The Center Board of Education will hold their regular meeting for January this evening at 7pm at Indian Creek Elementary.
Use this link -
https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=12222
to view the agenda and to get the link to watch the meeting virtually.
Center Superintendent Dr. Cargile met with the CHS Black Student Union to talk about adding student voices to our work on improving racial equity. First step - be part of community article review on Feb. 28.
The Center Middle School PTO did a 50/50 drawing. $591 donated with the winner from the Odessa basketball team. Great job PTO and the CMS family!
The House is Packed! A great crowd at Center Middle School for girls basketball and PTO fundraising!
At Center Middle School with parents and Dr. Skretta at the Town Hall. Sharing lots of good news like a new PTO, a community garden, and students of the month.
For those who have heard about the bus fire at Wornall & Ward Parkway - it is NOT a Center bus. It is from Midland Adventist Academy and was transporting their students to a basketball game. Thankfully all students and staff escaped without injury.
Tomorrow is the night to Pack the House for the final home game of the season for the Center Middle School Girls basketball team! Game time is 5pm. The newly formed PTO will be having a 50/50 donation contest to raise funds to support our students and teachers. Be there!!!
The monthly coffee chat with Dr. Cargile is this Friday morning at 7:30am. Great opportunity to share your thoughts about Center with the Superintendent. RSVP with Stephanie Archie at sarchie@center.k12.mo.us for a link to the virtual chat.
This video got me thinking about Center and what we want to be and do - check it out and let me know what you think in the comments.,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzfZOfNki4
Listening to wonderful words from Mr. Alvin Brooks about his book "Binding Us Together". At The Borough.
Center Middle School has a new PTO forming. A great group of parents is putting the group together and their first event is this Wednesday, January 18th. Let's "Pack the House" at the final girls' basketball game of the season and help the PTO raise some funds with a 50/50 donation contest. See the flyer below for details.
Catching up on legislative activity and its impact on our community with 6th District Councilwoman Andrea Bough and the South KC Chamber.
Congrats to Head Football Coach Bryan DeLong, nominated by the Kansas City Chiefs for the National Football League Don Shula award. This award recognizes the top high school football coach in the nation! Thanks KC Chiefs for this nomination!
Parents of students in 8th & 9th grade are invited to a meeting on January 23rd to learn all you need to know about programs offered to your students at Center High School. The program starts at 6pm in the High School Cafeteria.
Check out the January Community Newsletter. Stories about our Ladies First Robotics team at CMS, Greg Tang math, and call for nominations to the Center Athletic Hall of Fame - https://mailchi.mp/center/center-newsletter-13859714
Congratulations to Jarusha Geringer at CAS for being the Hive Society Employee of the Month! With her dedication to classroom excellence and support for outside activities like soccer and robotics, Ms. Geringer exemplifies the values of Highly Qualified & Diverse Staff. Check out this video of students, staff and family surprising her with this recognition! https://youtu.be/Gv0wnc33btI
The CircuitBreakers robotics team at Center Academy for Success is hard at work with "Bob" (the robot). Preparing for their next contest at Belton.
Food pantry Friday is this week! Volunteers needed to help serve our community members in need. Sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F48ADA82FA6FD0-friday12
Students and staff from Center High School are plunging into the freezing waters of Longview Lake on January 28th to raise funds for Special Olympics Missouri. You can help by donating to the one or more of the "plungers". Go to this link - https://support.somo.org/team/458622 and click on Members to choose a participant to support! It's great fun for a great cause!
The Center Board of Education will have a Work Session meeting on Monday, January 9th at 6pm at Indian Creek Elementary School (9801 Grand). The meeting is open to the public and will also be live-streamed.
Click https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=12220 to see the agenda and to access the link for the live-stream.
