Congrats to our friends at the Children's Services Fund of Jackson County for passing the renewal of the tax to support our kids by a 75% margin! Thanks to our School Social Workers who use those funds to improve the mental health of our students.
Monthly Food pantry is this Friday. We also can use volunteers. Click the link to sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F48ADA82FA6FD0-friday10
Thanks for supporting our families!
Information update for this Friday's District championship game vs Nevada - ticketing will be advance purchase only. Here's the info from MSHSAA on purchasing tickets -
Navigate to our website to purchase tickets, www.mshsaa.org and click on the blue TICKETS button. Select the football image tile, then class 4, then “Get Tickets” next to your event. You may also download the free Hometown Fan app to manage their purchases and tickets. There will not be a cash option at the gate.
Thanks to the generosity of the Overland Park Rotary Club, Center High School received approximately 2,200 books today to be given the CHS students. Members of the Center technology team helped unload the books and move them to the school library for sorting. CHS Librarian Melissa Storrer will take it from there to get them distributed. Thanks to Center's Elementary Library coordinator, Erin Sharp, for making all the connections.
Yellowjackets beat Carl Junction on a very rainy, windy, and cold evening. Final score is 33-6. Next up is Nevada at Center next Friday at 7pm for the District Championship. Weather promises to be better...
The Center Yellowjackets will take on Carl Junction this evening at 7pm in the semi-final game of the Class 4, District 7 tournament. The game WILL BE PLAYED. If there is lightning in the area, we may have a delay, but we will get the game in this evening.
If you want to watch on TV, the broadcast will be exclusively on MSHAA TV. Here's the link to watch - https://vcloud.blueframetech.com/broadcast/ppv/454006
There is a $10 fee to purchase access.
Go Yellowjackets!!!
Barstow takes the win with a late 2nd half goal. Great effort and great season for the Yellowjackets.
All tied at halftime. Center vs Barstow at 0-0. Go Jackets.
At Center High School for District semifinal match. Center vs. Barstow. Go Yellowjackets!
The Lead to Read program is very excited to be back in person this year at Center Elementary.
Today was a celebration of the 1,000th volunteer working with Lead to Read in Kansas City. It is a young man who works for Labconco and is a new reader at Center Elementary. The Lead to Read team made a special visit today to recognize the 1,000th volunteer with free books for all 2nd grade students at Center Elementary. KSHB TV was there to film the event and their story is scheduled to air during the 6pm newscast this evening.
From the Heart of the Hood to the Pinnacle of Paris
The Leon Brady Story….
Bruce Watkins Center, 3700 Blue Parkway, Kansas City Missouri.
1:00 pm until 4:00 pm
The Center Middle School Drumline and Drill Team have been invited to the Saturday, November 5, 2022…
Birthday Celebration and Book Signing of Leon Brady – American Jazz Museum Walk of Fame as Percussionist and the Inter-National Jazz Walk of Fame as Jazz Instructor and Performer.
Yellowjacket soccer is hosting their District semi-final match this evening at 7pm at Center High School. Come on out and support our student-athletes as they go for a District Championship opportunity! $6.00 admission at the gate.
The Center School District Board of Education will meet on Monday, November 7th at 6pm at Indian Creek Elementary School.
The agenda, along with a link to view the meeting virtually, can be found by clicking this link - https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=11968
Congrats to Center District Behavior Coach, Renee Black for being selected to present at the National PBIS Leadership Forum. 1,750 attendees from 49 states!
Congratulations to Erick Boone, CHS Class of 2014 on his appointment as a US diplomat at the US Embassy in Bejing, China. In Erick's own words -
"Last week, a dream came true – I officially became a U.S. diplomat.
And as Secretary of State Antony Blinken led my cohort in taking the Oath of Office, I thought about what that moment meant.
Of course for me, it represented the culmination of a long journey that had been filled with adversity and uncertainty. It also represented the start of a new adventure into the world of diplomacy.
And yet, it stood as something more.
My cohort, in all of our diversity, symbolize a slow but steady march towards ensuring that those who have been called to represent our country are, in fact, representative of our country. That the foreign audiences we work with will get a more accurate picture of what it means to “look American.” And that a Black boy from Kansas City who became the first person in his family to attend college can speak for our nation overseas.
So as I prepare for my first diplomatic assignment at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, I carry the words of Langston Hughes with me:
“I, too, am America.”
Congrats to our Center High School Student Government Association. Winners of the Presidency of the Trails West District for 2023-24! We are thrilled to be the hosts of the District convention next fall!!!
Center Student Government Association (SGA) is running for President of Trails West District of MASC today. Good luck Yellowjackets!!! Stay tuned for results.
Enjoying the Yellowjacket Early Learning Center Candy Crawl. Amazing costumes.
We are getting ready to start the Center Friends program again - giving members of the community opportunities to support our students and teachers by volunteering in the schools. We are hiring a part-time coordinator to administer the program. A great chance for parents or community members to work up to 12 hours per week to help our schools. If you are interested, click on the link to learn more and apply - https://center.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=699
October’s Hive Society CSD Employee of the Month exemplifies our core value of safe and respectful schools.
October’s nominee helps make Center School District a place where students and staff are free to be themselves and further discover who they actually are. This person helps everyone around them feel safe not only physically but also emotionally. This is someone who is respectful of everyone – no matter the circumstance.
Hive Society is proud to present this award to Mr. Tyvell Kelly, Custodian at Indian Creek. Congratulations, Mr. Kelly!
Mr. Kelly's IC colleagues had the following to say about him:
"Mr. Kelley has been pivotal this year at Indian Creek. I see him at school at all hours of the day. He's been there at 6pm when I leave and is smiling at 7am, when I walk in. He is always willing to help teachers and students even though I know he has a lot on the to do list. I feel he has done a lot for our building, including giving staff motivational notes when needed. He also has great relationships with the students and is always helping when needed."
