SchoolSmartKC has announced initial awards from the COVID-19 Education Relief Fund. These awards total $1,546,477 and represent 37 organizations.
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Kansas City Public Schools
SchoolSmartKC is proud to partner and work closely with Kansas City Public Schools to support a number of District priorities as it seeks to provide and strong and effective educational experience for all students.
Académie Lafayette
Académie Lafayette is a French-immersion charter school empowering Kansas City kids to be academically excellent, globally responsible, and participate actively in the world community.
Lincoln Prep Academy
Beginning in 2017, SchoolSmartKC awarded almost $1.6 million over three years to cover early stage expansion costs as well as key staffing needs related to Lincoln’s expansion…
Communities In Schools
Communities in Schools takes community resources and places them inside public schools, making critical resources like food, housing, healthcare and counseling accessible for all students.
DeLaSalle Education Center
SchoolSmartKC has given DeLaSalle Education Center $229,448 over the past five years, allowing the Center to turn their vision of an alternative high school into reality.
Scuola Vita Nuova
Scuola Vita Nuova serves 414 students in grades K-8, almost all of which live within a 2 mile radius of the school located at Independence Ave. and Garfield, in the Northeast district of Kansas City.
KCPS Strategic Growth
SchoolSmartKC worked with the KCPS district administration to identify eight neighborhood schools who showed meaningful and regular academic progress and invited each to create a new strategic plan that could lift the achievement of their students to statewide levels.
The Intersection of Education and Health Equity
Awais Sufi, CEO, SchoolSmartKC, and Qiana Thomason, CEO, Health Forward Foundation, share in this 15 minute discussion on health equity, education, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Kansas City community. In this session, Awais and Qiana discussion how education and health equity intersect, and what the equity needs are in Kansas City.
Exceptional Student: Dacia Hindsman
My name is Dacia Hindsman. I was born in Kansas City, Missouri. I was selected as the Valedictorian of my class at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.