Amy Hillman brought the ENERGY to our Olathe Public Schools student leadership conference as she taught students to power up, have fun, and lead with 3,2,1 leadership! Thank You! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

We had fantastic leadership sessions from Olathe Public Schools PBIS team, counselor Kylee Rincones, ONW coaches Lorne Clark & Joel Branstrom and author Jessica Mauderer. Thank You! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

This is what over 100 outstanding Olathe Public Schools leaders from all 5 of our high schools and Mill Creek look like! These leaders grew, learned and had fun during our ENERGIZE Junior student leadership conference! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

Happy Educators Week! We celebrated and thanked our Olathe Public Schools District Wide Student Affinity Group Sponsors with great food, wonderful reflection and certificates of their outstanding service to their clubs. Thank you for all that you do! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

What an incredible 4th Annual Culture Fest! Thank you to our Olathe Public Schools students and community members for their beautiful cultural performances! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

The 4th Annual Olathe Culture Fest had so many great cultural delicious foods to eat. Olathe Public Schools

Thank you to our Olathe Public Schools DEAC members for volunteering for the Olathe Culture Fest. Your service helped make the festival a success! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

The Olathe Culture Fest student booths gave students a great opportunity to share their culture with our community! Olathe Public Schools OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

What a wonderful Olathe Culture Fest! It’s great to work with our community partners to celebrate our beautiful Olathe! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

We celebrated and thanked our Olathe Public Schools District Wide Student Belonging Leaders tonight for their great mentorship and leadership in elementary and middle school spreading kindness this school year! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

What a great night of celebrating our OPS Department of Culture & Belonging educator affinity groups who created a great sense of belonging for our Olathe Public Schools community.

Thank you to our Olathe Public Schools DEAC for their service this year. We amplified student and educator voice and celebrated, uplifted, and volunteered in our beautiful Olathe Public Schools community!

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Thankful to serve and share with our Johnson County community today at the 4th Annual Celebration celebrating 160 years of progress! Juneteenth is a time to celebrate culture and represents our resilience, freedom, families and joy.

So thankful for our OPS Department of Culture & Belonging Educator Affinity Group leaders! We met today and planned community opportunities for all of our staff to come together, feel seen, valued and belong! We are ready for a great school year! #opportunitiesgrowhere Olathe Public Schools

We are so excited that we had the great opportunity to welcome our Olathe Public Schools New Educators. Thank you to our Educator Affinity Group leaders who were there to share about the great connection opportunities we will offer this school year! #Opportunitiesgrowhere Kathleen Smith

Our OPS Department of Culture & Belonging TEAM (Teach, Educate, Achieve, Mentor) students volunteered for our Olathe community by helping with food distribution through Harvesters—The Community Food Network at Second Baptist Church. Way to give back to our community student volunteers! Kathleen Smith Olathe Public Schools

Thanks to over 100 Olathe Public Schools para educators who attended our OPS Department of Culture & Belonging sessions today on creating an environment of belonging through understanding culture! You are ready to make a strong impact of academic success through a culture of learning! #opportunitiesgrowhere

We are so excited to welcome our 2025-26 DEAC Olathe Public Schools council members! Our members are students, staff, BOE, parents and community members who are committed to all students and staff having a sense of belonging. Thank you for your service! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging

So thankful to serve our Olathe Public Schools community students, families and staff! We had a fantastic time celebrating our beautiful Olathe today! OPS Department of Culture & Belonging