The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District hosted its annual Partners In Education banquet April 10 at the John Knox Village Pavilion. The event included recognition of the R-7 school/business partnership program as well as entertainment and presentations by students.

Five Summit Christian Academy students and one Lee’s Summit R-7 School District student received awards for essays submitted in the Celebration of Fatherhood contest sponsored by the National Center of Fathering.

Chris Miller, director of debate and forensics at Lee’s Summit West High School, recently earned his first Diamond Award from the National Forensic League.

Students from Cedar Creek and Hazel Grove elementary schools captured awards at the 61st annual Kansas City Science Engineering Fair sponsored March 21-24 by Science Pioneers.

Rhonda Ireland, a social studies teacher at Lee’s Summit North High School, shared information about Holocaust education with a group of retired educators during an April 4 meeting.

Lee’s Summit R-7 School District middle schools recently recognized their March Students of the Month.

The Hazel Grove Elementary Student Council recently participated in a drive for gently used athletic equipment for the Kids Playing It Forward Foundation, which was established by a student at the school.

Alex Wood, a seventh-grader at Summit Lakes Middle School, has been named a 2012 Recognized Carson Scholar.

Sydney Malcolm, a seventh-grader at Summit Lakes Middle School, recently won third place in the youth division (grades six through eight) of the Missouri State Poetry Society’s Winter Contest.

State-level judges in the National PTA Reflections Program have named several local winners in the annual fine arts program.

Kristin Rackers, a special education teacher at Miller Park Center, has been named the Learning for Life Award winner for April by the Lee's Summit R-7 School District. The Learning for Life Award is presented each month who an employee who has been nominated by co-workers and selected by a staff committee.

Students at Lee's Summit Elementary participated in a special kite-flying activity April 2.

Summit Technology Academy will host an Industry Partner Outreach event from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. April 26 at the school, 777 N.W. Blue Parkway.

In celebration of National Library Month, the Lee’s Summit West High School Media Center and Art and English departments are collaborating to present the fourth annual Literary Art Festival.

Summit Christian Academy will offer Camp Eagle Summit, a summer camp program, from May 21 through Aug. 10.