Category: Education

89 Wyandotte County students named to KU honor roll

Eighty-nine students from Wyandotte County earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2018 semester at the University of Kansas.

Honor roll criteria vary among the various colleges and schools at KU. Some honor the top 10 percent, while others establish a minimum grade-point average. Students must complete a minimum number of credit hours to be eligible.

The students are from KU’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses and the schools of Health Professions and Nursing in Kansas City, Kansas.


From Bonner Springs:
Mary Gomer, Bonner Springs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kayla Horn, Bonner Springs, School of Education
Sara Rehm, Bonner Springs, School of Pharmacy
Abigail Schif, Bonner Springs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Blair Slankard, Bonner Springs, School of Education
Chad Uhl, Bonner Springs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Emily Vitt, Bonner Springs, School of Pharmacy
Jensen Walcott, Bonner Springs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

From Kansas City, Kansas:
Rolando Alfaro, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Leslie Alva, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business
Julliana Alvarado, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Education
Robert Armstrong, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Education
Jacob Asherman, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Victoria Bogner, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Anissa Brantley, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cheyenne Brown, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Monica Cabrera, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Social Welfare
Daniel Carr, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business
Tristan Coker, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Nursing
Andres De Avila, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Health Professions
Kimberly Dyer, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Health Professions
Kristen Farnet, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Pharmacy
Alex Flores, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Nursing
Juliana Garcia, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Journalism
Elizabeth Gilbert, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Social Welfare
Hanah Glimpse, Kansas City, Kansas, School of the Arts
Jasmine Guerrero, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business
Christina Halfacre, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Nursing
Ashley Hang, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Andrew Harsh, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Pharmacy
Angel Hiatt, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cierra Hiatt, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Education
Armita Hosseinzadeh-Seisan, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
IfeLola Imokhome, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jarius Jones, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Josie Jones, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Music
Mija Jones, Kansas City, Kansas, School of the Arts
Lauren Klapper, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Michelle Kovac, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Health Professions
Sarah Larson, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Music
Rachel Lauritzen, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Education
Dominique LeBeau, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Nursing
Ryan Macan, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Adrian Martinez, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ilias Matrane, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Madison McCall, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Steven Mccord, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tara McCoy, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Pharmacy
Kimberly Merritt, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering
Natalie Moon, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business
Marissa Moreno, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering
Daniel Murga, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering
Emma Murrugarra, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Abigail Neal, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Isaac Nevarez, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Pharmacy
Tyler Nguyen, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jenni Nguyen, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cailin O’mara, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kaitlyn Pearson, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Nursing
Alicia Pena, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jessica Plake, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Social Welfare
Emily Razavi, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Nursing
Fabian Requenes, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hannah Reynolds, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sam Rice, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Joshua Rice, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Marcus Robinson, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nicholas Robinson, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Health Professions
Alex Rowe, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
John Russell, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering
Elizabeth Santillan, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gordon Sheldon, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business
Colby Spiess, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Laura Suarez, Kansas City, Kansas, School of the Arts
Josh Taff, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Social Welfare
Jerrod Taylor, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Michell Tinoco-Morales, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Katherine Vang, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Vanessa Velez, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Education
Benjamin Vinson, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering
Susan Vongphrachanh, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business
Christian Wagner, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jordan Wagner, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Education
Logan Wilson, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering
Kelsey Wolf, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Adora Yang, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Business and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Austin Yoder, Kansas City, Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dheni Zarate, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Journalism
Daniel Zolotor, Kansas City, Kansas, School of Engineering

KCK student initiated into honor society

Paola Prada of Kansas City, Kansas, was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Prada is among about 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires a nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees also may qualify.

Superintendent finalist meets public

Dr. Charles Foust, a finalist for Kansas City, Kansas, Public School superintendent, spoke with the public at a meet-and-greet session on Thursday evening at the Central Office, 2010 N. 59th, Kansas City, Kansas. (Staff photo)

A finalist for the superintendent position in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, Dr. Charles Foust, met the public at a meet-and-greet session Thursday evening at the district’s Central Office, 2010 N. 59th St.

He said he has worked to improve reading levels and graduation rates in other districts.

“I believe it doesn’t matter where you come from,” Dr. Foust said, “no one gets to determine your future except you.”

He is the chief school performance officer from Union County Public Schools, Monroe, North Carolina. Prior to that, he was a school support officer for Houston Independent School District, supervising and mentoring principals and managing programs increased the number of graduates while improving reading and math scores.

He also has served as a principal, assistant principal and curriculum facilitator, besides classroom teaching experience.

Dr. Foust said he had analyzed data from the school district and has watched the school board meetings that are posted online.

Other districts are improving their student graduation rates and literacy rates, and he asked why couldn’t the KCKPS also do that? He said he had success in improving these rates in school districts where he had worked. He offered several ideas on how to do this.

“We have to do a better job of building relationships with our kids to make sure they can graduate,” he said.

Dr. Foust said he did his doctoral work on what the KCK district calls Diploma+. He said the program is great, but it would be better if they could add two years to it, allowing high school graduates to go into college as juniors.

Dr. Foust felt certain that he could have a good relationship with the school board. He said the staff should update the board in advance, in committee meetings, so that they have an opportunity to understand the issues before they come to the board meeting level.

On the question of school finance, Dr. Foust said he would encourage everyone to vote. He said he would bring legislators to the schools so they could see the classrooms, and he would convince them to support adequate school finance. In his current school district, the schools receive more than $7,000 a year per student as compared to Kansas’ $4,400, he said.

“I’ll fight for the kids,” he said.

David Smith, of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, said that the school board is expected to make its decision on a new superintendent within several days to a week.

While Dr. Foust received applause after his remarks on Thursday, Dr. Jayson Strickland, the other superintendent finalist, received more applause, with a standing ovation on Wednesday at his meet-and-greet session.

More information about the finalists is at www.kckps.org/index.php/news-releases/982-meet-the-finalists-for-kckps-superintendent-position.

To see an earlier story, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/superintendent-finalist-meets-public/.

A crowd listened to Dr. Charles Foust, a finalist for Kansas City, Kansas, Public School superintendent, on Thursday evening at the Central Office. (Staff photo)