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.
TODAY and TOMORROW, the CHS Theatre Department will be holding auditions for the Youth Ensemble for the spring production of the Wizard of Oz (Munchkins, Poppies, Jitterbugs, and Oz Children). We are looking for any interested K-8th graders. Click here for more details - https://docs.google.com/document/d/120bjuvN9LN01Q8kMs5jDwPXPFm4cxdecjoOXHFTskAE/edit
If you have any young performers in your life, please have them come play with us! They will not need to have anything prepared for these auditions!
Fort Osage mounts a comeback in the 2nd half and wins on a basket at the buzzer, 38-37. Tough loss but a great effort by the Yellowjackets. Next game at noon tomorrow.
Yellowjackets have a 23-9 lead over Fort Osage at halftime. Jewell Holiday Classic.
Center Boys' Basketball will start their William Jewell Holiday Classic run this evening at 6pm, taking on Fort Osage in an opening round game of the Holley Division. This is a great tournament, with Center being one of the smallest schools invited to participate every year. Purchase your tickets in advance at https://jewellcardinals.com/sports/2022/12/7/holiday-tournament-tickets.aspx
Check out the latest Racial Equity Newsletter from the Center School District. It highlights current work as well as future plans to improve racial equity in our schools and community.
https://5il.co/1meg8
This past weekend, KSHB broadcast a program from the presentation of the 2022 Simone Awards. Senior linebacker Dirac Tsafak won the Bobby Bell Award as the top linebacker in Class 1-4. Head Coach Bryan DeLong won the Eric Driskell Award as the top coach for all classes. Check out the presentation videos and interviews -
Dirac - https://youtu.be/7Udt3qBH6Uo;
Coach DeLong - https://youtu.be/U46QdaJCFD8.
Congratulations to everyone involved with Yellowjacket football for an outstanding season!
There's still time to file to be a candidate for the Center School District Board of Education in the April election. The office is currently closed but will be open from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on the final day to file, December 27th.
Click the link for details - https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2952/CSD/2145465/Public_Notice_of_Filing_Election_April_2023_Final_.pdf
The teachers at Center Elementary want to share the enthusiasm that they and our students have for the upcoming Winter Break. "One More Day"!!!
https://youtube.com/shorts/VN_GJDc4ZJY?feature=share
Dr. Skretta is holding a town hall for parents. Finding opportunities to work together for the benefit of kids.
