A student at Foreign Language Academy decorates her pumpkin at the 2012 Lights On Afterschool celebration.
LINC has partnered with Kansas City Public Schools since 1992. In a time when the district has been facing serious financial changes, LINC provides services that support children and families while allowing district staff to carry out their responsibilities of educating students.
Dr. Jennifer Collier is the district interim superintendent.
Shootings, crossfire, accidental deaths, lasting grief after the curious pull of a trigger. The P.O.S.S.E. anti-violence team went to LINC classrooms this spring to educate and recruit child leaders to be the ambassadors for a healthy summer, safe from the danger of gun violence.
CodeAlgo Academy comes to LINC and the Kansas City Public Schools to put King students on a path toward computer literacy, coding, game design and — it’s possible — future millions.
Earth Day opens a lot of opportunities for things LINC loves: Families, fun, science, future thinking and lots of learning.
And baby chicks.
Like many of their LINC workmates picking up pickleball paddles on this weekday morning, Alicia Byers and Sherry Shumate-Jones were taking their first swings at the game. But they had children on their minds — the students back at their Caring Communities sites who, like them, would soon be encouraged to play the court game in their LINC after-school programs.
“LINC wants our students using their mind in productive ways. This helps them improve in their school studies, too.”
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