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SCHOOL CALENDAR

Elementary schools

Earhart Elementary good-bye open house, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, 4401 Arkansas. Earhart will open a new school in the fall. Current and former staff, parents, students and community members are invited to tour the old building and to reminisce.

Gardiner Elementary retirement program for principal Gloria Martin, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, 1951 S. Laura.

Kansas Kids Fitness Day activities for third-graders, 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Northwest High School, 1220 N. Tyler Road.

Kindergarten orientation, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 8 at all Wichita elementary schools.

Lawrence Elementary seat belt safety assembly, 2:45 p.m. today, 3440 Maple.

D.A.R.E. graduations, 2:30 p.m. Friday, Mueller Elementary, 2821 E. 24th St. North; 9:10 a.m. Monday, Pleasant Valley Elementary, 2000 W. 29th St. North; and 2 p.m. May 8, Anderson Elementary, 2945 S. Victoria.

Middle schools

Brooks Technology and Arts Magnet 50th anniversary celebration, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 3802 E. 27th St. North. Current and former teachers, students and community members are invited for dinner, programs and meeting with friends. Information, Robert Garner, principal, 316-973-6450.

Jardine Technology Magnet fifth-grade visitation day, all day May 9, 3550 Ross Parkway. Fifth-grade students who will attend Jardine in the fall can spend the day as sixth-grade students.

High schools

Chisholm Life Skills Center commencement, 7 p.m. May 9, Stucky Middle School auditorium, 4545 Broadview Circle.

Maize High School vocal music show, "Gimme Some Lovin" 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11600 W. 45th St. North, Maize. Adults $5; students $3. Dessert buffet during intermission.

Quest academic competition broadcast with the Independent School and Lansing High School, 5 p.m. May 12, KPTS Channel 8.

Districtwide

Wichita public schools retirement and longevity banquet, 6 p.m. Monday, Hyatt Regency.

Wichita public schools driver education enrollment, Saturday, East and Northwest high schools. For more information, go to www.usd259.com/parents and scroll down the bar on the left to summer school.

Vermillion Primary School retirement celebration for Nikki Barcomb and Sharon Standiford, 4 to 6 p.m. today at the school, 501 James, Maize.

Communities In Schools Student Triumph Awards Star luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Broadview Hotel, 400 W. Douglas. Students from Wichita, Haysville, Derby and Valley Center will be honored. Tickets $30. Call 316-973-5110.

Maize Central Elementary retirement party for Bunny Broeckelman, Candee Sherman and Regina Smith, 4 p.m. May 8 at the school, 304 W. Central, Maize.

Derby High School alumni banquet, social hour 5 p.m., dinner 7 p.m. May 10, Derby High School, 920 N. Rock Road, Derby. Reservations, Kelly Herring, 316-788-7829.