Center School District

UPDATE - thanks to the good people at BLOC (Brothers Liberating Our Community), we now have access to a full video of the panel discussion. Click here to view it. When you loo...

Center High School is pleased to announce the members of the 2023 induction class for the CHS Athletic Hall of Fame: Coach Vick Bland - coached at Center South Junior High Sch...

The recent shootings in Nashville once again highlight the challenges of keeping our schools, staff members, and students safe in a world that is all too violent. A national or...

Reading is an essential skill. A truism in the education world is that children spend their first few years learning to read so that they can spend the rest of their life readi...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to walk through the halls of Center High School after conducting an interview with our State Qualifiers in Wrestling (that's another story coming s...

Two accomplishments were celebrated this week that, while totally unrelated, highlight for me what makes the Center School District special. The first was in our larger commun...

Impact Center Schools has helped 33 Center families move from homelessness to secure housing since its start in 2019. Check out this story on KCUR about the Impact programs thr...

Real World Learning (RWL), a city-wide initiative led by the Ewing M Kauffman Foundation, is turning the world of education upside down (in a good way). On Wednesday Febru...

For individuals of a certain age, memories of high school Woodshop are vivid. Woodshop was a “rite of passage” for many students (mostly male) providing a break from “writing, rea...

The Mission of Kansas City Community Gardens Schoolyard Garden Project (KCCG) is to support schools in growing their own vegetable gardens that increase students’ access ...

As we shared with you last week, members of the Center High School Student Government Association (SGA) planned to jump in a lake last Saturday to raise money for Special Olympic...

Jumping into a near freezing lake in January in Kansas City might not seem like “fun” to most people, but for the members of the Student Government Association (SGA) at Center Hig...

If you ask most people the question "Is learning math hard?", the answer would be a resounding YES! Greg Tang, a self-professed math nerd, has dedicated his career to finding ...

After an amazing 11-1 season, including both Conference and District championships, the Center Yellowjacket football program is receiving plenty of post-season recognition. One of...

Fans with even a casual interest in professional tennis are aware that Roger Federer recently played his final professional match - a doubles match where he partnered with Rafael ...

When we last talked about the future of the Administration building at 8701 Holmes back in September, we were busily preparing to move the rest of the staff to a new office at the...

When we last talked about the tables being built by the CHS Advanced Woodshop class for Crow’s Coffee, the student designers had met with owner Zach Moores about what he wanted. S...

Caring for Kids Network, along with KCTV6 and AB May, are sponsoring a holiday school supply drive to support teachers and students. Center is one of the recipients of the supplie...

The Center Middle School Student Council organized and presented a wonderful tributes to veterans on Friday afternoon, November 11th (Veterans Day). A large group of veterans from...

Four core values form the foundation of elementary art education in the Center School District. Those values are “I can create”, “I can respond”, “I can present”, and “I can conne...