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![Wells principal Zach Lorenson works with a student]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747144920/usd259org/axfwocacvdlsbhtserqm/Wellsprincipalandstudent.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747144920/usd259org/axfwocacvdlsbhtserqm/Wellsprincipalandstudent.jpg","width":285}])
Chester Lewis, Gordon Parks Academy, Education Imagine Academy and Wells Middle School are named Capturing Kids' Hearts National Showcase Schools.
![Erin Matlock with Teacher pathway students at South High]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746711479/usd259org/ibdl6chxeffo2lkphy8e/ErinMatlockwithTeacherpathwaystudents.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746711479/usd259org/ibdl6chxeffo2lkphy8e/ErinMatlockwithTeacherpathwaystudents.jpg","width":285}])
The program offers Wichita Public Schools graduates a seamless route to earn their teaching licensure.
![McLean wins 2024 Challenge Awards]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746470384/usd259org/y5ubxbqu6jh7dmstyeti/McLeanwins2024ChallengeAward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746470384/usd259org/y5ubxbqu6jh7dmstyeti/McLeanwins2024ChallengeAward.jpg","width":285}])
Twelve WPS schools have been named Challenge Award winners by the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.
![McLean opens time capsule from 2000]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746112806/usd259org/wk88b97gafv69mqgyc9d/McLeanopenstimecapsule.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746112806/usd259org/wk88b97gafv69mqgyc9d/McLeanopenstimecapsule.jpg","width":285}])
Students, staff and families gathered to open a time capsule from the year 2000, twenty-five years after the capsule's contents were collected.
![Southeast High journalism students at national conference]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746199013/usd259org/ycnbnk5ltgzvjstmgn4j/EastHighDECAstudents2025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746199013/usd259org/ycnbnk5ltgzvjstmgn4j/EastHighDECAstudents2025.jpg","width":285}])
WPS high school students have attended regional and national conferences and competitions to develop skills learned in CTE pathways.
![2025 Excellence in Public Service winner Shanna Zimmerman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745269203/usd259org/w20l0usev1vueeapcuhh/2025ExcellenceInPublicServiceAwardShannaZimmerman.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1745269203/usd259org/w20l0usev1vueeapcuhh/2025ExcellenceInPublicServiceAwardShannaZimmerman.jpg","width":285}])
Shanna Zimmerman, a Marketing teacher at East High School, is the 2025 Excellence in Public Service Award winner for the Wichita Public Schools.
![Coleman hosts AVID mock job interviews]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744819142/usd259org/w8uuc1terqufflprdbxk/ColemanAVIDmockjobinterviews.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744819142/usd259org/w8uuc1terqufflprdbxk/ColemanAVIDmockjobinterviews.jpg","width":285}])
AVID students are learning to become future ready through job skills including interview techniques. It all came together on AVID Day when students participated in mock job interviews.
![Realidad U at North High]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744725731/usd259org/wt0ekak4eetms5hhnevp/RealidadUatNorthHigh.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744725731/usd259org/wt0ekak4eetms5hhnevp/RealidadUatNorthHigh.jpg","width":285}])
The Pando Initiative recently debuted a special version of Reality U, which provides students with financial literacy lessons in their native language.
![East High senior Angela Thompson working at College Hill Latchkey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744654015/usd259org/erjnxses9fcso5uud1c1/HighschoolseniorworksatLatchkey.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744654015/usd259org/erjnxses9fcso5uud1c1/HighschoolseniorworksatLatchkey.jpg","width":285}])
East High senior Angela Thompson, who is interested in a career in teaching, is getting hands-on experience working at the College Hill Latchkey program.
![Heights students interning at WPS School Service Center]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744386040/usd259org/odt2rdfvsuwmqcgmt9fj/HeightsstudentinternsatSSCmillingsdepartment.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744386040/usd259org/odt2rdfvsuwmqcgmt9fj/HeightsstudentinternsatSSCmillingsdepartment.jpg","width":285}])
Students with an interest in woodworking have been interning at the School Service Center, helping to build cabinetry.
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Wichita State University Koch Arena, 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, KS 67260
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Wichita East High School, 2301 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita, KS 67211
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Wichita State University Koch Arena, 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, KS 67260
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North High School Lecture Hall, 1437 Rochester
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Heights High School auditorium, 5301 N. Hillside, Wichita, KS 67219
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Alvin E. Morris Administrative Center, 903 S. Edgemoor, Wichita, KS 67218
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Coleman Environmental Magnet Middle School, 1544 N. Governeour Rd., Wichita, KS 67206
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Coleman Environmental Magnet Middle School, 1544 N. Governeour Rd., Wichita, KS 67206