Line Creek Lowdown

⏰School Hours: 8:15-3:15

Doors Open @ 7:55

📍5801 NW Waukomis Dr, Kansas City, MO 64151

☎️School Phone: 816-359-4320

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If you need to make transportation changes please contact the office prior to 2:00. This will help ensure that dismissal goes smoothly.

Principal: Robin Davis

📧DavisR@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Assistant Principal: Ashley Van Horn

📧vanhorna@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Counselor: Taneka Collins

📧collinst@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Social Worker: Laura Roederer

📧RoedererL@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Administrative Assistant- Attendance: Christy Porter

Administrative Assistant to Principal: Jennifer Mikic

Both can be reached at:

📧LineCreekAdministrativeAssistants@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Nurse: Liz Martin

📧martine@parkhill.k12.mo.us

Head Custodian: Leland Osborn

☎️School Phone: 816-359-4320

Hello,

We are excited to welcome our new administrators to Line Creek for the 2025 - 2026 school year. Below you will find information, to get to know them a little better.

There have been a lot of changes over the last several months but we are officially fully staffed at our certified positions! Below is an overview of the new teachers joining Line Creek and the grade level teams.

Lisa Devine has accepted the position of a kindergarten teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Lisa is currently a 1st grade teacher in Texas, and she is relocating to Kansas City.

Morgan Dittemore has accepted the position of a kindergarten teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Morgan is currently long-term sub teaching at Graden Elementary. Prior to this, she was a teacher in St. Joseph.

Ethan Olson has accepted the position of a 1st grade teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Ethan currently serves as a 1st grade teacher at Riverside USD 114 and is on track with completing his LETRS certification.

Jill Chambers will be teaching 2nd grade for the 25-26 school year.

Elizabeth Hickman has accepted the position of a 3rd grade teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Elizabeth is currently in her student teaching in Leawood, KS.

Kelly Gromnicki has accepted the position of a 3rd grade teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Kelly comes from New Lenox, Illinois where she has taught 3rd grade for two years. Kelly is relocating to Kansas City. She will also be serving on our leadership team for 25-26.

Kaitlyn Metz has accepted the position of a 4th grade teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Kaitlyn currently working as a long-term sub teacher in Saint Charles, MO.

Abbygail Brewster & Jamashay Berry are both joining our team from Southeast Elementary. Abbygail will be a 4th grade teacher and Jamashay will be a 1st grade teacher at Line Creek for the 25-26 school year.

Janalea Then has accepted the position of a 5th grade teacher for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Janalea currently serves as a math interventionist at Quindaro Elementary in KC, KS. She currently leads teachers through math professional development, weekly PLC meetings at her school, and guides a team through identifying tier 2 and tier 3 interventions.

Caitlin Crisp has accepted the social worker position for Line Creek for the 25-26 school year. Caitlin currently works for Children’s Mercy Hospital as a medical social worker.

Sandy Henshaw is joining our team as a part time counselor. She is currently serving as a part time counselor over at Tiffany Ridge.

We are thrilled to welcome all of these new staff members to our Line Creek community.

Line Creek Parents,

Does your student have medication in the health room? If so, this medication needs to be picked up by a parent/guardian no later than May 29th at 11:30am! There are a lot of events coming up at school in May so if you are attending those events, please consider stopping by the health room to pick up your students’ medication! Of course, if your student takes a daily medication, you can leave that medication here until 11:30am on the last day of school. All medication left in the health room after 11:30am on May 29th will be wasted and thrown out; this includes inhalers and EpiPens. Please reach out with any questions!

Liz Martin, BSN, RN
(816) 359-4324
martine@parkhill.k12.mo.us

In an effort to keep families informed and updated on frequently asked questions, we will continue to share information about APR and our ongoing plans at Line Creek.

4/18/2025

Line Creek Families,

We realize that the APR letter shared may have raised some questions and we want to be able to answer those questions! This week we had the opportunity to sit down and talk with several PTA board members to bring some clarity to what exactly the letter means for our school community. One topic that came up was understanding the difference between the NWEA Growth test that grades K-5 take three times throughout the year and the MAP Test that grades 3-5 take at the end of the year. You will see the difference between the two tests outlined in the graphic below. Our building APR is calculated using the end of the year MAP test achievement score, growth score and also attendance.

