
    • REACH Challenge Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association — Engineering Academy at Olathe Northwest High School
    • National Merit Finalists — Andrea Shehi and Megan Li from Olathe East High School; Wade Boohar, Michelle Chen, Arjun Garapaty, Khushi Kohli, Caleb Lim, Samuel Liu and Trisha Nair from Olathe North High School; Quintin McCoach, Shane McIntosh, William Morris, Alexander Pauli, Tanya Qin and Dawson Wright from Olathe Northwest High School
    • Elected as Kansas Thespians State Officers — Ellie Eisele, Olathe East High School, and Chase Ellis, Olathe North High School
    • Winners of the Western Missouri and Kansas Affiliate Award for Aspirations in Computing from the National Center for Women in Information Technology — Carlie Scheer and Alana Schmalzried-Lugo, Olathe Northwest High School
    • 2021 Olathe Unity Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America's National Youth of the Year program — Malakhi Hill, Olathe North High School
    • Open Division winners in the Sunflower Novice Debate Championship — Isobel Li and Menaka Garapaty, Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Nathan Zhang, Olathe East High School
    • One of 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search — Khushi Kohli, Olathe North High School
    • Gold Medalist yearbook award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association — Santa Fe Trail Middle School 2019-20 yearbook
    • Honored Troupe Award at the Tri-State Thespian Festival — Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Emily Yan, Olathe West High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Jenna Lindsey, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Kansas Heisman High School Athletic Scholarship — Alex Birge, Olathe West High School
    • National Merit Semifinalists — Andrea Shehi and Megan Li from Olathe East High School; Wade Boohar, Michelle Chen, Arjun Garapaty, Khushi Kohli, Caleb Lim, Samuel Liu and Trisha Nair from Olathe North High School; Quintin McCoach, Shane McIntosh, William Morris, Alexander Pauli, Tanya Qin and Dawson Wright from Olathe Northwest High School
    • Selected as a member of the 2020 National Association for Music Education All-National Jazz Ensemble — Keegan Kaiser, Olathe Northwest High School