Monday, February 12, 2018

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New Items

Head Custodian Survey – for Principals
Transportation Funds Available for Trips to Science City – for Elementary Principals

Previous Items

2018 Graduation – for High School Principals
Student Teachers to Consider for Hire for 2018-19 School Year – for All Administrators

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Head Custodian Survey

From Brian Draper
Principals, please do not forget to complete the Head Custodian Survey sent out 7 Feb 2018.

I have attached a Power Point version of the survey for those who may not have Adobe Acrobat DC installed. This should make things easier to type your comments.

Thank You and We Value your Support!!

Survey PDF

Transportation Funds Available for Trips to Science City

From Monica Nance
Bayer has announced a transportation fund grant available for schools in Wyandotte County for trips to Science City. Please forward this information to your classroom teachers.

Science City Link

Previous Items

2018 Graduation

From Lisa Garcia-Stewart
The following recommendations for commencement are suggested for use this year:

  1. Principals and teachers are urged to keep the seniors on a full schedule through their last required day of attendance (May 16th , 2018)
  2. The names of all possible graduates must be sent to the office of Student Services on or before Wednesday, February 14th, 2018.
  3. If, after February 14th, omissions are discovered or additions must be made for any reason, please send the names to Student Services. There will be no calls for a second list of names. The first list should include all possible graduates for this year.
  4. On 8 ?? x11 paper make at least three copies of the graduation list. The ORIGINAL and a copy are to be sent to the office of Student Services. Please keep a copy in your files. Diploma lists should be numbered and typed in upper and lower case letters, two columns on the page, double spaced, with names exactly as they are to appear on the diploma. Graduation list is be emailed to Mrs. Matthia Kelsey. A diploma is a legal document, Check for accuracy of spelling of the student???s complete name on the list because the original will be sent to the diploma company for printing the graduates??? names. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK THE SPELLING OF ALL OF THE NAMES BECAUSE REPRINTS WILL BE BILLED TO YOUR BUILDING.
  5. A copy of graduation program must be sent to the office of Student Services no later than Wednesday, March 21st, 2018. That is the third school day after spring break.
    a. Verify all names, student and staff
    b. Verify spelling of all names
    c. Mark honor students
  6. On March 21st, 2018, I will also need ticket numbers for your school and ticket colors that will be chosen for each school. I will send the order in that day so please be prompt.

The printer will receive the programs on March 21st, 2018 by end of business day. It will take approximately two weeks after that to do the initial setup. He will return it to this office for proofing. Any changes made at that time will be the final changes.

Student Teachers to Consider for Hire for 2018-19 School Year

From Carlos Clay
Principals and Directors ???
As you know, one of our many goals in serving our students is to secure the best and the brightest new teacher hires for the coming school year!?? With this in mind, we know that there is a robust pool of student teachers this year that we would like to screen and hire for positions for the coming school year. Now that you have had the opportunity to see them student teach, we would like your feedback on your initial perception of the student teachers that you have placed in your school this year.?? Remember, your student teacher may be considered for your building or for any other vacancy in the district. Please share with me the names of your student teachers, the grade level or content area they are assigned to, and indicate which ones you would hire today if you had the opportunity to secure them.

In fairness, we want to encourage all of our student teachers to fill out an application for consideration.?? Please reach out to all of your student teachers and encourage them to apply in the coming days with KCKPS, if they haven???t done so already, by visiting the ???KCKPS Student Teachers and Student Certified Staff??? application from our employment website??https://kckps.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=4452.?? Please let them know that we are looking at moving quickly on our potential student teacher hires and that they must have an application on file before we can interview and/or select candidate for hire.

Please let me know by the close of business, Tuesday, February 13, 2018,?? the names of any student teachers that you believe need to be secured as soon as possible with Kansas City Kansas Public Schools.?? If you currently have no student teachers, please simply reply with ???none???.