This week’s guest is middle school teacher Amy Hillman at Santa Fe Trail Middle School in Olathe. She shares all about the launch of the Saturday Scholars program at SFT, how it has evolved over the years, and some of the results we’ve seen.

Email Amy Hillman for more information/advice to start your own Saturday Scholars program: ahillmansf@olatheschools.org


That’s it for this episode. One final note. Over the past 5 years I have organized a program called Books for Backpacks in my district. The goal is to get new books to kids who might not be able to purchase new books on their own. Last year we sent out over 500 books to 16 elementary schools in the district. Our goal is to give away over 500 books again this year. If you would like to donate consider clicking on the link in the show notes to the Olathe Public Schools Foundations Fund-a-Need grant page. Or go to olathepublicschoolsfoundation.org/fund-a-need and search for Books for Backpacks.

https://www.olathepublicschoolsfoundation.org/fund-a-need/books-backpacks-1

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