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Education Connection Winter 2015 WINTER 2015 LISTEN TO THE POEM STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT-WIDE POETRY SLAMS KCKPL MOBILE LIBRARY COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU THIRD GRADERS GIVE EACH OTHER REASONS TO BELIEVE 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, KS 66104 KS City, Kansas St., 59th N. 2010 Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Public Kansas City, Kansas EDUCATION CONNECTION — WINTER 2015 1 Discover the Difference At Kansas city Kansas community college, “Making Life Better” is more than just a slogan. Since 1923, it’s been a tradition. “Making Life Better” Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66112 913-334-1100 • www.kckcc.edu “An Equal Opportunity Educational Institution” 40225976 MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT college entrance exam, the ACT. We refer to our plan “Nothing as Diploma+. Our world is moving and changing. changes until KCKPS students will be prepared. something Diploma+ Begins in Early Childhood We begin Diploma+ with our youngest children moves” who are preparing for kindergarten by developing (Albert pre-academic, language and social skills. Elemen- tary students are advancing with rigorous academic Einstein). studies, and will soon be participating in “capstone” We understand projects to demonstrate academic and social pre- Mr. Einstein was paredness for middle school. Middle school students speaking to the laws are developing visions and plans for their futures by of motion; however participating in college campus tours, visiting indus- his words have great tries around the metro area, and learning about high meaning to the Dr. Cynthia Lane demand careers through activities like “Career Jump- Kansas City, Kansas ing.” Superintendent of Schools Public Schools, a school district that is Commitment and Collaboration are known for innovation and system-wide educational reform. We have learned that meaningful change Essential happens when we are all working toward a clear goal Imagine the power we have to impact life outcomes supported by a thoughtfully developed plan. as we surround our children and youth with a unified message about the importance of graduating Diplo- A Clear Goal ma+. We invite you to be part of Diploma+. Here’s In KCKPS our goal is clear. We are preparing “each how: student to exit high school prepared for college and careers in a global society.” To make the promise of “college • Become a mentor. and career prepared” a reality, the Board of Educa- • Become involved in the “Caring for Kids” adopt- tion established a focused plan that includes rigor- a-school program. ous achievement targets for our schools. Our schools • Join our literacy movement, “Read Today, Lead have, in turn, established growth and college ready Tomorrow.” targets for each student. Setting targets allows us to • Participate in “Career Jumping” or serve as a know if our students are on track and on time for guest speaker during career days. success. When students are on track, we celebrate and • Host students for a visit to your business or spon- push them forward. If a student is lagging behind, we sor a college campus visit. work to provide the supports necessary to address the • Join our Diploma+ Advisory Board. challenge. • Sponsor an intern, or provide real projects that our students could complete for your business. Each Student Prepared Researchers at Georgetown University have found To learn more about how to become involved, that by the year 2020 in Kansas, 70 percent of good contact Lori Hewitt, Diploma+ specialist at lori. paying jobs will require training and credentials [email protected], or Tina Richardson, Student Ser- beyond a high school diploma. Today we are encour- vices program specialist at [email protected]. aging our high school students to take college classes and/or to complete industry-recognized technical credentials. Last year, 36 percent of our students graduated with college credit. For the graduating Check out Dr. Cynthia Lane’s class of 2021, we are moving from “encouraging” to “expecting.” By 2021, KCKPS students are expected to blog, “It’s Up to Us” at graduate with their high school diploma plus at least one year of college completed, or an industry-recog- blog.kckps.org nized certification or credential, or at least a 21 on the EDUCATION CONNECTION — WINTER 2015 3 IN THIS ISSUE Superintendent’s Message 3 Education Connection is a quarterly newsmagazine of the Kansas City, Kansas Watch for the Mobile Library Coming Public Schools (KCKPS). Editorial copy and 5 to a Neighborhood Near You! photography are created by the KCKPS Communications Department and produced 6 Third Graders Give Each Other by NPG Newspapers. To receive a copy of Reasons to Believe in Themselves the magazine, call (913) 279-2242. A Spanish translation of the stories