Center 58 School District

Juneteenth became an observed federal holiday June 17, 2021 in the United States. The federal holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. During the April Board of Education meeting, the Board approved the Superintendent’s recommendation to include Juneteenth in federal holidays observed by the Center School District. This year will be the first year the district recognizes the holiday, and this observance will continue to be included in future district calendars. The holiday falls on Monday, June 20, 2022, therefore, Center’s schools and offices will be closed in observance of the federal holiday. Summer school will not be offered on Monday June 20, 2022.

Enjoy your summer break CSD. Please be safe and we will see you back in August! Thank you for all of your hard work this year. #CSD

The Board of Education is hosting a special meeting June 13, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Indian Creek Elementary. If you would like to join virtually through Microsoft teams please use the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjdkZjkzN2UtOWY5NS00OTdiLTg0OTMtMTUwOTg5ODRiZjNh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22971582f7-f892-4528-a79c-74d17c4c1a85%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2227e8b1bb-1ad1-450e-a889-754a659de30c%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a

Reminder: CSD's Free Summer Meal Service is now available. The FREE program is for all children under the age of 19. Breakfast and lunch is being served at Boone Elementary and Center High School. The program runs Monday – Friday. June 20 is a holiday and meals will not be served. Boone Elementary: Breakfast: 8 - 8:30. Lunch: 10:50 -12:50 from June 6-24. Center High School: Breakfast: 7:45 - 8:15. Lunch: 12 -12:30 from June 6-30. For more info: scurran@center.k12.mo.us 816-349-3319

Starting Monday June 6, The Center School District Administrative Office is operating under summer hours. Phones will be answered during working hours 8:00 – 4:30 Monday- Thursday. Feel free to leave a message at (816) 349-3000 if calling outside of the posted work hours and someone will respond to your call upon return to assist. With vacations and scheduled time off, please allow for a few days to receive answers or responses. We will have administrators working on Fridays for urgent and or immediate matters. Thank you for your understanding.

Billee Potts who helps students at Indian Creek Elementary enhance behavior and social emotional skills earned May’s Employee of the Month for her focus on Lifetime Community and Family Centric Relationships. Each month CSD employees nominate peers who exemplify one of the CSD core values. The Core Values include: • High Expectations for Student Success • Safe and Respectful Schools • Lifetime Community and Family Centric Relationships • Highly Qualified, Diverse Staff • Diversity in Our Schools and Community The Hive Society, a staff collaboration, designed to promote a positive and vibrant work environment for CSD staff, recognizes a monthly District winner during the school year. “Ms. Potts received several nominations this month. Here is what her colleagues had to say about her: Ms. Potts is a fixture of the Center district in so many ways, it would be hard to conceive of it without her. Her community connections, her care for the scholars at Indian Creek (and beyond), her work to lead the Cheer team for the high school and the time she’s spent to build a family with the staff around her are all great reasons for her nomination. But I think most of all, her being a Center grad and giving back so much to the district speaks volumes about her character, her drive to create a better community, and to help build excellent young citizens who will build a better tomorrow.” Congratulations to Indian Creek's, Ms. Billee Potts!

Yellowjacket Early Learning Center is currently enrolling for the 2022-2023 school year. Enrollment options include: Head Start, Parent Pay, District Funded, Early Childhood Special Education. Read the attached Image to learn more. #CSD

Online Residency (OLR) will open on July 1, 2022, for PreK-12 Center School District students. For returning families, the entire online residency process can be completed from home through your parent portal and completing the entire OLR process by August 19, 2022 guarantees that your child will be able to start on the first day of school. Applications may take up to 48 hours to be approved. The link to Parent Portal is https://mocloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/center.jsp. If you are having trouble accessing your parent portal account, you may email portal@center.k12.mo.us. Families new to the Center School District community will have to complete some steps in person. We have included ways to share documents for our residency team electronically. For new families to the district, transcripts and audits must occur prior to starting school. For returning families, completing the entire OLR process on August 19, 2022, guarantees that your child will be able to start on the first day of school. Applications may take up to 48 hours to be approved. More information can be found on our website, including forms and instructions in Spanish. Visit the Center School District website under the registration tab: https://www.center.k12.mo.us/registration If you have additional questions, feel free to contact 816.349.3306 with questions and more details. The First Day of school is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