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4/25/2025

What is APR and how is this calculated?

As part of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s accountability system, the Annual Performance Report (APR) for elementary schools is calculated using data from MAP proficiency, MAP growth, and student attendance. Each school’s performance is compared to all schools across the state to determine a ranking.

5/2/2025

How will we be working to improve our APR score at Line Creek?

As we work to improve Line Creek’s Annual Performance Report (APR) score, we are placing a strong focus on enhancing Tier 1 instruction and increasing student attendance. These two areas are key to ensuring all students receive high-quality, consistent learning opportunities. The building principal and leadership team are revising the goals and action steps in our Building School Improvement Plan to reflect these priorities. We look forward to sharing the updated plan with you at a PTA meeting this fall. We appreciate your continued support.

Using our quick and easy online application system, parents of returning students will verify their students' demographic, health, emergency contact and residency information for each school year.

And like last year, we will be offering enrollment in our summer school programming through the online verification and residency process.

Take a peak at the things your students are learning during the month of May.

May ELA Curriculum Connections

May Math Curriculum Connections

May Social Studies and Science Curriculum Connections

Special Construction Note: NW Waukomis Dr will be closed north of Line Creek until further notice. Waukomis south of Line Creek is open.

In June of 2023, Park Hill adjusted the bus transportation boundaries to help alleviate the shortage of bus drivers in Park Hill School District. This adjustment includes only offering bus transportation to students living within a defined distance from their school:

· Elementary School Students – 0.5 miles from school

· Middle School Students – 1.0 mile from school

· High School Students – 1.0 mile from school

Several of our neighborhoods were previously receiving bus services, because of a construction safety variance. Because the construction south of Line Creek on Waukomis is complete, the district will be removing the safety variance and will no longer be providing bus transportation to families who live within the 0.5 radius.

We know this may be difficult for some families. If you have questions you’d like to share with our Transportation Department, please email them at transportation@parkhill.k12.mo.us.

Thank you for making this adjustment with us, and please connect with us if you need support.

Students may bring their lunch from home or purchase a school lunch from the cafeteria. Students also have the option to purchase a breakfast upon arrival at school. See breakfast and lunch pricing:

Breakfast: $1.75

Lunch: $2.95

Milk: $0.70

Juice: $0.40

To set up your child's breakfast and lunch account visit: https://www.schoolcafe.com/

This app will allow you to make a payment, add purchase restrictions, view orders and view school menus.

To qualify for free or reduced meals for the 2024-2025 school year, you must fill out a free/reduced application form.

You may do so by stopping by our front office for a form OR you can apply by visiting: https://www.schoolcafe.com/

If you have questions, you can check with our social worker, Laura Roederer at RoedererL@parkhill.k12.mo.us or our Nutrition Services Department.

If your child is eligible for free and reduced meal benefits and you apply, you can also receive additional benefits like fee waivers, activity scholarships, free screenings, school supplies, and more.

You can find more information on our website: https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/menus-and-nutrition/free-and-reduced-meals

If you need the application translated, please use this link. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/translated-applications

https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/families/menus-and-nutrition/free-and-reduced-meals

To protect the health and safety of our students, homemade treats will not be distributed to students in the Park Hill School District. Due to allergies and other food intolerances, please consult your classroom teacher before sending any pre-packaged treats to school.

Students may bring a birthday treat or favor to school to share with their classmates, as long as they come from our list of treats that contain none of the eight (8) major allergens - milk, wheat, egg, soy, peanut, tree nut, fish and shellfish.

Thank you for understanding that all classroom treats must come from this list because we do not have the staff capacity to check for allergens that could threaten the health of some students. Please bring birthday treats ahead of time (two hours after the start of school, at the latest).

• Stickers

• Erasers

• Pencils

• Crazy straws

• Blow Pops

• Juice boxes

• Popcorn

• Smarties

• Dum Dum lollipops

• Jelly Belly

• Nerds

• Ring Pops

• Skittles

• Sour Patch Kids

• Starburst

• Swedish Fish

• Life Saver Gummies