May 8, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Tammy Dodderidge, communications specialist,
(913) 894-1611 or (913) 302-9590
2008 Reasons to Believe Gala
| WHAT: |
2008 Reasons to Believe Gala
Hosted by the KCK Public Schools and
the KCK School Foundation for Excellence |
| WHEN: |
Friday, May 9 — Dinner: 6:30 p.m. — Program: 7:15 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Reardon Convention Center, 5th and Minnesota Ave. • Kansas City, Kansas |
| WHO: |
Members of the 2008 Alumni Honor Roll will be recognized
- Michael P. Bautista, Ph.D., associate vice president of learning and
academic affairs at Community College of Denver
- Kim Bland, Ph.D., senior director of research and development at Proteon
Therapeutics
- Melissa A. Bynum, director of resource development for the Wyandotte
County Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Earl P. Cole, winner of CBS' Survivor Fiji, entrepreneur and composer
- Major Burnell E. Davis, director of campus officers for the Kansas City,
Kansas Public Schools
- Gordon Docking, broadcaster and healthcare CEO
- Susan Docking, teacher at Olathe East High School
- Fernando Gaitan, U.S. Chief Judge for the Western District of Missouri
- Randall P. Kancel, Community Bank President for UMB Bank
- Wendell E. Maddox, President/CEO of United Way of Wyandotte Co.
- John J. Mendez, adjunct professor at Donnelly College
- Carmen Ramirez Mott, tutor/deaf interpreter/paraprofessional
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| OTHER FESTIVITIES: |
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- Scholarship presentations to KCKPS students
- Speeches by former KCK School Foundation for Excellence scholarship recipients
- Performance by the KCK Community Orchestra
- Silent Auction featuring student art and items donated by community businesses and district staff, including a stained glass panel created by a Washington High School art teacher
- Music and dancing to the Wyandotte High Jazz Band
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