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 open. 

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