Kansas State Department of Education Kansans Can Star Recognition Program

Award Winners: 2021 | 2022

2020 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AWARD

Gold Award icon
  GOLD

 

  • Ashland USD 220
  • Barnes USD 223
  • Beloit USD 273
  • Blue Valley USD 229
  • Burlingame USD 454
  • Caldwell USD 360
  • Canton-Galva USD 419
  • Cedar Vale USD 285
  • Chase County USD 284
  • Colby Public Schools USD 315
  • Comanche County USD 300
  • Conway Springs USD 356
  • Cunningham USD 332
  • De Soto USD 232
  • Dighton USD 482
  • Doniphan West Schools USD 111
  • Ellis USD 388
  • Ell-Saline USD 307
  • Erie-Galesburg USD 101
  • Eureka USD 389
  • Fowler USD 225
  • Frontenac USD 249
  • Garnett USD 365
  • Goessel USD 411
  • Golden Plains USD 316
  • Greeley County Schools USD 200
  • Hamilton USD 390
  • Hesston USD 460
  • Hillsboro USD 410
  • Hoxie Community Schools USD 412
  • Ingalls USD 477
  • Kansas City Catholic Diocese
  • Kansas School for the Deaf
  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243
  • Logan USD 326
  • Lyndon USD 421
  • Madison-Virgil USD 386
  • McLouth USD 342
  • Minneola USD 219
  • Ness City USD 303
  • Paradise USD 399
  • Phillipsburg USD 325
  • Pike Valley USD 426
  • Plainville USD 270
  • Rawlins County USD 105
  • Remington-Whitewater USD 206
  • Renwick USD 267
  • Rolla USD 217
  • Salina Catholic Diocese
  • Shawnee Heights USD 450
  • Silver Lake USD 372
  • Skyline Schools USD 438
  • Smith Center USD 237
  • Southeast Of Saline USD 306
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252
  • Spearville USD 381
  • St. John-Hudson USD 350
  • Stanton County USD 452
  • Sterling USD 376
  • Stockton USD 271
  • Triplains USD 275
  • Troy Public Schools USD 429
  • Udall USD 463
  • Vermillion USD 380
  • Victoria USD 432
  • Wakeeney USD 208
  • Wallace County Schools USD 241
  • Washington County Schools USD 108
  • Wellsville USD 289
  • West Elk USD 282
  • Western Plains USD 106
  • Wichita Catholic Diocese

 

Silver Award icon
  SILVER

 

  • Auburn-Washburn USD 437
  • Chase-Raymond USD 401
  • Cimarron-Ensign USD 102
  • Concordia USD 333
  • Easton USD 449
  • Gardner Edgerton USD 231
  • Hodgeman County USD 227
  • Labette County USD 506
  • Lansing USD 469
  • Maize USD 266
  • Marysville USD 364
  • Olathe USD 233
  • Osborne County USD 392
  • Pleasanton USD 344
  • Prairie Hills USD 113
  • Riley County USD 378
  • Riverton USD 404
  • Rock Creek USD 323
  • Satanta USD 507
  • Southern Coffey County USD 245
  • Sublette USD 374
  • Sylvan Grove USD 299
  • Valley Falls USD 338
  • Waconda USD 272

 

Bronze Award icon
  BRONZE

 

  • Augusta USD 402
  • Blue Valley USD 384
  • Bucklin USD 459
  • Buhler USD 313
  • Burlington USD 244
  • Chanute Public Schools USD 413
  • Cheney USD 268
  • Clay Center USD 379
  • Crest USD 479
  • Derby USD 260
  • Douglass USD 396
  • Ellsworth USD 327
  • Emporia USD 253
  • Fort Larned USD 495
  • Goddard USD 265
  • Hays USD 489
  • Independence USD 446
  • Kaw Valley USD 321
  • Lyons USD 405
  • Morris County USD 417
  • Nemaha Central USD 115
  • North Lyon County USD 251
  • Oakley USD 274
  • Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
  • Osawatomie USD 367
  • Oswego USD 504
  • Paola USD 368
  • Parsons USD 503
  • Pawnee Heights USD 496
  • Piper USD 203
  • Rock Hills USD 107
  • Russell County USD 407
  • Scott County USD 466
  • Shawnee Mission USD 512
  • South Barber USD 255
  • Thunder Ridge USD 110
  • Twin Valley USD 240
  • Valley Center USD 262
  • Wabaunsee USD 329
  • Weskan USD 242
  • Winfield USD 465

 

Copper Award icon
  COPPER

 

