Support the Center High School Junior Class with a wonderful meal at Torchy's Tacos from 10am to 9pm on February 20th. Great class, great business partner, and great food!
This Friday is Food Pantry day - sponsored by the Center Education Foundation and LINC. Volunteers needed! Click below to sign up.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0848AFA929A6F58-47790265-friday
Lacy Hubbard, a paraprofessional at the Yellowjacket Early Learning Center (YELC), is the January Hive Society Employee of the Month for the Center School District. She exemplifies the Core Value of Lifetime, community and family centric relationships.
Lacy has prioritized the wellness and mental health of our whole YELC community. Last year, Lacy established a YELC Yoga club, and she leads yoga at our school every Wednesday afternoon at the end of our workday. This year Lacy has initiated a 'Staying Hydrated' YELC Water Bottle challenge and is currently corralling YELC staff to attend CSD Yoga Tuesdays. Lacy has also taken on the leadership of YELC's Culture Committee. In this capacity, Lacy works collaboratively with colleagues to lift our YELC community. Lacy often states that we need to 'refill our cups' so that we can care for the needs of our littles at YELC to ensure their learning and growth. Lacy often asks me, "Mary, I hope you are taking some time for yourself." Lacy is truly a caring, collaborative staff member.
Thank you for your work, Lacy, and congratulations on winning this award!
The Center School District Community Newsletter has been published for February. Check it out at the link below.
https://www.smore.com/xdh6w
Three Center High School students, along with PLTW teacher Ms. Young, are spending the weekend working incredibly at Make48 - a competition for design, build, and market an entreprenurial idea. They received their challenge this morning at 11:30 and have until Sunday afternoon to complete and develop a marketing campaign for their project. The theme this year is Stadium Experience. We can't wait to see what they create. One of only 7 teams from the State to compete at the UMKC School of Engineeing. You can follow the progress of the event on the Make48 Facebook and Instagram pages. We'll have the full story of the Yellowjacket team next week. Good luck Yellowjackets!
https://www.facebook.com/GoMake48
Check out this story on KCTV5 about the Advanced Woodshop classes at Center High School and the project they are doing for Veteran's Community Project.
https://www.kctv5.com/video/2024/02/02/center-high-school-students-building-49-chairs-veteran-tiny-homes/
Center celebrated District Night at the High School basketball game on Wednesday evening. In addition to two girls and two boys basketball games, the All-District pep band (CHS & CMS) performed during both games. The All-District Cheerleading team (CHS, CMS, and the “mini” cheerleaders from all four elementary schools) performed at halftime of the boys game. Of course, lots of family members, alumni, and community members came to watch. The positive energy in the building was tangible. Click below to see (and listen to) a video of the combined bands.
https://youtu.be/Ao5Y9La2mxo
BREAKING NEWS PART 2! A great Center Real World Learning partner, KC Fire Department, named as one of three Business Partners of the Year by the Kauffman Foundation! Thanks for your support!
BREAKING NEWS! Center School District's Jeremy Covey named as one of three Real World Learning Coordinators of the year for the entire metro area. @realworldlearning
Wonderful National Honor Society induction last night. including special recognition for a basketball player who couldn't attend because of a game at the same time! Congrats to the student and staff leadership.
Strive for Life Foundation is providing free heart screenings for Center families at Center High School. Appointments for this evening are filled, but we look forward to more events in the future.
Center School is restarting our Center Friends Mentoring Program. This is an opportunity to change the life of a Center student by providing a mentoring relationship with an adult from the community. If you are interested in learning more about how you can participate, click the link below for more information.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXwWvjQfoseb4xHR9uYmgbfA6z2-KZMPgG_3dmQv7wA4BUNA/viewform
The Center Education Foundation recognizes alumni with outstanding accomplishments in their career and/or community service with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Past recipients include Missouri Appeals Court Judge Lisa Hardwick, VML CEO Jon Cook, and renowned actor Gary Neal Johnson. Click the link below to nominate your favorite alumnus! Deadline is February 7th.
https://5il.co/2drjm
Please join our Center Middle School PTO at a Pancake Breakfast this Saturday to raise funds to support our CMS kids! Good eats, good cause, good friends.
9am - 11am at the Elk's Lodge on 99th Street.
Congratulations on our Center High School SGA completing the 2024 Polar Plunge. While the air temperature wasn't horrible, the water was FRIGID! Note the fire & rescue team standing on ICE at the lake! Our crew braved the elements and raised nearly $3,000 for Special Olympics.
Please join us as we honor the 2024 inductees to the Center High School National Honor Society. The induction will start at 7pm on Wednesday, January 31st in the cafeteria at Center High School. The public is welcome.
The State of Missouri will celebrate reading on the annual Read-In Day on Friday, March 8 th. Here's how it works. Each of our elementary classes have signed up to have readers at specified times during the day on March 8th. We ask parents, community members, and Center staff to sign up to read. At the specified times, readers will go to the classrooms and read a book aloud for the class. We have created a google form for families, community members and staff to sign up to read to a classroom. Once all the slots are filled for a grade level at a particular school, they will no longer show up on the list. This is open for ANY community member to sign up, so please share with friends and family. We want to have a reader for every class in the district! Click below to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM_9wx9oaHKOwN5iqKYQqyqYl1eMJgBY2zK9i_Tq4NrnPjkg/viewform
Center High School is hosting a parlimentary debate tournament on Wednesday, February 7th. This is rescheduled due to a weather cancellation last week. We are looking for community volunteers to serve as judges (yes, you can do it even if you have never been to a debate tournament!). Here is the schedule:
3:30 pm arrival and check in
3:45 pm first round topic announced
4:00 pm first round begins
5:00(ish) second round topic announced
5:15 (or 15 minutes after topic announcement) second round begins
6:30 awards
A light supper will be available in the hospitality room 106.
Email Mrs. Bates at kbates@center.k12.mo.us if you can judge and which rounds you will be available.
It's a lot of fun and a great way to support our students!
Announcing an exciting partnership with Children's Mercy and Blue KC to support improved mental health for students in the Center School District. Sharing the news with the media, including HiveTV. More to come.
Due to road conditions, the Center Board of Education meeting this evening will NOT be held in person. It will be a virtual only meeting. Click the link below to see the agenda and instructions on how to view the meeting onlline.
https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=14508
