Center 58 School District

Please join the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade scholars from Indian Creek Elementary this Thursday for the Winter Concert, Art Show and Book Fair. 6pm at Indian Creek - 9801 Grand Ave. It will be a wonderful evening!

Thanks to Billie's Juicery and Center Communities that Care, our scholars at Center Middle School who demonstrated great character through the PBIS program received a FREE bottle of juice (cleverly named the Center Yellowjacket). The fresh juice is tasty and healty with pear, orange, and a bit of ginger to give it some "zing". Thanks for your support!

Great news from our partners at Be Great Together. A $10,000 grant award for our Elementary Advanced Learning Program teacher, Mr. Scott Bounds. The money will provide advanced technology for students to expand their learning at all four of our elementary schools.

Busy night for Center Middle School. Girls basketball rockin' it against Pleasant Hill and musical scholars sharing holiday tunes.

Monthly food pantry at our warehouse at 8700 Troost is this Friday morning. Volunteers needed to serve our families in need. Click below to sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AFA929A6F58-46580897-friday#/

Check out the Center School District Comnunity Newsletter for December! Scholarships, School Board elections, Math Relays winners and more! https://www.smore.com/smu94

Please join the students and staff at Center Middle School for a holiday musical celebration, Sounds of the Season at 7pm on December 7th. The program will feature the CMS band and choirs performing holiday music. No admission charge - we'd love to see you there!

Basketball season is underway! Varsity boys will be playing Central at home on Tuesday, December 5th at 7pm. The Center High School Student Government Assocation is holding a 50/50 raffle at the game. You can start purchasing tickets at the door at 6pm until the end of the first half of the varsity game. If your ticket is pulled during halftime, you will win 50% of the money collected. Tickets are one for $1, 7 for $5 and 15 for $10. Exact change only, and you must be present to win. Please attend the game on Tuesday, December 5th, and help support our SGA students at state!

Red Bridge Elementary School will be welcoming Grandparents to enjoy lunch with their students and a book fair on Thursday, December 7th. We need some volunteers to help with the setup, lunch, and the book fair. Click the link below to sign up. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCgx1lBPa_3wK3av7DDoRBLQqLOYpWpMOSS5MON0FMOIhhOw/viewform

The Center High School Athletic Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the 2024 induction until December 15th. Please nominate a friend, a relative, a classmate, or even yourself! Looking for student-athletes who had amazing accomplishments in their sport(s) in high school or later. Click the link below to visit the HOF webpage. Scroll to the bottom to get the nomination form. Note - students must have graduated before 2014 and coaches/administrators must have retired from Center at least 3 years ago. https://www.center.k12.mo.us/o/chs/page/athletic-hall-of-fame

The Center School District Board of Education will hold a Regular Session meeting on Monday, November 27th at 7pm. The meeting will take place at Indian Creek Elementary School at 9801 Grand beginning at 7pm. Click the link below to view the agenda and also get the link to view the meeting virtually. https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=14188

Thanks to Ward Parkway Shopping Center, the Boone Elementary Choir, and the Center High School band for a wonderful evening of music and celebration last Friday. The kids sang beautifully, the band rocked the holiday spirit, and the tree was spectacular. Lots of families and Center community members turned out to enjoy the evening.

Congratulations to two Center High Seniors who received $50,000 college scholarships on Friday on national television! The scholarships were awarded to Jaden Smith and Nariah Lovingood by Great Jobs KC (formerly KC Scholars) and were presented to 100 area students by KC based music star TechNine and actor Eric Stonestreet. Click this link to view the KMBC television news story - https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-city-scholarship-surprise-tech-n9ne-good-morning-america/45877438

Mr. Pierson is getting the Boone Elementary choir ready at Ward Parkway Shopping Center. Here till 7pm when the tree lights up!

The Hive Society Employee of the Month Award for November goes to Mr. Daniel Reikena, Art Teacher at Center Elementary School. Mr. Reikena was nominated by his peers for his dedication to students and helping them thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. Check out the video of the presentation - https://youtu.be/1RYn-NM57Us

This story from KCUR is about David Muhammad, who is the head instructor at Integrity Martial Arts in the Red Bridge Shopping Center. Many of our Center families participate in martial arts under his guidance. Family after family praise his skills and the positive impact he has had on their kids. Best of luck at Nationals! https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2023-11-17/a-black-karate-master-from-kansas-city-will-represent-the-u-s-at-a-world-kickboxing-tournament

The National Honor Society is proud to announce 20 new inductees fo the Center High School society. Inducation ceremony will take place on January 9th. Thanks and congratulations to the new members on your service and accomplishments.

Tomorrow (Friday) night is the annual Tree Lighting at Ward Parkway Shopping Center. The program features the Boone Elementary Choir and Center High School Band. The weather forecast is pretty darn good for mid-November (temps in the low 50's). Come on out and support our kids, have a great time, and maybe even share some wishes with Santa. It all starts at 6pm at the Food Pavilion at Ward Parkway!

Last Saturday Center High School and Middle School scholars participated in the Prep-KC math relays. Scholars from KCPS, Hickman Mills, Grandview, and Center competed in a wide variety of activities designed to test their math knowledge and problem solving skills. At the end of the day, the winning school district with the MOST POINTS was Center School District!!!! Congratulations to the 31 scholars who competed along with their coaches Diane Harris and Diana Elkishawi from CHS and Alanna Mangum from CMS. Individual 1st place winners from Center included: Algebra/Pre-Algebra - Dipanto Bhowmik, CENTER-MS Algebra - Gamma - River Moreland , Center HS Geometry- Pre-Alpha – Dipanto Bhowmik, CENTER-MS Geometry - Gamma –Kevin Li, CENTER-HS Number Sense - Pre-Alpha - Violet Noel, CENTER-MS Data - Gamma - River Moreland, CENTER-HS Data - Delta - Josephine Mosby, CENTER-HS Amazing Race - team - CENTER M.S - Ignacio Gonzalez, Bhowmik, Haskins Escape Room - team - CENTER HS - Mosby, Willard, Poole Williams, Besong KU Engineering Scholarship; winners - Gamma—River Moreland, CENTER, HS Delta- Josephine Mosby, CENTER, HS Great job to all our Mathletes.

Center Middle School PTO is hosting the 1st Annual Soup Cook-off. Lots of yummy soups.