Category: Administrators’ Desk

Communications

For Central Office (and Non-School Buildings)

Please view your department’s pages on the website (which you should be able to find here), and let Mike Keener know if there’s anything that needs to be updated for the first day of school or for the beginning of the school year.

First Day of School

Does your. school have any big plans or activities for the first day of school?  If you do, please contact Sharita Hutton with your opening day plans so we can cover the stories for the day.

Teacher Wishlist Creation – T-Mobile Charitable Event

T-Mobile has launched an initiative to support and highlight Teachers’ efforts in the current educational climate. The initiative involves donating supplies to Teachers/Schools in need.

Kansas City Kansas Public Schools has been chosen as one of the three school districts to engage and assist with creating a Teacher Wishlist. This list will be used for T-Mobile Wholesale associates to purchase school supplies they have requested to help them in their classrooms.

So, this is our ask of you as the Principal: can you help us identify the most needed supplies and how much is needed for teachers in your school? We can’t make this possible without your assistance.

T-Mobile will need each school’s Wishlist back by Wednesday, August 18th. Please send responses to Edwin Birch via email.

Enough is Enough Sign-Up

Principals,  please share this pledge page with your staff – and ask them to share it with students and parents.

Curriculum & Instruction

Attn: K-5 Principals

Re: Amplify Reading K-5

I am excited to announce we will continue piloting Amplify Reading K-5 in all elementary schools at all grade levels this semester. For more information about this personalized adaptive digital literacy program, please click here. The pilot is already functioning and rostering through Clever so all students may access it as soon as teachers are ready. Please reach out to allison.rice@kckps.org with any questions. 

Attn:  6-12 Principals

Re:  myPerspectives Student Consumables Delivery

Student consumables should have arrived at buildings for the 2021-2022 school year.  Quantities for consumables were determined per site based on enrollment numbers in Infinite Campus (June 2021) and unused consumable inventories completed by textbook liaisons (late May).  

Textbook Liaisons are responsible for inventorying and distributing these to teachers.  Additional delivery information and procedures were shared directly with textbook liaisons at their first meeting earlier this week with Tresia Hassan, District Textbook Liaison.  If additional student workbooks or teacher editions are needed, the Textbook Liaison will need to make that request for the school.  Please contact Suzie Legg, suzie.legg@kckps.org and/or Tresia Hassan, tresia.hassan@kckps.org with any questions.

Attn: 9 – 12 Principals

Re:  Credit Recovery via Edgenuity Updates

We wanted to let you know that there will be one Edgenuity account for this school year instead of the two accounts (Special Education and General Education) that have been used in previous years.  All active student and educator accounts are in the process of being merged into that account.  Any active student enrollments remaining from summer school will also be merged into the account.

Please confirm Credit Recovery contacts for your building this school year by reviewing this list.  If any changes are needed, please email suzie.legg@kckps.org and wendy.elkins@kckps.org with that information.   

Please visit the Credit Recovery Handbook for Edgenuity to review the processes/practices to develop at the school, professional learning support available via the On-Demand Edgenuity Canvas Course, the list of available courses and any other needs for understanding and using the Edgenuity platform. Please pay special attention to the Beginning of the Year Account Management section (begins at bottom of page 6).

We plan to hold open office hours the last week of August to check-in with school teams.  In the meantime, please reach out to Wendy Elkins or Suzie Legg as needed for additional support. 

Thank you for all you do to make credit recovery successful for our students.

DERA

ALL School Administrators
District Comprehensive Assessment Plan 2021-22

The following link will direct you to the District Comprehensive Assessment Plan 2021-22. This link will also be posted on the KCKPS website under About Us > Calendars. The district’s comprehensive assessment plan is comprised of a variety of state and local assessments with a range of purposes designed to meet the needs of students in our district. In accordance with KCKPS’ commitment to implementing the MTSS framework, we have developed a schedule of assessments and cadence (timing) for the review of student results. Please note there are multiple tabs located on the bottom of the spreadsheet that organizes the assessments by schedule, purpose, cadence, and required FastBridge certifications. Please be sure to share this document with your staff during the Aug. 18th MTSS overview and FastBridge certification PD.

As a reminder, this document is live and may be updated based on our work with the Kansas MTSS team.

FastBridge

• Please have your FastBridge Assessment Coordinator be certified in all FastBridge assessments that are administered in your building.  Thank you!

Diploma+

Connector time is Here!

