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Spend the Day with Cat in the Hat!

In celebration of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas special, come meet The Cat, make holiday crafts and explore the science of winter weather on December 1, 2012 at Union Station!

Here we go, go, go, go on a winter adventure! Join KCPT at Union Station on December 1, 2012 for a splendiferous day with Cat in the Hat!

In celebration of The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas special, come meet The Cat, make holiday crafts and explore the science of winter weather.

The fun begins with a pancake breakfast at 8:30am. Tickets for the breakfast are available on Union Station’s website.

Day Out with Cat in the Hat!
8:30am – 12:30pm – Pancake Breakfast| Tickets required
10am-2pm – Get your picture with Cat in the Hat, make a holiday craft, explore winter science | Free and open to the public

KCPT Family Members are invited to join us for a special, early meet and greet with The Cat in the Hat. Not a KCPT Family Member? Join our neighborhood.

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Never Too Old To Learn: Literacy KC

Literacy KC provides support to adults in the metro who are functionally illiterate. The Local Show proudly presents excerpts from a recent event at the KC Public Library featuring students of the program sharing their success stories.

It’s hard to believe given the affluence of America that so many people grow up in our community and across the country unable to read. Imagine if you couldn’t make out the words on a menu, figure out what it says on your prescription label or even read a birthday card from your children. It is estimated that 225,000 adults in our metro are functionally illiterate. They can’t do these things. Recently, Nick Haines had the privilege to host the Power of Reading Event for Literacy KC, a Kansas City organization that uses volunteer tutors to help adults learn to read. Several of those adults who have overcome great odds shared their stories in front of a large audience at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.

You can become a tutor if you can spare two 90 minutes sessions a week. Training is provided.

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Martha Speaks Reading Buddies Program Kicks off at Prairie Creek

On October 5th, Martha, the lovable dog that talks, will visit Prairie Creek Elementary school in Spring Hill to help kick off their first Martha Speaks Reading Buddies Program. Fourth grade students and kindergarten students will pair off for the 10-session literacy program becoming Big Buddies and Little Buddies. Each Little Buddy will receive a new book every week and the Big Buddies will help encourage them to read and learn new words.

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FRONTLINE: Dropout Nation

High-stakes experiment to rescue students prepared to quit high school. Watch Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 8pm.

What does it take to save a student? Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas — an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. What is clear is that massive dropout rates cripple individual career prospects and cloud the country’s future. At Houston’s Sharpstown High, once a notorious “dropout factory,” a high-stakes experiment is underway to rescue students from the edge. FRONTLINE spent a semester immersed in Sharpstown High to produce an unforgettable portrait of four students in crisis and the teachers, counselors and principal waging a daily, personal struggle to get them to graduation. A troubling and inspiring journey through the maze of an inner-city high school, “Dropout Nation” investigates the causes, challenges, and potential solutions of a national emergency.

Watch Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 8pm.

Watch Dropout Nation Preview on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

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