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about Walk, Bike, and Roll – SMSD elementary students practice pedestrian and road safety
![A collage of photos from the Fall Breakfast showing the Hocker Grove choir, SM NW Choir, West drumline and hosts on stage. "Building Tomorrow Together"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1791208706/smsdorg/td1ze7bhoa1wxq7ygkao/FallBreakfastgraphic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1791208706/smsdorg/td1ze7bhoa1wxq7ygkao/FallBreakfastgraphic.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1791208706/smsdorg/td1ze7bhoa1wxq7ygkao/FallBreakfastgraphic.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1791208706/smsdorg/td1ze7bhoa1wxq7ygkao/FallBreakfastgraphic.jpg","width":834}])
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about Building Tomorrow Together Takes Center Stage at the Fall Breakfast
![Dr. Schumacher, Superintendent, with students for Read Across SMSD]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1789740479/smsdorg/d6pqz5gzg1omx3cin7yi/SeptemberReadAcrosspsd.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1789740479/smsdorg/d6pqz5gzg1omx3cin7yi/SeptemberReadAcrosspsd.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1789740479/smsdorg/d6pqz5gzg1omx3cin7yi/SeptemberReadAcrosspsd.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1789740479/smsdorg/d6pqz5gzg1omx3cin7yi/SeptemberReadAcrosspsd.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1789740479/smsdorg/d6pqz5gzg1omx3cin7yi/SeptemberReadAcrosspsd.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1789740479/smsdorg/d6pqz5gzg1omx3cin7yi/SeptemberReadAcrosspsd.jpg","width":2200}])
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about September Read Across SMSD: Stand Together
![Do You Speak Another Language? We Need You! Colorful speech bubbles say "Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Pashto"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1789497731/smsdorg/uuqzjjywsseme7lzcsok/translator800x500px.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1789497731/smsdorg/uuqzjjywsseme7lzcsok/translator800x500px.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1789497731/smsdorg/uuqzjjywsseme7lzcsok/translator800x500px.jpg","width":800}])
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about Seeking As-Needed Interpreters
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about Reminder: Community Input Meetings Cancelled
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about National Merit Program Honors Shawnee Mission Seniors
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about Horizon Nominees Announced and Two More Ways to Honor SMSD Educators
![collage of photos with students and staff participating in various activities]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1788878416/smsdorg/bgac1xt2g8lpgwoobuda/ForbesColumn.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1788878416/smsdorg/bgac1xt2g8lpgwoobuda/ForbesColumn.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1788878416/smsdorg/bgac1xt2g8lpgwoobuda/ForbesColumn.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1788878416/smsdorg/bgac1xt2g8lpgwoobuda/ForbesColumn.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1788878416/smsdorg/bgac1xt2g8lpgwoobuda/ForbesColumn.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1788878416/smsdorg/bgac1xt2g8lpgwoobuda/ForbesColumn.jpg","width":2200}])
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about Shawnee Mission School District Named Among Best Employers in Kansas
![Graphic for Portrait of Grad with students performing various activities]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1788364496/smsdorg/degym4gwqfet6vhh8zx9/POG_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1788364496/smsdorg/degym4gwqfet6vhh8zx9/POG_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1788364496/smsdorg/degym4gwqfet6vhh8zx9/POG_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1788364496/smsdorg/degym4gwqfet6vhh8zx9/POG_1.jpg","width":834}])
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about How the Nation's Only Student Chamber is Shaping Overland Park’s Economy
![A collage of students of all ages on the first days of school. Students in class, students walking with backpacks, students in a hallway, and cheerleaders. At the center, the district theme logo "Building Tomorrow Together."]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1787328523/smsdorg/s37si6na2u8xzuk07ohk/Super.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1787328523/smsdorg/s37si6na2u8xzuk07ohk/Super.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1787328523/smsdorg/s37si6na2u8xzuk07ohk/Super.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1787328523/smsdorg/s37si6na2u8xzuk07ohk/Super.jpg","width":834}])
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about Celebrating Student Academic Growth and Success!