The Connector will be used in two ways this year:

1. To enhance their lessons, increase engagement and bring relevance to their learning targets. This is directly connected to the District Strategic Plan: Theme 2: Expand opportunities for college and career readiness at ALL grade levels.

• This will be done through live sessions either requested by the teacher or an industry chat shared with students.

Goal for this Year: 1 live session in the Fall and 1 live session in the Spring for all regular classroom K-5 teachers

2. Family Advocacy Time to teach students about the world of careers open to them by…..

• Recorded session from the Connector Library
• Live session requested by the teacher (starting Oct. 4^th)
• In person career speaker

We did not spend time last year on the recorded sessions because they did NOT count toward our goal.

With that in mind, your teachers will need the below information if they would like to use a recorded session on Aug. 23^rd, the 1^stDiploma+ Family Advocacy time.

Quick Refresher:

Website: Prepkc.nepris.com

• Click Sign-up (Top right corner)
• Save it as a bookmark
• Check you to be certain you have platinum  rights, no bronze. If you are still at bronze email bverrette@prepkc.org to have this corrected.

August 23 (The first Family Advocacy Session)

• Recorded sessions will be a great way to help your students learn about the world of careers during this first FA session because for Aug. 23^rd there is not enough time to request a live session.
• The Playlists that Nepris provides is a wonderful way to find some of the best grade level appropriate sessions. Directions are below…….

• On the dashboard of the Connector site
• Look at center of page for PLAYLISTS MADE FOR YOU
• And select either

K-2    or   3-5

o    Select a video to save by clicking the three dots to the right of SHARE.

o    The last option is: Bookmark for later-select this one😊

• Go to the gray Sessions button on the dashboard and scroll down to My Bookmarks
• You will find the video that you saved here.
• Click on the title of the video and it will give you an arrow that you can select to play the video
• Watch the video and be certain this is one you want
• Note the time stamp you want to show in class

By following these steps you will be ready for your first Family Advocacy time on Monday, Aug. 23. Your building administrators will let you know just what time that will be for you.

Save the date: Sept. 9^th from 4:00-5:00 we will be open office hours for you to voluntarily join us and ask questions.

Always remember – Brittany Verrette (bverrette@prepkc.org) and Dr. Renee Freers (renee.freers@kckps.org) are here to help!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Federal Programs

All Principals

Subject: KCKPS Harassment & Discrimination Student Training Video 21-22SY

The KCKPS Harassment & Discrimination Student Training Video for 21-22SY (grades 4-12) is located in the Frontline professional development library.  THANKS to the KCKPS Communications and Human Resources Teams for the 21-22SY new and improved makeover!

Principals can determine how and when the video will be shown to 4th-12th grade students.  Facilitation options may include grade level or team meetings or at specified classroom times such as homeroom or Family Advocacy period.

Staff members can access the training video by going to the Frontline platform, searching the District Catalog and the All Events dropdown window, and selecting 2021-2022 Mandatory Trainings.  Once the KCKPS Harassment & Discrimination Student Training Video 21-22SY displays in the search results, the video can be selected and moved to the staff member’s Learning Plan. (Contact Jared.Alexander@kckps.org for Frontline questions.)

The student training video or age appropriate talks (EC-3rd grade) should occur preferably during the 1st week of school and no later than 8/27/21.

ALL Principals

Subject: Building Contact for September 20th Student Count

We will be scheduling Zoom training sessions for the September 20th Student Count.  Please go to the KCKPS Student Count Building Contact sheet and enter the name and email of the staff member who will serve as your school’s Student Count contact.  Your staff member’s information is needed by the end of business on Monday, August 9th.

If you have any questions, please contact Bridgette DeSmet at 627-2475.

All Principals, Department Directors, Building/Department Title IX Coordinators

Subject: Continuation of Supportive Measures from 2020-21 Title IX Incidents

Title IX regulations require school buildings and district departments to maintain supportive measures for complainants and respondents involved in Title IX incidents for as long as the individuals remain within the organization.

As the 21-22 school year begins, Building/Department Title IX Coordinators should reach out to parties involved in any previous Title IX incident to ensure supportive measures are appropriate or to make any adjustments that might be needed.   Building/Department Title IX Coordinators should document check-ins and make notes of any adjustments made for the 21-22 school year.

If building teams need additional support services from district departments for either students or staff, the principal or Building Title IX Coordinator should reach out to Lisa Walker, District Title IX Coordinator, to arrange for district-level supports.

