Jump Start to Learning

Jump Start to Learning is a summer program designed to provide incoming kindergarten students an opportunity to practice literacy, numeracy, and the skills of being a student before their first day of school.  Jump Start to Learning is supported by Title I funding, a grant from the Hall Family Foundation, and funding from the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation.  

Summer 2026 Jump Start to Learning is July 6 - 24, 2026
8:30 - 11:30 A.M. 
Information will be available in the spring of 2026, and will be available at Kindergarten Kick-Off.
Kindergarten Kick-Off schedules can be found here.

Please note: Jump Start enrollment is now closed. 

jump start 2025  information flyeR  (spanish & english)  Enrollment is closed

 

jump start 2025 application (english)     Enrollment is Closed

jump start 2025 Application (spanish)     Enrollment is Closed

If you have questions regarding Jump Start to Learning, please contact the Early Childhood Department at 913-993-6441.

Dr. Leigh Anne Neal 
Chief of Strategic Initiatives 
leighanneneal@smsd.org 
913-993-6412

Katherine Hodges
Secretary, Early Childhood Department
katherinehodges@smsd.org
913-993-6441