April is School Library Month:--have you thanked a librarian today?
USD 446 will observe Spring Break March 14-21. School will resume Monday, March 24. The return from Spring Break will also kick off state assessments in all buildings.
Parents as Partners in Education REMINDERS
SPRING BREAK: No School for Bulldogs Friday, March 14 through Friday, March 21, 2025!
IRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITION OPEN--APPLY NOW!
Teacher PD: NO SCHOOL Friday, March 7, 2025.
USD 446 is blessed with some of the best!
NO SCHOOL Monday, Februrary 17, 2025--Teacher Professional Development.
Washington's Birthday was the first federal holiday to honor an individual's birth date. In 1885, Congress designated February 22 as a holiday for all federal workers. Nearly a century later, in 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Law changed the date to the third Monday in February.
USD 446 Bulldog Families: Due to predicted inclement weather, USD 446 Independence Public Schools is cancelling school Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Stay safe and warm!
School Counselor Appreciation Week is February 3-7, 2025. School counselors help students with academic difficulties, course planning, and career exploration. School Counselors help students address social-emotional challenges, such as anxiety, grief, and bullying. School Counselors help students understand their needs and develop self-advocacy skills so they can solve problems and feel empowered. School Counselors work to ensure that all students have access to the opportunities they need to succeed. Please join us in thanking a school counselor this week!
Youth Run Club 2025 Details!!! To sign up, scan the QR code or click here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vsr7cboPFZ7nCXsDtpZk_PTYN5RURn3cG74EavWjQk8/viewform?edit_requested=true
Program includes musical numbers by various groups, speakers, and the Spirit of Unity award.
Guests are invited to bring non-perishable food items to replenish the local Community Access Center food pantry. A free-will offering with proceeds funding the MLK scholarship is collected during the event. Checks can be made to Independence Chamber of Commerce with MLK Scholarship in the memo. Hope to see you there!
No School for USD 446 on January 20, 2025 in observance of MLK.
The month of January is School Board Appreciation Month. We'd like to take this time to thank our USD 446 board members. You do important work! To learn more about the individuals serving in this capacity, go to https://www.indyschools.com/page/usd-446-board-of-education.
Attention Bulldogs: School resumes Tuesday, January 7, 2025!
Happy Thanksgiving, Bulldogs!
Imagination Library Board Celebrates National Book Month in October
Imagination Library Board Members volunteered to read to students at Independence Early Learning Center to help celebrate National Book Month, which is in October. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project was initially launched nationally by Parton in 1995 as an early childhood reading initiative for children, birth to age 5. Its initiative provides focused, high quality, age-appropriate books for children. Authors are screened and selected annually to provide the most current and relevant reading material.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has had an active chapter in Independence for more than 20 years. Local children enrolled in the Imagination Library are mailed an age-appropriate book — totally free — directly to his or her address each month. In August 2024, more than 450 books were delivered to USD 446 children, both in English and Spanish, and at no cost to the family, regardless of income level.
Until 2022, the costs of the books and mailings were covered entirely by donations from local patrons, businesses and organizations, as well as small grants and contributions from the Independence Community Chest. In 2023, the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund received approval from the Kansas legislature to establish an Imagination Library of KS 501(c)(3), which currently provides for a 50% match for those costs associated with operating this program. A concerted effort to sustain this funding has been supported by the Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly, culminating in the passage of SB 195 on March 15, 2024.
Local families may sign their children (birth to age 5) up for Imagination Library by completing a registration form at https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/affiliate/KSINDEPENDENCE/?chkAvalAddressData=eyJjYWxsYmFjayI6dHJ1ZSwiYWRkcmVzcyI6eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiVVMiLCJ6aXAiOiI2NzMwMSIsInN0YXRlIjoiS1MiLCJjaXR5IjoiSW5kZXBlbmRlbmNlIiwiY291bnR5IjoiTW9udGdvbWVyeSIsInN0cmVldCI6IiJ9fQ%3D%3D
Patrons may also pick up an registration form at the USD 446 Board of Education Office, 517 N. 10th Street.
Bulldogs shine so bright!
Please join us in celebrating our 2024 retirees and years of service awardees.
It is said that "it takes a village to raise a child" and USD 446 has some of the best villagers!
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Please see flyer for summer food program details.
USD 446 wishes to take this time to thank our our district school nurse, Jennifer Denney, and all of our nursing support personnel! Our kids need you!
