LINC has been a partner of the Hickman Mills School District since 1994, when Santa Fe Elementary School became one of the first LINC Caring Communities sites. In 2007 LINC greatly expanded its presence in the district when it began offering the Caring Communities Before & After School program at all eight elementary schools in the district.
Yaw Obeng is the district superintendent.
Families enrolled in the Ingels Elementary year-round program begining June 5, 2024, can now enroll their children in the Ingels LINC Before & After School program. Fill out the online pre-enrollment form to get started.
Las familias inscritas en el programa anual de la escuela primaria Ingels a partir del 5 de junio de 2024 ahora pueden inscribir a sus hijos en el programa antes y después de la escuela de Ingels LINC. Complete el formulario de preinscripción en línea para comenzar.
Pre-K programs are available in the Hickman Mills School District at Ervin Elementary and Freda Markley Early Childhood Center. Program cost is $55 per week. Child care subsidies are available for qualified individuals.
The Caring Communities Day celebration packs so much fun, LINC is doing it twice, this time heading to Kansas City’s Southland. The Fall Festival, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will bring free music, food, games, family resources and more to Longview Shopping Plaza at Blue Ridge Boulevard and Longview Road.
“LINC is wonderful, it’s a lifesaving program,” said Neeco Sims, a LINC parent and grandparent. “It gives me time to focus while my kids are productive. They can do their homework, have all kinds of activities, and learn things like coping skills, which help them when they get home.”
It was back-to-school week for the LINC Caring Communities sites, highlighting once more the wide array of services standing ready in LINC’s work of making stronger families together.
We dropped in at Hickman Mills Middle School where Jason Terry, NBA star and coach, led the four day Hickman Mills & Jason Terry Relentless Mental Health and Basketball Camp. LINC helped support the camp organized by Cyrus Rodgers’ Faces of the Future Foundation. Take a look at the camp’s hard work and the important mission.
Caring Communities shined as beautiful as ever. More than 2,000 people joined a community celebration at the third annual citywide fair at 27th and Prospect. It was a beautiful day of “caring, loving and respectful people, all coming together.” See the stories and reactions to the day that tell why we are filled with such joy and gratitude.
LINC students joined groups of youths from across the city who gathered together to share their experiences, learn from each other and to collaborate with youth and adult advocates who are working to end violence in Kansas City.
Check out some of the sights — and sounds — of LINC’s Summer 2024. The rapping with Healthy Hip Hop, honing basketball skills at NBA star Christian Braun’s Champ Camp, water play at Phillips Elementary and drumming with the Urban Bucket Brigade Bootcamp were some of the highlights of an adventurous season of recreation, adventure and learning.
LINC’s overnight adventure combines passion for sports with a serious mission to help young boys and men make strong decisions in life.
LINC’s Mighty Wild Eagles Drill Team and Drum Line got Independence’s Juneteenth celebration off to a raucous start at the Independence Uptown Market June 29, 2024.
Here comes summer. LINC’s Caring Communities are getting ready at 17 sites with our summer school partner districts. We’ll be learning, playing and growing together. Go to kclinc.org/summer to enroll.
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