  • Altoona-Midway USD 387
  • Andover USD 385
  • Belle Plaine USD 357
  • Caney Valley USD 436
  • Central Heights USD 288
  • Cherokee USD 247
  • Cheylin USD 103
  • Deerfield USD 216
  • Fredonia USD 484
  • Great Bend USD 428
  • Halstead USD 440
  • Hoisington USD 431
  • Jefferson West USD 340
  • Kingman - Norwich USD 331
  • Lakin USD 215
  • Lincoln USD 298
  • Marion-Florence USD 408
  • Northeast USD 246
  • Sedgwick USD 439
  • Solomon USD 393
  • Wamego USD 320

 

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2020 ACADEMICALLY PREPARED FOR POSTSECONDARY AWARD

Gold Award icon
  SILVER

  • Wichita Catholic Diocese

 

Bronze Award icon  BRONZE

  • Andover USD 385
  • Blue Valley USD 229
  • De Soto USD 232
  • Kansas City Catholic Diocese
  • Pawnee Heights USD 496
  • Riley County USD 378
  • Rock Hills USD 107
  • Silver Lake USD 372
  • Sterling USD 376
  • Vermillion USD 380

 

Copper Award icon  COPPER

  • Abilene USD 435
  • Auburn-Washburn USD 437
  • Baldwin City USD 348
  • Barnes USD 223
  • Basehor-Linwood USD 458
  • Beloit USD 273
  • Blue Valley USD 384
  • Buhler USD 313
  • Burlingame USD 454
  • Burlington USD 244
  • Caney Valley USD 436
  • Central Heights USD 288
  • Central Plains USD 112
  • Chapman USD 473
  • Cheney USD 268
  • Cheylin USD 103
  • Circle USD 375
  • Clay Center USD 379
  • Clearwater USD 264
  • Conway Springs USD 356
  • Cunningham USD 332
  • Dexter USD 471
  • Douglass USD 396
  • Easton USD 449
  • Ellis USD 388
  • Ellsworth USD 327
  • Eudora USD 491
  • Eureka USD 389
  • Frontenac USD 249
  • Gardner Edgerton USD 231
  • Garnett USD 365
  • Girard USD 248
  • Goddard USD 265
  • Goessel USD 411
  • Goodland USD 352
  • Halstead USD 440
  • Hamilton USD 390
  • Hays USD 489
  • Hesston USD 460
  • Hiawatha USD 415
  • Hillsboro USD 410
  • Hodgeman County USD 227
  • Hoisington USD 431
  • Holton USD 336
  • Hoxie Community Schools
    USD 412
  • Independence USD 446
  • Inman USD 448
  • Jefferson County North USD 339
  • Jefferson West USD 340
  • Kiowa County USD 422
  • Labette County USD 506
  • La Crosse USD 395
  • Lansing USD 469
  • Lawrence USD 497
  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243
  • Leoti USD 467
  • Little River USD 444
  • Louisburg USD 416
  • Lyndon USD 421
  • Madison-Virgil USD 386
  • Maize USD 266
  • Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
  • Marion-Florence USD 408
  • Meade USD 226
  • Minneola USD 219
  • Montezuma USD 371
  • Morris County USD 417
  • Moundridge USD 423
  • Mulvane USD 263
  • Nemaha Central USD 115
  • North Jackson USD 335
  • North Lyon County USD 251
  • North Ottawa County USD 239
  • Oberlin USD 294
  • Olathe USD 233
  • Osage City USD 420
  • Osborne County USD 392
  • Oskaloosa USD 341
  • Oswego USD 504
  • Paola USD 368
  • Phillipsburg USD 325
  • Piper USD 203
  • Pittsburg USD 250
  • Prairie Hills USD 113
  • Pretty Prairie USD 311
  • Quinter USD 293
  • Rawlins County USD 105
  • Remington-Whitewater USD 206
  • Renwick USD 267
  • Republic County USD 109
  • Rock Creek USD 323
  • Royal Valley USD 337
  • Salina Catholic Diocese
  • Seaman USD 345
  • Sedgwick USD 439
  • Shawnee Heights USD 450
  • Shawnee Mission USD 512
  • Smith Center USD 237
  • Smoky Valley USD 400
  • South Barber USD 255
  • Southeast of Saline USD 306
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252
  • Spearville USD 381
  • Spring Hill USD 230
  • St. Francis Community Schools USD 297
  • Sylvan Grove USD 299
  • Thunder Ridge USD 110
  • Tonganoxie USD 464
  • Triplains USD 275
  • Valley Center USD 262
  • Valley Heights USD 498
  • Victoria USD 432
  • Wabaunsee USD 329
  • Waconda USD 272
  • Wakeeney USD 208
  • Wallace County Schools USD 241
  • Wamego USD 320
  • Wellsville USD 289
  • Weskan USD 242
  • West Elk USD 282
  • West Franklin USD 287

 

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2020 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AWARDS

