2025 Energize Student Leadership Conference

  • Wednesday, April 16, 2025

    Energize Student Leadership Conference logoObjective

    Students will grow in their inner belief in themselves as leaders and realize the positive impact they can make on others. They will also learn how to be a strong leader in their school for their senior year. Students will have engaging dialogue, interactive workshop sessions, and will network with other student leaders and local professional leaders in the community.
     
    Through our interactive sessions, students will learn to bring the ENERGY in themselves and others, how to lead with positivity, inspire confidence, build trust and stay resilient.

    Outcomes of Conference

    1. Learn about the leader within themselves and what that means at the student level. 
    2. Articulate and define their personal leadership philosophy. 
    3. Learn how to spread positive energy through leadership into their team or school.

    Energize: How to be a great leader for ALL

    • Energize — The Leader Within
    • Energize Power Up
    • Leadership Strengths and Philosophy
    • Who Am I?
    • Recharge Your Batteries:
      • The Coaches Playbook: Energize the Leader in You
      • PBIS — Energize the Leader in You and Lead by Example
      • Conversations in Leadership
      • Make Your Own Sunshine
    • Energize 3, 2, 1, Leadership
    • The Leader in ME Energized
    • ENERGIZED

    Energize Guest Speakers

    • Kathleen Smith — director of Culture and Belonging, Olathe Public Schools (Learn more about Kathleen)
    • Elijah Dormeus — I AM Foundation (Learn more about the foundation)
    • Amy Hillman — recruiter liaison, Olathe Public Schools
    • Lorne Clark and Joel Branstrom — Head football and basketball coaches, Olathe Public Schools (Learn more about Joel)
    • Dr. Scott Fluke, Dr. Anne-Marie Bixler-Funk, Tom Hanken and Abby Patel — PBIS, Olathe Public Schools
    • Kylee Rincones — counselor, Olathe Public Schools
    • Jessica Mauderer — author and transformation coach, Love Life, Be Life. Share Life LLC (learn more about Jessica)

2024 Believe Student Leadership Conference

  • student leadership conference logo

    One-hundred twenty-five Olathe Public Schools juniors from all five high schools attended the 2024 Believe Student Leadership Conference. The day focused on students learning how to discover the leader in themselves by exploring who they are, learning how to create their own sunshine in their lives, believing in their own success and learning the 3,2,1 of leadership. Students had the opportunity to network with other student leaders and local professional leaders in the community, such as Shawn Barber, former NFL Kansas City Chiefs player.