Category: Education

KCKCC Foundation announces spring 2019 scholarship recipients

by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC

The Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation has announced the recipients of its spring 2019 scholarships.

Spring 2019 KCKCC Foundation Scholarship recipients:

• Kevin Allen – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Sydney Anthony – Foundation Scholarship
• Marcus Baca – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Amber Bailey – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Antonia Becerra – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Lamika Bett – Foundation Scholarship
• Lester Biggs – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Lauren Brownlow – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Kaitlin Burgess – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Marcos Cabral – J. Paul and Fern Watkins Jewell Scholarship
• Perla Canul – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Sapphire Deed – Foundation Scholarship
• Caylyne Doyle – Dr. Karin Ogden Roberts Nursing Scholarship
• Eddie Ellis – Foundation Scholarship
• Darren Evans – Foundation Scholarship
• Crystal Fernandez – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Victor Fernandez – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Amanda Fletcher – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Valentina Flores Molina – Etta Blanche Smith Dahlgren Scholarship
• Austen Fuller – Foundation Scholarship
• Josue Gallegos – Foundation Scholarship
• Stacey Garcia Flores – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Megan Gonzales – Foundation Scholarship
• Jose Gonzalez – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Charles Graham – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Erika Gudino – Frances Speer Memorial Scholarship
• Nisha Gurung – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Ethan Hacker – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Susan Hanses – Foundation Scholarship
• Amanda Harris – Foundation Scholarship
• Treyvyon Harrison – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Jai Haskell – Frank & Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Makenzie Hawkins – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Tayla Hawkins – Dr. Karin Ogden Roberts Nursing Scholarship
• Jourdan Henderson – Wyandotte County Association of Retired School Personnel Scholarship
• Kang Her – Etta Blanche Smith Dahlgren Scholarship
• Zing Hlei – Asian American Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
• Lal Hmachhuani – Foundation Scholarship
• Jennifer Howard – Foundation Scholarship
• Cing Huai – Wyandotte High School Class of ’55 Scholarship
• Anna Jackson – Foundation Scholarship
• Mikhlyn Johnson – J. Paul and Fern Watkins Jewell Scholarship
• Chad Jones – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Emily Langston – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Elizabeth Lee – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Rishae Lewis – Foundation Scholarship
• Van Lian – Foundation Scholarship
• Jorge Lopez – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Shannon Lusebrink – Dr. Lelia H. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
• Adan Machado Bejarano – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Angelica Maese-Solano – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Lily Malsawmsang – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Steffan McBee – Foundation Scholarship
• Deven McFadden – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Kaitlyn Megee – Ed and Ione Trapp Pre-Veterinary Scholarship
• Miguel Merida Castro – Clarence L. Turpin Trust Scholarship
• Yehashua Millay – Foundation Scholarship
• Amber Minchew – Foundation Scholarship
• Ronnie Moore – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Drake Murphy – Etta Blanche Smith Dahlgren Scholarship
• Stephen Naing – Dr. Lelia H. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
• Jamie Navarro – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Alexis Neal – Ralph McMorris Memorial Scholarship
• Maryann Neeland – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Donnell Nunn – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Jacob Nutz – Dorothy E. Swanson Mortuary Science Scholarship
• Christopher Ocasio-Rivera – Foundation Scholarship
• Marcia Orona – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Alexcia Owens – Foundation Scholarship
• Clarisa Padilla – Foundation Scholarship
• Keren Par – J. Paul and Fern Watkins Jewell Scholarship
• Matthew Pate – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Dasiel Perez Suarez – Etta Blanche Smith Dahlgren Scholarship
• Cheyenne Porter – Foundation Scholarship
• Reid Pruitt – Foundation Scholarship
• Blanca Ramirez – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Andrea Richmond – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Charles Robinson – Foundation Scholarship
• Jared Saiz – Vern’s Agape Nursing Scholarship
• Temitope Salakoh – Foundation Scholarship
• Cesar Sanchez Davila – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Shawn Schiedel – R. A. Long Scholarship
• Fnu Shubham – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Angela Simon – Vern’s Agape Nursing Scholarship
• Lei’Onna Smith – Juanita Miller Memorial Scholarship
• Ruth Smith – Rita M. Ahart Nursing Scholarship
• Heather Snook – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Tha Sung – Wyandotte High School Class of ’55 Scholarship
• Anicet Takor – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Ram Thang – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Hni Tial – Foundation Scholarship
• Ni Tial – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Nicole Tolefree – Clarence L. Turpin Trust Scholarship
• Montaque Tucker – Foundation Scholarship
• Blessing Ugwuegbu – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Bernardo Valenzuela – Wyandotte High School Class of ’55 Scholarship
• Nadia Vallecillo – Foundation Scholarship
• Itzel Villarreal – J. Paul and Fern Watkins Jewell Scholarship
• Rione Walton – Wyandotte High School Class of ’55 Scholarship
• Corey Williams – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship
• Alyssa Williamson – Foundation Scholarship
• Terion Wright – Foundation Scholarship
• Sarad Yang – Foundation Scholarship
• Daniel Zacapa-Morales – Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship

