Olathe North families,

Welcome to the ONHS Admin Corner: Notes From the Desk of Mr. Herman.

Thank you to the Olathe North Peer Mentors and their campaign "Spread the Word to End the Word" (see the video and pictures above). Our amazing staff and students support everyone in our building and we stand together to change the belief that it is ok to use that word. Great Job!!!!

As we transition from April to May remember to keep an eye on students assignments and grades through StudentVUE or ParentVUE https://parentvue.olatheschools.com/PXP2_Login_Parent.aspx?regenerateSessionId=true

Make sure that you are reviewing emails and information in this blog as we are nearing the end of the school year. There is so much information we need to share with parents and we don't want anybody to miss it. Have a great weekend.

A Principal's Rant!!!

Attendance: Olathe North is holding a second semester attendance challenge where we will be drawing winners with great attendance, grades and behavior. Do not let your students take a day off, do not call your students out to go get lunch, do not schedule appointments during the school day. Teach our students resilience, help them realize it is difficult to go to school everyday and grind through 4th quarter. Understanding that we can survive difficult builds character in our children. If we as parents allow them the easy way out what are we teaching them? Amazingly, we hold your students accountable at school and they rise to the occasion. Are you holding your kiddo accountable at home? This is another challenge as a community!!! Let's help our students learn what it means to be resilient.

We have a lot of events that occur during the school year, please make sure that you are always checking https://www.sunflowerleague.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=403 Sunflowerleague.org to see the building live calendar. I will also try to get many of the events on important date information below.

Jason Herman, Principal

Olathe North High School

If next week every student brings one perishable food item to the front office and we will collect 2,000 items for the food drive. (If you want to bring more you are welcome). I will send a text reminder on Sunday night. Let's beat OE!!!

May is the month for celebrating our seniors that are graduating on the 17th and the end of another year of accomplishments and success for the students at Olathe North. We also need to celebrate our staff that work hard year after year to help students succeed in the classroom and in their sports and extracurricular activities. Students tell us that one of the things that makes Olathe North special is the staff that they have working with them through their four years of high school. No matter who the staff member is, we would love for families to write a few words of appreciation about those amazing people. Whether it is a coach your student had for 9th grade basketball, a teacher your student currently has, or any number of other caring adults that come to Olathe North each day to help students succeed. Parents or students can complete the forms on the following links and then those positive words will be presented to the staff member starting in May. Families can submit as many forms as they would like. Our goal would be to have every adult that works in our building to receive some positive recognition and a word of thanks. Thank you all for helping us reach our goal and showing our entire staff how much they matter.

Here is the Spanish link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgvPlAviaSNEvpcS1QUloFsuj3c-QyLoYOF_j3yudDmj2ruw/viewform?usp=header

Here is the English Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCqw37GnUlZnI9xjY3NAeviSYW8TI7KrCAnGIr8hPyyELT7g/viewform?usp=dialog

I wanted to let you know that tech support is preparing to roll out Windows 11 to student devices across the district. With support for Windows 10 nearing its end, now is the right time to begin updating devices — especially since many of your students already have Windows 11 or are nearly ready for the upgrade.

In our building, a significant portion of devices are already running Windows 11. For those that still need the update, the process will begin in the background and won’t interrupt learning — it will only install upon the next device reboot.

Please make sure that your student is updating and restarting their laptops. Thank you.

Juniors! Want to help make decisions for your senior year? The application for Senior Leadership is now open: https://forms.gle/DKsG42o7y2sKtVhPA

Applications and teacher recs are due May 2, 2025.

Questions? See Mrs. Cronin in room 001 before or after school.

Class of 2025

End of year details

Senior Fees – All student fees will need to be paid before May 15, 2025. If you want to check to see if your senior has any outstanding fees, please log-in to TouchBase (the Olathe Schools on-line fee payment system)

Senior Finals – All make-up work and/or retakes are due to teacher by May 15th @ 3pm. This is a hard deadline and will not be extended.

May 12 – 7-hour day

May 13 – Even Block Finals

May 14 – Odd Block Finals (last day for seniors)

May 15 – Senior Celebration Day! All seniors will report to Olathe North football practice field beginning @ 9:30am. Seniors will turn in their electronic devices/charger/calculator in the upper commons. Donuts/juice will be provided. Students will pick up their cap/gown/stole and receive 7 tickets (to use at Olathe Northwest if we have inclement weather). At this time, any student may trade (1) regular ticket for (1) handicap ticket. The ticket envelope will have the students seat assignment on it as well. Seniors take a picture, so on Saturday, you know where you will be seated. Seniors will line up on the track @ 10:45am to walk the halls of Olathe North, lined by staff and underclassman, one last time. ♥

Graduation Practice – May 17 at 1:00pm (no later)

Students will arrive at the soccer fields at College Boulevard Activity Center 9CBAC) located at 11031 S. Valley Road, wearing their robes (wrinkle-free), caps (decoration free), secured on their heads and stoles secured to their robes. Please DO NOT bring anything with you other than your phone. Ladies, do not wear heals that will puncture the turf field, flats/wedges are good. Student parking is located in the North lot across from Prairie Trail Middle School. Mr. Herman will give the students last minute instructions and then they will line up for the processional onto the football field. After the ceremony, graduates will return to the same soccer field to pick-up their diploma.

Commencement Ceremony – May 17 at 2pm – length approx. 90 minutes.

