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Lunch with Mayor Q!

Kansas City is home to a rich diversity of Black immigrant and diaspora communities with ties to Africa and the Caribbean. Despite this, Black immigrants’ uniqu...e experiences are rarely centered in community conversations around migration, anti-Black racism, justice, and trauma. Nomachot Adiang will moderate a roundtable discussion featuring Naudy Solano, Samantha Mungai, Deqa Rabile, and Wasim Khan, sharing their stories living in KC. RSVP for this important conversation at bit.ly/OurStoriesKC!

Latinx Education Collaborative sponsored this event so that you can attend for FREE. Details in the comments. #diversity #inclusion #teachers #adminstrators #k12education

So excited for our upcoming conference, Evolución, on 10/24 from 9 am -12:15 pm CT. ! A huge thank you to our sponsors: Ewi...ng Marion Kauffman Foundation, SchoolSmartKC, El Centro Inc., Black Educators Initiative at Urban Teachers, Urban Ed Academy, and WGU Missouri! Thank you to our community partners: UMKC Avanzando, City Year Kansas City, Kansas City Education Collective, EdSpace Live, Floop Edu, Getting Smart, Innovare - Social Innovation Partners, Kansas City Teacher Residency, Latino Foundation for the Arts, Leanlab Education, Melanated Leaders, and Surge Institute. One week left to register! To see our amazing line-up, including Jose Vilson as our morning keynote, please visit: leckc.org/evolucion.

Calling KCPS seniors and families, help shape the future of your country! Get #VoteReady and make time to register to vote before the Oct. 7 deadline. In partne...rship with NAACP, KCPS is hosting a Voter Registration Drive Thru on Sept. 30 from 3:00 6:00 pm at Central High. Everyone is welcome! Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/events/3366307630101222

#NoMatterWhat we are committed to instructional excellence! Thanks to Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for supporting our Latinx teachers with scholarships for this amazing opportunity! Deadline is approaching- contact Susana at [email protected]!

Hey KCPS family and friends of the family! Let's face it- Mondays can be rough, especially as we navigate distance learning and remote working. But #NoMatterWhat, we are here for KCPS kids, families and each other! So, on this #NoMatterWhat Monday, share your #NoMatterWhat and don't forget to tag us!

Teachers, take a look! This should be an informative and practical webinar!

KCPS teachers and families! Meal delivery is happening! All you need is a student number and you get breakfast and lunch. Delivery is Monday- Friday, 11 am to 1:30 pm. Click the link to find the stop nearest you and be on the lookout for the big yellow school buses!

ESOL teachers, make sure your families know!

Free Download: The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, Chapter 2 - A new chapter from the upcoming book by Larry Ferlazzo, Katie Hull Sypnieski, and Jossey-Bass, ...has been released early and free of charge to help educators of ELs prepare for the start of the new school year in a remote setting. Topics include supporting ELs in English as a second language and mainstream instruction, supporting EL families, maximizing EL assets during remote instruction, and others. https://blogs.edweek.org//Chapter%2022%20-%20Distance%20Le See more

The time to enroll is now! Come down to BOE and visit our friends in Admissions & Enrollment during the Enrollment Fair for the rest of the week. They've taken over the board room and can safely enroll students for the school year. You may be helped by recent Lincoln College Preparatory Academy graduate Grace Knight who is working with our department this summer as an AmeriCorps VISTA member! If anyone is prepared for a transition to online learning, it's our tech savvy highschool grads. Literacy KC VISTA Program

Love seeing creative ways of encouraging our community to wear a mask/ usa mascarilla! Have those of you in classrooms already or working in early childhood education found a fun way to teach students some of these safety precautions? Credit on these graphics goes to: Pictoline & an educator from Newcastle, Sonia Carpenter.