![SMSD logo and the words "Superintendent's AI Work Group"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1787328333/smsdorg/vbwn0zgtxn7vdilesi8v/SuperAI.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1787328333/smsdorg/vbwn0zgtxn7vdilesi8v/SuperAI.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1787328333/smsdorg/vbwn0zgtxn7vdilesi8v/SuperAI.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1787328333/smsdorg/vbwn0zgtxn7vdilesi8v/SuperAI.jpg","width":834}])
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about Interest Form Open for SMSD AI Work Group
![A Strategic Plan logo and Shawnee Mission School District logo.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1787233146/smsdorg/oehcsytbvgpxsw2bn3ll/Untitleddesign8.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1787233146/smsdorg/oehcsytbvgpxsw2bn3ll/Untitleddesign8.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1787233146/smsdorg/oehcsytbvgpxsw2bn3ll/Untitleddesign8.jpg","width":800}])
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about Apply or Nominate Someone for a Strategic Plan Action Team
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about Building Tomorrow Together in 2026-2027
![SMSD Theme logo graphic saying Building Tomorrow Together]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1785951760/smsdorg/o2rqofr8bdsdum3yenpn/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1785951760/smsdorg/o2rqofr8bdsdum3yenpn/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1785951760/smsdorg/o2rqofr8bdsdum3yenpn/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1785951760/smsdorg/o2rqofr8bdsdum3yenpn/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1785951760/smsdorg/o2rqofr8bdsdum3yenpn/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1785951760/smsdorg/o2rqofr8bdsdum3yenpn/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":1667}])
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about Stay Up-to-Date on the SMSD
![Graphic stating Back To School Resources]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1785944875/smsdorg/ibpsspkp2azuuzd5kezs/SMSDBacktoschool.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1785944875/smsdorg/ibpsspkp2azuuzd5kezs/SMSDBacktoschool.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1785944875/smsdorg/ibpsspkp2azuuzd5kezs/SMSDBacktoschool.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1785944875/smsdorg/ibpsspkp2azuuzd5kezs/SMSDBacktoschool.webp","width":833}])
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about Getting Ready for the 2026-2027 School Year! Back-to-School Resources and New Cell Phone Policy
![An informational graphic with the Shawnee Mission School District logo and text that reads, "Online verification now open."]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1784836030/smsdorg/xq6pr1cwtap8ejho8xjk/OnlineVerification.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1784836030/smsdorg/xq6pr1cwtap8ejho8xjk/OnlineVerification.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1784836030/smsdorg/xq6pr1cwtap8ejho8xjk/OnlineVerification.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1784836030/smsdorg/xq6pr1cwtap8ejho8xjk/OnlineVerification.jpg","width":834}])
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about Action Required: 2026–2027 Back-to-School Forms
![Elementary students reading books and wearing hard hats at the Rabbit Hole]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1784297961/smsdorg/v0zxluclcl5cinmbnf8i/POG.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1784297961/smsdorg/v0zxluclcl5cinmbnf8i/POG.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1784297961/smsdorg/v0zxluclcl5cinmbnf8i/POG.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1784297961/smsdorg/v0zxluclcl5cinmbnf8i/POG.jpg","width":834}])
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about Beyond the Page: SMSD Students Turn Designers
![2026 Theme Logo saying Building Tomorrow Together]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1783004115/smsdorg/diju6np3y2b243e3pfnc/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1783004115/smsdorg/diju6np3y2b243e3pfnc/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1783004115/smsdorg/diju6np3y2b243e3pfnc/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1783004115/smsdorg/diju6np3y2b243e3pfnc/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1783004115/smsdorg/diju6np3y2b243e3pfnc/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1783004115/smsdorg/diju6np3y2b243e3pfnc/BTTGraphic.jpg","width":1667}])
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about We are One Shawnee Mission and We are Building Tomorrow Together
![Post-high School Shawnee Mission student graduates]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1783347932/smsdorg/hectttcvclbxgt9kogei/IMG_6499.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1783347932/smsdorg/hectttcvclbxgt9kogei/IMG_6499.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1783347932/smsdorg/hectttcvclbxgt9kogei/IMG_6499.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1783347932/smsdorg/hectttcvclbxgt9kogei/IMG_6499.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1783347932/smsdorg/hectttcvclbxgt9kogei/IMG_6499.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1783347932/smsdorg/hectttcvclbxgt9kogei/IMG_6499.jpg","width":2200}])
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about Reflecting on Graduation Season: Celebrating Students