Center School District is once again participating in Free Summer Meal Service for all children under the age of 19. The free program will offer breakfast and lunch at two different locations, Boone Elementary and Center High School. The program runs Monday – Friday and will begin on June 6th Program Dates and Times: June 6th -June 24th - Monday-Friday Boone Elementary 8817 Wornall Road Kansas City, MO 64114 Breakfast: 8:00 am- 8:30 am Lunch: 10:50 am-12:50 pm June 6th -June 30th - Monday-Friday Center High School 8715 Holmes Road Kansas City, MO 64131 Breakfast: 7:45 am- 8:15 am Lunch: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm For more information : scurran@center.k12.mo.us 816-349-3319 *Important to know, federal grant funding through the USDA allowed the Center School District to provided free lunches to all students for the last two years, regardless of socioeconomic status. Because grant funding is no longer available, starting August 24, 2022, all students will be charged full price for lunch, unless Free and Reduced Lunch applications are submitted and approved.

CHS Golf continues to attract new students . The Center High School golf team continues to grow. The students are learning new skills and learning to love the game. The 21-22 High School team was comprised of four scholars. • Giovanni Giangrosso • Cameron Hacker • Sydney Pendelton-Mitchem • Zack Westring Sydney Pendelton-Mitchem shared a highlight of the season was having the chance to work with PGA professional Tiana Jones. Jones is the seventh African American woman to become a PGA professional. For Sydney, working with Jones was inspiring. “Getting the opportunity to learn and play alongside another African American female who is a golf professional was an experience that I can't explain in words. That was the first time that I had ever played with another African American Female and to have that opportunity was something I will always treasure,” said Pendelton-Mitchem. Sydney Pendelton-Mitchem was the only student of color on the team and she also shared that there is a need for more inclusiveness and understanding on the student competition level. “This year golf was filled with a lot of fun, but it also came with a lot of obstacles. One thing I learned is that the three things that were working for me, were also the three things that unfortunately worked against me as well. Being African American, a female, and playing up against all-boys was challenging, I got laughed at and made fun of, but it taught me that there was an intimidation factor. I learned a lot and look forward to growing in the game of golf and playing for Center High School again next year,” said Pendelton-Mitchem. Cameron Hacker, our only Golf Districts qualifier, missed making it to State this year by only two strokes.

CSD's Summer School Program is designed for students who are addressing academic performance. Students who have been asked to attend CSD Summer School have already been contacted. The Elementary Summer School Program will consist of in-person instruction June 6-24 (Monday-Friday), 8:30-1:00 and will be held at Boone Elementary. The Secondary Summer School Program will also consist of in-person instruction at Center High School. All Center Middle School, Center High School and Center Academy for Success students who have been selected to attend Summer school will meet June 6th - Thursday, June 30th, from 7:45am-12:30pm. Bus routes, numbers, and pick-up times will be available and communicated the week before summer school begins.

Each month CSD employees nominate peers who exemplify one of the CSD core values. The Core Values include: • High Expectations for Student Success • Safe and Respectful Schools • Lifetime Community and Family Centric Relationships • Highly Qualified, Diverse Staff • Diversity in Our Schools and Community The Hive Society, a staff collaboration, designed to promote a positive and vibrant work environment for CSD staff, recognizes a monthly District winner during the school year. Center Academy for Sucess' Teacher and Basketball Coach LeDale Wooten earned April’s Employee of the Month title with a focus on High Expectations for Student Success. The nomination reads: Coach sets the highest expectations for student success – in the classroom and on the court. His players and students “win with class and lose with dignity.” He gives positive, specific feedback, consistently. He teaches our kids to not only accept other's differences, but also to embrace and celebrate their own differences. Wooten has said, "Embrace your differences. Don't lose that. That is something that makes you unique- not everyone is like that." Congratulations Coach Wooten.