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SUN Bucks 2025

SUN Bucks, also known as Summer EBT, is a program to help families buy food for their school-aged children during the summer. Families will get a one-time benefit of $120 per year for each eligible child to help buy groceries during the summer months. Children who get SUN Bucks can still participate in other summer meal programs. Receiving SUN Bucks will not affect children or families' immigration status. For families who were pre-approved in January or applied and received a notice of approval since the application opened, benefits were recently distributed as follows (based on the primary applicant’s, not the child’s, last name): May 28 – A to G, May 29 – H to M, May 30 – N to S, May 31: T to Z. The one-time $120 benefit per eligible child was put onto a new or the household’s existing EBT card. For those that have not yet applied, the SUN Bucks application is available until 5 pm on August 29, 2025. Visit SUNBucks.dcf.ks.gov for more information.

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West Elementary School

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USD320 Title 1 Program

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  • Photo of woman named Jennifer Donnelly in an orange shirt.
    Jennifer Donnelly - Central
  • Photo of woman named Courtney Simpson in a black shirt with white polka dots.
    Courtney Simpson - Central
  • Photo of woman named Jill Tinkel in light brown shirt.
    Jill Tinkel - Central
  • Photo of woman named Abby Ross in a black and white striped shirt.
    Abby Ross - West
  • Photo of woman named Lisa Kruse in a blue shirt.
    Lisa Kruse - West

Big Five Reading Components

  • Phonemic Awareness

    The ability to hear and distinguish sounds.

  • Phonics

    The ability to understand the relationship between letters and the sounds they represent.

  • Fluency

    The ability to read with sufficient speed to support understanding.

  • Vocabulary

    The students’ knowledge of and memory for word meanings.

  • Comprehension

    The ability to understand and draw meaning from text. This includes: • Paying attention to important information • Interpreting specific meanings in text • Identifying the main idea • Verbal responses to questions • Application of new information gained through reading

  • Writing

    The act of using written words to communicate ideas. Children develop several skills as they become writers, including how to organize their ideas, how to use written symbols (letters and words) to record those ideas and how different types of writing are organized.

  • Logo of Reading Rockets website with sky blue background and white clouds and a child reading a book.
    Literacy Apps

    A list of apps available for free and purchase to support literacy in the home developed by Common Sense Education and Reading Rockets.

FAQ

  • Central Elementary: centraltitle@usd320.com 

    West Elementary: rossa@usd320.com

  • Title 1 is a federally funded program. Funds for Title 1 can be used to support children in reading and mathematics. Our district chooses to use the funding we receive to provide reading specialists and interventionists to ensure our students’ needs are met in the area of literacy development and mathematics. 

    Our district is fortunate to be able to provide five full time staff to provide reading support between our two elementary schools (Central and West). Central has three full time interventionists and West has two.

    We are a “Targeted-Assisted Title 1 School”, which simply means that if your child receives Title 1 support, it will be in a pull out setting with a specific reading intervention, rather than a Title 1 staff member going into the classroom to provide support.

    If your child needs additional support in reading, he or she may work with one of our Title 1 Staff.

    You will be contacted by your child’s teacher first if he or she will receive a reading intervention this school year from a Title 1 staff member.

  • How we teach?  We explain spoken and written English language structures to students. We implement instructional routines, activities, strategies, and regularly assess to meet specific literacy needs for all students.

    Why we teach? Effective reading instruction is complex.  We use current scientific research to help teach the key components of reading. These components include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. 

  • Students qualify for Title 1 services based on academic need and assessments. This year we are using a formative assessment program called FastBridge. This online program will allow us to assess all students three times a year using on grade level materials in both reading and mathematics. We also use state assessment results and a variety of other diagnostic assessments. Teacher input is considered, but use performance data to drive selection. 

  • We use data to qualify and continually progress monitor students. Students are progress monitored on a regular basis. The frequency is dependent on the intervention that they receive. All Title I students are assessed to evaluate progress in their area of direct instruction.