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Good News: Grain Valley Swim and Dive team offering youth swim lessons starting March 25th3/14/2024 The GV Swim and Dive Team will be providing swimming lessons again this year at the Blue Springs South Aquatic Center. They will start on the week of March 25th and last for 4 weeks. The cost is $60 for 4 semi-private lessons. Student athletes from the boys and girls high school team will be providing the instruction and funds raised will support the team.
Utilize the QR code in the flyer below to register or e-mail grainvalleyswimdive@gmail.com with questions.
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Good News: An Appeal for Peace, Makers Social and more at the National WWI Museum and Memorial3/7/2024 The National WWI Museum and Memorial celebrates women’s history month by highlighting the relatively unknown story of the Welsh Women’s Peace Appeal. In 1923-1924, over 390,000 Welsh women signed an appeal to the U.S. to join the League of Nations. The petition was an appeal for peace and endeavored to make the Great War the last world war. It was rediscovered in 2014 after decades in storage. The public is invited to celebrate its centennial and the women at the forefront of this global peace movement with a ceremony featuring a performance by the North American Welsh Choir, followed by a panel conversation. The event is free with RSVP, onsite and online.
Several other events are planned this March at the Museum, including: Calling all crafters and the craft-curious. Makers Social, a brand-new, quarterly event at the Museum and Memorial is a happy hour filled with history, handcrafts and hors d’oeuvres. March’s Markers Social is hosted in conjunction with the exhibition Charmed Soldiers and guests will learn how to make their own rintintin/Nanette dolls. All levels and interests are welcome. The event is free to the public. Day in the Life: Western Front takes place on Sunday, March 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This month, Living Historians will focus on the soldiers and civilians of various nationalities who served or were impacted by the fighting on the Western Front. Guests will have the opportunity to closely view and ask questions about non-accessioned WWI objects. March National WWI Museum and Memorial events
Central Jackson County Fire Protection District (CJCFPD) will host a safe sitter babysitting class for students interested in babysitting on March 20th from 9:00am - 4:00pm at the Fire/EMS Training Center, 4715 S US 40 Hwy, Blue Springs.
Students will learn life and safety skills for staying home alone or while babysitting. The cost of the class is $75, which includes a student textbook and course completion certificate. All students will receive instruction in American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR/First Aid and have the option to purchase a CPR certification card for an additional $20. Call 816-229-9118 or email classreg@cjcfpd.org to register. Downtown Grain Valley is hosting a bootcamp and vendor event, tailored for students in grades 6th to 12th, which will showcase handmade goods crafted by the next generation of entrepreneurs.
The Youth Marketplace is a platform for youth to become makers, creators, and business enthusiasts. 6th-12th graders living within the Grain Valley School District are encouraged to craft, design, and sell their own creations on April 6th, 2024 in Downtown Grain Valley. Participants will be required to attend the Youthpreneur Bootcamp before becoming a vendor at the Youth Marketplace. Youthpreneur Bootcamp: Participants will gain hands-on experience in business development, marketing, and sales – valuable lessons that will serve them well in the future as well as the day of at the Youth Marketplace. This event will take place on March 11 from 6-9pm. Participants will be provided a pizza dinner and will be walked through the creation of a business plan, setting and creating a price list, ideas for booth appeal, product photography, product marketing and more. Youth Marketplace: This one-day vendor event is focused on youth makers. Participants will be given space to set up a booth and sell their products to the public. The Youth Marketplace will take place on April 6th from 10am-3pm. Set up can begin at 9am. Register online at Youth Marketplace Registration (zeffy.com). Grain Valley Parks and Recreation is hosting a Mad Science Spring Break program March 18-21 from 10:00am - 12:00pm at the Grain Valley Community Center. During this 4 day course for students in Kindergarten - 6th grade, students will participate in a wide range of safe and engaging hands-on activities led by an instructor with a flair for science. The cost for the program is $120 per participant.
Daily sessions will cover content from 8 different topics: Harnessing Heat, Lights Color Action, Magnetic Magic (ICW& ASP), Mission Nutrition, Optical Illusions, Sonic Sounds, Tantalizing Taste and Watts-Up. See program flyer for content details: 2024 Spring Break Science (cityofgrainvalley.org) To register, visit Youth Programs - City of Grain Valley, Missouri. Grain Valley senior Chance Marler's silver medal was awarded on a Tuesday afternoon, just a few hours after he competed in the SkillsUSA West Central District contest for Automotive Service Technology. But the training that saw him through to victory has been over a year and a half in the making. "It started with Automotive Technology I my junior year," Chance shares. "That's where I really learned the mechanical tasks I had to perform. Using what I learned my junior year to work over the summer for US Lawns on their fleet trucks and professional lawn mowers helped, too." The competition contained multiple parts, from a 100-question exam with a focus on diagnostic and repair content to customer service and job interview assessments. Grain Valley senior Jordyn Harris took third place in Automotive Service Technology, with another CTC student, Diego Gonzalez Aguilar of Blue Springs, taking first. "SkillsUSA is an outstanding organization," says Chance and Jordyn's CTC Automotive Technology instructor Bill Lieb. "Students get to compete in the areas they train in, whether it be automotive, CPR, or customer service. But they also get to see how everything they're doing at their home high schools, the math, the English, the public speaking, how it all matters." It's an organization that graduates appreciate long after they leave, even going so far as to encourage other students to get involved. "It was actually two other Grain Valley students, Carson (Davis) and Tanner (Todd), who did Automotive last year and went to State, that got me into SkillsUSA," Chance shares. "Tanner even went on to Nationals. This was my first year doing SkillsUSA, and I'm glad they encouraged me." Chance will travel to Linn, MO in April and compete in the SkillsUSA Missouri State Leadership & Skills Conference. Foreground: CTC SkillsUSA Students. Photo courtesy CTC GVHS Senior Chance Marler, second from right, advanced to State competition after competing in the SkillsUSA West Central District contest for Automotive Service Technology (CTC student Diego Gonzales-Aguilar is pictured next to Chancellor and took first place; both will advance to State). Photo courtesy CTC.