Human Resources

New Hire Orientation – Revised (8.5.21) 

In response to several administrators regarding the new orientation schedule, I have revised the schedule.  It will now be a one-day in-person orientation on the Wednesday following a board meeting.  It will start at 8am at the central office and end by 4pm.  Because the first orientation would be scheduled for next Wednesday, I knew that having orientation on the first day of school is not a good idea.  So that orientation will be postponed until the following Wednesday, August 18^th.  So, the orientations for August will be on Aug. 18^th and August 25^th.

IMPORTANT:  Please be sure all of your new hires that missed all the mandatory and required trainings at your school/department, are aware that they must attend the training on August 18^th.

In order to fit all the trainings into one day, I had to take the Bundle 2 out.  Therefore, your IDP reps will need to make sure your new hires watch those videos.

Any questions?  Please contact Sherrie Piedimonte – sherrie.piedimonte@kckps.org OR 913.235.8902

IARC

All principals

Please use this link to view the integrated arts (music, art, PE and theatre) re-entry details.

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

Student Services

Transportation

Request for Field Trip Buses 

All field trip requests must be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance prior to the field trip.  Field trip bus requests between the hours of 9:00 am and 1:45 pm, and after 4:30 pm have the best chance of being approved.

Submit field trip requests to: http://fs600-a.kckps.org/edulog/eFT/

*Reminder that all field trip requests must reflect an arrival time back to the school by 2:00 pm or after 4:30 pm, so that we may serve afternoon regular dismissal.

• Failure to comply with return times will result in an additional cost to the school and most likely impact other scheduled events and students.
• Requests for Overnight/Out of District Travel must first be School Board Approved (please provide the approval documents with request).
• Field trips not submitted within the 2-week window risk non approval.
• A request for a field trip bus is not a guarantee of schedule confirmation.
• The following steps ensure a successful schedule; Requestor submits the request via the web site listed above; the building approver approves the request; Transportation reviews the request and determines whether the request can be accommodated and determines the final approval or disapproval.
• All bus safety rules apply to a field trip bus outing.
• For log in concerns or the need for your password, please contact Shameka Brown in the Transportation Dept. for assistance.

Secondary Late Activity Buses 

As a reminder, last school year 2020-2021 brought us many challenges and Transportation had to eliminate all 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm late activity buses for all High School and Middle Schools to meet serve our regular transportation eligible riders.   

School year 2021-2022; those challenges continue resulting in us eliminating all 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm late activity buses for all High School and Middle Schools to serve our regular transportation eligible riders.  

Late activities buses are available after 5:00 pm.  If you may need additional buses due to the number of students staying after, please let us know so we can set it up for you. 

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Communications

First Day of School

Does your. school have any big plans or activities for the first day of school?  If you do, please contact Sharita Hutton with your opening day plans so we can cover the stories for the day.

Teacher Wishlist Creation – T-Mobile Charitable Event

T-Mobile has launched an initiative to support and highlight Teachers’ efforts in the current educational climate. The initiative involves donating supplies to Teachers/Schools in need.

Kansas City Kansas Public Schools has been chosen as one of the three school districts to engage and assist with creating a Teacher Wishlist. This list will be used for T-Mobile Wholesale associates to purchase school supplies they have requested to help them in their classrooms.

So, this is our ask of you as the Principal: can you help us identify the most needed supplies and how much is needed for teachers in your school? We can’t make this possible without your assistance.

T-Mobile will need each school’s Wishlist back by Wednesday, August 18th. Please send responses to Edwin Birch via email.

Enough is Enough Sign-Up

Principals,  please share this pledge page with your staff – and ask them to share it with students and parents.

Curriculum & Instruction

Attn:  Elementary Principals

Re: Amplify Science Material Distribution Reminder

As a reminder, new science materials for Amplify Science were distributed to buildings last spring. This document has information and links to aid in the process of Amplify Science material distribution, as well as what to do with previous National Geographic science materials. If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Beyer cheryl.beyer@kckps.org.

Attn:  Elementary Principals

Re: Professional Learning for August 6, 2021

Professional Learning for Friday will be provided remotely and links will be provided by Lindsey Schneider. Content will be around the new resources for science and social studies.  Staff will engage in a ½ day of learning around each, 8-11 and 1-4. During the social studies time, there will be an opportunity for teachers to gather together in PLCs to work on a task.  This task may be done individually, but it would be more beneficial for teams to complete it together.  More information will be sent out to staff this week. If you have any questions,  please contact Cheryl Beyer cheryl.beyer@kckps.org.

