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Greetings!
This is the August 13th edition of a weekly report that is being shared with the LINC Commission.
Our board is deeply interested in our work and wanted to have more information that can be shared with others about the great things LINC is doing and helping accomplish.
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Kansas City, Mo. School Board approves LINC contract
The Kansas City, Mo. School Board approved a new contract with LINC at its August 11th regular school board meeting. The contract is for the 2010-11 academic year. LINC will be present with a full-time site coordinator in almost every elementary school in the district. The core service will be an after-school program with the expectation to organize broader services and partnerships that are part of LINC's Caring Communities "community schools" approach. This is an expanded LINC presence in the district. This past school year, LINC provided an after-school program but not at all sites where LINC had a site coordinator. Additional frontline staff are being recruited and trained, and preparations are under way for schools' opening on Aug. 30. LINC will charge the same rates that it does in other districts for its after-school program: $25 registration fee, no charge if free lunch, $5 weekly fee if reduced and $15 for full pay. There is a $30 maximum charge per family regardless of the number of children attending. A list of KCMSD schools LINC will be serving is on the website at www.kclinc.org/kcmsd. |
Your move: LINC Chess summer camp "best ever"
Students from various LINC Before and After School programs came together for the annual Chess Summer Camp, Aug. 2-6, hosted at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. Campers were divided by skill level into two sessions, beginners in the morning and advanced players in the afternoon, but most students played for the whole day - eight straight hours of chess!  Students used computers, played in round-robin tournaments, and challenged fellow campers. Volunteer coaches were on hand to analyze games and suggest improvements. On the last day, two chess masters played simultaneously against all of the campers, which was exciting for both the students and the masters. Dale Lombard, director of the LINC Chess program, said this year's camp was the "best camp LINC has ever had." Pictures from the camp can be seen on the LINC Chess Facebook page. Also look for the video debut of LINC Chess student Maddy - at age eight she was the youngest advanced-level player at camp. The LINC Chess Academy, which teaches chess to parents and interested adults, starts on Sept. 8th at the Bluford Library. The LINC chess initiative now has its own Facebook page which as of Friday had 64 followers and lots of interest. |
Educare Accredited Childcare Tour
Childcare providers interested in pursuing accreditation learned about the requirements and process on an Aug. 6 accredited childcare sites tour sponsored by the Accreditation Initiative.
Local officials joined the tour to congratulate and thank the staffs at these quality childcare facilities. The host sites were Citicorp, Brookside Day School, Northland Educational Center, and Whatsoever Community Center.
The Accreditation Initiative is sponsored by the State of Missouri and supported by The Family Conservancy, MARC and LINC's Educare initiative.
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New LINC site in Hickman Mills
LINC is expanding its presence in the Hickman Mills School District to include Smith-Hale Middle School.
This is first time LINC has located a Caring Communities site coordinator in a Hickman Mills middle school. The addition means LINC will be serving nine schools in Hickman Mills - eight elementary school plus the middle school.
LINC will work to develop a quality afterschool program for Smith-Hale middle school students. The school has approximately 675 students.
Angie McConico is the principal. NicKia McMurtrey will be the LINC Caring Communities site coordinator.
The LINC expansion is possible through a state school improvement grant Hickman Mills received. The grant is federal education funding provided to states to improve student achievement at eligible schools.
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Urban Rangers team up with LINC
Six houses in the Town Fork Creek and SPENA neighborhoods have a fresh coat of paint thanks to efforts led by the LINC Southeast Caring Communities Neighborhood Resource Center (SECC), Urban Rangers and the City of Kansas City.
A canvass of the neighborhoods by Lloyd Cooper and Larry Lillis found citizens who would benefit from the city's paint program. Dona Stephenson of the SECC assisted with the completion of applications and worked with the City to ensure the applications were processed.
City staff provided inspections and vouchers quickly to ensure completion of the projects before the end of the nine-week Urban Rangers program.
To learn more about the Urban Rangers, visit www.urckc.org. A slideshow is available on the SECC's website at www.kclinc.org/southeast.
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No Commission meeting in August
The LINC Commission traditionally does not meet in August. No meeting is planned.
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School year starts this week
Students in the Hickman Mills and Grandview school districts are already back to work in their schools, which started Aug. 12.
Quick to follow are Center and North Kansas City (Aug. 16), Independence and Fort Osage (Aug. 18), and finally Kansas City, Mo. (Aug. 30).
LINC Caring Communities sites coordinators are working hard to make sure schools, programs, partnersand staff are in place when school opens.
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Four sites improved by Hands of Hope
On Aug. 7, four more LINC sites benefited from the Hands of Hope Program.
Volunteers worked at Faxon Montessori, Foreign Language Academy, Longfellow, and Troost. Improvements ranged from fresh coats of paint to new landscaping around buildings.
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LINC Site Coordinators start at new North Kansas City school sites
LINC is excited to forge ahead in the North Kansas City School District. Coordinators Kathy Monson (Crestview), Sheila Marshall (Topping), Jerome Williams (Davidson and West Englewood), and Adrian Wilson (Chouteau and Maplewood) are eager to meet new families and bring new communities together.
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LINC wraps up successful summer program at Wayne Miner
The LINC summer program at Wayne Miner - a public housing site in Kansas City, Mo. - served 85 youth over an eight-week period this summer.
The program included youth development, character education, arts and other efforts.
LINC staff and students produced their own multi-media project about the summer activities. The project was part of the Youth Mentoring prevention program sponsored by COMBAT and 12th Street Heritage that the students participated in on Mondays during the summer camp.
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Contact Information
Brent Schondelmeyer, Director of Communications
phone: (816) 410-8350
email: bschonde@kclinc.org
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