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New Items
New Student Information System for 2018-2019 – for All Administrators
Thanksgiving Attendance Letter – for All Administrators
Previous Items
Volunteer Training – for All Administrators
Adopt a Family for the 2017 Holidays! – for All Administrators
KU Medical Center Neighbors Fall Social – for All Administrators
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New Student Information System for 2018-2019
From Joe Fives
Greetings Principals/Administrators,
The school district will debut a new student information system for the 2018-2019 school year. The gradual plan for implementation begins with scheduling in spring and will lead up to the system going ???live??? when staff return in fall.
The new system, selected by a school district cross-departmental team, will combine features of several current online systems into a one-stop shop for convenience and a better user experience for both the school district???s staff and external end users.
Those current systems utilized by the district that will be replaced by Infinite Campus are the following:
??? Silk
??? Websilk
??? Pinnacle
??? School Loop
??? Online registration
??? Career cruising
??? Viewpoint
??? myPayments Plus
??? Bright Arrow
We will meet with principals and administrators as part of the regularly scheduled administrator???s meeting during the last week of November to discuss features of Infinite Campus, training sessions for principals, administrators, teachers and staff, and the timeline for roll-out and implementation.
A communication will be sent to all staff this week regarding the new student information system. We ask that administrators and principals make staff aware of this new project during your departmental staff meetings and written communications.
In the meantime, if you have questions about Infinite Campus, please contact Penny Atchley at 913.279.2369 and Michelle Gould at 913.279.2058.
Thanksgiving Attendance Letter
From Rosie Rodriguez
It is getting closer to our Holiday Season and it is imperative that we remind our families about the importance of attendance.
Chronic absenteeism can only be prevented if we work together!
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Volunteer Training
From Tina Richardson
Volunteer and Mentor Training November 21, 2017
11:00-12:00 Central Offices Training Center room 273
Adopt a Family for the 2017 Holidays!
From Mechelle Wortham
Please share the following opportunity to give with your staff!
Adopt a Family for the 2017 Holidays!
For nearly 36 years, district staff, local businesses, and community groups have assisted in supporting families by ???adopting??? them for the holidays. District social workers/counselors submit names of families in need who are part of the KCKPS community. These families are in need of assistance, yet do not qualify for help from other agencies.
That???s where the ???Adopt-a-Family??? program comes into place. Check out all the ways to participate as a department, building, individual or part of an organization:
- Adopt a family. (A list of individuals will be provided before the Thanksgiving break with age, size, and gender of children and their needs/wants. Staff can shop and return all items to Mechelle Wortham at the Central Office. The gifts will be delivered to the family by social workers/counselors.) Gifts should be wrapped and labeled with the appropriate names in a large trash bag with the form attached on the outside.
- Donate learning games, books, toys, hats, gloves, socks. (Contact Mechelle for specific needs. These will be used as gifts, so plan accordingly).
- Donate gift cards from local grocery stores or department stores. (Thank you for understanding that cash donations will not be accepted.)
- Make a donation or adopt-a-family ???in honor of??? friends or colleagues. (This is accomplished by donating gift cards or needed items to support a family. A gift enclosure card will be provided so give to friends or family members being honored.)
Donors will receive a shopping list via email by Thursday, November 16. Items need to be purchased, wrapped and delivered to Mechelle Wortham at the Central Office by Friday, December 8. Social workers and counselors will pick up and deliver items to families prior to winter break.
Please contact Mechelle Wortham with questions, (913) 627-4356, Mechelle.Wortham@kckps.org.
KU Medical Center Neighbors Fall Social
From Dr. Tim Murrell