included in Education Watch the 2014 Reasons to Believe Connection is available on the district’s website Celebration Online and on at http://kckps.cloudaccess.net/community/ KCKPS-TV education-connection.html. District-Wide Poetry Slams Give Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools 8 Voice to Young People Central Office and Training Center 2010 N. 59th St. Kansas City, KS 66104 10 Graduating Students Prepared for (913) 551-3200 College and Careers www.kckps.org 2014 Battle of the Books Photo Page Superintendent of Schools 11 Dr. Cynthia Lane KCKPS Students Get Connected on 12 the Bus Chief of Staff David A. Smith 13 2014-2015 District Calendar Communications Manager Tammy Dodderidge Raptor Days at Wyandotte County Editor, Education Connection Lake KCK Board of Education George Breidenthal Dr. Evelyn Hill WINTER 2015 Brenda C. Jones LISTEN TO THE POEM STUDENTS PARTICIPATE COMMUNICATIONS Richard Kaminski IN DISTRICT-WIDE POETRY SLAMS Vicki Meyer KCKPL MOBILE LIBRARY COMING TO A RESOURCES Christal Watson NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU THIRD GRADERS GIVE EACH OTHER Gloria Willis TO BELIEVE REASONS Website www.kckps.org Facebook Kansas-City-Kansas-Public-Schools 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, KS 66104 KS City, Kansas St., 59th N. 2010 Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Public Kansas City, Kansas EDUCATION CONNECTION — WINTER 2015 Twitter Twitter.com/kckschools 1 Superintendent’s Blog, “It’s Up to Us.” Blog.kckps.org KCKPS TV-18 Channel 18 or 98.18 on Time Warner Cable (in Wyandotte County) Or Channel 145 on Google Fiber. YouTube www.youtube.com/KCKPSTV 4 EDUCATION CONNECTION — WINTER 2015 WATCH FOR THE MOBILE LIBRARY COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU! If it’s big and yellow, and you Sandra Findley, Mobile can use the computer to check Platt is also waiting every see it in different places in your Library librarian, and Jessica e-mail and access the Internet. time the Mobile Library arrives. neighborhood, it’s probably a Devon McClanahan, Mobile Li- At the Westgate Towers/ While he has also used the West school bus. But what if it’s big brary associate, serve as librar- Westgate Villa stop on a cold Branch and downtown librar- and lavender? Well, if you’re ians on the bus once it arrives at Thursday morning, patrons ies, he says that the mobile lucky, it’s the newest addition each site. But since their library John Mendez and Timothy Platt library gives him everything he to the Kansas City, Kansas Pub- is mobile, in between stops, were thrilled to have the Mobile needs. lic Library (KCKPL), the new they serve as bus drivers! Nei- Library pull up to their front “It gives me access to reading Mobile Library! On October 1, ther of them had ever driven a door. books and getting movies, and 2014, KCKPL introduced the large vehicle before beginning Mendez was checking out using the computer,” he noted. Mobile Library, a key compo- this job, so they both received copies of current movies, in- “Since the mobile library is nent of the library’s mission three weeks of training through cluding “Batman” and “Grav- here, some of the elderly folks of connecting members of the the district’s Transportation ity,” and also picking up a copy who live here come out of the community with information, Department in order to learn to of One Day at a Time by popular building and use it. I get kids’ tools, resources, and welcoming drive the Mobile Library. author Danielle Steel. He is a movies for my grandkids to spaces to enrich their lives. “I never thought I would be regular, making sure to come watch when they are with me, The Mobile Library serves driving a out every and books to read with them. individuals who have difficulty bus,” McCla- time the I am able to find what I want, reaching a library branch. It nahan said. I get kids’ movies for Mobile Li- when I want it.” extends current library ser- “But I have my grandkids to watch when brary stops. Platt wants everyone to know vices to the larger community, gotten used they are with me, and books While he about the Mobile Library. and helps to lessen the digital to it. The to read with them. I am able has always “We need to put the word divide by providing an on- other day, I “to find what I want, when I been a out. The library is a world all site wireless connection and a was driv- want it. reader, the to itself,” he said. “A book will mobile computer lab. In other ing my own – Timothy Platt nearest li- take you into a world you have words, it brings books and vehicle, and frequent patron of the brary, West never been in. With a book, you materials to people across the making a Mobile Library Branch can go anywhere in life.” community. turn, and for Library, is Information about the Mobile The Mobile Library stops at a split second, I thought: ‘Wait, four miles” away.
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