Olathe West High School

Olathe West High School
Address
2200 W. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS 66061
Coordinates 38°53′06″N 94°51′17″W / 38.8851°N 94.8546°W / 38.8851; -94.8546Coordinates: 38°53′06″N 94°51′17″W / 38.8851°N 94.8546°W / 38.8851; -94.8546
Information
School type Suburban
Opened Fall 2017
School district USD #233
Superintendent John Allison
Principal Jay Novacek
Grades 9-12
Enrollment Approximately 1300
Color(s) Royal Blue, Silver and White
Athletics conference Sunflower League
Mascot Owls
Newspaper The Owl Post[1]
Feeder schools Mission Trail Middle School, Oregon Trail Middle School
Website olathewestowls.org

Olathe West High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Olathe, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9–11 and expanding to include grades 9–12 for the 2018–2019 school year. The school is one of five high schools in the Olathe School District and also one of fourteen in the Sunflower League. The school colors are royal blue, silver, and navy, and the school mascot is the Owl.[2]

The expected enrollment is approximately 925 students for 2017–18.[3] Olathe West was established in 2017 to help educate the rapidly increasing population of Olathe. Olathe West is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.

Spanning 375,000 square feet, Olathe West's three-story school focuses on the use of technology, open, modular learning spaces, efficiency and collaboration among students. A centrally-located learning commons provides student gathering and education collaboration spaces that connect to the entire building. The school is designed with four wings, or communities, where students will attend classes. The building also includes a media center, performing arts center, gymnasiums and practice fields for athletics.

The main auditorium has 789 seats (including retractable seating.) The school also has a 200-square-foot rooftop greenhouse and 60 planting boxes on the growing wall next to the main library on the first floor. The school also features 32 conference rooms.

As Olathe West High School focuses on "Project Based Learning", it has eight maker spaces that include 3D printers. Four satellite-libraries are located in the student communities, overlooking the main first-floor library.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Owl Post website
  2. ↑ "Olathe West High School / Homepage". www.olathewestowls.org. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. ↑ "Take a look inside the new Olathe West High School". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 1 September 2017.


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