2015-16 Student Awards

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    • Technology Student Association national competition, third in Extemporaneous Speech — Amy Leuszler, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Technology Student Association national competition, semifinalist in Technical Sketching and Application — Dylan Evans, 2016 Olathe North High School graduate
    • Among 20 students nationally selected for college freshman internship program at NASA — Miles McKaig and David Lie-Tjauw, 2016 Olathe North High School graduates
    • Future Business Leaders of America national competition, third in Computer Problem Solving — Luke Barr-Donnelly, Olathe East High School
    • Future Business Leaders of America national competition, sixth in Marketing — Wade Rance and Alden Vogel, Olathe East High School
    • SkillsUSA National Competition, third in Automotive Technology Science — Jonathan Clark, Olathe North High School
    • 2015 Google Science Fair regional finalist, one of 90 worldwide — Andrea Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • 2015-16 Kansas Junior Academy of Science competition Best Overall Winner — Andrea Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • Fourth place at the National ProStart Culinary Championships — Culinary Team from the district's Culinary Arts program
    • Best Documentation Award and third place in Kansas ElectroRally Series — Olathe Northwest High School's Eletrathon Team and Car 913
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Sumner Holtzman, Olathe Northwest High School, and Shulammite Lim, Olathe North High School
    • 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar — Nicolas Rodriguez, Olathe Northwest High School
    • First place in SkillsUSA state competition — Jon Clark of Olathe North High School, Coel Trued of Olathe Northwest High School, Savanna Smith of Olathe East High School
    • 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar semifinalists — Disha Dasgupta of Olathe North High School and Nicolas Rodriguez of Olathe Northwest High School
    • Selected to perform in Honors Junior Orchestra at Carnegie Hall — Ethan Ching, California Trail Middle School
    • First place at Kansas Science Olympiad — Olathe North in the high school division, California Trail in the middle school division
    • Chairman's Trophy at the FIRST Robotics Regional Championships — Olathe Northwest High School Team 1710
    • Kansas Technology Student Association state champions — Olathe Northwest High School team, winner of 10 events
    • Honorable mention in national design challenge by Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum — Amanda Clark, Olathe East High School
    • One of 52 $10,000 AXA Achievement Scholarship recipients — Disha Dasgupta, Olathe North High School
    • Grand prize in Kansas in the Council for Art Education contest — drawing by Johannah Cairns, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Kansas Science Knowledge Bowl winners — Olathe North High School team won and will go on to nationals
    • 2016 ProStart Kansas Invitational — first place, Culinary Arts program; Amalgamation Culinary Team will go on to nationals
    • National Dance Alliance Championships — NDA Innovative Choreography Award in large varsity team competition, NDA Unleashed Award to Olathe Northwest Raven dance team; NDA Sportsmanship, NDA Innovative Choreography Award in large varsity jazz competition, and NDA Unleashed Award in large varsity pom to Olathe North Eaglettes dance team
    • First Kansas percussion group ever chosen to participate in the Music for All National Festival — Olathe East High School Percussion Ensemble
    • National Merit finalists — Austin Adams, Deanie Chen, Carson Christensen, Selina Liu, Michael Meier, Wade Rance and Sabrina Ton of Olathe East High School; Disha Dasgupta, Hannah Fuhlhage, Alisha Gupta, Miles McKaig, Kaitlyn O’Neal, Robyn Peterson, Katie Sale, Peter Shunk and Triton Wolfe of Olathe North High School; Kaylor Cruz, Weston Harder, Connor Neil and Isabelle Smith of Olathe Northwest High School; Camella Carlson and Rachel Li of Olathe South High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Greta Lundy, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Finalist level in the 18th Annual High School Mathematical Competition in Modeling — Distinguished Scholars math students
    • 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar candidates — Selina Liu and Wade Rance from Olathe East High School; Disha Dasgupta and Ty Lawson from Olathe North High School; Weston Harder and Connor Neil from Olathe Northwest High School; Carley Eschliman from Olathe South High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Arvind Subramanian, Olathe North High School
    • Selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American football game — Isaiah Simmons, Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Alexander Kolar, Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the SAT exam — Selina Liu, Olathe East High School
    • National Fastpitch Coaches Association No. 1 ranked Academic School Softball Team in the nation — Olathe North High School 2014-15 team
    • National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship to study in China for 2015-16 — Andrea Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • United States Generation X Soccer Team, one of 15-17 players nationwide — Shane Kopplin, Olathe East High School
    • National Merit Semifinalists — Austin Adams, Deanie Chen, Carson Christensen, Selina Liu, Michael Meier, Wade Rance and Sabrina Ton of Olathe East High School; Riley Born, Disha Dasgupta, Hannah Fuhlhage, Alisha Gupta, Miles McKaig, Kaitlyn O'Neal, Robyn Peterson, Katie Sale, Peter Shunk and Triton Wolfe of Olathe North High School; Kaylor Cruz, Weston Harder, Connor Neil and Isabelle Smith of Olathe Northwest High School; Camella Carlson, Andrew Fales, Ruiqi Li and Henry Lobaugh of Olathe South High School
    • National Association for Music Education's All-National Honor Choir — Jenna Lillian, Olathe East High School; Cole Bellamy, Olathe North High School
    • National Association for Music Education's All-National Honor Orchestra — Alexander Jackson, Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Weston Harder, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Connor Neil, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Ty Lawson, Olathe North High School