| Olathe West High School | |
| Coordinates: | 38.8851°N -94.8546°W |
| Opened: | Fall 2017 |
| District: | Olathe USD 233[1] | ceeb = 170010[2] | superintendent = | principal = Jay Novacek | grades = 9 to 12 | enrollment = 1,540 (2019-20)[3] | campus_type = Suburban | athletics conference = Sunflower League | mascot = Owen the Owl | newspaper = The Owl Post[4] | communities = | website = | footnotes = | teaching_staff = 97.30 (FTE) | ratio = 15.83 | address = 2200 W. Santa Fe Olathe, Kansas 66061 | colors = Royal Blue, Silver and Navy | feeders = Mission Trail Middle School, Oregon Trail Middle School |
Olathe West 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 royal blue, silver, and navy, and the school mascot is the Owl.[5]
Olathe West was established in 2017 to help educate the rapidly increasing population of Olathe. Being the fifth high school within the Olathe School District, it was designed using architecturally advanced techniques to create an innovative and futuristic learning environment for its students.
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 3-D printers. Four satellite-libraries are located in the student communities, overlooking the main first-floor library.
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.
One of the most successful athletic programs offered at Olathe West is soccer. In their third season, the boys' soccer team won the Kansas state championship on Saturday, November 9, 2019, against Blue Valley West with a score of 2–1. The first goal was scored by junior Henry Curnow and the second by senior Jony Munoz.[6]
Won their first ever individual state title in bowling with Michael Anderson in 2019.
Freshman Makayla Rivera, at the 235-pound weight, placed second in state in 2019.[7]
| State Championships[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | 4 | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| 2 | 2019, 2021 | ||
| Spring | 1 | 2023 | |
| 1 | 2023 | ||
| 1 | 2024 | ||
| Total | 9 | ||
The Olathe West band program includes over one hundred students. There are two concert ensembles: the concert band and the symphonic band. The latter forms the marching band during the fall. The marching band has performed at football and school spirit assemblies. Their field shows have been "Words" (2018) and "The Suite Life" (2019). Olathe West also includes a jazz band as well as voluntary percussion ensemble and PEP band for basketball games.