Attn:  Elementary Principals

Re:  Delivery of Eureka Math and CKLA Consumable Workbooks for 2021-22 School Year

Eureka Math and CKLA Consumable Workbooks have all been delivered at this point.  Please remember that there will be boxes with mixed units and/or grade levels.  The best practice is to unpack and inventory ALL boxes now so that if there is a discrepancy it can be resolved quickly.  For reference, this linked google sheet indicates the number of books requested by your site.  Please contact Suzie Legg, suzie.legg@kckps.org with any questions.

Attn:  Middle and High School Principals

Re: Names of Textbook Liaison for Secondary Schools

Please confirm who the Textbook Liaison will be in your building for the 2021-2022 school year.

I have attached the list of names from last year and any updates received so far this year.

If you have any changes please contact tresia.hassan@kckps.org as soon as possible.

Thank you to those who have already reached out to provide this information. 

Federal Programs

 AUDIENCE:  All Principals

Subject: Required Documents Compliance Checklists

All KCKPS Principals use the Required Documents Compliance Checklist to organize and document their building has completed all Title I and Title IX annual requirements. The checklists are located on the Annual Staff & Student Mandatory Training and Title I Schools resource pages in the Principal Handbook.  Principals should submit their annual Required Documents Compliance Checklist by Friday, September 10, 2021.

Please contact Lisa Walker with questions. 

AUDIENCE: All Principals & Department Directors

Subject: Approved Donation Platforms

Principals and Department Directors, please be aware that Amazon Wish Lists and GoFundMe are not approved platforms for KCKPS staff members seeking donations, as they do not allow for tracking to ensure all items are delivered to classrooms to benefit KCKPS students.

If building, district, or federal funding is not available to support requested items, please direct teachers to the Donors Choose platform, for which tracking systems are in place. Teachers utilizing this resource should document principal approval of Donors Choose Projects using the Intent to Request Donations Form prior to submission.

Additionally, gift cards are disallowed by funding procedures. Please inform your staff that they should not be included in Donors Choose projects, and do not approve projects that include them.

Other Resources:

KCKPS Grants and Donations Webpage

Grants and Donations Video 1

Grants and Donations Video 2

Contact: Juli O’Mealey Simmons, 913-627-2465, juli.omealeysimmons@kckps.org

IIOs

**Attention Principals**

Principals will need to do the following:

1. Log in to iObservation
2. Review their building roster in iObservation

2. 1. Click on Observations
   2. Click on Conduct to review your roster  **please note** scroll to the bottom of the page to view additional pages

3. Place any corrections on the google form and click submit

3. 1. If no changes are needed please click the form and confirm that you have reviewed your roster.

Link:  https://forms.gle/qnaCN649KSMJh74y9

The deadline for these submissions is Friday, August 6, 2021 end of business.  Starting next week these corrections will be made in iObservation.

For Elementary Administrators:
ASQ Professional Learning

All Kindergarten teachers are asked to complete Module 1 of the ASQ-3/ASQ SE-2 canvas course Tuesday, August 10th within the 1:00-4:00 timeframe. The module (approximately 60 min.) is designed to explain the purpose for administering ASQ, and the administration process. We acknowledge the administration process may be familiar to most teachers, however, understanding the purpose for screening is important as we move forward this year with using the screening results.

Please share this link to the course with teachers.

NEA-KCK

Please read and distribute this flyer for the VESI program. This allows accumulation of grad credits for any staff in KCKPS that is a NEA member.

Professional Development

Student Services

Welcome Back Everyone!

I hope you had a great summer and were able to get some rest in preparation for this busy time of year! A few updates from the Trauma Sensitive Schools Initiative! Administrators, please share the information below with your staff!

Universal Training
We still have a few staff members who were not able to get the Universal Trauma Training completed before the end of the school year (but only a few). I will be reaching out to those staff later this week.

I read the feedback and have moved the course into Canvas for a more user-friendly experience. All new teachers who attend the August 4 training do not have to do the online modules (they will receive the Universal training during their pre-service time).

As always, staff must view the modules, complete the learning checks and the final course evaluation to be marked complete.
Universal Trauma Training Canvas Course: Alternatively, they can sign up at https://kckps.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: 7XDHMD

STAT Program TrainingOur Strategic Plan initiative around staff wellness calls for more professional development regarding secondary traumatic stress. We are asking that staff work this year to complete the STAT (Support for Teachers Affected by Trauma) training. Comprised of 5 modules, this course takes around 2 hours of seat time to complete. Middle and Elementary school buildings have the option to use August 10 from 1-3:15 as time for their staff to complete this training. This course is housed in a third-party site (www.statprogram.org) and once staff have their certificate of completion, they will upload it into the Canvas course.

