Super impressed with the #realworldlearning in NKC Schools. Leadership at Winnetonka High School High is creating community and economic mobility.

More #realworldlearning leadership in NKC Schools: got a preview of the Future Ready Lab at Northland Innovation Center which will start engaging 5th graders next month in #animatronics #3Dprinting #CNC

It’s the weekend before mentorship, and all through the schools, our students are prepping for 90+ career mentors with tools. Eager and excited, they’re ready to grow, as wisdom and guidance begin to flow! Excited to start this Monday! NKC Schools #MentorshipMondayMatters

We have some pretty amazing students from NKC Schools who are kicking off the year with KCPS - Real World Learning Student Voice Ambassadors! This group will work on a client connected project over the course of the school year to further advance the RWL initiative across the region!

SHOUT OUT to Oak Park High School teacher Kyle Smith for going the extra mile—literally! He stayed the whole time at Oak Park’s first cross country meet, cheering on the runners and making epic hype videos. Thanks for your support, Kyle, & for being an amazing #NKCChampion!

Mentorship, mentorship, how do NKC Schools love thee? Let us count the ways: encouragement, connections, and confidence to be. Our students were matched with mentors today, from a community that continues to💡 their way. Here’s to an awesome year ahead! #MentorshipMondayMatters

A great night Tonka Nation speaking to families at Parent University! Our CCR team talked WBL, ECA, NCC, NCAPS, CTEC, & CAC. All these acronyms lead to amazing off campus experiences, want to learn more? nkcschools.org/district/dept/…

Great things are happening with our standards based learning and proficiency scales Davidson Elementary even in the library! Students know the target and how to get there!

Awesome 2nd hosa meeting doing sutures!! #hosa #futurehealthcareprofessionals #healthcare Oak Park High School Chad M Valadez B Kent

So impressed with what I saw ⁦Northgate Gators_AP⁩ as they work to embed proficiency scales throughout the instructional process!

Student agency being developed Davidson Elementary through the use of proficiency scales! So impressed with what I observed!

Today was our 3rd Annual New Northmen Networking event! We have welcomed over 115 new students this year, & we were able to connect them with our amazing student leaders (& a sweet treat) to welcome them to the family! Thanks StuCo, Ambassadors, and Culture & Climate students!

Our NKC Schools Tonka Nation Student Ambassador are ready to welcome our guests from Real World Learning and Getting Smart for a tour of our College & Career Pathways!

"The community support, and seeing how much they wanted to give us opportunities was overwhelming!" Make sure to mark your calendars for Monday, 9/23 to join us for the '24-25 school year relaunch.

Day 3 of Real World Learning and Getting Smart Pathways to Real World Learning Conference kicked off with one of our phenomenal NKC Schools Staley High School Falcons sharing her experience within our College & Career Pathways and all the amazing opportunities she has had in high school!

ELA II starting off the sophomore multisubject project with a Socratic Seminar. Staley High School NKC Schools NKCS College & Career James Wheeler

Falcons, check out the colleges visiting Staley next week! Staley High School Staley News N2Sports Staley The NEST (SHS Student Section) Missouri State University of Central Missouri Saint Louis University Missouri S&T The University of Chicago

Shannon Shelton was a panelist at KCPS - Real World Learning & Getting Smart New Pathways to Learning Conference sharing about the amazing work she is leading with Work Based Learning within our College and Career Pathways! She & our team are always connecting our students with opportunities!

It was an awesome morning classactcoffee with some very friendly customers! Our students have been doing a fantastic job this week as we have officially relaunched! Come see us soon!

Some of our amazing leaders enjoying the beautiful campus of Wisconsin Badgers after an affirming and thought provoking PD session on standards based learning and grading!