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.
Academics
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 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 also offers 2 of the offered in the Olathe School District. The school offers the and academies.
One of the most popular athletic programs offered at Olathe West is soccer. Boys soccer won the Kansas state championship this on Saturday, November 9th, 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. For a new school and program this was a great feat for not just the team, but the entire school.
Bowling
All schools have to start somewhere, and for Olathe West it was getting their first ever individual state title in bowling when Michael Anderson won in 2019. Also, not every school has their bowling team training in the weight room.
Wrestling
A winter sport which is gaining more and more traction every year, with 2019's women’s state tournament being a historic event, not only because it was the first in Kansas, but also because we got the first state placer in Owls wrestling history, freshman Makayla Rivera at the 235-pound weight class ending with an overall second place state finish.
The Olathe West band program includes over one hundred students. There are two concert ensembles: the Concert Band, Symphonic Band the latter forming the marching band during the fall. The schools' marching band has performed at football and school spirit assemblies. Their field shows have been "Words" and "The Suite Life". Olathe West also includes a Jazz Band as well as voluntary Percussion Ensembles and PEP Band for Basketball games.
Oh, there is no place like Olathe / Dear Old Olathe West Our teams are the toughest / And we fight the roughest / We're home of the Silver and Blue! Oh, there is no place like Olathe / Dear Old Olathe West We fight for the Owl / With all of our Power / For Dear Old Olathe West!
