Month: July 2022

KCK school district will give students supplies this year

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools district is supplying students with school supplies this year.

At the July 19 KCK school board meeting, Dr. Anna Stubblefield, superintendent, said schools will be purchasing and distributing school supplies to students at the beginning of the fall school term.

Backpacks will not be included in the supplies that are given out in the classroom. However, backpacks will be available while supplies last at the Back-to-School Fair.

Dr. Stubblefield said families may come to the Back-to-School Fair on Aug. 6 at Schlagle High School to get additional supplies, including backpacks.

According to a news release from the KCK Public Schools, the Back-to-School Fair Committee and KCK Public Schools have joined for the 23rd annual Wyandotte County Back-to-School Fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Schlagle High School, 2214 N. 59th St., and North Central campus.

At least 3,000 backpacks will be handed out at the Back-to-School Fair, along with supplies, hygiene kits and books.

Sports physicals will be available to students, along with recommended immunizations, COVID test kits and dental and vision health screenings at no cost.

The Enough Is Enough campaign will be present to offer information about conflict resolution for students, with games and music.

Students will be required to register at the Back-to-School Fair. Also, parents and guardians will be asked for proof of residency in Wyandotte County.

Families will have the opportunity to register and pre-enroll their children for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year, which begins Aug. 15 and 16, according to district officials.

Last year’s fair was drive-through only because of COVID-19 concerns, according to the district. This year’s event is in person. The Back-to-School Fair Committee is made up of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

For more information, visit the district’s website at www.kckps.org.

School lunch applications needed

Parents and guardians of students in the KCK school district will need to fill out an application this year for free and reduced student lunches, according to school district officials.

While these forms are required for the federal program, no student will be without lunch in the KCK schools, district officials said at a recent school board meeting.

Also, students without the necessary forms will not be given a smaller lunch, but they will receive the same lunch as all the other students, according to officials. District officials are making an effort to reach families to fill out the necessary forms.

Monarchs drop game three to Milkmen

by Kaitlyn Sanders, Monarchs

Franklin, Wisconsin — In one of the shortest games of the season, the Kansas City Monarchs (38-20) and the Milwaukee Milkmen (29-29) moseyed along to a 2-1 final score in two hours and 39 minutes.

Matt Hall held the Milkmen in the second and third innings, retiring the batters in 1,2,3 fashion with multiple Monarchs left stranded on base before the fourth inning.

After zero home runs in Tuesday night’s game, Will Kengor sent one to right field for the first run of the game, the Milkmen leading 1-0 going into the fifth.

In the sixth inning, three back-to-back singles from Corelle Prime, Kengor and Keon Barnum brought in Prime, extending the Milwaukee lead to 2-0.

Pete Kozma finally put the Monarchs on the board in the top of the seventh.

Matt Adams doubled to left field before David Thompson was hit by a pitch to reach first. A fielder’s choice from Kevin Santa got Thompson out at second while Adams reached third.

Kozma hit a single to center field and brought in Adams, cutting into the Milkmen lead, 2-1.

The last two innings were quiet ones as the Kansas City offense could not string together any offense.

Monarchs starting pitcher Hall went 6 innings pitched with six hits, two runs and eight strikeouts in a hard luck loss. A.J. Schugel notched the win going five innings and holding KC to no runs on four hits.

The Monarchs will play the last game of this four-game series with the Milwaukee Milkmen at 6:35 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at Franklin Field in Franklin, Wisconsin.

The game can be heard on the Monarchs Broadcast Network with the pre-game beginning at 6:05 p.m. and the video stream airing on aabaseball.tv.

Tickets to Monarchs games can be purchased by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting monarchsbaseball.com.