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EDUCATION OUTREACH IN FY25, OUR STATION CONTINUED TO DEEPEN ITS COMMITMENT TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, LITERACY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS, SCHOOLS, AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY REGION. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ASSISTED A WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO HIGHQUALITY PBS EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, HANDSON LEARNING RESOURCES, AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OF OUR MOST IMPACTFUL COLLABORATIONS WAS WITH THE FAMILY CONSERVANCY, WHERE WE HOSTED FOUR EARLYCHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS. EACH SESSION REACHED AN AVERAGE OF 35-40 EDUCATORS FROM CHILDCARE CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, STRENGTHENING EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CHILDREN. WE ALSO SUPPORTED NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS DESIGNED TO PUT BOOKS AND PBS RESOURCES DIRECTLY IN THE HANDS OF FAMILIES. AT THE "BREW FOR BOOKS" EVENT, WE DONATED 50 BOOKS TO SUPPORT EARLY LITERACY EFFORTS. THROUGH MARC'S HEAD START FAMILY FUN FEST, OUR TEAM CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY 50 BOOKS AND PARENT FOLDERS TO HELP FAMILIES BUILD LITERACY-RICH HOME ENVIRONMENTS. DURING A HANTHORNE EARLY CHILDHOOD PARENT MEETING, WE DISTRIBUTED 30 PARENT FOLDERS AND 48 CHILDREN'S BOOK BAGS, FURTHER EXTENDING OUR OUTREACH TO FAMILIES OF YOUNG LEARNERS. ACROSS THE REGION'S HEAD START PROGRAMS, OUR PRESENCE HELPED REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING. WE PROVIDED PBS RESOURCES TO YMCA HEAD START (18 ATTENDEES), PARK HILL HEAD START (12 ATTENDEES), AND THE FREIDA MARKLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, WHERE WE ENGAGED WITH 15 PRE-K STUDENTS AND FOUR ADULTS IN THE CLASSROOM. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LIBRARIES REMAINED STRONG AS WELL. TWO MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS HOSTED COMMUNITY SCREENINGS OF CARL THE COLLECTOR, DRAWING AUDIENCES OF 49 AND 54 PARTICIPANTS RESPECTIVELY. ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPLIED 65 BOOKS AND PBS FOLDERS TO KINDERGARTENERS AT KING ELEMENTARY, AND PREPARED PBS SWAG AND LEARNING MATERIALS FOR 100 FAMILIES ATTENDING THE NORTH KANSAS CITY EARLY CHILDHOOD FAIR. IF INCLUDED, OUR SCHOOL-BASED LITERACY EFFORTS EXPANDED OUR IMPACT EVEN FURTHER. FIVE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY, MO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ST. AGNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN TWO PBS LITERACY PROGRAMS, REACHING 13 CLASSROOMS AND PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH 2,505 BOOKS TO TAKE HOME, STRENGTHENING HOME LIBRARIES AND FOSTERING LIFELONG READING HABITS. FINALLY, OUR OUTREACH EXTENDED TO HOMESCHOOLING FAMILIES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE INTRODUCED PBS LEARNINGMEDIA TO HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING PARENTS WITH TRUSTED, HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION AT HOME. COLLECTIVELY, THESE INITIATIVES REFLECT OUR ONGOING DEDICATION TO MEETING FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, HOMES AND COMMUNITY SPACESAND ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO LEARN, GROW AND THRIVE.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT FY25, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WORKED TIRELESSLY TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS WITH VIEWERS AND FOSTER LEARNING, CURIOSITY AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE REGION. THIS YEAR MARKED THE LAUNCH OF OUR FIRST-EVER REEL BLACK FILM FEST, A CELEBRATION OF BLACK FILMMAKERS THAT CREATED SPACE FOR LOCAL STORIES, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND CULTURAL CONVERSATION. WE ALSO HOSTED OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL "BE MY NEIGHBOR DAY" TO DATE, AN ANNUAL FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE YMCA. NEARLY 800 ATTENDEES JOINED US FOR A DAY OF LEARNING, KINDNESS AND HANDS-ON FUN INSPIRED BY DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, KCPBS HELD SCREENINGS FOR ALL NEW LOCAL PRODUCTIONS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUDIENCES TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH FILMMAKERS, HISTORIANS AND JOURNALISTS. WE ALSO ORGANIZED FOUR TOWN HALL CONVERSATIONS, CONVENING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ISSUES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR REGION.