Bronze Award icon  BRONZE

  • Atchison County Community Schools USD 377
  • Fredonia USD 484
  • North Lyon County USD 251
  • South Barber USD 255
  • Winfield USD 465

 

Copper star icon  COPPER

  • Derby USD 260
  • Halstead USD 440
  • Seaman USD 345
  • Valley Heights USD 498

 

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2020 INDIVIDUAL PLAN OF STUDY AWARD

Gold Award icon
  GOLD

  • Piper USD 203

 

Silver Award icon
  SILVER

  • Nemaha Central USD 115

 

Bronze Award icon
  BRONZE

  • De Soto USD 232

 

Copper Award icon  COPPER

  • Basehor-Linwood USD 458
  • Caldwell USD 360
  • Seaman USD 345
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252
  • Valley Falls USD 338
  • Wichita USD 259

 

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2020 KINDERGARTEN READINESS AWARDS


Bronze Award icon  BRONZE

  • Fairfield USD 310
  • Goddard USD 265
  • Perry-Lecompton USD 343

 

Copper Award icon  COPPER

  • Colby Public Schools USD 315
  • Hillsboro USD 410
  • Moundridge USD 423
  • North Jackson USD 335
  • Rock Creek USD 323
  • South Barber USD 255



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2020 POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS AWARDS

 Gold Award icon  GOLD

  • Blue Valley USD 229
  • Frontenac USD 249
  • Hesston USD 460
  • Kansas City Catholic Diocese
  • Nemaha Central USD 115
  • Salina Catholic Diocese
  • Wichita Catholic Diocese

 

Silver Award icon
  SILVER

  • Ashland USD 220
  • Barnes USD 223
  • Beloit USD 273
  • Buhler USD 313
  • Caldwell USD 360
  • Chase County USD 284
  • Cheney USD 268
  • Clifton-Clyde USD 224
  • Conway Springs USD 356
  • De Soto USD 232
  • Ellis USD 388
  • Ell-Saline USD 307
  • Hillsboro USD 410
  • Ingalls USD 477
  • Maize USD 266
  • Marion-Florence USD 408
  • Marysville USD 364
  • Olathe USD 233
  • Palco USD 269
  • Piper USD 203
  • Renwick USD 267
  • Rock Creek USD 323
  • Silver Lake USD 372
  • Smith Center USD 237
  • Southeast of Saline USD 306
  • Sterling USD 376
  • Valley Falls USD 338
  • Vermillion USD 380
  • Victoria USD 432
  • Wallace County Schools USD 241
  • Washington County Schools USD 108
  • Weskan USD 242
  • Wheatland USD 292

 

Bronze Award icon
  BRONZE

  • Andover USD 385
  • Atchison County Community Schools USD 377
  • Auburn-Washburn USD 437
  • Basehor-Linwood USD 458
  • Blue Valley USD 384
  • Burlington USD 244
  • Canton-Galva USD 419
  • Cheylin USD 103
  • Cimarron-Ensign USD 102
  • Clay Center USD 379
  • Colby Public Schools USD 315
  • Comanche County USD 300
  • Concordia USD 333
  • Cunningham USD 332
  • Dighton USD 482
  • Doniphan West Schools USD 111
  • Douglass USD 396
  • Ellinwood USD 355
  • Ellsworth USD 327
  • Fairfield USD 310
  • Fort Larned USD 495
  • Garnett USD 365
  • Girard USD 248
  • Goddard USD 265
  • Goessel USD 411
  • Graham County USD 281
  • Halstead USD 440
  • Hays USD 489
  • Hodgeman County USD 227
  • Hoisington USD 431
  • Holcomb USD 363
  • Holton USD 336
  • Hoxie Community Schools USD 412
  • Jefferson West USD 340
  • Kaw Valley USD 321
  • Labette County USD 506
  • La Crosse USD 395
  • Lakin USD 215
  • Lansing USD 469
  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243
  • Leoti USD 467
  • Lincoln USD 298
  • Logan USD 326
  • Lyndon USD 421
  • Madison-Virgil USD 386
  • McPherson USD 418
  • Minneola USD 219
  • Montezuma USD 371
  • Morris County USD 417
  • Ness City USD 303
  • North Lyon County USD 251
  • Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
  • Osborne County USD 392
  • Paola USD 368
  • Phillipsburg USD 325
  • Pike Valley USD 426
  • Plainville USD 270
  • Prairie Hills USD 113
  • Rawlins County USD 105
  • Remington-Whitewater USD 206
  • Republic County USD 109
  • Riley County USD 378
  • Rock Hills USD 107
  • Scott County USD 466
  • Shawnee Heights USD 450
  • Shawnee Mission USD 512
  • Skyline Schools USD 438
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252
  • Spearville USD 381
  • St. John-Hudson USD 350
  • Stanton County USD 452
  • Stockton USD 271
  • Sylvan Grove USD 299
  • Thunder Ridge USD 110
  • Tonganoxie USD 464
  • Triplains USD 275
  • Troy Public Schools USD 429
  • Twin Valley USD 240
  • Valley Center USD 262
  • Wabaunsee USD 329
  • Wakeeney USD 208
  • Wamego USD 320

