ON Families:  The Olathe North Cheerleaders will be selling glow sticks as a fundraiser at the homecoming game tonight?  Come out and support your football team and your cheerleaders. 

​CLASS OF 2020….MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
 
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 – Jostens will be here for the Senior Class announcement meeting during Seminar, in the auditorium.
 
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 - Senior Announcement order taking during EHT (South commons)
 
Thursday Oct. 24, 2019 – Senior Announcement order taking before school (7:30 – 7:55am)
(South commons)

Please see the link below for an educational recorded webinar on vaping by Jordan Roberts.  She is with KDHE (Youth Prevention Programs and RESIST) It also includes information about prevention strategies.  This is the BEST and most comprehensive content I’ve seen on teen vaping.  
 
The JUUL, Vape, E-Cigarettes: Unifying the Tobacco Prevention Approach webinar is now available by clicking on the link below.
 
https://dccca.adobeconnect.com/phfyzylpxcfi/
 
Please use the video webinar as you see fit to educate yourself and your student.
 
The district will be hosting a parent information night on vaping in November.  More information will come out about this community event next month. 

​Olathe North Community,
The vaping epidemic is real.  All high schools across the nation are dealing with this epidemic.  This week I received an email that shared the secret ways kids are trying to hide their vapes from school employees and parents.  I felt this blog was imperative to share with parents.  In another blog I am sharing a potential webinar that parents and students alike can watch.  The Olathe district will be hosting a parent information meeting on vaping in November.  There will be more information to follow.    

Olathe Public Schools, Olathe Communities That Care, and the City of Olathe are partnering once again to sponsor Olathe Family Day.  The link below provides more information.
https://www.olatheschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=18487&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=26606&PageID=1
 
Monday, September 23rd is Olathe Family Day!!  It is a national day that encourages families to spend quality time with one another on the 23rd or anytime during the week.  It is a time to turn off the TV and other electronic devices.  Families can make dinner, play games, go for a walk, read a book, FaceTime grandparents, visit a city park, and much more.  The City website provides additional information you can share with your families -  https://www.olatheks.org/residents/community-resources/family-day.
 
Finally, we ask that you place a yard sign near the entrance of your school.  Secondary schools should have received their sign from their SRO.  Elementary principals receive a sign this morning during their meeting at the Ed Center. 
 
I hope you have an opportunity to spend quality time with YOUR FAMILY.  

​Students who are taking the ACT in October should consider coming to our free ACT prep sessions during Seminar in the upper commons.  Classes will be held on September 19th, September 26th, October 3rd,  and October 10th.  Students should sign up in the front office with Mrs. Sherraden.

​OLATHE ~ The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The Olathe School District has 15 National Merit Semifinalists.
The semifinalists from the district are:
Olathe East High School: Sierra Smith and Anna Stovall.
Olathe North High School: Eddie Dai, Nicole Manny, Mahathi Muralidharan, Ruby Onsongo, Naima Patel, Chinmay Patil, Lincoln Schick and Kylie Volavongsa.
Olathe Northwest High School: Zoe Kulphongpatana, Renee Oswalt, Nicholas Saia and Kaiya Scott.
Olathe West High School: Eleanor Wiltanger.
From the approximate 16,000 semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the finalist level and in February they will be notified of this designation.
Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2020. Every finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored merit scholarship awards will be provided by about 220 corporations and business organizations for finalists who meet their specified criteria.
In addition, about 180 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,100 college-sponsored merit scholarship awards for finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.
September 11, 2019
CONTACT: Cody Kennedy
Communications
913-780-7044
ckennedy@olatheschools.

Olathe North will be broadcasting games and events throughout the year on Eagle Studios.  Please see the link below to follow events.  Olathe North v Olathe East football game will be broadcast-ed live tonight. 

Direct link to fresh live feeds of games 
https://www.youtube.com/user/eaglestudiosONHS/live
 
We are also teaming with 810varsity.com again and will feed their live page for our games.

It’s a fundraiser for Project Graduation – The Flower Man will give ONHS Project Grad a portion of every boutonniere and corsage ordered through them.