The fall 2019 Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation Scholarship Criteria, TEC Scholarship Criteria and new online application forms are available online at www.kckcc.edu/foundation/scholarships. Beginning Dec.17, the application will be completed online, with documentation attached, and submitted directly to the KCKCC Foundation. One application will be used for all foundation scholarships. A confirmation email will be sent to the applicant after the successful submission and will include a copy of the completed application.

The application deadline for fall 2019 KCKCC Foundation Scholarships is March 1 and March 23 for KCKCC-TEC scholarships. Scholarships are competitive and funding is limited, so submit applications as soon as possible.

Those who do not apply cannot receive an award. For additional questions, contact Debbie Cowick, foundation scholarship coordinator, at 913-288-7369.

Students receive T-shirts honoring School of Excellence designation

Cathy Fithian, left, is principal of Christ the King Elementary School, which recently received the School of Excellence award from the Catholic Education Foundation (Photo by John Zawacki)

The Leavenworth Road Association and the Knights of Columbus recently presented T-shirts to students at Christ the King Elementary School in Kansas City, Kansas.

The T-shirts were presented to students before the Thursday, Nov. 14, Mass at Christ the King Church.

The T-shirts recognized the school, which recently received the 2018 Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann CEF School of Excellence Award from the Catholic Education Foundation.

The school also was honored at the Oct. 20 Gaudeamus event held by the Catholic Education Foundation. That event raised about $1.2 million in scholarships for low-income students in northeast Kansas who attend 22 Catholic schools, including the five schools in Wyandotte County, Bishop Ward High School, Christ the King Catholic School, Holy Name Catholic School, Our Lady of Unity Catholic School, Resurrection Catholic School and St. Patrick Catholic School.

Students at Christ the King Elementary School recently were given T-shirts, sponsored by the Leavenworth Road Association and Knights of Columbus, that recognized their school’s award. The shirts have the Leavenworth Road Association and Knights of Columbus names on the back. (Photo by Lou Braswell)

Some regulation-free Kansas schools want rules back

by Stephan Bisaha, Kansas News Service

Seven Kansas school districts freed from some state rules now say getting that special status isn’t worth the effort.

Those districts are part of the Kansas Department of Education’s “Coalition of Innovative School Districts” program that started in 2013. Districts that join have the freedom to ignore state oversight on some of the ways they run their schools in exchange for pursuing novel approaches for improving student achievement.

The coalition uses the program to loosen teacher licensure and state assessment requirements. The relaxed rules for hiring teachers and instruction has come under criticism from some unions and education advocates who argue that the regulations are needed to maintain high standards.

“We think all of those kind of things are important and should never have been essentially done away with to begin with,” said Marcus Baltzell, the director of communications for the Kansas National Education Association.

Despite the extra freedom, the districts asked the Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday to release them from the program.

McPherson and Concordia needed to reapply this year to remain part of the coalition. But they felt that their concerns regarding regulations were already addressed by other programs and legislation that loosened guidelines for school districts across the state. Some of the new rules are based on experiments conducted by the coalition.

“The state has caught up,” said Quentin Breese, the superintendent for Concordia Public Schools. “The state board has been very progressive in that process.”

With McPherson and Concordia leaving, the other five districts decided to do the same instead of letting the coalition “die a slow death,” as some superintendents described the situation.

“We, as a unified group, felt the best course of action was just to ask for release,” said Bill Mullins, superintendent at Marysville Public Schools.

The districts said they will continue to collaborate with each other, but as an informal network instead of as a group that must report its progress to the Kansas Legislature. The superintendents also expressed confidence that the state is better positioned to deal with future restriction issues that may arise.

“We fully believe that teacher barriers that may come about, they will address,” said Adrian Howie, superintendent of Hugoton Public Schools. “They don’t need us challenging that part of it.”

Stephan Bisaha is an education reporter for KMUW and the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KMUW, Kansas Public Radio, KCUR and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. Follow him on Twitter @SteveBisaha. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to the original post. To contact KMUW News or to send in a news tip, reach us at news@kmuw.org.
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