Monday, September 24, 2018

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Attendance Awareness Month – for All Principals
PTA Play – for Elementary Principals

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Tomas and the Library Lady – JCCC Tickets available – for Elementary Principals
Staff Appreciation from Grand Canyon University – for All Principals
2019 Employee Benefits Open Enrollment – for All Administrators
KCKPS Social-Emotional Character Resource Guide – for All Administrators

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Attendance Awareness Month

From Rosie Rodriguez
Hope your Attendance celebrations and recognitions are going well. Attached is a pdf containing resources and ideas on how to battle chronic absenteeism at all grade levels.

The Table of Contents links will take you to the section you are interested in. Please do not hesitate to contact Student Services for support.

Thank you for all that you do.

Attendance Resources PDF

PTA Play

From Stephanie Dickson
The sky is falling the sky is falling!!! The PTA Play for this year is Chicken Little the Musical. Dates are Nov. 13 showings at 9:45 and 11:15 and Nov. 14 at 9:45. Running time is an hour. Please email teresa.kloiber@kckps.org with desired showing, number of students and staff that are attending and if needed a special needs bus. Thanks you. Call me with any additional questions 627-6862

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Tomas and the Library Lady – JCCC Tickets available

From Jodie Lin
Email Kara Armstrong at JCCC to make reservations.?? karmstro@jccc.edu

Tom??s and the Library Lady
10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | Yardley Hall

$3?? INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
BUS SUBSIDY AVAILABLE

http://www.jccc.edu/carlsen-center-presents/events/2018-2019/arts-ed-tomas-and-library-lady.html

Show length, 60 minutes including post show talk
Grades K-4

This show is adapted from the book by Pat Mora.

Tom??s loves stories. As the young son of migrant farm workers, he spends the summer with his family following the crops north from Texas to Iowa, passing long days in the fields listening to his grandfather tell stories. When a chance encounter brings him to the local Carnegie Library, he meets the ???Library Lady??? who recognizes his thirst for knowledge and encourages him to read. By the end of the story, Tom??s has great pride in becoming his family???s new storyteller, the guidance of a colorful mentor, and a lifelong love of reading.

A bilingual musical based on the beloved book about the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tom??s Rivera, who became the first minority Chancellor in the University of California system.

Staff Appreciation from Grand Canyon University

From Shelly Beech
Principals,

Our representative from Grand Canyon University, Micki Reed, will be reaching out to each of you to schedule a breakfast or lunch for all of your staff as well as provide information about GCU.

Feel free to schedule with her if it fits into your school schedule.

2019 Employee Benefits Open Enrollment

From Crystal Primers

It???s almost time to review plan options and enroll in benefits!
Voluntary benefits include: Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Short Term Disability, Voluntary Life Insurance, Identity Theft, and more!
Employees will have the opportunity to meet with a licensed Benefit Specialist in person through October 25 or elect benefits independently online through November 6th.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS – Benefit elections are for a 1-1-2019 Effective Date.
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools provide a comprehensive set of employee benefit offerings to its employees. The District???s benefits enrollment partner:

Employee Benefit Portal & Appointment Scheduler will be live September 18th. Look for an announcement soon!
will be onsite to conduct individual one-on-one meetings.

All employees working 30+ hours or more per week are REQUIRED to make benefits elections and complete enrollment. Instructions for how to set an appointment will be distributed on September 18th.

Benefit Specialists will be onsite throughout the district from October 1 ??? October 25

Employees have the option to meet with a Benefit Specialist or elect benefits independently online through November 6th.

LOCATION DATE(S) LOCATION DATE(S) LOCATION DATE(S)
Argentine Oct 22 – Oct 25 Harmon Oct 1 – Oct 9 South Branch Library 18-Oct
Arrowhead Oct 9 – Oct 11 Hazel Grove Oct 22 – Oct 24 Stony Point North Oct 10 – Oct 12
Banneker 22-Oct JFK Oct 8 – Oct 10 Sumner Oct 12 – Oct 16, Oct 23
Caruthers 25-Oct KCKECC Oct 22 – Oct 23 ??

Transportation-North

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Oct 1 – Oct 9

Central Middle Oct 15 – 16, Oct 22 Main Branch Library Oct 17 – Oct 19
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Central Office

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Oct 4 & 5, Oct 15 – Oct 19,

Oct 23 – Oct 25

ME Pearson Oct 1 – Oct 3 Transportation-South Oct 9 – Oct 12
New Chelsea Oct 1 – Oct 3 Washington Oct 5 – Oct 12
Coronado Oct 9 – Oct 12 North Central Office Oct 11 – Oct 12 West Middle Oct 1 – Oct 4
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Douglass

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10/15

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Northwest

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Oct 1 – Oct 4

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West Wyandotte Library

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Oct 17 – Oct 19

Eisenhower Oct 15 – Oct 16 Rosedale Oct 22 – Oct 25 Whittier Oct 15 – Oct 16
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Frances Willard

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Oct 4 – Oct 8

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Schlagle

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Oct 1 – Oct 8

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Wyandotte

Oct 10, Oct 15 – Oct 16, Oct

22 – Oct 25

Enrollment Flyer PDF

KCKPS Social-Emotional Character Resource Guide

From Sean DeMaree

To help us begin the work of teaching our students to be socially and emotionally prepared and successful we have created The KCKPS Social-Emotional Character Resource Guide. This teaching guide organizes the three SECD Development Standards, the six building block standards, all twelve KCKPS Code of Conduct Expectations, and alignment to our college and career readiness standards and provides multiple lesson examples for each of the building block standards. In order to better understand this document, a video module has been created. Please plan on presenting this short video (12 minutes total) to your staff, and then providing them with the link to their specific SECD Resource Guide. Throughout this year there will be additional modules to help teachers and staff interact and utilize this new resource.

SECD Module:??https://drive.google.com/open?id=12GNwcXNK7bm4KIM_9gPKIvffDcc45Ad4

SECD Teacher Resource Guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18oD6aMyUZ24YqRapZIV6HQH2v-2F7jEM?usp=sharing

*The High School Guide has already been implemented through the Family Advocacy System