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Elementary school lunch menus

Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 15
Chicken nuggets, dinner roll and jelly, tossed salad, grape tomatoes, tropical fruit and milk.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Super nachos, refried beans, green peas, mandarin oranges and milk.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Cheese breadsticks with marinara sauce, garden salad, corn, pear and milk.
Thursday, Sept. 18
Pulled pork sandwich, tater tots, baked beans, banana and milk.
Friday, Sept. 19
Hot dog on a bun, baby carrots, green beans, pineapple and milk.
Alternate entrees include chef’s salad, fruit chef’s salad or yogurt and muffin basket.

Turner Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 15
Beef or turkey sticks with gravy, bread sticks.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Crispy chicken on bun, fresh baked cookie.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Burrito, beef-bean-cheese-rice, and snack chips.
Thursday, Sept. 18
Chicken nuggets, sauce, bread sticks.
Friday, Sept. 19
Pizza, cheese and pepperoni, cookie.
Additional Turner entrees include yogurt-cheese-muffin basket or peanut butter and jelly basket. Fruit and veggie bar, and milk included with meals.

Piper Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 15
Hog dog on a bun; barbecued rib on bun, broccoli with dip, sweet potato fries, fresh grapes, banana orange mix; turkey chef salad, tomato slices, grapes, banana orange mix, blueberry fruit muffin.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Soft tacos; chili with cinnamon roll, chopped garden salad, bean bake, orange pineapple mix and banana; taco chef salad, bean bake, orange pineapple mix, banana and tortilla chips.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Chicken patty – grilled chicken; roast turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli carrot mix, honeydew, rosy applesauce, roll; chicken Caesar chef salad, baby carrots with dip, honeydew, rosy applesauce, roll and crackers.
Thursday, Sept. 18
Spaghetti with Italian bread; chicken nuggets with focaccia bread, green beans, garden salad, cherry tomatoes, strawberry banana mix, tropical fruit; Italian chef salad, peas, strawberry banana mix, tropical fruit and Italian bread.
Friday, Sept. 19
Pepperoni pizza; popcorn chicken wrap, garden veggies, corn, Caesar side salad, banana, pineapple; popcorn chicken salad, corn, banana, pineapple and fruit streusel muffin.

Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 15
Hot dog on a bun; barbecued rib on a bun, broccoli with dip, sweet potato fries, grapes, banana orange mix; turkey chef salad, tomato slices, grapes, banana orange mix, and blueberry fruit muffin.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Soft tacos; chili with cinnamon roll, chopped garden salad, bean bake, orange pineapple mix, banana; taco chef salad, bean bake, orange pineapple mix, banana and tortilla chips.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Chicken patty – grilled chicken; roast turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli carrot mix, honeydew, rosy applesauce, roll; chicken Caesar chef salad, baby carrots with dip, honeydew, rosy applesauce, roll and crackers.
Thursday, Sept. 18
Spaghetti with Italian bread; chicken nuggets with focaccia bread, green beans, garden salad, cherry tomatoes, strawberry banana mix, tropical fruit; Italian chef salad, peas, strawberry banana mix, tropical fruit and Italian bread.
Friday, Sept. 19
Pepperoni pizza; popcorn chicken wrap, garden veggies, corn, Caesar side salad, banana, pineapple; popcorn chicken salad, corn banana, pineapple, and fruit streusel muffin.

All menus from all districts subject to change.

Teachers’ dreams come true as Google funds all Kansas City projects on donor website

Turner Sixth-Grade Academy students in an after-school art club will have more art supplies thanks to a donation this week. (Photo courtesy of Donors Choose)

Last year, Alyssa Passmore purchased a lot of art supplies out of her own pocket for the Turner Sixth Grade Academy after-school art club.

She said she was completely surprised on Wednesday when she learned that Google had funded her request for $398 for art supplies for the Doodle Dogs Art Club on the DonorsChoose.org website.

Not only was her request funded, but also funded by Google was every request on that website from teachers in the Kansas City area.

Working with art projects after school helps her sixth-grade students spend time in a positive and productive way, she said in her request for funds.

“The kids are absolutely thrilled that they’re getting more supplies than we can fund,” she said.

Like a lot of teachers, Passmore sometimes uses her own funds to buy supplies for the students.

Last year, Passmore got some donations from Savers of supplies, and she asked her teacher friends if they could donate an extra gallon of paint for the students’ projects. The Donors Choice website also helped her fund a clay art project earlier this year.

While she does receive a budget for supplies and has a very supportive administration that has increased the funding for art supplies, these funds will allow her students to do some extra enriching projects, she said.

The Turner sixth-grade students will use this funding for making wire sculptures, finger crocheting, mobiles, and inspirational posters for the school, she said.

“Now with this funding I can do my dream projects with the kids,” Passmore said.

In one day, Google made the wishes of 23 teachers come true in Wyandotte County, funding classroom projects valued at more than $64,000, according to the staff of Donors Choose.

