Frontier News
June 2021
Teacher & Staff of the Year 2021
Each Spring semester, we recognize staff members as part of both our Teacher of the Year and Support Staff of the Year recognitions at Frontier Schools. This school year was met with various challenges amid a global pandemic. However, Frontier teachers and staff remained resilient and did their best to ensure students continued getting the best education possible. So, for the 2020-2021 school year, all 150 teachers at Frontier Schools were selected as Teachers of the Year and all 65 support staff were named Support Staff of the Year. To celebrate, Frontier Schools reserved the first two weeks in May as their Staff Appreciation Weeks. Teachers and staff received various gifts, desserts, lunches, breakfasts, and other fun surprises throughout those two weeks.
Addressing the faculty and staff, Superintendent Demircan remarked, “Thank you for supporting and fostering your students’ learning by providing continued lessons, activities, feedback, videos and more! Thank you for ensuring that your students’ social and emotional needs were met and doing all that you could to help them navigate through this change. Thank you for your patience with technology, your willingness to try new things, and your ability to reach students – even from a distance.”
Many of Frontiers closest benefactors wanted to join in this recognition. We especially want to thank our friends at The Sherman Family Foundation who approached the school with offers of very generous support in both bonuses and incentive packages for our faculty and staff.
Joe Allen, administrator for the Sherman Family Foundation comments, “The Sherman Family Foundation is very aware of the tremendous challenges faced by schools during the Covid pandemic. We have watched in awe as K-12 educators reinvented their profession to better serve their children. We wanted to find a way to help Frontier’s school leaders celebrate and honor the efforts and sacrifices made by their faculty and staff during this incredibly demanding time.”
We would like to thank our sponsors, Sherman Foundation, New Frontier Educational Foundation, University of Missouri Charter School Operations, Westbrook &Co, BNIM, WBM and Commerce Bank, for their contributions to our appreciation weeks.
Celebrating 5 & 10 Years of Service Recognition
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5 Years of Service
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FSHS Class of 2021 Graduation
Congratulations Class of 2021! We know you will accomplish extraordinary things. May all your dreams come true!
FSE Class of 2021 Graduation
Congratulations Class of 2021! We know you will accomplish extraordinary things. May all your dreams come true!
1st Athletic Scholarship for FSE!
Poet t.l. Sanders: The Stage is Yours!
Frontier Schools' Poet in Residence, Poet t.l. Sanders, recently won first place in the Artful Poetry Contest sponsored by the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts. As a result, Mr. Sanders will perform and record his winning poem on the Kauffman Center's stage, be featured on the Center's website and social media channels, have his work highlighted in a radio segment on Kansas City's KKFI Community Radio 90.1 FM program ARTSPEAK RADIO, and inclusion in summer print publications KC Voices and KC Voices Youth.
KCFD Visits FSI Elementary
FSI Elementary Pre-K Promotion
"You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so...get on your way!"
– Dr. Seuss
FSI Elementary Kindergarten Graduation
You've learned to read your favorite rhymes and count from one to ten, but now it's time to say goodbye to kindergarten. First grade, here you come! Congratulations!
FSE 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony
You've gotten through middle and now you're on the top. It's time to head to high school and show them all you've got! Congratulations!
FSI Field Day!
FSE Retirement Party: Mr. Joey, Mrs. Koppe, Mr. Harvey
In great appreciation for your years of dedication to education, and especially for the lives that you have impacted over the years.
May your new beginning be filled with happy memories of the years you spent contributing to the success of Frontier Schools! Congratulations and best wishes in retirement!
Curriculum Writing Professional Development: June 1-3
Virtual Home Visits
Teachers and school staff have virtually visited 874 students in 847 homes since the start of the 2020-21 school year.
Home visits, whether virtual or in-person, are paramount in bridging cultural gaps that might exist. These visits also provide opportunities for staff to understand their students better by visiting them in their home environments.
A SHOUT-OUT to our teachers & staff! Thank you for everything you do!
Please complete our 2020-21 Home Visit Survey.
Frontier Schools
Website: frontierschools.org
Location: 6800 Corporate Drive, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: (816) 241-6200
Facebook: facebook.com/frontierschools
Twitter: @frontierschools
Frontier School of Innovation Elementary (Pre K-3rd)
Email: fsi@frontierschools.org
Location: 6700 Corporate Drive, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: (816) 363-1907
Facebook: facebook.com/froontierschoolofinnovation
Frontier School of Innovation Middle (4th-8th)
Email: fsi@frontierschools.org
Location: 1575 Universal Avenue, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: (816) 241-6202
Facebook: facebook.com/frontierschoolofinnovation
Frontier STEM High School (9th-12th)
Email: infostem@frontierschools.org
Location: 6455 East Commerce Avenue, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: (816) 541-8200
Facebook: facebook.com/frontierstemhighschool
Frontier School of Excellence (6th-12)
Email: fse@frontierschools.org
Location: 5605 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: (816) 822-1331
Facebook: facebook.com/frontierschoolofexcellence