GCCC happenings.
Each month two emails land in my inbox with information that doesn’t usually get published all together. Garden City Community College and Garden City public schools both send me a list of all of the activities going on each month.
I’ll include GCCC’s in this blog and post future schedules in future blogs. Sometimes you never know what might spark an interest with readers.
GCCC’s July and August schedule
JULY 6-10
Opening day of fourth one-week class session in Ninth Annual GCCC Kids’ College, featuring summer season fun and learning activities for children from age four through fifth grade. Enrollment open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays on top floor, Student and Community Services Center. Information, 620-276-3232. Subsequent Kids College class sessions scheduled July 13-17 and July 20-24.
JULY 6-AUG. 14
Third session of Internet-based summer semester classes offered by EduKan, the Internet community college program operated by GCCC and five partner institutions. Information and registration available at 877-433-8526 or www.edukan.org. Previous sessions scheduled May 26-Aug. 14 and May 26-July 3.
JULY 8
Last in a series of five GCCC Early Fall Enrollment Days for first-time full-time college students and others, with registration at 8 a.m. in Beth Tedrow Student Center. Day includes an opportunity to complete all enrollment steps at one time, with special support and assistance. Reservations, 620-276-9608 or 800-658-1696.
JULY 13
Auditions for Southwest Kansas Music Academy Summer String Music Camp, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at GCCC’s Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building for student musicians in grades 7-12. Camp scheduled July 14-16, featuring daily rehearsals and sectional sessions, all-state music clinics, music theory and literature classes, work with various conductors and top string musicians from across Kansas, and concluding concert at 7 p.m. July 16. Information and registration available from Director Doug Beyer in GCCC’s Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building, 620-275-3250 or www.kasta.org.
JULY 13-17
Opening day of fifth one-week class session in Ninth Annual GCCC Kids’ College, featuring summer season fun and learning activities for children from age four through fifth grade. Enrollment open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays on top floor, Student and Community Services Center. Information, 620-276-3232. Final Kids College class session scheduled July 20-24.
JULY 14-16
Southwest Kansas Music Academy Summer String Music Camp for student musicians in grades 7-12, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at GCCC’s Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Camp features daily rehearsals and sectional sessions, all-state music clinics, music theory and literature classes, work with various conductors and top string musicians from across Kansas, and concluding concert at 7 p.m. July 16. Information and registration available from Director Doug Beyer in GCCC’s Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building, 620-275-3250 or www.kasta.org.
JULY 15
Steps to Startup workshop for people interested in starting small businesses, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at GCCC Student and Community Services Center, sponsored by Kansas Small Business Development Center and U.S. Small Business Administration. Registration and information, ksbdc@gcccks.edu or 620-276-9632. Workshop also scheduled Aug. 13
JULY 16
Concluding concert of Southwest Kansas Music Academy Summer String Music Camp, 7 p.m. at the auditorium of GCCC’s Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building. Concert follows three days of music enrichment activities for string music students in grades 7-12.
JULY 18
Regular July meeting, plus annual budget and policy retreat, GCCC Board of Trustees, 8 a.m., Endowment Room, Student and Community Services Center.
JULY 24
Final day of regular, six-week main session of GCCC summer semester classes.
JULY 27
Approximate mail box delivery date for “Inside GCCC,” fall semester newsletter and course schedule tabloid. “Inside GCCC,” with information on enrollment and other opportunities, goes to all home addresses in the GCCC service area.
JULY 31
Opening day of final short session of GCCC summer semester classes.
AUG. 14
GCCC offices and other facilities closed for fall semester faculty and staff inservice sessions.
AUG. 18
Registration Day for GCCC fall semester, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Student and Community Services Center. Advance enrollment open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays all summer, except Aug. 14.
AUG. 19
First day or GCCC fall semester morning, afternoon and evening classes.
AUG. 19, 20, 24 and 25
Primary GCCC public service offices open extended hours to serve needs of students and the public as the fall semester gets under way. Hours include 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Admissions, Business, Counseling, Financial Aid and Records Offices.
AUG. 22
Kansas Concealed Carry handgun class for citizens seeking licensure to carry concealed firearms, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., co-sponsored by GCCC Public Safety Department with Sand and Sage Rifle and Pistol Club. Cost, $125 per person. Registration and information, 620-276-9629. One-day course also offered Aug. 22, Sept. 13, Oct. 10, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12.
Subscribe to the comments for this postKids.
Reporters and photographers at The Telegram often interact with kids. In fact, it’s one of the things that I enjoy most about my job.