In the Kansas City metro area, the total was estimated to be almost $200,000 for 152 classroom projects. Google funded every teacher request in the Kansas City area that was on the DonorsChoose.org website. Only public schools are listed on this website.

Chris Pearsall of Donors Choose said that Google funded teachers’ projects in several cities recently, including San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Austin. After the news hits about projects being funded, they hear comments from other teachers that they’d wish they’d known about it and had put a request for funding on the website.

But the Google funding also tends to help everyone, as more visitors go to the website and fund the newer projects that are being listed there every day, he said.

Twenty of the Wyandotte County projects funded were from the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools, while one was from the Piper district and one from the Turner district.

The funding means more classroom laptop computers for students at Whittier Elementary School; iPads for some students at Kennedy Elementary School; as well as tablets and other supplies at other schools in the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools district.

In the Piper district, Google funded a $24,681 request for Race to 21st Century Learning to buy 50 Apple iPads that will create two mobile 21st Century labs.

A Piper Elementary School teacher stated, “This has been a dream of many Piper Elementary teachers for years. We currently have one to two iPads per classroom that is utilized for student use during the day. Like other schools, we see the world opening up for students due to the user friendly and interactive approach of learning with iPads. However, due to current state funding, it has been put on the back burner for many years. Google has opened the doors for our students to create, explore and learn by providing 50 iPads. This will allow us to create two mobile learning labs where students will use the technology to design apps, write code, and produce movies all based on 21st Century skills and our common core standards. They will be used to their fullest potential and Piper teachers could not be happier about this opportunity for our kids. Thank you, Google.“

Mobile computer labs will be purchased after a donation to the Piper Elementary School. (Photo courtesy of Donors Choose)

Elementary school lunch menus

Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 8
Ham and cheese sandwich, French fries, broccoli, diced pears and milk.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
Pepperoni pizza, tossed salad, grape tomatoes, orange wedges and milk.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
Taco burger on a bun, romaine lettuce and tomato slice, tortilla chips and salsa, refried beans, banana and milk.
Thursday, Sept. 11
Pasta with meat sauce, garden salad, grapes and milk.
Friday, Sept. 12
Chicken patty, mashed potatoes and gravy, biscuit, green beans, diced peaches and milk.
Alternate entrees include chef’s salad, fruit chef’s salad, and yogurt and muffin basket.

Turner Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 8
Cheese and pepperoni pizza, fresh baked cookie.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
Hot dog or corn dog, snack chip.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
Chicken drummie, bread stick.
Thursday, Sept. 11
Spaghetti with meatballs.
Friday, Sept. 12
Cheese bread, sauce.
All Turner lunches include a fruit and veggie bar, and milk. Additional daily lunch entrée choices include yogurt-cheese-muffin basket or peanut butter and jelly basket.

Piper Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 8
Cheeseburger; French dip, sweet potato fries, broccoli with dip, apple, mandarin oranges; turkey chef salad, peas, apple, mandarin oranges and blueberry fruit muffin.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
Barbecued chicken nachos; peanut butter and jelly with cheese stick, garden salad, Texas pintos, cantaloupe, applesauce; taco chef salad, Texas pintos, cantaloupe, applesauce and tortilla chips.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
Chicken patty – grilled chicken; roast turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, grapes, pineapple and roll; chicken Caesar chef salad, baby carrots with dip, grapes, pineapple, roll and crackers.
Thursday, Sept. 11
Chicken Alfredo with Italian bread; corn dog, carrot coins, spring mix salad, cheesy cauiliflower popcorn, banana, tropical fruit; Italian chef salad, carrot coins, banana, tropical fruit and Italian bread.
Friday, Sept. 12
Cheese pizza; mozzarella dunkers with marinara, Caesar side salad, baby carrots with dip, roasted corn, melon and peaches; popcorn chicken salad, roasted corn, melon, peaches and fruit streusel muffin.

Bonner Springs Public Schools
Monday, Sept. 8
Cheeseburger; three-cheese grilled cheese, sweet potato fries, broccoli with dip, apple, mandarin oranges; turkey chef salad, peas, apple, mandarin oranges and blueberry fruit muffin.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
Barbecue chicken nachos; chicken nuggets, garden salad, Texas pintos, cantaloupe, applesauce; taco chef salad, Texas pintos, cantaloupe, applesauce and tortilla chips.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
Chicken patty – grilled chicken; Swiss steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, grapes, pineapple, roll; chicken Caesar chef salad, baby carrots with dip, grapes, pineapple, roll and crackers.
Thursday, Sept. 11
Chicken Alfredo with Italian bread; meatball sub, carrot coins, spring mix salad, cheesy cauliflower popcorn, banana, tropical fruit; Italian chef salad, carrot coins, banana, tropical fruit and Italian bread.
Friday, Sept. 12
Cheese pizza; sun butter and jelly sandwich with yogurt, Caesar side salad, baby carrots with dip, roasted corn, melon, peaches; popcorn chicken salad, roasted corn, melon, peaches and fruit streusel muffin.

All menus from all districts are subject to change.