Subject: High School Education

• Weekend Jams 4/13-15

  April 13, 2007

• 9.2 Ounces of Pigskin Pleasure

  August 27, 2007

• YouTube and Drugs: Ur Doin' it Wrong

  March 27, 2008

• Royals vs. Cardinals Is No Rivalry

  June 17, 2008

• Royals vs. Cardinals Is No Rivalry

  June 17, 2008

• The Download Extra: New Mike Waxx MP3s

  September 5, 2008

• Service Stations

  Did you hear the news? Kansas City is a "hassle-free" town.

  July 13, 2000

• Mail

  May 4, 2000

• Kansas City Strip

  January 11, 2001

• Pool Resources

  July 5, 2001

• Best Public Pool Slide

  October 18, 2001

• Best High-School Theater Trend

  October 17, 2002

• Prom Queen

  February 26, 2004

• Kansas defends USA from Brits. Wins Pancake Race!

  While you were out partying on Fat Tuesday, the town of Liberal, Kansas, was busy preparing pancakes and training for its race against arch nemesis Olney, England. Think Frasier versus Ali, Rocky versus Apollo, Rocky versus Drago uh... Rocky versus anyone. Fortunately, this time the good guys won and Kansas whipped England's ass. We have Wichita State student Tasha Gallegos to thank for the win. She finished the 380 meter course in a blistering 57.5 seconds all the while holding a skillet with a

  February 26, 2009

• Overland Park wins student cooking competition

  Clearing out my press-release inbox for the week, I noticed I missed this important announcement from the National Restaurant Association. (The good NRA.) It has chosen the Overland Park Convention Center for its 2010 and 2011 national competition. The 2009 competition is in San Diego.The Association's ProStart invitational for high school students involves a culinary event in which they'll prepare a meal consisting of a starter, an entrée and dessert in 60 minutes. There is also a management c

  February 27, 2009

• Ryan Cabrera

  March 17, 2005

• Drinking games: Everything old is new again

  Flickr: Hotdirt21Call me and old fogie, but when I was in high school and of prime beer-game age, we didn't play a ton of Beirut. (I've never figured out why anyone called beer pong Beirut, but in high school you don't ask questions.) Now, apparently kids play so much of it that people are forced to make lists like a dozen popular drinking games not named beer pong. The list reads like a hazy walk down memory lane.My rebel friends and I didn't play because not a lot of people had ping-pong

  March 5, 2009

• Relient K

  February 9, 2006

• It's Soooo High School

  December 28, 2006

• Festival of Color

  April 16, 2009

• Bucks and Ballads

  April 10, 2008

• Nerd Love

  Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad.

  August 16, 2007

• Def Leppard and Journey

  Wednesday, September 6, at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

  August 31, 2006

• Twenty-Ounce Vision

  July 20, 2006

• The Penguin Factor:

  December 29, 2005

• The Dirty Dozen

  KC's renegade marching band kicks some brass at Grandview's prom.

  April 7, 2005

• Meaner Girls

  Want a view into the heart of high school darkness? Try Xanga.com.

  March 31, 2005

• Swimming With Sharky

  Grades behind in your studies? The Kansas City, Missouri, School District recommends a little Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul.

  March 3, 2005

• Big Deal

  A good idea grows up into a missed opportunity.

  April 22, 2004

• Back to School

  It's never too late for art.

  January 15, 2004

• Play School

  The Coterie puts young playwrights to the test.

  May 1, 2003

• Drums & Tuba

  September 26, at the Bottleneck and Tuesday, October 1, at Davey's Uptown.

  September 26, 2002

• Fun Versus Funds

  High-school football teams pad athletic budgets.

  August 29, 2002

• Big Head Todd

  Saturday, August 10, at the Beaumont Club.

  August 8, 2002

• Class Project

  Winnetonka High Schoolers envision life in Laramie.

  March 21, 2002

• Best High School Rivalry

  Rockhurst vs. Everybody Else

  October 18, 2001

• Kid Grids

  KC's media has rediscovered high school football.

  September 6, 2001

• In the Kan

  The Kan Film Festival puts strapping cuts — of film — on the big screen.

  May 31, 2001

• Go Go Gadjits

  Once teen ska-punk phenoms, the Gadjits now play raw grown-up rock.

  January 4, 2001

• School is in

  Southwest Charter school's approval of moving into the Southwest High School building highlights differing opinions over the role of charter schools in the district.

  June 1, 2000

• From 'squirt' to NFL prospect

  Northwest Missouri State University defensive star Alan Buckwalter has a shot at the NFL.

  April 27, 2000

• PODSTAR

  PODSTAR (NOISOME)

  February 17, 2000

• Swimming with sharks

  Being a young African-American competitive swimmer or diver is like swimming in shark-infested waters. But three members of Central high school's swim team do it every day.

  February 17, 2000

• KC's dropout rate: First, the good news

  Last June, the Kansas City, Missouri, School District had to report a dismal 42 percent dropout rate to Missouri's Department of Education. This year, District officials plan to report a dropout rate of 10 to 12 percent -- a huge improvement for the 2008-2009 school year.That's the good news. The bad news is, these numbers might not have anything to do with more kids staying in school. Students who transfer to other districts aren't considered dropouts, and previously, the district could merely

  April 29, 2009

• Another graduation season, another valediction to improving KCMO’s public education

  May 7, 2009

• More accolades for Broadmoor Bistro

  I've already touted the wonderful high school culinary program at Broadmoor Bistro (as did Star Magazine this weekend). The students there continue to win award after award. Sammy Jo Claussen beat out 33 competitors from across the nation to win "Best Teen Chef 2009" as sponsored by the International Culinary School at the Art Institutes International in Charlotte, NC. In addition, Kaitlyn McKissick of Olathe North High School's culinary program placed second at the Charlotte competition.The hig

  May 11, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Friday, 5/29

  College and high school students, here's an addendum to the Fat City post on interning at farms. This went up on KC Food Circle's blog yesterday: "Greater KC Area Students, if you are looking for summer work on a local organic or free-range farmstead or in an urban/community garden, post your work wanted ad by e-mail to HarvestHotline@KCFoodCircle.org."Four rules for healthier eating include stopping a habit I'd never heard of -- people gorging on unhealthy food while watching healthy meals prep

  May 29, 2009

• Lincoln Prep named one of Newsweek's top schools in the nation

  According to a Newsweek "Web Exclusive," the magazine has ranked Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, in the Kansas City, Missouri, School District, 128th out of 1,500 public high schools in the nation.  This is just the latest drop in a well-deserved shower of praise for Lincoln Prep. Six months ago U.S. News and World Report handed its Silver Medal ranking to the school for the second time in two years, according to Andre Riley, communications specialist for the district. Both rankings ar

  June 19, 2009

• This church will help you make a first down

  This isn't the first time this publication has praised Calvary Temple Baptist. Back when most churches refused to speak about HIV/AIDS victims, the church and its pastor Eric Williams were reaching out to the community to increase awareness. As this May 2008 feature, "A Change is Gonna Come," recounted, they've got a lot more help today. Now they're dealing with other health concerns in African-American community, and helping inner city football teams kick ass. Last October, the church open

  July 8, 2009

• Why don’t the chicas stay in school?

  October 22, 2009