Olathe

It’s a warm and humid summer afternoon in Kansas City. So humid where you can just feel your skin becoming moist and sweaty just from standing outside. The gym is even more hot and uncomfortable. I’m a young adolescent in grade school watching my oldest brother play competitive basketball. Normally, I’m forced to attend these activities as I’m too young to be at home by myself. There were about 200 people just packed in one big gymnasium. Parents spectating, players working their tails off, and teams warming up and stretching ready to compete. The loud whistles from referees are blowing, basketball shoes are squeaking, and shouting from the coaches making play calls. I grew up with sports in my life and these events and tournaments I love watching and live for playing in. My brothers team is fairly diverse. White and black players from Shawnee Mission, Overland Park, and Kansas City. Every one of these kids came from different type of areas and that helped them thrive. Their different play styles made them the team they were. I clearly remember their best player; his name was Justin; he was from a very poor area outside the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. His freakish athleticism was almost impossible to stop and he could score on anyone. I remember him particularly because he was one of the top rated football players also in the greater Kansas City area. My brother befriended him at a very early age and I knew him my whole life. At the tournament, my brothers team was…

What do you consider to be your greatest strengths as an educator? My greatest strengths as an educator are flexibility, communication, creativity and lesson planning. As a teacher it is often necessary to use multiple approaches in regards to planning, delivering instruction, and managing relationships with other teachers and staff. How do you help your students develop good attitudes toward learning? I help my students develop good attitudes toward learning by making the lesson interesting…

February 22, 2017, Adam Purinton, a fifty-two year old white man, opened fire at Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, killing 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injuring Alok Madasani, 32 and Ian Grillot, 24. According to police, the two men, Kuchibhotla and Madasani, were enjoying a drink in the outside patio of the restaurant when Adam Purinton approached them incoherently shouting racial sluts and asking them about their legal status’. Kuchibhotla told Purinton that they were in the…

Living in Olathe, Kansas, a large suburb outside of Kansas City, did not prepare me for the move to Salina. The benefits of living in a larger suburb are that the high schools can really help you prepare for the transition to college level classes. I did not take the help the school gave out into consideration when going to classes. My senior year was when everything clicked into place and I knew what I want to do with my life, and that was flying. Ever since I was a little kid, planes have…

administered over the years. It is important to list their credentials and they are as follows: My mother works with special educational needs children including those who have language difficulties. She has worked one-on-one with a young child (six years of age) and she has had various experiences with a multitude of students. My father on the other hand was a teacher who became a principle. He taught in several school districts and became a principal of a school prior to his retirement in…

that is available to me as a choice career within kinesiology. I have also realized that I have gifted hands and that massage therapy could be in my future. My dream would be to get my B.S in Kinesiology from Avila University and then obtain my Massage Therapy license and work as a Sports Massage Therapist at a university while I get my Master’s Degree in Athletic Administration. With that being said I feel that the education in the United States is not as strong as it could be or should be. I…

I grow up on 115th Street in Olathe Kansas. This is not the only street I have lived on but this is the only one I can really remember. I moved here from Plano Texas when I was three years old, I don’t have many memories of my old house and none of my old street but I have a lot of memories of my street and house here in Olathe. 115th street was where I grew up and the only place I can truly call home. This is where I learned to ride a bike and where I made some great memories and even better…

I found out that almost all resources agreed that Olathe district is the best for ELL students.We moved to Olathe, I found a school near my house. I went to the school with my children to meet the principal. We talked for a bit and he asked if we were citizens. After explaining our situation he asked for our papers and passed them along to the district. The district responded quickly and my children were able to transfer to a school that had a great ELL program. I thought the program was mainly…

Etiquette Self Analysis Primary Setting and Environments I spend the most of my time at home and work. My daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren live in a multifamily home. We share common living areas the kitchen and family room but other than that we all have are own space. I spend sometime with my family but most of my at home time is time I spend in my area of the house. At work I am part of a team in Olathe, Kansas that I work and part of a team in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In…

Salvation Army located in Olathe accommodates homeless couples and their children. The child must be dependent and under eighteen. The couple does not need to be married but they must provide proof of eviction. In order to live at the facility one must submit an application which is usually done over the phone. They then must come to the facility for an interview and the coordinator checks there references of past land lords which then determines their eligibility. The families that reside…