2013-14 Staff Awards

    • 2014 Herb Salinger Personnel Administrator of the Year award from the American Association of School Personnel Administrators — Cathy Donovan, Education Center
    • Kansas School Resource Officer of the Year award from the Kansas Juvenile Officers Association — SRO Brent Kiger, Olathe North High School
    • Outstanding Biology Teacher Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers — Michael Ralph, Olathe East High School
    • Executive Assistant of the Year as named by the Kansas Association of Middle School Administrators — Jane Jones, Pioneer Trail Middle School
    • One of four District Athletic Directors of the Year by the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrator Association — Jason Herman, Olathe North High School
    • Kansas Master Teacher Award from Emporia State University — Kathleen Wilhite, Olathe South High School (retired)
    • Diversity Advocate in Education award from the Olathe Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — Lane Green, Education Center
    • Kansas School Counseling Association Principal Advocate award — David Kearney, Sunnyside Elementary School
    • Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards — Sara Mochel, Arbor Creek Elementary; Susan Bloom, Washington Elementary; Matt Peterie, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Certification renewal from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards — JoAnn Hiatt, Olathe East High School; Denine Larson, Fairview Elementary; Beth Pope, Bentwood Elementary
    • One of 20 2013 National Coaches of the Year honored by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaches Association — Jeff Hulse, Olathe East High School
    • Kansas Cable Telecommunications Horizon Award — Lauren Knoepfler, Regency Place Elementary School, and Hilary Riggle, Indian Trail Middle School
    • 2013-14 Exemplary Middle School Assistant Principals of the Year named by the Kansas Association of Middle School Administrators — Elaine Carpenter and J.J. Libal, Pioneer Trail Middle School
    • City of Olathe Human Relations Commission 2013 Educators Award — Erik Erazo, Olathe North High School