Center Middle School student council is hosting an ethnic food festival this evening. Food from all over the world. Great job!!
Today's topic for racial equity literature review is around the topic of helping our Black and Brown succeed.
The Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge has been providing holiday food boxes with a ham to Center families since 2015. They help around 10 Center families each year with a ham and then several boxes of non-perishable foods for over the holiday break. The pick up is usually the second Friday in December. I hang out with the Masons for 3-4 hours as families stop by to pick up their food. The Masons love to throw in lots of candy for the kids and this year they had some gently used toys the families could pick from. Thanks for this great service to our community!
Proud to recognize the Yellowjacket football team at the Board of Education meeting. #JacketLove
The CHS Boys will play in the MRVC West pre-season basketball tournament this week. First game is on Wednesday, Dec 14 at 6:00pm at Clinton High School as the Yellowjackets take on the winner of tonight's game between Odessa and Clinton. Championship game will be on Friday evening. Address for the game is 1106 S 2nd St, Clinton, MO 64735. Admission is $5 for adults, cash at the gate only.
The December Coffee Chat with Dr. Cargile is this Friday, December 16th at 7:30am. It's virtual, so you can join from your living room or your office! A great chance to visit with Dr. Cargile and share any questions, concerns, or compliments you have! Email Stephanie Archie at sarchie@center.k12.mo.us to get a link to join.
As part of the ongoing work to improve racial equity in the Center School District, Superintendent Cargile is leading a series of group discussions on how to do a better job of helping our Black and Latino boys succeed in school and in life.
The next discussion meeting will be this Tuesday, December 13th from 4:00 - 5:30 pm in the Center High School Cafeteria. We will be discussing an article written by Robert Jackson. Click this link to read the article, entitled "Helping Black and Latino Males Succeed" - https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/helping-black-and-latino-males-succeed
Robert Jackson, a Black educator, began his teaching career with a no-nonsense but caring approach to education in Indianapolis public schools more than 20 years ago—after being cut from the NFL (Minnesota Vikings). He created a No More Excuses curriculum, which has been featured in publications nationally and is being used in K–12 schools, colleges, and universities.
The article offers clear and thought provoking ideas to help our Black and Latino boys succeed. We look forward to great learning for all participants on Tuesday.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Stephanie Archie at sarchie@center.k12.mo.us. We hope to see you at 4:30 on Tuesday in the CHS Cafeteria.
Center Elementary is hosting reading night. Huge crowd of families here to read and enjoy snacks.
Center High School Girl's basketball will be in action in the MRVC West pre-season tournament next week in Harrisonville. First game is 7:30pm on Monday, December 12 vs. Pleasant Hill. Tickets for this will ALL be online, in advance. Details below:
Harrisonville Schools will be using digital ticketing ONLY for admission to home athletic events via PayK12.
NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED
While tickets can be purchased at the gate, it is much smoother when tickets are already pre-purchased and "pulled up" on your phones to be redeemed upon arrival.
Admission: $5.00/person/day Digital Tickets ONLY / NO CASH
3-Day Passes https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/passes/231868
Monday ONLY https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/events/231865
Tuesday ONLY https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/events/231866
Thursday ONLY https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/events/231867
Step 1 Select the game you would like to attend
Step 2 Complete Required Information (For contact tracing only - if needed)
Step 3 Select # of Tickets
Step 4 Click “Add to Cart”
Step 5 Click “Checkout”
Step 6 Enter Debit/Credit Card Information
Step 7 Click “Checkout Now”
Step 8 Enter email address
Step 9 Have email/tickets pulled up upon arrival and show ticket(s)
at the gate (Screenshots will not work, must share the email/ticket if entering
separately from the person who ordered/paid for the tickets.)
Center Board of Education will have a regular session meeting on Monday, Dec 12 at 7pm at Indian Creek Elementary. See below for the link to the agenda as well as the link to view online.
https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=12166
Congrats to Center High School Debaters! Susan Besong won First Place Varsity Speaker and the team of Susan and Scholar Besong won Second Place Varsity Team at the Debate Kansas City tournament at F L Schlagle High School on Tuesday, December 6th. Way to go!!
Congrats to Coach Bryan DeLong - selected as the KC Metro Coach of the Year by the Simone Awards program. A great honor for Coach and for the entire Yellowjacket family. #JacketLove
The last food pantry of 2022 is this Friday. Volunteers needed!!
Sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F48ADA82FA6FD0-friday11
The Center Board of Education wants YOU! The Board of Education is a publicly elected group that oversees the direction of the School District. The next election, with three seats open, will be on April 4, 2023. Filing to be a candidate opens tomorrow, Tuesday December 6th at 8:00am. Details here - https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2952/CSD/2145465/Public_Notice_of_Filing_Election_April_2023_Final_.pdf
Fun to watch Greg Tang share the math teaching skills to parents at Indian Creek Elementary.
Check out the monthly newsletter for the Center School District! Featuring football awards, the "White House", coffee tables, and tennis.
https://mailchi.mp/center/center-newsletter-13698818
Excited to share news about Center Schools with Center Planning & Development. At Trailside Center.
CHS Senior Dirac Tsafak is named Bobby Bell winner of the Thomas Simone Awards program. Top small class lineman or linebacker in the KC Metro!!!! Congrats Dirac!! Last winner from Center? Maliek Collins now with the Houston Texans.
Check out the new Center High School Facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088429232560
Click "Like" to follow all the news and activities at CHS!
Lob & Learn is a nationwide tennis program for youth that is founded and organized by CHS alum, Marc Stulz (class of 1990). The local program continues to operate at the Julie Mattson Tennis Courts at Center Middle School. On December 3rd, Lob & Learn is hosting a fundraising event. Because of Marc's commitment to Center all Center students and families are welcome to join in the event at no charge. The afternoon event is specifically for youth, while the evening event features matches between various professional tennis players. Details in the attached flyers.
