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Award Winning Schools
2021 CHALLENGE AWARDS
The Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force named several KCKPS schools as recipients of the
2021 Challenge Awards. The awards recognize Kansas schools that make a notable difference in student
achievement despite facing significant challenges in their school population.
The Certificates of Merit were presented to seven KCKPS schools:
Arrowhead Middle School
Emerson Elementary School
Mark Twain Elementary School
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
Bertram Caruthers Elementary School
John Fiske Elementary School
Sumner Academy of Arts & Sciences
ESEA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL AWARD
Bertram Caruthers Elementary School was recognized by the National Association of ESEA State Program
Administrators (NAESPA) for exceptional student achievement in 2021. Caruthers was named a
Distinguished School by the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) for closing the achievement gap.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES AWARDS
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) awarded $2,447,671 to the KCKPS Successful
Beginnings Head Start program. These Head Start programs work daily to emphasize children’s cognitive,
social, emotional, and physical development.
2022 APPLY KANSAS ALL-STAR HIGH SCHOOLS
Washington High School and Sumner Academy were selected as 2022 APPLY Kansas All-Star High School.
KCKPS high schools sponsored a FAFSA Completion Event to encourage and support families in
completing the FAFSA and then held a College Signing Day event to celebrate all the different paths our
seniors chose to pursue after graduation.
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