2022-23 Student Awards

    • Thespy awards given at the International Thespian Festival — Mary Kueter and Lauren Grimes, Olathe West High School
    • 2022-23 Gatorade Kansas Baseball Player of the Year — Nick English, Olathe South High School
    • High School Rawlings Gold Glove Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association All-America and Coach of the Year committees — Nick English, Olathe South High School
    • Ninth place in the Original Spoken Word Poetry category of the National Speech and Debate Association national championships — Madison Troup, Olathe East High School
    • Third in the Policy Debate Tournament of the National Catholic Forensic League grand nationals — Hannah Cleveland and Isabella Foster, Olathe North High School
    • Third runner up for the National Speech and Debate Association National Student of the Year Award — Aarushi Pore, Olathe North High School
    • 2022-23 Gatorade Kansas Softball Player of the Year — Madison Walker, Olathe West High School
    • Finalist for the 2023 William Woods Tate Jr. National Student of the Year Award from the National Speech and Debate Association — Aarushi Pore, Olathe North High School
    • Kansas Head Start Alumni High School Senior Scholarship — Camilo Bustamante, Olathe West High School
    • First place in the Kansas Scholastic Press Association's regional and state film contests — Olathe South High School Falcon Films
    • First place in the on-air personality category of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters state contest — Olathe South High School Falcon Films
    • 2022 Keep It Clean Kansas (KICK) Outreach Challenge — Canyon Creek Elementary School won $1,000
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Jakob Kuehnen, Olathe South High School
    • Perfect score on the ACT exam — Soren Flannery, Olathe North High School
    • First place finishes in the Kansas Technology Student Association state conference — Olivia Cupp-Korb, Tai Fenton, Emily Heflin, Daylin Kennedy, Mary Kueter, Mason McCall, Katelyn Moore, Alex Rippel, Michael Wegmann, Ethan Wolf, Olathe West High School; Isaac Smith, Olathe East High School
    • First place finishes in the Educators Rising State Conference and Competition — Katelyn Barbee, Taylor Barth, Halle Bruss, Hannah Connelly, Katelyn Eastman, Hailey France, Claire Heigele, Cherilyn Hernandez Vara, Payten Mayfield, Miranda Murillo, Brianne Roehm, Olathe East High School
    • 206 of the 261 Kansas Career and Technical Education Scholars named by the Kansas State Department of Education attend Olathe Public Schools 
    • Honorable mention in the 2023 Arby's National Case Competition — Olathe East High School 3DE team
    • Fifth place in the high school division of the national CyberPatriots competition — Olathe Northwest High School team
    • Kansas MATHCOUNTS champion — Mahi Kohli, California Trail Middle School
    • Kansas Science Bowl champion — Olathe North High School team
    • National Merit Finalists — Easton Logback, Nathan Zhang from Olathe East High School; Ethan Bui, Matthew Coffman, Isobel Li, Eve Loehrer, Meirah Paul, Jackson Stephens and Joseph Wiltanger from Olathe North High School; William Bergman, Alana Schmalzried-Lugo, Grant Shanklin, Samuel Swails, Amy Van Oosbree and Hope Wagner from Olathe Northwest High School: Carson Guenthner from Olathe West High School
    • 45 Superior ratings at the Kansas Thespians State Festival
    • Thespy awards given at the Kansas Thespians State Festival — Tristan Jenkins, Olathe South High School; Gen Anderson and Kolby Brown, Olathe West High School; M.K. Mullen and Kendall Ficken, Olathe Northwest High School; Layla Abu Saada, Olathe East High School
    • Gold Honor Troupe Awards given at the Kansas Thespians State Festival — Olathe North, Olathe South and Olathe West high school teams
    • Heartland Regionals qualifier for Nike Cross Nationals — Olathe West High School girls' cross-country team
    • Second place in the nationwide Broadcom MASTERS STEM competition — Mahi Kohli, California Trail Middle School
    • Swept first, second and third place in the University of Kansas Engineering Day Bioengineering Competition — Medical Professions students, Olathe North High School
    • One of 30 finalists in the 2022 Broadcom MASTERS — Mahi Kohli, California Trail Middle School
    • Winner of the 6A division of the 2022 Kansas FAFSA Challenge — Olathe East High School
    • Third in the KC SuperStar high school singing competition — Kate Meives, Olathe East High School
    • National Merit Semifinalists — Nathan Zhang and Easton Logback from Olathe East High School; Ethan Bui, Matthew Coffman, Isobel Li, Eve Loehrer, Meirah Paul, Jackson Stephens and Joseph Wiltanger from Olathe North High School; William Bergman, Alana Schmalzried-Lugo, Grant Shanklin, Samuel Swails, Amy Van Oosbree and Hope Wagner from Olathe Northwest High School; Carson Guenthner from Olathe West High School