Olathe East High School
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| Established: | 1992 |
| Type: | Public |
| Principal: | Dr. Tom Barry |
| Staff: | 120 certified |
| Students: | 1409 (2004) |
| Location: | Olathe, Kansas, USA |
| Colors: | Orange and Navy Blue |
| Website: | Olathe East Home Page |
Olathe East High School is one of four high schools in the Olathe School District in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The school opened in the fall of 1992. Olathe East High School was recognized as a National School of Excellence in 1998 by the U.S. Department of Education. It has also received the President's National Service Award every year since 2003. The school colors are orange and navy blue, and the school's mascot is the hawk.
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[edit] Location
Olathe East is located in Olathe, Kansas. The school's features were designed to be both attractive and functional. There are 99 classrooms, numerous computer labs including an international language lab, a satellite communication lab, and a writing center. Other features include an 890 seat auditorium and a 280 seat theatre; media center; publications/journalism center; video production lab; two gymnasiums; and a weight room. The School's 80-acre, tree encircled hilltop site also features a pond which allows for on-site research and field activities for its biology, student naturalist and physical education classes.[1].
[edit] Academics
Olathe East has continuously had the highest composite standardized test scores in the district. In the 2006-2007 school year, East had a composite ACT score of 23.8,[2] beating the national average of 21.2. On the SAT, the average score was a 604 on the Critical Reading section and a 614 on the Math section. These scores were also much higher than the national average of 503 on the Critical Reading and 518 on the Mathematics section.[3]. Olathe East also offers a variety of high level AP and Honors courses including AP English, AP American History, AP Government, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Statistics, College Physics, and Honors Calculus. Olathe East has consistently scored well on AP tests[citation needed].
[edit] Athletics
The Olathe East "Hawks" have many sports teams and they have achieved 23 Kansas State Championships since 1992 in boys baseball, boys basketball, boys golf, boys soccer, boys track, girls soccer, girls swimming and diving, girls gymnastics, girls softball, girls cross-country, ice hockey and lacrosse. Olathe East competes in the Kansas 6A classification.
The Hawks have consistently been one of the best softball teams in Kansas for four years in a row. Having been state champions four years in a row, Olathe East set a new record for championships won in a row.
The Hawks' varsity volleyball team went to state this year (2007). They finished fourth, the best ranking they have had in their history.
[edit] Performing Arts
The Olathe East Orchestra has performed at the KMEA music festival several times and performed at Carnegie Hall in January of 2007, and has received three straight "I" ratings for the second consecutive year. The Olathe East Band has also received many accomplishments such as receiving all "I" ratings at the area music festival in March. The band will be performing at Avery Fisher Hall in New York Next Spring(2009). The OE Choir has sent several students to North East KMEA All District Music Festival along with all the other performing groups at East. Olathe East's drama department has also been very successful, winning various awards and has performed at the international thespian conference.
[edit] Technology
Many OE students receive a Palm TX at the beginning of the school year which has integrated wi-fi and bluetooth. Students use their Palms for a variety of purposes including taking notes, reading text, and accessing the Internet. The school now has wi-fi access located all throughout the campus. All classrooms at OE are equipped with multipurpose projectors which allows teachers to project movies and images from their computer. Some classrooms also have Smartboard technology. Many teachers take advantage of software called Blackboard which allows students to access assignments and take tests from any computer including computers outside of the school network. The Science and Mathematics departments each have classroom sets of laptops. In addition, Olathe East has several computer labs for added integration of technology into the high school curriculum.
[edit] Library Media Center
The Olathe East Library Media Center offers a variety of print and electronic materials to meet curricular needs of students and staff. Librarians provide ongoing library media instruction aligned with state standards and planned collaboratively with teaching staff. Instruction is delivered in the library and online, via the library's home page [1]. Library staff members provide technology support throughout the school. A rich selection of online subscription database products, including eBooks, are available to students, faculty and community members.
[edit] Other High Schools in the Olathe School District
[edit] References
- ^ "Index Profile", Olathe School District USD 233. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
- ^ "2006-07 Test Scores", Olathe School District USD 233. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
- ^ "2005-06 Test Scores", Olathe School District USD 233. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
[edit] External links
- Official sites
