NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
WESTON, MO
64098
PERMIT NO. 2
BOARD OF EDUCATION
ADMINISTRATION
Ron Rowe, President
Ryan Rotterman, Vice-President
Shane Bartee
Antonio Cutolo-Ring
Tracie Kalic
Kyle Stephenson
Dr. Donald Wilson
John Rinehart, Superintendent
Dr. Logan Lightfoot, High School Principal
Ryan Ramey, Assistant Principal
Rebecca Henshaw, Elementary Principal
Dr. Regina Knott, Dir. Of Special Services
West Platte Education Foundation
In a time when the news is filled with stories
about schools closing early and districts
facing financial calamity, we are fortunate
to live in a community whose school district
sits on a solid financial foundation. Even
with the $20 million capital improvements
project now underway, most of West Platte’s
basic academic needs can be addressed
using available district funds. Yet there
are some things for which these public
funds cannot be used, such as college
scholarships to reward high-performing
seniors, personal school supplies for
talented
but
financially-challenged
students, grants for certain types of creative
“out of the box” learning experiences, and
other forms of intellectual stimulation that
can add significant value to the West Platte
academic experience.
WEST PLATTE SCHOOL DISTRICT
For individual students, these “value
added” experiences can potentially make
the difference between a good education
and a superior education. Our goal is
to set the bar of academic excellence
high, to challenge students to exceed
their academic expectations, and to offer
students opportunities to expand their
intellectual worlds.
The West Platte Education Foundation
was recently formed to address the desire
to create this “value added” educational
experience for students and teachers at
West Platte. The foundation is a private, notfor-profit, tax exempt, 501(c)(3) organization
whose purpose is to promote and facilitate
educational excellence in our school district.
Last spring, the Foundation awarded its first
college scholarship to high school senior
1103 WASHINGTON STREET
Chelsea Englis who is attending Northwest
Missouri State University this fall. By
necessity the foundation’s initiatives will
be limited while we work to build a solid
financial endowment through gifts from
the community, from West Platte alums,
from area businesses and corporations,
and from other sources that believe in our
goal of providing superior educational
opportunities for our students.
Learn more about the West Platte Education
Foundation at www.wpedfoundation.org.
You can join us in our efforts to build the
West Platte Education Foundation through
your donations and your memberships.
Memberships start at $25. For more
information, write us at the address below,
or email us at [email protected].
WESTON, MO 64098
816-640-2236