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Scholarship: Tip Top Tux
Deadline: May 14
Amount: $500-$5,000
Criteria: The student must be a senior in one of the Olathe High Schools enrolled in College for this fall. Contestants must write a 500-word essay describing their educational career and life goals.
Scholarship: AES Engineers
Deadline: Oct. 5
Amount: $500
Criteria: Those who enter do not have to be pursuing an engineering field in order to win this scholarship. Contestants must wrist a 1,000-word essay answering: What are your dreams for your future? When you look back in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? The winners will be chosen based on the character as determined by the essays and not soley based on GPA.
Scholarship: Harmony Challenge
Deadline: June 30
Amount: Up to $4,000
Criteria: Participation in the AVID program including maintaining 2.6 GPA. A required essay about commitment to education.
by Andie Beene
A key feature of the Professional Careers Academy (PCA) is monthly lectures during seminar. In March, two people spoke for two individual lectures.
On March 22, Maggie Zehren, former PCA student and current student at the University of Kansas, spoke.
“She talked to students about the difference between life in high school and life in college,” Ruth Ann Falls, PCA director, said.
Zehren also spoke about how PCA opened up opportunities for her in life and the impact of her internship in particular.
“She worked for the city of Olathe as a business intern,” Falls said. “After moving to Lawrence, the city of Lawrence hired her.”
A key part of Zehren’s speech was her stressing how students prepare themselves for the future.
“She told students to advocate for themselves and make the most of their opportunities in high school,” Falls said.
Also in March, Pamela Sandler, the digital experience director at Bernstein-Rein advertising, a major advertising firm, spoke to students about careers in communication, particularly advertising in digital media.
“I learned a lot of things about advertising and about things I didn’t know impacted it,” Haley Martin, senior, said. “She gave really good examples.”
Sandler spoke in the auditorium on March 29. |
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DECA
DECA is on its way to nationals after doing well in the district and state competitions.
Nationals will be in Salt Lake City from April 28-May 3. Eric Novelli, Brady Cox, Brian Kearney- Spaw and Ian Leverich, seniors, and Maggie Carter, junior, are the five national finalists.
Japanese contest
Three students took awards at the 14th Annual Japanese Language Contest on Saturday, March 3, at Olathe North High School. Ian Graham, sophomore, took first in poetry recitation. Alena Lam, sophomore, placed second in the beginner kanji bee. Brandon Danford, junior, received third place in the talent show.
Forensics
The forensics team started March by placing second at the Olathe Northwest Invitational as a squad. The next week, March 9-10, they got first at the Shawnee Mission Invitational and received another first March 16-17 at Gardner Edgerton.
“March was definitely a good month for us,” Catherine Smith, coach, said.
All Star Basketball
Megan Balcom and Alex Hugo, seniors, were representatives in the Kansas- Missouri Basketball All-Star game last Friday at Shawnee Mission South. The two girls were also selected to play in the Kansas Basketball All- star game at Topeka in August.
They were two of the four 6A representatives selected.
Poetry Out Loud
Robbie Winslow, senior, took second place in the Kansas Poetry Out Loud competition Saturday, March 31, at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kan.
For his win, Winslow received $100, and the school will also receive $200 to purchase poetry books.
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