Administrators' Notice

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Thursday, September 17th Professional Learning Opportunity – for EC5 Administrators

Thursday, September 17th Professional Learning Opportunity

From Alicia Miguel

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Focus and Priority Schools – for Focus and Priority Schools

Focus and Priority Schools

From Alicia Miguel

There will a meeting with KLN on Tuesday, September 15 to announce the Focus and Priority funds and guidelines.
Please, remain flexible. We will inform you of the time as we hear more information.

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United Way Coordinators Needed – for Principals

United Way Coordinators Needed

From Grace Elmore

The annual United Way Campaign is coming up soon and each building needs a coordinator.

Principals, please submit the name and contact information for your building’s coordinator to Grace Elmore, grace.elmore@kckps.org, on or before September 23, 2015.

The United Way Campaign will run from October 1-31. The annual kickoff event will be September 28 at the Central Office at 4:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor East Wing.

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Attendance – for All Administrators

Kansas PTA – ??Your school can become a School of Excellence – for??School building administrators

Attendance

From Dr. Kelli Mather

Thank you for your attendance at the Kids Count Workshop held Tuesday morning right after the holiday weekend. The workshop provided a great deal of information and detail, much of what you may not do at the school site but need to understand the significance of the requested data and its impact on funding and the count date. We recognize that your schedules are very busy, but appreciate your time for this very important topic.

Due to the new block grant this year it is imperative that each school get all of their students enrolled in SILK and ensure that all students are attending school before Sept 21, and on Sept 21st (count day). Bridgette will be sending out a list of students that you need to check to see if they are attending school as they do not appear to have any type of schedule, these are elementary students as well. This typically means that they are not attending, but if they are we want to be able to count them.

If we do not have increased enrollment over 500 students the district will not receive any additional funding through the extraordinary growth fund, even if we grow by 100, 200, 300 students, etc.

It is also extremely important that you get your attendance turned into Bridgette DeSmet on time per her request. The Supt Council reviews this data weekly and makes staffing decisions and follows trends in the data.

I appreciate all the help you can provide in getting this done and ensuring attendance remains high.

Kansas PTA – ??Your school can become a School of Excellence

From Patty Jurich

Deadline to Enroll is October 1, 2015!!

Enroll today, spread the word in your community, and help put your school on the map. Visit PTA.org/Excellence to get started!

The National PTA School of Excellence is a recognition program that supports and celebrates partnerships between schools and families to enrich the educational experience and overall well-being for all students. Becoming a National PTA School of Excellence starts with a joint commitment of PTA and school leaders who want to work together to welcome all families, communicate effectively, support student success, speak up for every child, share power and collaborate with the community. Your school will be judged only on the improvements it makes, not against other schools. This free program is only available to PTA schools. Let???s make every PTA school a School of Excellence!

National PTA and Kansas PTA will help you through each step:

1. Enroll your PTA before October 1, 2015 at PTA.org/Excellence after first discussing this with your PTA and your principal. You will receive the Getting Started Guide, which describes the program components, including your first steps to gather feedback from families and set goals with your school partner.
2. Conduct a Family-School Partnership Scan and share your results with National PTA.
3. Receive a customized Roadmap to Excellence containing recommendations that respond to your specific results from the Family-School Partnership Scan.
4. Complete the National PTA School of Excellence application before June 1, 2016.
5. Celebrate your excellence!! All National PTA School of Excellence recipients will receive a toolkit to support celebration activities.

School of Excellence Webinar

When: Tues., Sept. 22

Time: 7 p.m. EDT

Are you interested in becoming a School of Excellence? Join us for an info webinar next month to help get started on the path to excellence. We’ll dive deeper into the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships and share all of the tools available to support your efforts from enrollment to excellence.

Encourage your local units to take the webinar and promote this throughout your PTA network. Learn more at PTA.org/Excellence.

Please contact Patty Jurich, Kansas PTA Family Engagement Chairman, pasj36@aol.com, if you have any questions about the School of Excellence program.

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Presidential Scholars Program – for High School Principals/Assistant Principals/Counselors Presidential Scholars Program

Presidential Scholars Program

From Tamia Miller

The Presidential Scholars Program recognizes and honors high school seniors who have demonstrated high achievement academically or in the arts; some having to overcome special challenges or hurdles to do so.?? Starting in 2016, outstanding students who demonstrate excellence in career and technical education will also be included for Presidential Scholar recognition.

This year the Commission on Presidential Scholars is expanding the program by inviting each Chief State School Officer to nominate up to 20 students, ten male and five female for the Presidential Scholars program.?? Five students may be nominated for the Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education category. These are two separate nomination forms.

To nominate a student for the Presidential Scholars program or the Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education program they must complete the nomination form and submit it to the address indicated.?? Nomination forms may be accessed at the following link:

http://www.ksde.org/Agency/FiscalandAdministrativeServices/CommunicationsandRecognitionPrograms/PresidentialScholarsProgram

Schools may only nominate two students from their school, two for each program.?? Nominations must be postmarked by September 16, 2015.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to recognize outstanding students in your school.?? For more information about the program, please contact Tamla Miller at 785-296-4950 or at tmiller@ksde.org.