Participating TeleOlympics97 Schools Name of School: Ridgeview Elementary
Name of Contact Person: Wendy Scholten
Email id of contact person: scholtew@mail.olathe.k12.ks.us
School mailing address:
1201 E. Elm,
Olathe, KS 66061
Approximate number of students competing: 16
Ages and grades of students competing: 5th & 6th (10-12)
A description of your school: Public Elementary in the suburbs of Kansas City. Total population of the school is 285 students which includes 3year old preschool through 6th grade and also special population students. We begin school at 8:20 go home at 3:30. We are doing this as a joint effort between our Computer Club and the after school at-risk program called Navigators. We will be competing on a grass field.
A description of your community: Olathe is a city of approximately 80,000 with 3 high schools, 5 junior highs (grades 7-9), and 26 elementary schools. We also have a head start program and vocational schools. Mahaffie Farmstead is located in Olathe and was a stage coach stop for the Santa Fe Trail and other trails. We have 2 fairly big city wide events that occur during the year; Bullwhacker Days where people visit the farmstead and see how life was back in the good old days and the the first weekend in September is our annual Old Settlers Day with a carnival and crafts from local people and a parade that the area students participate in.
A description of the sports done at your school: We do not have any sports that are played against other schools but we do have an intermurals program for the 5th and 6th graders who make up teams for soccer, basksetball, mumball, Capture the Flag, Volleyball to name a few that are played during the noon recess time.

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