LINC staff worked with several partners and community members to reopen the vacated Mt.Washington and Seven Oaks schools to provide quality senior housing. The facilities now offer local Independence and Kansas City residents with modern one and two bedroom apartment options.
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Gladstone Caring Communities will host its second annual health fair entitled Bike Safety Rodeo Health and FInancial Fair Sat., October 4 at Gladstone Elementary in Kansas City Public Schools.
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Teachers, parents and community rally around the new early learning center.
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One hundred and fifty-eight people attended the latest Childcare Training hosted by Educare Sat., September 13 at Dobbs Elementary in Hickman Mills School District. Educare, a LINC initiative, is designed to connect caregivers to tools and resources that will further their early childhood education skills to become better parents, teachers, and professionals.
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Turn the Page KC and Mayor Sly James hosted a community conversation on August 25th aimed at advancing the “Talk, Read, Play with Your Child Every Day” campaign.
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LINC Site Coordinator Calvin Wainright, addresses the school community during the 2013-2014 Independence School District Convocation. Wainright, who was the 2013-2014 Independence School District Classified Employee of the Year, speaks to students, staff and teachers on how to make a difference this year.
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The Hickman Mills C-1 School District showed great progress last school year in their effort to become fully accredited.
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Registration is open for the next Independence Homebuyer Education Class Saturday, September 13. The two part classes will be held at the Community Services League on Noland Road.
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Leaders and community members from Kansas City met at the Kauffman Foundation on Tues., August 12 to talk about ways to help young men of color succeed.
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The recent expansion of the Jackson County Spelling Bee to Clay County opens the spelling bee to students in the eight school districts in Clay County. Participation in the Jackson-Clay Spelling Bee gives students the opportunity to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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The City of Sugar Creek celebrates the historic river boat landing with three days of family fun, a carnival, food, and historic games. Wayne City Landing was held for the first time this year.
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Fort Osage High School and CTC campuses hosted families, fire trucks, face-painters, and more as 1,000 residents attended Fort Family Fun Day Saturday, August 2.
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The soon to reopen Hale Cook Elementary school recently held an open house for parents, children and the community.
Hale Cook is in the Kansas City Public Schools and will be he newest LINC Caring Communities site in the school district.
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Federal and state agencies have designated part of Kansas City as having dangerously high levels of sulfur dioxide air pollution.
Several groups are organizing an Aug. 13th community meeting to discuss high levels of sulfur dioxide in the Kansas City area.
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Students needing immunizations and health screenings for the 2014-2015 school year are welcome to attend the Back to School Health & Wellness Fair, Saturday, August 9. The fair is sponsored by the Jackson County Health Department.
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A new video encourages area families to considering adopting children in foster care.
The video, produced by the Global Orphan Project, promotes the need for adoptive parents in Kansas City.
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Kansas City area families are currently enrolling or preparing their student for enrollment for the 2014-2015 school year. View enrollment information by district below, view the district's website for more information.
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Back-to-School Health Fair, sponsored by the City of Kansas City Health Department, HealthCareUSA, and more will provide free sports physicals, immunizations, well being checks and more.
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The 2014 KIDS COUNT in Missouri Data Book offers relevant analysis of childhood well-being and county rankings, as well as issue and policy analysis.
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Bryant Elementary in Independence School District received facility improvements from ninety volunteers who worked during Project Shine Saturday, July 12.
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