Of course, being around kids means you hear a lot of cute things that kids say. I’ve been keeping a list, and today I just remembered this moment from a couple weeks ago.
A photographer and I were at the zoo talking and photographing kids who were taking part in the zoo’s Edventures camp. It was hot outside, and the photographer and I were trailing two little girls who were walking back to the classroom.
Their conversation and actions went something like this.
Girl 1: Picks up a feather and looks at it.
Girl 2: “You can’t pick up feathers. They have germs.”
Girl 1: Continues to look at the feather. Then says: “You can’t pick up the ugly ones, but you can pick up the pretty ones. The pretty ones don’t have germs.”
The photographer and I look at each other with grins on our faces. We tried not to laugh and weren’t successful.
Kids.
Meeting dates.
From Roy Cessna, public information coordinator:
A series of informational meetings have been scheduled regarding the 2009-2010 teacher contract. Voting will take place on the contract after each of the meetings.
On Tuesday, June 30, voting will take place in the GCHS Courtyard from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No informational meeting will take place on this day.
The dates and times of the meetings and vote are:
Tuesday, June 23 – 2 p.m., Informational Meeting at the GCHS Cafeteria, a vote will follow the meeting.
Thursday, June 25 – 7 p.m., Informational Meeting at the GCHS Courtyard, a vote will follow the meeting.
Tuesday, June 30 – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A vote on the 2009-2010 teacher contract will be held in the GCHS Courtyard.
No raise for top administrators.
The last negotiations meeting between the Garden City Educators Association and USD 457 discussed salary schedules on Thursday.
The two sides reached an agreement about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. They agreed to keep the current salary schedule for teachers, principals, and classified staff. They also agreed that the top six administrators will not receive raises for the 2009-2010 school year.
Those six administrators include: Rick Atha, superintendent, Darren Dennis, director of learning services; Karen Johnson, director of special education; Steve Karlin, deputy superintendent; and Shelly Kiblinger, assistant superintendent of personnel, and Kathleen Whitley, financial officer.
“I don’t see it being any better next year at this time,” Whitley said during the negotiations meeting. “I don’t know how much money the state will cut.”
Atha receives $149,095 in salary and benefits this year. Dennis is paid $103,188 in salary and benefits; Johnson, $104,688; Karlin, $120,813; Kiblinger, $105,188; and Whitley, $113,421.
Under the agreement the starting salary of a first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree will remain $34,239. The salaries of teachers who are frozen in pay, meaning they can only make more money if they start working on an advanced degree, will also remain the same.
What do you think? Is it fair? Unfair?
Let me know.
More budget woes.
On Monday night the Garden City Community College Board of Trustees gave $121,155 of its budget for the current fiscal to year back to the state because of the ongoing Kansas revenue shortfall.
The trustees also received a list of other community colleges, universities, colleges and private colleges that gave nearly $6.9 million back to the state. I’m including the list because I know I’m not the only person out there that finds numbers fascinating. Plus, all of these numbers wouldn’t fit into the print story.
The list includes the following community colleges and amounts they had to send back to the state:
- Allen County Community College, $215,060
- Barton County Community College, $350,996
- Butler Community College, $608,375
- Cloud County Community College, $200,294
- Coffeyville Community College, $129,684
- Colby Community College, $130, 241
- Cowley County Community College, $375,581
- Dodge City Community College, $124,649
- Fort Scott Community College, $145,592
- Garden City Community College, $121,155
- Highland Community College, $287,745
- Hutchinson Community College, $410,013
- Independence Community College, $93,807
- Johnson County Community College, $1,039,379
- Kansas City, Kan., Community College, $468,103
- Seward County Community College, $172,398
- Labette Community College, $134,823
- Neosho County Community College, $121,030
- Pratt Community College, $132,754
The following state universities:
- Emporia State University, $550
- Fort Hays State University, $3,906
- Pittsburg State University, $1,630
- University of Kansas Medical Center, $1,174
- Washburn University, $656,364
- Wichita State University, $2,078
The following technical colleges:
- Flint Hills Technical College, $118,809
- Manhattan Area Technical College, $122,751
- North Central Kansas Technical College, $181,570
- Northwest Kansas Technical College, $141,219
- Salina Area Technical School, $106,333
- Wichita Area Technical College, $293,754
The following private institutions:
- Brown Mackie College in Kansas City, Kan., $209
- Brown Mackie College in Salina, $209
- MidAmerica Nazarene University, $251
- Southwestern College, $167