- Shawnee teacher offers digital twist on storytime
- August 1, 2017
- Just thinking about her former students makes Carol Valdez a little misty eyed.
- De Soto announces full-day free kindergarten for all classes
- August 1, 2017
- The De Soto School District is introducing tuition-free full day kindergarten for all students in that grade, starting in the upcoming 2017-2018 school year.
- School board candidates sound off
- From safety pins to special education, Shawnee Mission at-large seat contenders debate issues
- July 12, 2017
- Five Johnson County residents are vying for the open Shawnee Mission Board of Education at-large seat in the primary election this summer.
- JCCC receives grant to support adult and family literacy
- June 21, 2017
- The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently announced that Johnson County Community College has been awarded a total of $19,300 in grants to support adult and family literacy.
- Elementary school boundary changes approved
- New plan for Shawnee Mission schools goes into effect next year
- June 7, 2017
- Hundreds of Shawnee area elementary school students will be affected by significant boundary changes, which go into effect for the 2018-2019 school year.
- Thinking outside the ‘cube’
- May 31, 2017
- Before school let out last week, a group of elementary school students explored science in a unique way: by hanging out in a retrofitted shipping container.
- Shawnee Mission releases revised boundary change proposal for area elementary schools
- School board to vote on changes at special meeting Thursday
- May 31, 2017
- After significant revisions were made to the proposal last week, the Shawnee Mission School Board will vote on a number of boundary changes during a special meeting on Thursday afternoon.
- Symposium takes on issues regarding dementia care
- May 29, 2017
- Johnson County Community College and the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center will host a symposium on caring for someone with dementia on June 16.
- Students enjoy old-fashioned pastime with local marble enthusiast
- May 17, 2017
- These days it’s rare to find a kid who enjoys playing a game which doesn’t involve a screen. At Broken Arrow Elementary School, there are around a dozen kids who prefer to play the old-fashioned way.
- Walking across Sunflower State: Giant map of Kansas educates students at Hope Lutheran
- May 10, 2017
- Map analysts brought the The National Geographic Giant Traveling Map of Kansas to Hope Lutheran School last week.
- De Soto Rocket Club blasts off to national championship
- May 10, 2017
- A group of high school students from Shawnee and De Soto are launching into the world’s largest rocket competition this week.
- Shawnee Mission school board names Southwick interim superintendent
- May 3, 2017
- At a special meeting last week, school board members unanimously voted to name Kenny Southwick as the interim superintendent of the district, effective July 1.
- Robotics team heads to world championship
- Mill Valley, De Soto high school students set to compete this week
- April 25, 2017
- Mill Valley, De Soto high school students set to compete this week
- Hope Lutheran to have KU organ recital
- April 20, 2017
- Students from the Division of Organ and Church Music at the University of Kansas will present an organ recital.
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Point of View
What’s your favorite place in Shawnee, and why?
“The magic bike path (75th and Pflumm) winds lazily through water and trees. I feel like I’m in fairy tale land!”
