Olathe North High School

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Olathe North High School
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Address
Olathe North High School
600 East Prairie Road [1]

Olathe
,
Kansas
66061

United States
Coordinates 38°53′18″N94°48′31″W / 38.8882°N 94.8086°W / 38.8882; -94.8086
Information
School type Public, High School
Established1883, 1958 (current location)
School board Board Website
School district Olathe USD 233 [2]
CEEB code 172220 [3]
Principal Jason Herman [4]
Teaching staff137.00 (FTE) [5]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment2,036 (2023-2024) [5]
Student to teacher ratio14.86 [5]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Royal blue and Red
   
Athletics conferenceSunflower League
MascotEagle
Website School Website

Olathe North High School is a public high school located in Olathe, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is one of five high schools in the Olathe USD 233 school district. The school colors are red and royal blue and the mascot is the Eagle.[ citation needed ]

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Olathe North is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 6A division and are known as the "Eagles". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.

History

Olathe North is the oldest of five high schools in Olathe, Kansas. The school was founded in 1883 as Olathe High School.

The school moved to its current location in 1958 and changed its name to Olathe North High School in 1981. The mascot, school colors, and fight song of Olathe High were retained for Olathe North.[ citation needed ]

Programs and Education

Olathe North hosts five different 21st century academies. These are programs developed by the Olathe School District to give students the ability to develop specific skills and interests. The five programs Olathe North hosts are Animal Health, Geoscience, Medical Professions, Sports Medicine, and Distinguished Scholars. [6]

Extracurricular activities

The Eagles compete in the Sunflower League and are classified as a 6A school, the largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Throughout its history, Olathe North has won thirteen state championships in various sports.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

Football

Olathe North has won eight Kansas 6A State Championships (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2009) in football under the coaching of Gene Weir, John McCall and Pete Flood. [7] Despite the success, Olathe North football has endured four coaching changes in the last six years. McCall became the head coach in 2003, 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 2006, and guided the Eagles to a 10–2 record in 2007. The Eagles were one game away from the state championship, only to lose to Olathe South at sub-state. The 2007 version of the Eagles was led by a strong senior class, including John Chmiel, and quarterback Jake Catloth. The 2009 Eagles won the 6A state championship on Saturday, November 28, 2009, vs. Wichita Heights. November 27, 2010, Olathe North played Wichita Heights at State losing. Now the Eagles are led by their new head coach, Chris McCartney, who has been an Eagle for nearly twenty years. McCartney started as a defensive coordinator, but later gained leadership of the team. For his first year head coaching, in 2015, he led the Eagles to one game away from state, but they fell to the Blue Valley High School, going 10-2 for the season.[ citation needed ]

State championships

State Championships [8]
SeasonSportNumber of ChampionshipsYear
Fall Football 81996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009
Soccer, Boys 11988
Cross Country, Boys 32015, 2017, 2018
Gymnastics, Girls 32021, 2022, 2023
Winter Bowling, Boys 22012, 2013
Bowling, Girls 12014
Scholars Bowl 12019
Wrestling, Boys 12018
Spring Baseball 11989
Softball 21984, 1989
Track & Field, Boys 32005, 2022, 2023
Track & Field, Girls 12021
Total27

Non-athletic activities

Band

In October 2011, the Screamin' Eagles won the title of overall "Grand Champion" at the Missouri Western Marching Competition for the third year in a row. At the 2011 Heart of America Marching Festival, the band won "Grand Champion" status for the second year in a row, as well as Outstanding Music, Marching, and General Effect awards. [9] The Screamin' Eagles won the "Grand Champion" at the Kansas band masters association in October 2015.[ citation needed ]. In 2017, the Screamin' Eagles went to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall.

Notable alumni

See also

Other high schools in Olathe USD 233 school district

References

  1. ↑ GNIS for Olathe North Senior High School; USGS; July 1, 1984.
  2. ↑ USD 233
  3. ↑ High School CEEB Code Search
  4. ↑ Olathe North High - Administration List
  5. 1 2 3 "Olathe North Sr High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Olathe North High School is home to five of Olathe's 21st Century Academies". Archived from the original on November 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "KSHSAA Football". Archived from the original (English) on March 20, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
  8. ↑ "State Records & State Champions". Archived from the original (English) on April 21, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Olathe North Band Accomplishments" (English). Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ Eldrige, Taylor. "The Parrish brothers of Olathe North dominate Kansas high school state track meet". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Kit Pellow" (English). Retrieved April 21, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Darren Sproles" (English). Retrieved March 24, 2010.
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