STAT Training Canvas Course: Alternatively, they can sign up at https://kckps.instructure.com/register and use the following join code: NE6ND9

As always, please feel free to contact me, Brittany Talley (brittany.talley@kckps.org), with any questions. Thank you for commitment to making Trauma Sensitive and Resilient Schools who we are a district!

Communications

Enough is Enough Sign-Up

Principals,  please share this pledge page with your staff – and ask them to share it with students and parents.

Curriculum & Instruction

Attn: Elementary Administrators

Re: Instructional Minutes for the 21-22 School Year

Instructional minutes have been updated for the 21-22 school year to be more aligned with KSDEs recommendations for Structured Literacy and to accommodate the new science and social studies resources. This information can be found on the GVC landing page for any grade level under the “Helpful Resources” section (see image).

Please note, more detailed information about the 150 minute ELA block is linked within the instructional minutes document. This information is differentiated by grade band.

Attn: EC-5 Administrators

Re: Welcome to KCKPS Video

The EC-5 C&I Team is putting together a welcome video for our new teachers to show during the August 4th afternoon training session. If you would like to create a very short video or add a photo to the video introducing yourself and welcome our new EC-5 staff, please click here to participate by August 2nd. Thank you for helping us give a warm welcome to our new teachers!

Attn: Elementary Administrators

Re: Eureka Math Digital Suite and InSync Access

This information is also included in this week’s Mobile Minute for teachers and instructional coaches. The Eureka Math Digital Suite & InSync are easier to access!

Click here for more information

ESOL

Federal Programs

Building Principals and Department Directors

Mandatory Training Bundles for ALL Staff  – Completed by 8/13/2021

All USD500 employees must complete the required Staff Mandatory Trainings for 2021-22SY by 8/13/2021.

Training Bundle 1 MUST be shown by Department Directors in a GROUP setting via physical in-seat meeting or a live Zoom. Remember to take attendance and submit your attendance sheet to your IDP representative or HR team for entry into the Frontline system.

• District staff members who are assigned to one building and who regularly attend staff meetings at that building should get their training through their building principal.
• All maintenance/custodial staff, nutritional services and bus drivers will receive their training and directions from their District Operations Director.
• Staff members who work out of central office and support multiple buildings should receive their training through you, the Department Director.

Training Bundle 2 can be done via OnDemand with employees watching videos on an individual basis during the time you designate for your staff to complete the videos. Principals and Department Directors MAY choose to facilitate the showing of ALL videos in a physical in-seat meeting or live Zoom setting to ensure all staff complete their trainings. Remember to take attendance and submit your attendance sheet to your IDP representative or HR team for entry into the Frontline system.

See the HR Admin Guide or Principal Handbook Annual Staff & Student Mandatory Training resource page for step-by-step directions on how to access and facilitate training.

A Bright Arrow message will be sent to ALL USD500 employees within the next week with directions regarding how to complete the 2021-22 Mandatory Training bundles. Staff members who do not complete trainings may be subject to progressive coaching action. 

NEW Building Principals, Assistant Principals, Instructional Coaches

 School Improvement Planning (SIP) Core Training (Onboarding) August 4, 2021

New administrators (principals, assistant principals) and instructional coaches should plan to attend the upcoming SIP workshops designed for new KCKPS instructional leaders.  KCKPS utilizes a district-wide SIP process to engage all leaders and teachers in an ongoing cycle of review of data, curriculum and instruction using the KSDE required KansaSTAR system.  To accommodate busy schedules, these trainings will be conducted via Zoom.

Please click on the link below to sign up for either the morning or afternoon professional development session.  Different zoom links are located at the top of each sign-up sheet and can be placed on your calendar for the time/session you choose to attend.

Thursday, August 4, 2021 – Choose the Morning Session/8:30-10:30 am or Afternoon Session 1:00-3:00 pm.

Human Resources

New Hire Orientation

After receiving feedback from a sampling of principals and directors, it has been decided that orientation will be done differently this year.  Information that is shared with new hires is extremely important.  Therefore, we are spreading out the information over the course of a month.  This will include four Tuesday mornings and one Wednesday morning.  All trainings will begin at 8:30am and will run anywhere from 90 minutes to four hours.  All will be through Zoom, except for one, which will need to be in-person at the Central Office.  It’s important and necessary that you make this time available for your new employees.

