Category: Communities

Saturday events

Church plans festival

St. John the Baptist Catholic parish, 708 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Croatian Festival at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Featured food will include sarma dinners, sausage sandwiches, hamburgers and hot dogs, with beverages. There will be games, music, dancing and booths. Music will be by Hrvatski Obicaj and Kolograd. Fundraiser proceeds will go toward repairs and operation of the parish.

Free movie tonight at Legends Outlets

The movie, “Trolls,” will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at The Legends Outlets, on the Legends Lawn. The family friendly movie will be outdoors. The movie will be shown weather-permitting. There is no charge to see the movie. The Legends Lawn is located near the smokestack on the west side of the shopping center. The Legends Outlets is near I-70 and I-435 in Kansas City, Kansas.

School starts today in some districts

School is starting in some districts in Wyandotte County.

It’s the first day of school in the Turner and Piper school districts.

The Turner school district has school today, Aug. 10, for students in first through seventh grades and ninth grade. On Thursday, grades seven to 12 will attend school all day. For more details on other grades, see https://www.turnerusd202.org/.

At the Piper school district, there is a half-day of school scheduled Wednesday for some students. The first full day of classes is Aug. 11. For more information on the grade level schedule, visit https://www.piperschools.com/.

In the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, the first day for kindergarten through fifth, sixth and ninth grades will be Monday, Aug. 15. The first day for all remaining students will be Tuesday, Aug. 16. The district is holding family advocacy days Aug. 10 to 12. For more information, see https://www.kckschools.org/.

In the Bonner Springs school district, classes begin Aug. 17. For more information, see https://www.usd204.net/.