Month: April 2016

Kindergarten enrollment set for April 21 in KCKPS

Enrollment time is here for kindergartners starting school in the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools in August.

On Thursday, April 21, all KCKPS elementary schools will be hosting Kindergarten Roundup sessions. Parents with children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, 2016, should take this opportunity to enroll them for the 2016-2017 school year.

Kindergarten Roundup is for both parents and children. Activities taking place during the sessions differ from school to school, but children will be given the opportunity to get acquainted with the kindergarten teacher(s), and learn about going to school, while parents complete the necessary paperwork. In many instances, translators will be provided.

Parents should bring the following information with them for kindergarten enrollment:
• Proof of Residence: A utility bill (gas, water, electric), rental agreement, or escrow agreement. (A phone bill is not a valid proof of residency.)
• A state issued birth certificate for each child enrolling in kindergarten or grade one — a birth certificate or other proof of age for all other students. (Wallet size birth certificates and hospital certificates are not accepted.)
• A Kansas certificate of immunization for each child.
• A physical exam/health assessment for each child nine years of age or younger. Those coming from another school in Kansas must present a copy of the physical health assessment when enrolling in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.
• A Social Security Card for each child, if available.

Times and locations of the enrollment for each school:

Banneker Elementary
2026 N. 4th St.
April 21
12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Contact: Dionandre Josenberger
627-4700

Bethel Elementary
7850 Yecker
April 21
10 a.m. to noon
or
1 to 3 p.m.
Contact: Michael Sechler
627-3000

Caruthers Elementary
1100 Waverly
April 21
9 a.m. to noon
or
1 to 4 p.m.
Contact: Molly Struzzo
627-4750

Claude Huyck Elementary
1530 N. 83rd St.
April 21
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact: Colleen Dudley
627-4650

Douglass Elementary
1310 N. 9th St.
April 21
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Contact: Leala Taylor
627-5100

Emerson Elementary
1429 S. 29th St.
April 21
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Contact: Brett Bernard
627-5900

Eugene Ware Elementary
4820 Oakland
April 21
9 a.m. or
1 p.m.
Contact: Collette Chaney
627-5950

Frances Willard Elementary
3400 Orville
April 21
1:30 p.m.
Contact: Sarah Pike
627-6100

Frank Rushton Elementary
2605 W. 43rd Ave.
April 21
2 p.m.
Contact: Mary Welsh
627-3050

Grant Elementary
1510 N. 4th St.
April 21
9 to 11 a.m.
or
12:45 – 2:45 p.m.

Hazel Grove Elementary
2401 N. 67th St.
April 21
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Contact: Dee Dee Hines
627-7000

John F. Kennedy Elementary
2600 N. 72nd St.
April 21
9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Contact: Canise Salinas
627-4950

John Fiske Elementary
625 S. Valley
April 21
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
or
4:15 to 5:15 p.m.
Contact: Josie Herrera
627-4850

Lindbergh Elementary
641 N. 57th St.
April 21
10 a.m. to noon
Contact: Iva Lee Colgan
627-5150

Mark Twain Elementary
2300 Minnesota Ave.
April 21
9 to 11 a.m.
or
1 to 3 p.m.
Contact: Sandra Egidy
627-5200

McKinley Elementary
611 North 14th St.
April 21
9 to 11 a.m. or
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Contact: Valerie Castillo
627-7350

M.E. Pearson Elementary
310 N. 11th St.
April 21
5 to 8 p.m.
Contact: Lori Cooper
627-3150

New Chelsea Elementary
2500 Wood
April 21
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.or
1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Contact: Dominic Flora
627-5000

Noble Prentis Elementary
2337 S. 14th St.
April 21
1 p.m. sharp or
4 p.m. sharp
Contact: James Poplau
627-5250

Parker Elementary
3334 Haskell
April 21
10 a.m. to noon
or
1 to 3 p.m.
Contact: Ruth Capell
627-4200

Quindaro Elementary
2800 Farrow
April 21
9 a.m. to noon
1 to 3 p.m.
Contact: Stacey Chatmon
627-4400

