2016-17 Student Awards

    • National Speech and Debate Association Championships — Zach Wallentine, Olathe North High School, placed in top 10 in Congressional Debate in the House of Representatives
    • Future Business Leaders of America national competition — Cole Young, Olathe East High School, placed third in Bank On It Accounting Tournament; Wes Cavanaugh, Olathe East, placed fifth in Bank On It Accounting
    • Kansas 6A Speech Championships — Austin Shively, Olathe Northwest High School, state champion in Dramatic Interpretation; Amy Kaba, Olathe North High School, placed first in Oral Interpretation of Poetry; Reem Atallah, Olathe North, was runner-up in Informative Speaking; Zach Wallentine, Olathe North, was runner up in Impromptu Speaking
    • 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program recipients — Mason Crabtree and Brock Kaufmann, Olathe East High School; Adam Coffman, Ethan Johnson, Alexander Kolar and Alexis McCalla, Olathe North High School; Greta Lundy, Olathe Northwest High School; Bethany Bluel, Nicholas Hinman, Emmalee Jean Reed and Kyle Wetter, Olathe South High School
    • 15 Gold designations and 60 Silver designations in the National Career Readiness Certification program — Olathe Advanced Technical Center students
    • Top 10 in retail merchandising at the International Career Development Conference — Ryan Hovey, Olathe South High School
    • First place in role-play in principles of business management and finance at the International Career Development Conference — Sydney Rottinghaus, Olathe South High School
    • 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar — Bessie Bauman, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Grand Award at the 2017 Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair — Andrea Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • Grand Recognition in the Duke University Talent Identification Program — Matthew Genchev, Frontier Trail Middle School; Gauri Yadav, California Trail Middle School; Akerth Jain, Chisholm Trail Middle School; Ella Rausch, Mission Trail Middle School
    • One of 44 Kansas Career and Technical Education Scholars named by the Kansas State Department of Education — Jordan Phommachack, Olathe North High School
    • Second place in the Kansas State Natural History Day contest — Toni Sanford and Caty Jessee, Chisholm Trail Middle School
    • National Merit Scholarship corporate- or college-sponsored winners — Cole Brabec, Michael Lacy, and Zachary Kulphongpatana, Olathe Northwest High School; Arvind Subramanian, Olathe North High School
    • Semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program — Bessie Bauman, Olathe Northwest High School; Mark Rowland, Olathe East High School
    • First place, Judges' Award, and Safety Award at the North Star regional FIRST Robotics competition — Olathe Northwest FIRST Robotics Team 1710
    • Advancing to the National STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) Event competition — Jasmine Spears, sophomore at Olathe North High School
    • One of six Kansas City-area students to receive a Cerificate of Accomplishment from The Princeton Prize in Race Relations committee — Casey Gardner, senior at Olathe East High School
    • Winners of the Regional Kansas City Science Bowl — Dylan Honors, Shulammite Lim, Arvind Subramanian, Alex Kolar and Colin Kalicki, Olathe North High School
    • First place at Kansas Science Olympiad — Olathe North in the high school division, California Trail in the middle school division
    • First place in the Kansas National Geographic Bee — Sathvik Kasarabada, California Trail Middle School
    • First place ribbons at the Kansas German language contest (Schülerkongress) — Culture Quiz category, Taylor Hicks of Olathe East and Michelle Marin of Olathe North; Scavenger Hunt competition, Negin Amouei of Olathe East and Kathryn Caggianelli of Olathe East
    • National Dance Alliance High School National Championships — International Pom and Large Varsity Jazz national champions, Olathe Northwest High School; Large Varsity Pom champions, Olathe North High School
    • One of two high school bands performing at the Distinguished Concerts International New York — Olathe North High School wind ensemble
    • National Merit finalists — Mason Crabtree, Brock Kaufmann, Matthew Miller and Travis Nebeker of Olathe East High School; Sabrina Bogart, Adam Coffman, Dylan Honors, Ethan Johnson, Alexander Kolar, Alexis McCalla and Arvind Subramanian of Olathe North High School; Cole Brabec, Sumner Holtzman, Zachary Kulphongpatana, Michael Lacy, Greta Lundy and Logan Rance of Olathe Northwest High School; Bethany Bluel, Nicholas Hinman, Emmalee Reed and Kyle Wetter of Olathe South High School
    • 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar candidates — Mark Rowland, Olathe East High School; Alexander Kolar and Arvind Subramanian, Olathe North High School; Bessie Bauman, Cole Brabec, Sumner Holtzman and Greta Lundy, Olathe Northwest High School
    • 2016 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Fall High School Boys All-America Team — Griffin Stone, Olathe East High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Jarow Myers, Olathe North High School
    • Among 250 students nationwide selected for Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship Program in Germany — Ryan Horn, Olathe Northwest High School graduate; Sean Yake and Arielle von der Heyde of Olathe South, Molly Carlson of Olathe East High School
    • National Merit semifinalists — Mason Crabtree, Brock Kaufmann, Matthew Miller and Travis Nebeker of Olathe East High School; Sabrina Bogart, Adam Coffman, Dylan Honors, Ethan Johnson, Alexander Kolar, Alexis McCalla and Arvind Subramanian of Olathe North High School; Cole Brabec, Sumner Holtzman, Zachary Kulphongpatana, Michael Lacy, Greta Lundy and Logan Rance of Olathe Northwest High School; Bethany Bluel, Nicholas Hinman, Emmalee Reed and Kyle Wetter of Olathe South High School
    • One of 60 state student ambassadors for Fuel Up to Play 60 — Sophia Schneider, Mission Trail Middle School
    • National Association for Music Education's All-National Honor Choir — Cole Bellamy, Olathe North High School
    • National Association for Music Education's All-National Honor Orchestra — Nicole Allen, Olathe North High School
    • 2017 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band — Ben Heueisen, Olathe North High School; Andrew Wray, Olathe East High School