Once an employee is hired, a schedule of their orientation, along with the Zoom link, will be emailed to each one of them.  The email will also direct them to share their schedule with their principal/supervisor.

Employees that begin between now and August will receive all of their orientation through their schools/departments in August.  This means that the orienetation trainings will not begin until the end of August.  The only exception to this is for all classified employees during this time period.   August 11^th at 8:30am will be a training that explains their benefits options and payroll.  Please make the needed arrangements for these new hires to be available for this training.

Any questions?  Please contact Sherrie Piedimonte – sherrie.piedimonte@kckps.org OR 913.235.8902

Instructional Technology

KCKPS Administrator Mobile Minute

• Canvas Expectations/Options/Support
• Login Reminders
• Who to ask for help
• Parent Orientation for Canvas
• Building purchased software update
• AND MORE!!

Professional Development

Student Services

All Audiences -Principals, Assistant Principals, Registrars, Attendance Secretaries, Principal Secretaries

1. Language Support 

We understand that language support is important and Student Services is committed to provide the necessary resources to buildings. At this time, the district has both internal and contracted interpretation services to help buildings and provide language support to families via zoom meetings, phone calls, and more. Please use the links below as a guide to find how to access those resources and request language support. This information can be found in the Principals’ Handbook.

KCKPS Language Support Guide

2021-22 KCKPS Interpreter Request Form 

Family Advocacy Interpreter Request – September 2021

Family Advocacy Interpreter Request – February  2022

If you have any questions, concerns or need to utilize any of the interpreter resources please email language.support@kckps.org or contact Naomi Tolentino at 913-279-2247 / naomi.tolentino@kckps.org .

Communications

Vaccine Event Tonight

Please share with students, families and community members:

Whether it is your first Covid-19 shot or your second—KCKPS and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County Public Health Department is reminding you: DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT.

Due to the great turnout during our past two Covid-19 events, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools is happy to bring this family fun community event back one more time.

The next Covid-19 Vaccine Event will take place at JC Harmon High School located at 2400 Steele Road on Tuesday, July 27th from 5pm to 8pm.

 The Health Department will be offering the Pfizer vaccine (2-doses) and Johnson & Johnson vaccine (1-dose). Remember the vaccine is safe for those 12 and up, but minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

 Those that get vaccinated will receive free meal vouchers for the food trucks on site. Not only that but you can get signed up to win one of the cash prizes that value a total of $1500. Teens getting the vaccine will walk away with prizes on the spot.

The Swope Parkway Mobile Dental Truck will be there doing free screenings and fluoride for children, and there will be food boxes available, free backpacks, meet and greets with community partners, free ice cream for all, the opportunity to apply for jobs with KCKPS, music, and so much more.

We hope to see you there.

Need a ride?
KCKPS will be offering buses to and from the location starting at 4:30 pm and running throughout the evening. Pick up locations are below. Mask must be worn. Those 18 and under need to be accompanied by an adult.

 Pickup locations (Look for bright yellow school bus): 

·         Douglas Heights Apartment- S 42nd St & Lawrence Drive (in front of the Community building on Lawrence Drive)

·         Chalet Manor- Ruby & Birch St. (apartment entrance)

·         Silver City Apartments – 22nd St & Ruby (In front of Argentine Middle School)

·         Bethany Park Plaza Apartments – 11th St & Calvin on 11th St.

·         Colony Woods Apartments- on Bethany St at the Apt Entrance

WYCO Health Department Vaccine Information

COVID-19 Vaccine Facts

Datos de la vacuna COVID-19

Fast Facts about the J&J Vaccine

Datos breves sobre la vacuna J&J

Enough is Enough Sign-Up

Principals,  please share this pledge page with your staff – and ask them to share it with students and parents.

Curriculum & Instruction

Middle and High School Principals

Re: Names of Textbook Liaison for Secondary Schools

Please confirm who the Textbook Liaison will be in your building for the 2021-2022 school year.

I have attached the list of names from last year and any updates received so far this year.

If you have any changes please contact tresia.hassan@kckps.org by Friday, July 30th.

Thank you to those who have already reached out to provide this information.

Attn:  Middle and High School Principals

Re: World Language Materials Delivery

Buildings should be receiving teacher and student materials for World Language courses over the next couple of weeks directly from the vendors (Vista and Wayside).  Please keep these together and in an area where your textbook liaison will be able to unpack, inventory, and distribute these materials as soon as they return.  