Silver City Elementary
2515 Lawrence Ave.
April 21
10 – 11 a.m. and
6 – 7 p.m.
Contact: Deanne Letourneau
627-4550

Stony Point North Elementary
8200 Elizabeth
April 21
9:30 a.m.
Contact: Jane Martin
627-4500

Stony Point South Elementary
150 S. 78th St.
April 21
5 to 7 p.m.
Contact: Susan Hendricks
627-4600

T.A. Edison Elementary
1000 Locust St.
April 21
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact: Cindy Cop
627-4900

Welborn Elementary
5200 Leavenworth Road
April 21
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Contact: Jennifer Malone
627-4450

White Church Elementary
2226 N. 85th St.
April 21
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact: Bruce Haber
627-4250

Whittier Elementary
295 S. 10th St.
April 21
10 a.m., 2 p.m. or 5 p.m.
Contact: Geri Cunningham
627-6400

W.A. White Elementary
2600 N. 43rd Terrace
April 21
9 to 11 a.m.
1 to 3 p.m.
Contact: Angela Wright
627-6250

– Information from Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools

Today’s forecast: Sunny and a high of 71

Today’s forecast is perfect spring weather: Sunny with a high near 71, according to the National Weather Service.

There will be a south wind of 5 to 8 mph today.

Tonight, expect a low of 45 with a south southeast wind of 5 to 7 mph, according to the weather service.

Thursday, the high will be near 72 with sunny skies, the weather service said. Thursday night’s low will be around 72.

Friday, there will be a high near 73 with mostly sunny skies, according to the weather service. A south southeast wind will be from 8 to 13 mph. Friday night, expect a low of 54.

Saturday’s high will be near 71 with partly sunny skies, the weather service said. Saturday night, the low will be around 54.

Sunday, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorm, the weather service said. Thee high will be near 71.

Sunday night, the chance of rain is 40 percent, and the low will be around 46, according to the weather service.

Monday, there is a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high near 69, the weather service said.

Lady Blue Devils rap out 36 hits in sweep at Haskell

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College regained its hitting touch Monday, pounding out 36 hits in a sweep at Haskell Indian Nation University.

The Lady Blue Devils had 17 hits in a 9-3 opening win and followed up with 19 more in an 11-3 nightcap win. The wins boosted KCKCC’s record to 19-12 heading into back-to-back home games against Allen County today and Maple Woods at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Tiffany Killam led the way with seven hits in the two games including her 11th home run of the season. Morgan Oroke banged out five singles and a double while Kaylynn Stratton and Mekayla Foskett had four hits each in the doubleheader.

Brittany Gustin had a shutout through six innings of the 9-3 opener, striking out seven and walking `four before Haskell put together four hits for three runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Killam drove in four of KCKCC’s first six runs, staking the Blue Devils to a 1-0 lead in the first on a double and then belting a 3-run home run in a 4-run third following singles by Hannah Bishop, Stratton and LaTisha Thomas. The Blue Devils’ other runs came on a double by Foskett and single by Stratton in the second, a walk and singles by Oroke and Geena Harris in the sixth and two in the seventh on a triple by Stratton and singles by Bishop, Killam and Oroke. It was the third hit each for Oroke and Bishop.

Foskett, Killam and Oroke each had a double and two singles in the 11-3 nightcap. MeKayla Guerrero and Elizabeth Seimears added a double and single and Savannah Dungan two singles. Seimears also went the distance for the pitching win, scattering five hits, striking out two and walking none.

Leading only 5-3, the Blue Devils got an insurance run in sixth on a single by Killam and then put the game out of reach with five runs on seven hits in the seventh. Harris, Seimears, Sam Sudac, Stratton, Foskett, Killam and Oroke all had singles in the uprising.

The Blue Devils took a 2-0 lead in the first on just one hit, a leadoff single by Guerrero, and added two more runs in the second on Guerrero’s 2-run double following a pair of walks. KCKCC made it 5-0 in the third on singles by Oroke and Seimears before Haskell closed to 5-3 with three runs in the bottom of the fourth.