Good News: Sni-A-Bar students win 3rd place in the "Battle of the Brains" and receive $20,000 grant1/25/2024
Sni-A-Bar Elementary students were among hundreds of students who attended the "Battle of the Brains" awards ceremony on January 23rd, and the team placed third for their "Disasster Strikes" proposal, winning a $20,000 grant for the school. Earlier in the school year, they were named Top 20 out of 740 big idea submissions in the Kansas City area in Burns & McDonnell’s STEM competition. The 2023-24 competition included more than 6,800 students from 245 schools across 50 school districts throughout the Kansas City region. Judges — STEM professionals from Burns & McDonnell and Science City — followed an evaluation process to rank entries according to specific criteria, ranging from creativity and inspiration to how interactive and engaging the exhibit would be for visitors. “All of the students’ proposed exhibits were amazing — it was really hard to pick a winner,” George Guastello, president and CEO of Union Station said. “Battle of the Brains is an incredible program that has transformed Science City into a museum full of STEM activities for kids of all ages.” Delta Woods Middle School in Blue Springs won the competition with its ElectroMAGNIFICENT! entry. The Burns & McDonnell Battle of the Brains competition is one of the nation’s most unique K-12 STEM programs, with thousands of students competing to pitch their unique classroom idea for a permanent exhibit at Science City. Student participation has nearly tripled since the first competition in 2011. Burns & McDonnell has designed and built seven major exhibits that have transformed Science City, or more than half of the nearly 100,000 square feet of the science center’s interactive exhibit space. Students from Sni-A-Bar Elementary School celebrated their third place win in the Battle of the Brains competition. The school was awarded a $20,000 grant in honor of the team's winning entry. Photo credit: Grain Valley Schools
Show your love for downtown Grain Valley and the loved ones in your life by purchasing a custom heart to be displayed downtown the week of Valentine's Day during Downtown Grain Valley's "Love the District" fundraiser.
Hearts are $25 for early-birds until January 19th. The deadline to purchase a custom heart is January 29th. Link to purchase your heart: Love the District-Custom Heart (zeffy.com) The Grain Valley Chamber of Commerce will open nominations for its new Heart of Grain Valley Awards program on January 9th in advance of an awards dinner on February 24, 2024 at the Grain Valley Community Center. Residents are invited to nominate businesses and individuals in any of the following six categories:
Business Person of the Year This award recognizes someone who has been in business in Grain Valley for more than two years and has set the standard of accomplishment in both business and the community. The have shown leadership, vision, and a commitment to the betterment of their business, employees, community, local economy. Business of the Year This award recognizes a business that contributes to the economic growth and quality of life in Grain Valley and whose practices and professional conduct contribute to a sense of cooperation within the entire business community. Some of the specific criteria that could be considered for this award include: a successful marketing or business strategy; growth; community involvement; exceptional customer service. Emerging Business of the Year This award recognizes a business that has opened in the last 24 months. The business has filled a niche and operates in a community minded way that is in the spirit of Grain Valley. Nonprofit/Community Organization of the Year This award recognizes a nonprofit organization or community organization that contributes to the quality of life in Grain Valley through their service to the community. Volunteer of the Year An award celebrating an individual who is dedicated to enhancing our community by volunteering their time and energy to serving the public good. Unsung Hero This award honors an individual whose quiet contributions, either through their work or service to the community as a volunteer, deserve celebration. Nominations for each category will be open to the public on January 9th. A committee will select honorees from the top three nominees in each category and announced the evening of the event. The top three nominees in each category will be featured during the event. For more information, visit Heart of Grain Valley (growgrainvalley.org). Student artists from Grain Valley South Middle School will be featured Friday, December 15th at a Pawportunties Portrait Project event from 5:00pm - 7:30pm at the school. The event will include a silent auction of pet portraits created by students. Funds raised will be used for medical equipment, food, and other supplies for animals cared for by Pawportunties.
There will be 60+ paintings/drawings to bid on to raise money for Pawportunites. The organization will be on site to answer any questions about their fostering, volunteering, and adoption policies, and there will also be adoptable animals at the event. |
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