Attn:  High School Principals

Re: World History Materials Delivery

Buildings should have already received student materials for the World History course from TCI via inter district mail.  Please keep these together and in an area where your textbook liaison will be able to unpack, inventory, and distribute these materials as soon as they return.  

Attn:  Middle and High School Principals

Re: MyPerspectives (ELA) Student Consumable Workbooks Delivery

Buildings should be receiving MyPerspectives student consumable workbooks for ELA courses over the next couple of weeks directly from the vendor (Savvas).  Please keep these together and in an area where your textbook liaison will be able to unpack, inventory, and distribute these materials as soon as they return.  

DERA

ESOL

Elementary Principals

Federal Programs

AUDIENCE: Building Principals and Department Directors

Subject: Designate Building & Department Title IX Coordinator/Investigator & Annual Title IX Coordinator/Investigator Training

Title IX regulations require buildings and departments to identify and publicize their building or department Title IX Coordinator/Investigator.  Principals and Department Directors should identify and enter the name of their school or department Title IX Coordinator/Investigator on the KCKPS Building/Department Title IX Coordinator/Investigator 2021-2022 roster by Thursday, July 29, 2021.  Please be sure to include MOBILE phone numbers for both Principal/Department Director and Building/Department Title IX Coordinator/Investigator. (The principal will serve as the school Title IX Coordinator/Investigator in buildings that do not have an assistant principal.)

All Building/Department Title IX Coordinators/Investigators should plan to attend the required Title IX Building/Department Coordinator/Investigator Annual Training scheduled Thursday, July 29, 2021 from 8:30am – 11:30am, Central Office 131/132. (Bring District Issued Technology Device.)

AUDIENCE: Title I Building Principals

Subject: Required Annual Parent Notifications & Schoolwide Meetings for Title I Buildings

A reminder for all Title I funded buildings, principals are required to provide (mail or post) several documents to parents at the start of each school year.  These documents include School-Home Compact, School Family Engagement Plan,  KCKPS District Family Engagement Plan, Parents-Right-To-Know ESSA letters, and Standard Complaint Resolution Process. Templates and documents are linked to the Title I School Guidelines page in the KCKPS Principal Handbook and EDITABLE formats are stored in the Federal Programs Elementary/Middle Schools Title I required documents subfolder.  The provided templates and forms meet the 2122SY compliance guidelines regarding annual notification to parents related to highly qualified staff and other funding mandates.

Each school served under Title I, Part A must convene annual Title I Parent Meetings to inform ALL parents of their school’s participation in Title I, Part A programs, to explain the Title I, Part A requirements, how the Title I students will be assessed, how the parents will be kept informed, and the right of parents to be involved in those programs. Please refer to the Title I School Guidelines page in the KCKPS Principal Handbook for details regarding how these meetings can be combined with Back-To-School Night and other parent events held throughout the school year.

Please contact Lisa Walker with questions.

IARC (Fine Arts/PE)

All Principals

Please keep the media opt-out field up to date in Infinite Campus on the MISC tab.

IARC serves all buildings and this field is critical to IARC sharing on social media.  We can quickly look up students in Infinite Campus and ensure we are compliant with the wishes of the parents.

We will post in-the-moment from various events.  Having the ability to do a quick check in Infinite Campus will allow us to safely post during an event.

KidZone

We hope you had a great Summer and are ready for this new school year! We will be providing Kidzone services for all K-5 students in our district. Our Kidzone sites this year will be located at Emerson, Hazel Grove, West Park, and Whittier for both AM and PM sessions. Our PM only sites will be Banneker, Frank Rushton, and New Chelsea. We are currently still determining and working on the logistics of possibly having Lowell Brune as a PM site also. The pricing for Kidzone is outlined below:

AM Session Only     $20 per child, per week

PM Session Only     $30 per child, per week

AM & PM Sessions  $40 per child, per week

Wednesdays Only   $15 per child, per week

Kidzone will start on the first day of school August 11, 2021 and end a week before the last day on May 20, 2022. Kidzone applications will be available and delivered to all elementary schools the first week of August. Kidzone hours are as follows and vary by individual schools

BEFORE SCHOOL: 7:00 am until 8:00 am or 8:30 am

AFTER SCHOOL: 3:15, 3:30 or 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm

Wednesday Early Release: 1:15, 1:30 or 2:00 pm until 5:30 pm

We hope you find this information useful and if you have any questions you can reach Mechelle Wortham, Kidzone Coordinator at 913-669-0235 or Lia McLoughlin, Program Specialist at 913-627-4356.

