2013-14 Student Awards

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    • 2014 Policy Debate Top Speaker at the National Speech and Debate Tournament — Alaina Walberg, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Among 46 semifinalists in the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee — Vanya Shivashankar, California Trail Middle School
    • 2014 National ProStart Invitational culinary competition, second place — Olathe Culinary Arts program at Olathe North High School
    • 2014 National Merit Scholarship winner — Christoph Kinzel, Olathe North High School
    • 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholar — Ryan Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • FIRST Robotics World Championships awards —Safety Star of the Day, Samantha Viron, Olathe Northwest High School; Underwriters Laboratory Industrial Safety Award and Engineering Inspiration Award, Team 1710, Olathe Northwest High School
    • American Legion Kansas Oratorical Speech Contest winner — Colby Miller, Olathe East High School
    • 2014 National SkillsUSA Tournament — gold medal in carpentry, Rebekah Volner, Olathe North High School
    • 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholars semifinalists — Ryan Dahl, Olathe North High School; Evan Eschliman, Olathe South High School
    • 2014 Kansas Technology Student Association first-place winners — Emily Brzon, Cody Cost, Saul De La O, Nathan DeMars, Taylor Hegarty, Josiah Lauby, Megan Leeper, Shane Riego De Dios, Courtney Schilly, Kaitlyn Weeks and Ronnie Whyrick, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Greg Bixler, Olathe North High School
    • 2014 Kansas Science Olympiad, first place in high school division — Olathe North High School team
    • Eighteen National Champion titles at the National/International Dance Competition — Olathe East High School Talons dance teams
    • National Geography Bee competitor — Chinmay Patil, California Trail Middle School
    • National Achievement Scholarships — Jatiah Holt and Luz Kebret, Olathe Northwest High School
    • FIRST Robotics World Championship competitor — Team 1710 from Olathe Northwest High School
    • Poetry Out Loud national competitor — Leanne Chun, Olathe South High School
    • National History Bee competitor — Andrew Booze, Santa Fe Trail Middle School
    • International Career Development Conference qualifiers — Jessica Cone, Alexis Piseno, Murphy Hogan and Johah Smith, Olathe South High School
    • National Finalist for the Read 180 All-Star Award — Liberty Wheatley, Pioneer Trail Middle School
    • 2014 Kansas ProStart Invitational — Epicurious Team from the Olathe Culinary Arts program at Olathe North High School earned first place and will represent the state at nationals
    • National Merit Finalists — Matthew Gleason, Snigdha Sharma and Dane Stapleton, Olathe East High School; Victoria Bergman, Ryan Dahl, Emmett Fitzgerald, Christoph Kinzel and Elizabeth Tucker, Olathe North High School; Erik Flom, Olathe Northwest High School; Andrea Beene, Tanner Delaney, Evan Eschliman and Brock Webb, Olathe South High School
    • Best in State in the Verizon App Challenge — "Jump In Jobs" by Drew Krause, Bailey McAuley, AJ Null, Jeff Payne, Jack Perkins, Jesse Rose and Bo Steele, Olathe Northwest High School
    • 2014 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall — Christopher Chavez and Veronica Wood, Olathe South High School
    • Secondary school winner in Burns & McDonnell's Battle of the Brains competition — "Tapped Out" by the Distinguished Scholars Science program, Olathe North High School
    • Kansas representative to the 2013 Macy's Great American Marching Band — Natalie Alton, Olathe East High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Erik Flom, Olathe Northwest High School
    • National Fastpitch Coaches Association No. 2 ranked Academic School Softball Team in the nation — Olathe North High School 2012-13 team
    • 2014 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band — Megan Keil, Olathe North High School
    • National Achievement Scholarship semifinalists — Jatiah Holt and Luz Kebret, Olathe Northwest High School
    • National Merit Semifinalists — Matthew Gleason, Snigdha Sharma and Dane Stapleton of Olathe East High School; Victoria Bergman, Ryan Dahl, Emmett Fitzgerald, Christoph Kinzel and Elizabeth Tucker of Olathe North High School; Erik Flom of Olathe Northwest High School; Andrea Beene, Tanner Delaney, Evan Eschliman and Brock Webb of Olathe South High School