2012-13 Student Awards

    • National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Team Academic Award — Olathe North High School girls soccer team
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Evan Eschliman, Olathe South High School
    • 2013 FIRST World Robotics Championships, Pit Safety Award — Olathe Northwest High School Team 1710
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Elizabeth Martin, Olathe East High School
    • 2012-13 Gatorade Kansas Softball Player of the Year — Allison Stewart, Olathe East High School
    • Blue Star Award for Outstanding Overall Production (from Starlight Theatre) — Olathe South High School's "13"
    • Blue Star Award for Technical Achievement (from Starlight Theatre) — Justin Dudzik, Olathe South High School, "13"
    • Tied for fifth in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee — Vanya Shivashankar, California Trail Middle School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Ryan Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • 2012-13 Gatorade Kansas Girls Soccer Player of the Year — Haley Hanson, Olathe East High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Erica Chang, Olathe East High School
    • One of 10 national Prudential Spirit of Community Award-winners — Cassie Wang, Olathe Northwest High School
    • National Latin Exam summa cum laude recipients — Jadrian Salmans, Snigdha Sharma and Jessica Scottile, Olathe East High School
    • National Latin Exam maxima cum laude recipients — Hayley Malmgren, Emerson Crockett, Morgan Burlingame, Chase Harvey and Elizabeth Martin, Olathe East High School
    • National Latin Exam magna cum laude recipient — Taylor Boatman, Olathe East High School
    • National Latin Exam cum laude recipients — Colin Cope and Melisa Leon, Olathe East High School
    • National Merit Liberty Mutual Scholarship — Samuel Rose, Olathe South High School
    • 2013 Kansas Technology Student Association first-place winners —Laura Trickett, Mei Mei, Omid Nabavizadeh, Zack Darpinian, Erin Spelger, Shane McLeroy, Evan Sims, Mark Maslilionis, Bobbi Zang, Mauricio Martinez, Kerry Hokanson, Olathe East High School; Megan Leeper, Taylor Hegarty, Ashwanth Samuel, Courtney Schilly, Saul De La O, Carissa Case, Kaitlyn Weeks, Cyrus Duong, Ronnie Whyrick, Sam Viron, Olathe Northwest High School
    • Kansas State Science and Engineering Fair, first place in Biochemistry, Medicine and Health; first place United States Army Award; third place grand award — Ryan Dahl, Olathe North High School
    • 2013 Kansas Science Olympiad, first place in Division C — Olathe North High School team
    • 2013 Kansas Science Olympiad, second place in Division B — California Trail Middle School team
    • 2013 Kansas ProStart Invitational — Olathe Culinary Arts program at Olathe North High School earned first and second place in Edible Centerpiece; first place in Management; and first and second place in Culinary
    • Regional Chairman's Award at the Kansas City FIRST Robotics Competition — Olathe Northwest High School Ravonics team
    • Grand Award winner at the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair — Disha Dasgupta, Olathe North High School
    • 2012 Missouri and Kansas Affiliate winner of National Center for Women and Information Technology Award for Aspirations in Computing — Joy Hauser, Olathe South High School
    • Fifth at Kansas City BizFest — Julio Cesar Carrillo, Olathe East High School
    • First place in Kansas MATHCOUNTS competition — Arvind Subramanian, Frontier Trail Middle School
    • Best in State in the Verizon App Challenge — Mark Masilionis, Bobbi Zang, Erin Spelger, Tyler Clark, Michael Johnson, Sean Branigan, Mackenzie Kruse, Mauricio Martinez and Kerry Hokanson of Olathe East High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Christoph Kinzel, Olathe North High School
    • National Merit Finalists — Ryan Schools and Jessica Hill, Olathe East High School; Andrew Johannesen, Sarah Kruger, Kavya Shivashankar and Timothy Webber, Olathe North High School; Zachary McKinzie, Olathe Northwest High School; Hannah Gabel, Vikram Lakhanpal and Samuel Rose, Olathe South High School
    • First place in the Kansas City regional event of the English-Speakers Union National Shakespeare Competition — Wyatt McCall, Olathe Northwest High School
    • One of 102 Prudential Spirit of Community Award recipients nationwide — Cassie Wang, Olathe Northwest High School
    • 2013 Presidential Scholar candidates — Kavya Shivashankar and Timothy Webber, Olathe North High School; Zachary McKinzie and Cassie Wang, Olathe Northwest High School
    • National Council of Teachers of English honors for literary magazines — Jaclyn Brewer, Hope Essex, Becca Renteria and Courtney Shields, Olathe North High School
    • Number one ranked high school academic team in the nation based on weighted GPA, according to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association — Olathe North High School girls softball team
    • 2013 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band — Spencer Buff, Olathe North High School
    • 2013 National Achievement Scholarship Program semifinalist — Bethsy Montes, Olathe East High School
    • National Merit Semifinalists — Collin Christensen, Jessica Hill and Ryan Schools from Olathe East High School; Andrew Johannesen, Sarah Kruger, Rex Miller, Kavya Shivashankar and Timothy Webber from Olathe North High School; Zachary McKinzie from Olathe Northwest High School; Hannah Gabel, Vikram Lakhanpal and Samuel Rose from Olathe South High School
    • Won the National Individual Events showcase at the International Thespian Festival — Blake Thomas (Class of 2012) and Meredith Hollan, Olathe East High School
    • Semifinalist in the 2012 Broadcom Masters, a national science, technology, engineering and math competition — Andrea Dahl, Pioneer Trail Middle School