Friends of J L King - The J. L. King Center

Kroger shoppers!

If you have the Kroger Plus card, you can add the JL King Center to your card and support us while doing your normal grocery shopping! Visit KrogerCommunityRewards.com for more info!

If you happen to pick up today's newspaper from Starkville Daily News you may see us in a special article! A big thank you to Ms. Candy and the Kiwanis for inviting us to speak and tell our community about what the King Center has been doing for years - being a lighthouse for the area! And a big thank you to Emma Nisbet for the amazing article!

School is in session and the King Center is hitting the ground running! We love seeing our students hard at work, and they love the King Center! 🏃💨

At the King Center, we think math is very important! So we have a simple equation for you: your donations now equals better assistance to our community in the future! The numbers don't lie: 60 students leveling up in our afterschool, over 200 backpacks given out for the new school year (in under an hour!), and a 100% passing rate in the 3rd grade reading state test! Your donations contribute to us making even bigger numbers!

www.jlkingcenter.org/donate

We had such a fun time ending off our Summer Camp with a trip to the McWane Science Center! We loved it and our students did too! They made huge upgrades to the building, and we can't wait to go back again!

TWO TIME, TWO TIME!!

For the SECOND year in a row, all our 3rd grade students passed the reading state test this year! The King Center is so proud of our afterschool students for pushing the level, congratulations kids!

We want to give a big thank you to our community for coming out bright and early to our School Supply Giveaway this weekend! Almost 200 backpacks and bags full of supplies and materials given out - all in under an hour and a half! Goes to show how much the community loves the King Center! 🎒💪

Our School Supply Backpack Giveaway is tomorrow morning! Come out and pick out a full backpack or bag full of school supplies to get your students ready for the next school year! Doors open at 9 am, we won't stop until every bag is gone!

Who said we weren't hardworking this summer? This week at the King Center our very own Ms. Angel Christian has been working with our students on their reading and writing skills! Helping our children explore our feelings through reading the Big Cheese, making cheese and cracker towers, spelling, cursive writing and more! No one does it like the King Center!

We had a busy week this week at the JL King Center! We had our friends at Regions Bank teach our kids about financial literacy, our very own Dr. Alison Buehler taught reading comprehension, and the lovely Ms. EC helped our students get active with dancing! Our Summer Camp is running strong and we aren't slowing down!

Need a side gig?

We are looking for intermittent officers! Must be full time or part time certified police officer. Click the link to apply!

http://explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/507926?lApplicationSubSourceID=11273

MONDAY! Our school lunch applications for the 2024-2025 will open on Monday, July 1. Parents are encouraged to complete a school lunch application to determine financial need for school meals, Title I funding, reduced fees for Advanced Placement testing, tuition for dual credit/dual enrollment courses, and other state and/or federal benefits.

This school year....
--- All students eat breakfast FREE
--- Students qualifying for Reduced Lunch will receive FREE lunch
--- Regular priced lunches are $2.35

For more information and to view the 2024-2025 Eligibility Income Chart, visit https://www.starkvillesd.com/departments/nutrition-meals

*This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Our School Supply Backpack Giveaway is coming up soon! We will be collecting school supplies for the next two weeks to pass out to everyone who comes out on Saturday July 13th! If you would like to donate any school supplies to the Center, please drop them off as early as possible! We're giving everything out first come first serve, so we hope to see you bright and early!! 🍎🎒📚

Our Juneteenth Celebration was a smash hit! Thank you to everyone who came out to support, whether you were a part of the art gallery or just wanted to participate in the festivities, we are grateful for the wonderful community that supports our small building!

We have Ms. Margaret Dural and Ms. Kayla Washington from the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services in the building today to hand out information on Child Safety and Foster Homes! Stop by, especially if you are or know someone who may be in need of assistance!

Just a small teaser of some of the creative art we have at the King Center for this year's Juneteenth Celebration! Come out tomorrow at 12 and celebrate the heritage with us!

We are LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY from our upcoming Juneteenth Celebration! Come out to the Center June 19th and support our local artists, young and old!

We started off our Summer Camp 2024 with a bang in the kitchen thanks to help from Ms. Fran from and Ms. Pam and Mr. Jonathan from WCSHC! They showed our students to make sweet strawberry jam and tea cakes! Soon we'll have some culinary masters in our building!! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

We're partnering with our friends at arepascoffeebar to host a special Father's Day Brunch celebrating all the wonderful men in our community! Come out on June 16th, get a nice meal and support your local community, not a bad deal right?

Lemonade Day!

Lemonade Day is coming up soon! Register your child to participate in this year's event happening on Saturday, June 8th. https://ow.ly/VNhk50RUnkm

We're extending the due date for our Summer Camp applications! Come in before tomorrow, May 30th at 5pm and sign your child up for our Summer Camp, we still have plenty of openings left! $15 for one child, $25 for multiple!

After careful deliberation... Our Juneteenth Celebration Committee decided to extend the submission due date! You now have until this Saturday, June 1st to turn in submissions for the Juneteenth Art Gallery! Click the link in comments or visit Starkville Area Arts Council!

We at the J.L. King Center would like to congratulate all of the graduates of the 2024 class! Whether it's a college degree, a high school diploma, or anything else, we love seeing all of you find your

Our Summer Camp is coming up soon, and if you don't have a place to put your kids this summer, we still have slots open! For just $15 for one child, or $25 for multiple children, you can enroll your kids in our camp to help continue their educational growth in an engaging environment! Your kids are worth it!

You only have until THIS FRIDAY to submit any artwork pieces for the Juneteenth Celebration! Visit the link in the comments or with Starkville Area Arts Council to submit and come out to celebrate with us on June 19th!

Time is winding down for our Juneteenth Celebration! You have until May 24th for all art submissions, and they can be submitted in person at the Center or at the link in the comments! Thank you to our friends at Starkville Area Arts Council!

Parents, you need some King Center merch! Show the community how much we mean to you by showing us offf!

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JL King Center

Time is winding down to sign up for our Summer Camp! Applications close May 27th! $15 for one child or $25 for multiple children! Come in to apply or call for more info!!