Located twenty minutes south of downtown Kansas
City, KS, and at the crossroads of several major
highways, Olathe City enjoys convenient access to
surrounding suburbs and the advantages of a major
city. It is flanked by the Santa Fe and Burlington
Northern Railroads and has two service airports.
Olathe city was founded in 1857 on the old Santa
Fe Trail, its name probably comes from the Shawnee
word for "beautiful." During the Civil
War, Olathe was raided by the guerrilla leader William
C. Quantrill in 1862. Quantrill led many attacks
in Kansas, the most notable being Lawrence Kansas
in 1863.
Olathe is the site of the Kansas State School for
the Deaf that was established in1866. Perhaps this
school has inspired our Graduate of the Month to
pursue a career working with the deaf, a career
that would not have been possible without a high
school diploma.
Please join us in congratulating Ms. Jennifer L.
Headrick for earning her high school diploma with
an impressive 3.5 GPA. She completed all four years
with us at Citizens' High School. We asked "Jenni
Lynn" why she chose Citizens'. She told us
that she had no confidence that the public schools
could deliver a quality education. She also told
us that she felt home schooling was best for her.
She feels so strongly about home school and Citizens'
curriculum that she has recommended it to others.
In fact, Jennifer's little sister is now enrolled
with us.
After completing the requirements for her diploma,
Jennifer got married. Now she has a new family in
addition to her old one. Jennifer's future plans
include attending school to learn American Sign
Language so she will be able to work with hospitalized
hearing impaired patients.
Because Jennifer shows courage, strength, compassion,
and commitment, we at Citizens' High School want
to thank and proudly award her the distinguished
honor of...... Graduate of the Month for June 2001.
