2020 Census

Hi Cheyenne County,   I'm happy to report positive news where the 2020 Census is concerned. The critical Update Leave process as was suspended due to pandemic concerns restarted in mid-May and will soon be completed in your County. Update Leave (UL) areas are where households generally receive mail at PO Boxes. Census invitations/questionnaires are not mailed to PO Boxes, so in UL areas Census Bureau employees personally left that information at each household. Expectations are this census field operation will help improve your county's self-response rates ( 2020 Census response rate map ). Today Cheyenne county’s self-response rate is reported at 50.7% compared with a national average of 60.4%. This self-response rate represents the percentage of residential households who have so far replied to their census.   The delivery of Update Leave packets is a big step. Now it is important your residents respond, ideally using the Census ID number contained in the packet and that corresponds to the household address. Any encouragement you can extend throughout Cheyenne County will help make that happen.   Attached are English and Spanish social media posts related to UL. Messaging and a heart-warming, pertinent video are below. These posts and information coming from you will do much to boost self-response in your community.    Thanks! And stay safe!     Meet Charlie, Shaping the Future of his Family-Owned Farm Video :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxkRBBVkONI&feature=youtu.be   Todos Los Latinos Contamos Video :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im5QXKojCYA&feature=youtu.be If you have any census related questions please call or email me. Be safe! David Driscoll Kansas Regional Partnership Specialist U.S. Census Bureau Email: david.p.driscoll@2020census.gov Phone: (816) 896-7404

Monday, Jun 01 2020

Wellness Center

Opening The Wellness Center will be open for workouts beginning Monday, June 1 at 8:00am. We would ask everyone to follow social distancing guidelines, wash your hands,  use hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes each visit. Please help keep things clean for everyone that uses the facility. Make sure you bring your key as it remains locked during the summer months. Thanks for your help and understanding!

Friday, May 29 2020

Free Workshop

Please see the attached flyer and registration form about an upcoming workshop for teachers, parents, and community members. Registration and attendance is free. It is called, ​ " ​​​ Resilience Now  Healing Collective Trauma in the Time of COVID-19"

Monday, Apr 20 2020

Learning opportunity

We are excited to announce that Kansas teachers, students and parents just got a new partner in their continuous learning efforts. Thanks to the support of Kansas Public Broadcasters, Kansas students will receive supplemental education content by way of a new television program produced by Kansas PBS stations and KSDE, and hosted by local teachers. The new program called Learning Across Kansas will begin airing the week of April 20. Each 30-minute segment, individually produced for elementary, middle school and high school students, will feature grade-specific educational content delivered by our very own Kansas teachers who serve on KSDE’s Continuous Learning Task Force.  Please share this information with your teachers, students and their parents/caregivers and encourage everyone to tune in for short, fun and engaging lessons. Plus, they just might see one of their own teachers presenting! A complete listing of program times is available here: https://www.ksde.org/Agency/Fiscal-and-Administrative-Services/Communications-and-Recognition-Programs/Learning-Across-Kansas Program Hosts Learning Across Kansas Elementary , hosted by Tabatha Rosproy .  Rosproy is the 2020 Kansas Teacher of the Year and one of four finalists for 2020 National Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching pre-k for 10 years and currently teaches for Winfield USD 465 in a unique classroom that is housed inside of a nursing home/retirement village. Rosproy has a passion for social-emotional learning, hands-on exploration and building connections between her students and the community. Learning Across Kansas Middle School,  hosted by Dyane Smokorowski . Smokorowski is a 2019 National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, 2013 Kansas Teacher of the Year and is currently serving as an Innovation and Technology Lead Teacher in the Andover USD 3 8 5. Mrs. Smoke, as she’s known to her students, believes in a project-based, student-centered classroom that helps students build skills in communication, planning, research and project implementation. Learning Across Kansas High School , hosted by Cindy Couchman .  Couchman is a 2014 National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, 2009 Kansas Teacher of the Year, National Board-Certified Teacher and National Finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Couchman currently serves as the assistant superintendent at Buhler Schools where she actively promotes Professional Learning Communities and teacher leadership. Please help us spread the word by retweeting and reposting announcements from KSDE’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. And feel free to send your own shoutouts of thanks to our partnering PBS stations: KTWU, KPTS, KCPT and Smoky Hills PBS.

Friday, Apr 17 2020

Cover-19 Travel Update

I just received this from Cheyenne County Health. Please stay safe everyone! 

Tuesday, Apr 07 2020

Free virtual workshop

Please see the attached flyer about the upcoming free workshop, "Building Resilience in Real Time."  A virtual conference brought to you by Project EVERS, LiveWell NWK, Cheyenne County Health Department, Kansas Health Foundation and NKESC

Friday, Apr 03 2020

Please check...

Parents, please encourage your child to check their school email for important information from their classroom teacher. All students 3-12 may have messages awaiting them. It is important that they check their email and complete all work. Teachers will be giving grades for work sent out. Thanks for your help! Mr. Raymer

Monday, Mar 30 2020

KDHE Update

KDHE has issued new travel quarantine guidelines. Please read the attachment. Please practice social distancing. Let's do our part to get the curve flattened out. 

Monday, Mar 30 2020

Cover-19 Resources

I found this resource this morning. Please reach out to family and friends during this time. We all need each other! https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline

Sunday, Mar 29 2020

Covid-19 Update

From Cheyenne County Health New Local Home Quarantine Request March 24, 2020 | Home Quarantine Guidelines Cheyenne County Health Officer is issuing new recommendations today, March 24, 2020 surrounding COVID-19.  Due to additional spread in Kansas and Colorado the Cheyenne County Health Department recommends new guidelines.  Any person who has traveled to or from Kansas City (including Jackson, Missouri, Johnson, and Wyandotte counties in Kansas) and any person who has traveled to the Front Range of Colorado or through the Denver International Airport on or after March 19, 2020, follow the 14-day home quarantine guidelines in addition to the guidelines set forth from KDHE in the link below.  Please contact Cheyenne County Health Department with questions you may have at (785)332-2381.  We appreciate your cooperation with these recommendations.  

Saturday, Mar 28 2020