Schools & education

SMSD to hold community budget meetings
February 5, 2010
The Shawnee Mission School District has scheduled a series of community meeting regarding the district’s budget.
USD 512 Board of Education meeting agenda for Jan. 8
February 4, 2010
Shawnee Mission’s USD 512 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8 at McEachen Administrative Center, 7235 Antioch.
USD 232 Board of Education meeting agenda for Feb. 8
February 4, 2010
De Soto’s USD 232 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8 in the District’s Administrative Building, 35200 W. 91st Street, De Soto.
USD 232 announces kindergarten roundup schedule
February 3, 2010
De Soto’s USD 232 recently released a schedule for the 2010 kindergarten roundup
SMNW play connects past with present issues
By Ashlee Kieler
February 3, 2010
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School theater students hope to bring the relevancy of a 1911 New York City fire to the stage this week with the opening of “The Triangle Factory Fire Project”.
Students in club “Too Good for Drugs”
By Ashlee Kieler
February 3, 2010
A group of sixth-grade students at Bluejacket-Flint knows drugs are bad. The students also know the power of helping other people.
Student hit by car in front of SMNW
By Staff Report
February 2, 2010
A student was struck Tuesday morning trying to cross 67th Street to get to Shawnee Mission Northwest High School.
SMNW teacher selected for NASA project
February 1, 2010
Shawnee Mission Northwest science teacher Susan Hallstrom wants to make sure students are reaching for the stars.
SMN academic decathlon team finishes third in state
February 1, 2010
The Shawnee Mission North academic decathlon team took third place at state competition on Jan. 23 and 24.
SMNW Homecoming Queen a state finalist
January 29, 2010
Shawnee Mission Northwest senior Madison Parsons was selected as a finalist for Kansas’ 2010 Homecoming Queen Selection.
SMNW senior receives scholarship, trip to Washington D.C.
January 28, 2010
Shawnee Mission Northwest senior Nathaniel Zoschke’s love of journalism got him a ticket to Washington D.C.
MVHS students raise money for 2010 Polar Bear Plunge
January 27, 2010
January might not seem like the best time to jump into Shawnee Mission Lake, but that’s not stopping John Midiros and Mill Valley high school principal Joe Novak.
Mill Valley teacher’s sister ready to adopt 2 Haitians
By Caroline Boyer
January 27, 2010
Chris Dunback is happy to have his sister, along with her husband and foster children, back in the United States.
Destination: Haiti; Daisy troop’s efforts to help quake victims
By Ashlee Kieler
January 27, 2010
Six-year-old Olivia Schroeder has a big heart.
Mill Valley freshman back in school after receiving kidney
By Ashlee Kieler
January 27, 2010
Some students return to school from winter break with new clothes, books and gadgets, but Mill Valley High School freshman Betsy Wendorff returned last week with a brand new kidney.

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