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7th graders are reading A Long Walk to Water, a story told by Salva Dut who is one of the Lost Boys from Sudan. Many 8th graders read this book last year and 6th graders will read it next year! However, across all 3 grade levels we are talking about the water crisis in South Sudan that had a major impact on Salva and his village. It continues to be a crisis today! Every year, many Olathe middle schools fundraise for this cause and are able to change the lives of many people in South Sudan by raising enough money to renovate or drill a well so that they can have access to clean drinking wat...

/ During the pandemic, many classes were taught synchronously, meaning students and teachers were logged in at the same time. Students who choose online learning at a Kansas virtual school next year will be expected to work more independently. The rules are different for virtual school instruction outside a pandemic. That means students who choose online next year won't be Zooming into a class being taught at their neighborhood school. The school year that just ended was tough on students who weren’t used to learning online. Many were eager to be with classmates and teachers again, but not...

Olathe Public Schools is working on an equation for the fall – less COVID-19 restrictions and more normal operations.