Summer Camps
Stories for Environmental Justice
July 13-17, 2020, M-F, 9am - 3pm, St. Teresa's Academy (51st Main)
Cost: $175
This camp connects students' passions, their experiences, and their stories to issues of environmental justice. Students will examine how factors such as wealth, power, identity, and geography impact environmental issues in our communities -- and they’ll combat injustices with their stories.
- Receive individual feedback on your writing
- Learn about environmental issues using Virtual Reality
- Make an impact on your community
School-Year Programs
Middle School Writing Conference
Student writers in grades 6-8 can build new friendships, explore new writing opportunities and read a piece at the Open Mic performance. Teachers can expect to take-away new classroom lesson and activity ideas. $150 to register a team of 1 teacher and 5 students; lunch included.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
UCM - Lee's Summit Campus
9am - 2pm
KC Kids Unite
An opportunity for teachers and a class of their students in grades 3-5 to have real conversations about the barriers, like race and geography, that divide us. Teachers implement three weeks of culturally and locally responsive instruction and students are paired with a buddy classroom. A final celebration at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art brings teachers and students together to create a story quilt.
KC Storytellers
An opportunity for high school students to share personal stories and break down divisive barriers, like race, which divide us.
