CALENDAR

October

1-31: National Bullying Prevention Month. 

1-31: National Farm to School Month.

Through Nov. 10: Testing window for PreACT 8/9.

20: Quarterly reporting for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds closes on CommonApp.

25: Kansas Vaping ECHO for Education program, Part 4.

26: 10 a.m.-noon, KIDS Virtual Office Hours. KSDE staff members will be available via Zoom to answer questions about Kansas Individual Data on Students (KIDS) reporting. There won’t be any formal presentations, just staff members available to assist with answering questions. The Zoom link is https://ksde.zoom.us/j/84488703246. The meeting ID is 844 8870 3246, and the passcode is 855312.

25-27: Great Ideas in Education Conference: Empowered Together, Hyatt Regency Wichita, 400 W. Waterman St., Wichita.

30: 5 p.m., deadline for submissions for U.S. Department of Education’s Your Place in Space Challenge.

November

1: 4 p.m., KSDE and the Kansas Association of Teachers of Science (KATS) monthly virtual professional learning community for educators in their first through third years of teaching science. Preservice teachers are also welcome to attend. Register here. For more information or questions, email Meg Richard, an education program manager for KSDE, at mrichard@ksde.org.

1: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., IPS Technical Assistance Opportunity, Greenbush, 1104 E. 1000 Road, Lawrence. Click here to register.

3: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., IPS Technical Assistance Opportunity, Greenbush, 947 W. 47 highway, Girard. Click here to register. 

8: Kansas Vaping ECHO for Education program, Part 5.

14-15: Kansas State Board of Education meeting. View the live stream at https://www.ksde.org/Board/Kansas-State-Board-of-Education/Streaming-Media.