![Student entrepreneurs in a classroom setting at Oak Park Mall]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1783345420/smsdorg/lnfizgh8gyqnhfvdaqvi/OakParkClassroom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1783345420/smsdorg/lnfizgh8gyqnhfvdaqvi/OakParkClassroom.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1783345420/smsdorg/lnfizgh8gyqnhfvdaqvi/OakParkClassroom.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1783345420/smsdorg/lnfizgh8gyqnhfvdaqvi/OakParkClassroom.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1783345420/smsdorg/lnfizgh8gyqnhfvdaqvi/OakParkClassroom.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1783345420/smsdorg/lnfizgh8gyqnhfvdaqvi/OakParkClassroom.jpg","width":2048}])
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about SMSD Student Chamber Connects Students to Local Entrepreneurs
![Early Childhood Center Groundbreaking with adults and students using shovels to dig into dirt in front of construction equipment.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1782851677/smsdorg/lfkovx5nxbku8fmtasic/ECGroundbreaking.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1782851677/smsdorg/lfkovx5nxbku8fmtasic/ECGroundbreaking.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1782851677/smsdorg/lfkovx5nxbku8fmtasic/ECGroundbreaking.jpg","width":800}])
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about SMSD Breaks Ground on New Early Childhood Education Center
![a graphic of a microphone with a graduation hat and the logo Shawnee MIssion Mic'd Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1781812970/smsdorg/zh77avtirr5tdktazhvm/PodcastLogo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1781812970/smsdorg/zh77avtirr5tdktazhvm/PodcastLogo.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1781812970/smsdorg/zh77avtirr5tdktazhvm/PodcastLogo.jpg","width":800}])
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about Time To Catch Up On Mic'd Up!
![2026-2027 Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Enrollment Now Open]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764597482/smsdorg/b8soy9af7ervtcsldsy7/PreKGraphic-2-03.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764597482/smsdorg/b8soy9af7ervtcsldsy7/PreKGraphic-2-03.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764597482/smsdorg/b8soy9af7ervtcsldsy7/PreKGraphic-2-03.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764597482/smsdorg/b8soy9af7ervtcsldsy7/PreKGraphic-2-03.jpg","width":834}])
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about Enroll Now: SMSD Pre-Kindergarten
![Joint Press Release-May 20, 2026]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1779302061/smsdorg/tvnsab8z82aqxoatz4xq/PressRelease.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1779302061/smsdorg/tvnsab8z82aqxoatz4xq/PressRelease.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1779302061/smsdorg/tvnsab8z82aqxoatz4xq/PressRelease.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1779302061/smsdorg/tvnsab8z82aqxoatz4xq/PressRelease.jpg","width":834}])
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about Joint Press Release-May 20, 2026
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about In-School Clinic Available to Students
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about Application Window Now Open
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about Celebrating American Education Week – Because Kids
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about Read Across SMSD November 2025: Cultivate Connection
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about Anti-Hunger Resources and Support
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about Inclement Weather Procedures 2025-2026
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about Park Ribbon Cutting is Real World Learning Achievement
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about Read Across SMSD- Build Resilience
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about Listen to the SMSD Podcast - New Episodes of Shawnee Mission Mic’d Up
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about Tomi Hitt - Arrowhead Teacher of the Year 2025
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about Picture Day Thursday, October 16, 2025
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about Recognizing Outstanding New Teachers in the SMSD
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about Shawnee Mission School District’s Portrait of a Graduate
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about There is Still Time to Enroll in Pre-K and Kindergarten in the SMSD!
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about Nominate an SMSD Educator for Kansas Teacher of the Year
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about Opening a New Tomahawk Elementary…Because Kids
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about Recent improvements to SMSD’s state-of-the-art facilities
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about Apply or Nominate Someone for Strategic Plan Action Teams
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about Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!
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about Back-to-School Clinic Appointments Available for Students
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about Complete Back-to-School Forms
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about We are One Shawnee Mission…Because Kids
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about Enroll for 2025-2026 Bus Service
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about Roesland Sixth Graders Host Genius Hour
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