 

Copper Award icon  COPPER

  • Abilene USD 435
  • Augusta USD 402
  • Belle Plaine USD 357
  • Central Plains USD 112
  • Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
  • Independence USD 446
  • McLouth USD 342
  • Newton USD 373
  • Oswego USD 504
  • Paradise USD 399
  • Sedgwick USD 439
  • Solomon USD 393
  • South Haven USD 509
  • Wellsville USD 289
  • Winfield USD 465

 

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2020 SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL GROWTH AWARDS

Silver Award icon  SILVER

  • De Soto USD 232
  • Fairfield USD 310
  • Olathe USD 233
  • Seaman USD 345

 

Bronze Award icon  BRONZE

  • Augusta USD 402
  • Barber County North USD 254
  • Basehor-Linwood USD 458
  • Coffeyville USD 445
  • Garden City USD 457
  • Piper USD 203
  • South Brown County USD 430
  • South Haven USD 509

 

Silver Award icon  COPPER

  • Derby USD 260
  • Humboldt USD 258
  • Independence USD 446
  • Jayhawk USD 346
  • Perry-Lecompton USD 343
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252
  • Valley Falls USD 338



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2020 COMMISSIONER'S AWARD

Commissioner's Award icon


    Commissioner’s Award

  • Andover USD 385
  • Atchison County Community Schools USD 377
  • Beloit USD 273
  • Chase County USD 284
  • Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
  • Coffeyville USD 445
  • Conway Springs USD 356
  • Crest USD 479
  • De Soto USD 232
  • Emporia USD 253
  • Erie-Galesburg USD 101
  • Garden City USD 457
  • Garnett USD 365
  • Girard USD 248
  • Golden Plains USD 316
  • Great Bend USD 428
  • Herington USD 487
  • Hillsboro USD 410
  • Holcomb USD 363
  • Ingalls USD 477
  • Kansas School for the Deaf
  • Labette County USD 506
  • Lakin USD 215
  • Larned Juvenile Correction
  • Lebo-Waverly USD 243
  • Leoti USD 467
  • Lincoln USD 298
  • Maize USD 266
  • Marysville USD 364
  • Montezuma USD 371
  • Nemaha Central USD 115
  • Ness City USD 303
  • Newton USD 373
  • North Lyon County USD 251
  • Northeast USD 246
  • Northern Valley USD 212
  • Oakley USD 274
  • Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
  • Pittsburg USD 250
  • Pleasanton USD 344
  • Renwick USD 267
  • Rock Hills USD 107
  • Salina Catholic Diocese
  • Shawnee Mission USD 512
  • South Brown County USD 430
  • Southern Coffey County USD 245
  • Southern Lyon County USD 252
  • St. John-Hudson USD 350
  • Sterling USD 376
  • Sylvan Grove USD 299
  • Twin Valley USD 240
  • Udall USD 463
  • Victoria USD 432
  • Wallace County Schools USD 241

 

Commissioner's Award icon   
  Commissioner’s Award with Honors

  • Altoona-Midway USD 387
  • Ashland USD 220
  • Barnes USD 223
  • Blue Valley USD 229
  • Caldwell USD 360
  • Cheylin USD 103
  • Clifton-Clyde USD 224
  • Concordia USD 333
  • Cunningham USD 332
  • Ellinwood USD 355
  • Fort Larned USD 495
  • Graham County USD 281
  • Hays USD 489
  • Hesston USD 460
  • Kansas City Catholic Diocese
  • La Crosse USD 395
  • Logan USD 326
  • Madison-Virgil USD 386
  • Marion-Florence USD 408
  • Osborne County USD 392
  • Palco USD 269
  • Pike Valley USD 426
  • Piper USD 203
  • Plainville USD 270
  • Rawlins County USD 105
  • Republic County USD 109
  • Smith Center USD 237
  • Stanton County USD 452
  • Stockton USD 271
  • Thunder Ridge USD 110
  • Triplains USD 275
  • Troy Public Schools USD 429
  • Valley Falls USD 338
  • Washington County Schools USD 108
  • Weskan USD 242
  • Western Plains USD 106
  • Wheatland USD 292
  • Hoisington USD 431
  • Kansas City USD 500

 

Commissioner's Award icon    
  Commissioner’s Award with Highest Distinction

  • Dighton USD 482
  • Fairfield USD 310
  • Frontenac USD 249
  • Wichita Catholic Diocese

 



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