• Guests may arrive 90 minutes prior to the ceremony and may park in the East or West lots. It is recommended that all guests be seated by 1:45pm.
• District officials will alert seniors and their families 2-3 hours prior to the ceremony, ONLY if graduation is indoors.
• American Sign Language interpreters will be located in the press box and viewed on the Jumbotron.
• Concessions will not be open, feel free to bring in your own bottle of water.
• Graduation Pictures will be available after the ceremony from
• Grad Images. All contact information is printed on the back cover of your graduation program. To order after the ceremony, visit www.gradimages.com
• After the ceremony, parents/guests will be permitted onto the football field for 30 minutes to take photos with their graduate.
• More info will be sent out to family and friends who would like to watch a live-stream of Olathe North’s Commencement Ceremony.

If you purchased a Senior Graduation sign from the Senior Class through Jostens they are in the front office for pickup. We will make announcements next week to pick the signs up.

There are always a lot of questions about the details of the picnic. Please share!

The big questions are:

• Do I have to go? Nope, but do not come to school that day.
• Do I have to ride the bus? Yep. District rules, not ours.
• What if I drive? We will send you home.
• Do I have to pay the $10 for food? Yep, we are catering this year to make it easier on everyone. (If you choose not to eat and bring food, totally fine! Think of it as paying for the bus and inflatable rentals.)
• How do I pay? Through their student account in the InTouch system or the QR code in the other flier.

Hope this helps!

Attention Class of 2025! All graduating students are welcomed back for a special graduation walk at the elementary school they attended on May 19 at 3 p.m. Come celebrate with your elementary school teachers and classmates one last time! Don’t forget to wear your cap and gown! For more details, click here: https://bit.ly/4iZpZUm.

Parents of 10th graders: Meningococcal vaccine 2nd dose required after turning 16. Please make sure your student has the required vaccine before starting 11th grade. Please send in records to the school or email them to the nurse. Macraig@olatheschools.org

Please check parentvue to make sure your student is up to date on all other vaccines. Please contact the nurse with any questions. Macraig@olatheschools.org 913-780-7142

FREE summer vaccine clinic! (attached)

Myra Craig BSN, RN

School Nurse

Olathe North High School

(913)780-7142

May is the month we celebrate our graduating seniors and another year of accomplishments and success for the students at Olathe North. It’s also important to celebrate the staff that work hard year after year to help students succeed inside and outside of the classroom. Students tell us that one of the things that makes Olathe North special is the staff that work with them through their four years of high school.

Whether it is a coach your student had for 9th grade basketball, a teacher they currently have, or any number of other caring adults that come to Olathe North each day to help students succeed, we would love for you to help us celebrate our staff by writing a few words of appreciation. Both parents and students can complete the forms below and then those positive words will be presented to staff members beginning in May. Our goal would be to have every adult who works in our building receive some positive recognition and a word of thanks, so feel free to fill the form out as many times as you’d like.

Thank you all for helping us reach our goal and showing our entire staff how much they matter!

English: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCqw37GnUlZnI9xjY3NAeviSYW8TI7KrCAnGIr8hPyyELT7g/viewform?usp=dialog

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Mayo es el mes en que celebramos a nuestros estudiantes que se gradúan y otro año de logros y éxitos para los estudiantes de Olathe North. También es importante celebrar a los empleados que trabajan duro año tras año para ayudar a los estudiantes a tener éxito dentro y fuera del salón de clases. Los estudiantes nos dicen que una de las cosas que hace a Olathe North especial son los empleados que trabajan con ellos durante sus cuatro años de preparatoria.

Si es un entrenador que su estudiante tuvo para el baloncesto de noveno grado, un maestro que tienen actualmente, o cualquier número de otros adultos que vienen a Olathe North cada día para ayudar a los estudiantes a tener éxito, nos encantaría que nos ayudara a celebrar nuestros empleados escribiendo unas palabras de agradecimiento. Estudiantes y padres pueden completar los formularios a continuación y luego esas palabras positivas serán presentadas a los empleados a partir de mayo. Nuestro objetivo sería que cada adulto que trabaja en nuestro edificio reciba algún reconocimiento positivo y una palabra de agradecimiento, así que siéntase libre de llenar el formulario tantas veces como desee.

Gracias a todos por ayudarnos a alcanzar nuestra meta y por demostrar a todo nuestros empleados lo mucho que importan.

Español: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgvPlAviaSNEvpcS1QUloFsuj3c-QyLoYOF_j3yudDmj2ruw/viewform?usp=header

Senior Parents and Students, This has been a request that we have heard. Thank you to Senior Class Sponsor Andrea Cronin for putting this document together. This is a living breathing document and there could be changes throughout the year. I only placed page one in the picture below. There is a PDF that you can download below the first page.

🎓 Hey Seniors! 🎓
Are you ready to rep your Eagle pride after you toss that cap?

🔥 For the first time ever, the Class of 2025 is getting exclusive access to official Olathe North Alumni swag — and you get to be the first to rock it!

🎉 Whether you're headed to college, the workforce, or taking a gap year, show the world where it all started.

💙 Load up. Gear up. Wear it proud.
You’re not just graduating — you’re becoming part of Eagle history.

🦅 You’re in high school once, but an Eagle forever!

https://stores.inksoft.com/olathe_north

Join the Olathe North Parents Facebook Group!

This is a page for parents to post a quick general question that another parent or administrator can answer. Parents who know Olathe North are happy to help answer questions. We also have Mr. Herman along with a couple of other administrators who often answer questions.

Here is the link to join: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/NBKGAanJiHUearHv/