In order to ensure that PREP-KC's valued partners and supporters are up to date on the progress in Kansas City's urban school districts, the PREP-KC team distributes these regular email updates. View past issues of the PREP-KC E-News Update below and call (816) 931-PREP (7737) to sign-up for Updates directly.

Archived PREP-KC E-News Updates:

July 19, 2010: Student enrollment expands at Southwest Early College Campus. Launched in 2008, Southwest Early College Campus is an open-enrollment (no entrance exam) 7th-12th grade early college school with a current population of 500 students. The school was established through a special relationship between the Kansas City, Missouri School District and a circle of partners organized and supported by PREP-KC


June 25, 2010: Summer Learning for success. By 2018, the U.S. will need 22 million new workers with college degrees—and will fall short of that number by at least 3 million degrees—according to a 2010 study. With the demand for a college-educated workforce outstripping supply, PREP-KC is making strategic investments in Kansas City's urban school districts to maximize after-school and summer learning opportunities.



June 11, 2010: Thanks to all the KC business professionals making a difference for urban students.   During the 2009-2010 school year, PREP-KC, the KCMSD, KCKPS and the Grandview School District collaborated to bring together more than 245 Kansas City professionals, from 145 organizaions, to provide nearly 7,200 individual career exploration experiences for local high school students.



May 24, 2010: Congratulations to the first "Urban Teacher Leadership" graduates! With nearly 30% of urban teachers leaving the profession within their first five years, urban school districts need strategies to help retain talented and qualified teachers. Now, a unique partnership between PREP-KC, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools has led to an innovative strategy to help meet this challenge. Watch the video.



May 4, 2010: Urban high schoolers spend their Saturday competing for math honors. On Saturday, May 1, PREP-KC hosted students from 12 urban high schools as they competed individually and as teams for top math honors, prizes and scholarships. Nearly 300 students competed in various division, and an awards ceremony closed out the day of competition.



April 20, 2010: Who knew a math competition could be this exciting? This year, the KCKPS's Annual Math Relays not only inspired 1,400 students from the district, it also inspired teachers and administrators from five additional urban school districts as they lead Math Benchmarking in their own schools. Now, students from four of PREP-KC's partner districts are preparing to participate in the first annual PREP-KC Regiomal Math Relays competition on May 1, 2010.



Feb. 3, 2010: Kansas City, Missouri School District 10th-GradersPrepare for Health Sciences Careers. At a reception on January 26, the Health Science Acceleration Academy (HSAA) welcomed 30 KCMSD 10th graders and their families. The Academy is a partnership between PREP-KC, Penn Valley Community College and KCMSD, and is designed to prepare students for post-secondary education and careers in health sciences.


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