2014-15 Student Awards

    • 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champion — Vanya Shivashankar, California Trail Middle School
    • Starlight Blue Star Awards —Outstanding Technical Achievement, Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Outstanding Costume Design and Construction (Tier II), Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role, Olathe East High School
    • Gold awards in the Kansas SkillsUSA competition — Alec Jorns, Olathe Northwest High School, Related Technical Math; Eyasu Mekonnen, Olathe North High School, Auto Refinishing Technology
    • Third in Animal Sciences at the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair — Andrea Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • First in Technical Problem Solving at the National Science Olympiad Tournament — Arvind Subramanian and David Nelson, Olathe North High School
    • 2015 Kansas Technology Student Association first-place winners — Ryan Alvarez, Emily Brzon, Cody Cost, Julian Huynh, Namita Kulkarni, Hayden Kovarik, Zach Loveall, Amy Leuszler, Shane Riego De Dios, Abby Rouse, Courtney Schilly, Ethan Weeks, Kaitlyn Weeks, Ronnie Whyrick, Bayu Wilson of Olathe Northwest High School; Clayton Augustyn, Brendan Carpenter, Avery Don, Syrus Herz, Ali Karamali, Jayme Monnier of Olathe East High School
    • 2015 Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair Grand Award — Andrea Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • 2015 National ProStart Invitational culinary competition, first place — Olathe Culinary Arts program at Olathe North High School
    • National Achievement Scholar — Candace Hayes, Olathe Northwest High School
    • 2015 Coca-Cola Scholar — Cooper Yerby, Olathe North High School
    • Greater Kansas City Regional FIRST Robotics — Championship title and Chairman's Award to the Olathe Northwest High School Team 1710
    • 2015 Kansas ProStart Invitational — Team Edesia (Team Kansas) from the Olathe Culinary Arts program at Olathe North High School earned first place in the Culinary Competition and will go to nationals; Sliderz Team won first place in the Management Competition and will go to nationals
    • First at KCBizFest — Sergio Samuel Madrid, Olathe South High School
    • Second at KCBizFest — Reed Schimmel, Olathe East High School
    • National Merit finalists — Erica Chang, Emma Clark, Saurabh Harohalli, Adam Khan, Angela Li and Haotian Xue of Olathe East High School; Gregory Bixler, Monelle Brink, Wyatt Heikes, David Nelson and Caleigh Penn of Olathe North High School; Bonnie Dowd, Ben Harper and Kurtis Huff of Olathe Northwest High School; Isaiah Hastings and Callie Van Winkle of Olathe South High School
    • 2015 U.S. Presidential Scholar candidates — Erica Chang and Saurabh Harohalli, Olathe East High School; Greg Bixler, David Nelson and Marisha Madhira, Olathe North High School; Ashwanth Samuel, Olathe Northwest High School; and Zizhao Chen, Olathe South High School
    • Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board Accessible Community Award — Olathe Northwest High School football team
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Disha Dasgupta, Olathe North High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — David Nelson, Olathe North High School
    • 2015 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band — Carolyn Culp and Marisha Madhira, Olathe North High School
    • 2014 National Association for Music Education All-National Concert Band Honor Ensemble — Henry Zimmermann, Olathe East High School
    • National Merit semifinalists — Erica Chang, Emma Clark, Saurabh Harohalli, Adam Khan, Angela Li, Ian Matches and Haotian Xue of Olathe East High School; Gregory Bixler, Monelle Brink, Wyatt Heikes, David Nelson and Caleigh Penn of Olathe North High School; Bonnie Dowd, Ben Harper and Kurtis Huff of Olathe Northwest High School; Isaiah Hastings, Justin Hermstedt and Callie Van Winkle of Olathe South High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Selina Liu, Olathe East High School
    • First Team All American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association — Reagan Hathaway, Olathe Northwest High School