Kidzone Informational Letter PDF

Student Services

We are looking forward to the 2021-22 school year! Please share with your enrollment support staff to sign-up to our next Enrollment 2021-22 training (District Enrollment Procedures and Infinite Campus) using this link.

Communications

NOTICE: Regular Semi-weekly Schedule for the Administrators’ Desk Newsletter Begins Next Week

The next Administrators’ Desk Newsletter will publish on Tuesday, July 27, and the second edition for the week will publish on Friday, July 30. The Tuesday and Friday publishing schedule will run throughout the 2021-22 school year.

The due dates for submitting newsletter items is 3 p.m. the day before publication.

Vaccine Event Coming Soon

Please share with students, families and community members:

Whether it is your first Covid-19 shot or your second—KCKPS and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County Public Health Department is reminding you: DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT.

Due to the great turnout during our past two Covid-19 events, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools is happy to bring this family fun community event back one more time.

The next Covid-19 Vaccine Event will take place at JC Harmon High School located at 2400 Steele Road on Tuesday, July 27th from 5pm to 8pm.

 The Health Department will be offering the Pfizer vaccine (2-doses) and Johnson & Johnson vaccine (1-dose). Remember the vaccine is safe for those 12 and up, but minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

 Those that get vaccinated will receive free meal vouchers for the food trucks on site. Not only that but you can get signed up to win one of the cash prizes that value a total of $1500. Teens getting the vaccine will walk away with prizes on the spot.

The Swope Parkway Mobile Dental Truck will be there doing free screenings and fluoride for children, and there will be food boxes available, free backpacks, meet and greets with community partners, free ice cream for all, the opportunity to apply for jobs with KCKPS, music, and so much more.

We hope to see you there.

WYCO Health Department Vaccine Information

COVID-19 Vaccine Facts

Datos de la vacuna COVID-19

Fast Facts about the J&J Vaccine

Datos breves sobre la vacuna J&J

Enough is Enough Sign-Up

Principals,  please share this pledge page with your staff – and ask them to share it with students and parents.

Curriculum & Instruction

All Principals
Instructional Coach Return Dates and Training

Early Childhood Instructional Coaches will return on Monday, July 26th so that they may attend Conscious Discipline Training all week.

New Instructional Coaches will return on Monday, July 26 so that they may attend New Instructional Coach Training from 8:30 – 4:30. New coaches will also attend the returning coach training on July 27th from 8:30 – 4:30.

Returning K-12 Instructional Coaches will return on Tuesday, July 27th and will attend Student-Centered Coaching training with the Lead ICs from 8:30 – 4:30. 

K-5 Elementary Principals
Amplify Science Demo Logins

The following communication was emailed to all K-5th grade teachers by the Communications Department on July 7th.  Please share with any teachers that may have been missed in that communication.

Amplify Science demo logins issued last spring have expired. If you’d like access to the new resources before licenses are issued, please refer to new demo login information below: 

Go to my.amplify.com and select “Log in with Amplify”.

Teacher Logins

t1.kckpsk5@demo.tryamplify.net

Student Logins

s1.kckpsk5@demo.tryamplify.net

The password for all accounts: Amplify1-kckpsk5

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Cheryl Beyer, Cheryl.beyer@kckps.org.

Federal Programs

All Building Principals and District Department Administrators

Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools continues the development of a systems level approach to processing and investigating student and staff misconduct complaints. To enhance our processes and procedures relative to Title IX and Harassment/Discrimination, professional learning sessions have been scheduled to prepare department and building leaders for 2021-22.

You and your department leaders (directors, assistant directors and perhaps some coordinators) will attend different sessions, based on your role and responsibility.  As a result, please look carefully at the audience identified for each session and forward this communication on and provide direction to your staff so that all who need to attend can receive the professional development appropriate to support their duties.

Thanks, and let me know if there are questions!

Lisa

TRAINING #3 – Audience: Building or Department Title IX Coordinators/Investigators

Thursday, July 29, 2021 – REQUIRED Annual Training for Title IX Building/Department Coordinators/Investigators

8:30am – 11:30am, Central Office 131/132 (Bring District Issued Technology Device)

Facilitators: Lisa Walker, Curtis Nicholson

Student Services

We are looking forward to the 2021-22 school year! Please share with your enrollment support staff to sign-up to our next Enrollment 2021-22 training (District Enrollment Procedures and Infinite Campus) using this link.