Olathe North High School

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Olathe North High School
Location
Olathe, Kansas, USA
Information
Abbreviation ON
Principal Dr. Connie Heinen
Type High School
Grades 10-12
Motto Building on the Tradition/ You're In High School Once, But You're an Eagle Forever
Mascot The Fighting Eagles
Established 1883 (Olathe High School)

1958 (Moved to current location) 1981 (Name changed to Olathe North High School)
Homepage [1]

Olathe North (ON) is one of four high schools in the Olathe School District. North's mascot is the Eagle and the colors are red and royal blue. The fight song music closely resembles that of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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[edit] History

Olathe North is the oldest of the four high schools in Olathe, Kansas. The original Olathe High School was renamed Olathe North upon the completion of the second Olathe high school in 1981, Olathe South. The mascot, school colors, and fight song of Olathe High were retained for Olathe North.

[edit] Changes through the years

The most recent addition includes the 21st century classrooms, which are the home of the school's nationally renowned 21st Century programs. They offer classes such as Marine Biology, Culinary Arts, Engineering, Video Game Design/Animation, and Sports Medicine. Many of these programs have curriculum written by the instructors. In addition to biology labs and replica doctor's offices for the study of sports medicine, North's 21st century wing includes a professional quality animation studio and news broadcasting station, which brings the school daily news reports and 2 TV stations. In addition, the Distinguished Scholar program offers students individualized lesson plans in the discipline of their choice. Distinguished Scholar areas include visual arts, political science, foreign language, science, language arts, and math. The Distinguished Scholar Science Program is especially renown due largely to the excellent instructors, including Rhonda Reist, Josh Morris, and Greg Keifer.

[edit] City of champions

Olathe North has won seven Kansas 6A State Championships (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003) in football under the coaching of Gene Weir and John McCall. Despite the success, Olathe North football has endured four coaching changes in the last six years. McCall became the head coach in 2002, when Weir took the football head coaching position at Richland High School in Texas. After leading the Eagles for two years, McCall accepted an assistant coaching position on Wier's staff. David Bassore was announced head coach in 2005 and led the Eagles to a 6-5 record and a district championship. In March 2006, just two weeks after announcing his resignation as head coach, Bassore died in a car accident. Pete Flood took the reins in 2007, guiding the Eagles to a 10-2 season. The Eagles were one game away from the state championship, only to lose to Olathe South at Sub-State. This 2007 version of the Eagles was led by a strong Senior class, including John Chmiel, and quarterback Jake Catloth.

Many Olathe North graduates have gone on to the collegiate and professional levels, including Darren Sproles, Arland Bruce III, Arland Bruce, and Kit Pellow.

[edit] The Olathe North Eaglette Drill/Dance Team

The Olathe North Eaglette Dance Team is the oldest drill team in the Olathe District. In 1996, the Eaglettes received 1st Place at the American Dance/Drill Team National Championships, under the direction of Dalene Moomau. The 2007-2008 Eaglettes traveled to Orlando, FL for the National Dance Association National Championships for the first time ever. The team won 4th Place in the Large Varsity Jazz Division for their routine to "Bingo Bango". The 2008-2009 Eaglettes are under the direction of Sara Heptig, with assistance by Lisa Claudel and Jessica Brown.

[edit] Other High Schools in the Olathe School District

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