May 17, 2013
CAPS Alumni Conner Tumbleson has been employed by CAPS Business Partner, Goodcents Franchise Systems since he graduated from CAPS in 2011. He continues to be employed as he attends the University of Arkansas. One of the projects he worked on was developing a jobs seeker database for businesses and potential employees called the Jobs Incubator. Also working with him on this project is Brandon Lile, 2011 CAPS graduate and University of Missouri-Rolla student.
The Jobs Incubator is now online. The Kansas National Guard has approved it and the state colleges are now sharing it with students. Businesses can have access to the best employee hires for a fee and students may register for free. Visit jobsincubator.com today!
May 10
This week CAPS celebrated senior accomplishments and achievements at an assembly on Thursday. Congratulations to the following scholarship recipients:
CPS Foundation Scholarships
Meghan Ketcham, iMedia
Paige Sims, Sports Medicine
Optimist Scholarship
Matt Hendler, Global Business
Greg House Scholarship
Nicole Carlson, Teacher Education
First National Bank Scholarships
Natalie Cabell, CAPS Innovate
Stephanie Yowell, Global Business
Blue Valley Rotary Scholarships
Claire Etzenhouser, Sports Medicine
Gaby Lobo, CAPS Innovate
Mackenzie Osborne, Interactive Design
Megan Richards, Foundations of Medicine
Goodcents Franchise Systems Scholarship
Gaby Lobo, CAPS Innovate
CAPS seniors earned more than $6 million in scholarships this year. Congratulations Seniors!
May 3
As CAPS is a Kansas Gold Star Mentor program, and in recognition of May being National Mentor Month, we would like to thank our more than 300 CAPS mentors. Our CAPS mentors are important constituents of the CAPS program with the support, leadership and evaluation they provide to our students and instructors. Many thanks for the generous giving of your time and talent.
CAPS Alumni and mentor, Hunter Browning’s start up, Fannect, is nominated as one of KC’s hottest start ups. To vote for Fannect and support Browning please click on this link:
http://tech.co/who-is-kansas-citys-hottest-showcasing-startup-poll-2-2013-04
The 2012-13 CAPS Senior Celebration will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9th at the CAPS facility. All CAPS community members are welcome to attend. During the celebration we will be awarding scholarships and reflecting on the amazing accomplishments of all of our students. The event should last approximately one hour. Congratulations Seniors!
Congratulations to Stephanie Yowell, Elysia Chao and Natalie Cabell who are the First National Bank Scholarship recipients.
Congratulations to Claire Etzenhouser, Gaby Lobo, Mackenzie Osborne and Megan Richards who are the Blue Valley Rotary Scholarship recipients.
April 26
Thank you to the many sponsors and guests who supported the second annual CAPS Innovation Celebration at the Sprint Winter Garden on April 25th. We appreciate the Lawrence and Joan Weiner Foundation underwriting the event and the Kauffman Foundation and Kauffman FastTrac who were the Presenting Sponsors.
Mr. Thom Ruhe, Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation opened the program with the message of the importance of providing real experiences for high school students. He commended CAPS staff and business partners for making this happen for CAPS students.
Mr. Robb Heineman, CEO, Sporting KC was the evening’s keynote speaker. He gave an inspiring message to our student entrepreneurs sharing the success of Cerner and Sporting KC because their innovative leaders wanted to make great experiences for their patients and their fans.
Dr. Tom Trigg, Superintendent, Blue Valley School District, presented the CAPS Student Innovator of the Year finalists. Congratulations to Gaby Lobo who was voted the 2013 CAPS Student Innovator of the Year. She received a $1,000 scholarship from Mr. Joe Bisogno, Goodcents Franchise Systems, Inc.
A team of 13 CAPS students developed and organized this year’s event and they did an outstanding job. They raised nearly $50,000 for the CAPS Accelerator.
April 19
Thank you to everyone who voted for the CAPS Student Innovator of the Year. We received nearly 1,400 votes. The winner will be announced at the second annual Innovation Celebration on Thursday, April 25th at 6:00 p.m. in the Sprint Winter Garden. Table sponsorships and individual reservations are still available. Visit the event site www.capsinnovation.org for information.
April 12
This week we received the exciting news that CAPS won the Innovative Incubator Award at this year’s National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) International Conference.
“This is an incredible honor for a high school incubator to be selected and recognized from an organization of this caliber,” said Donna Deeds, CAPS Executive Director. There were more than 500 businesses represented at the conference this week. “This is a testament to our instructors and business partners who through collaboration offer our students real-world entrepreneurial opportunities and experiences.”
The Innovation Celebration raises funds for the CAPS Accelerator. You may sponsor a table or make a reservation at www.capsinnovation.org for this April 25th event.
There have been more than 1,000 votes cast for this year’s Student Innovator of the Year who will be announced at the Innovation Celebration. Voting will close tonight at midnight. To vote, download the CAPS Innovate App by:
- Downloading “fusebox” at the App Store
- Login to fusebox - login: caps password: Innovate
- Download and open the CAPS Innovate App, view the candidates and vote
You may also vote online at the CAPS Innovate website at www.capsinnovation.org.
April 5
You are invited to vote for the CAPS Student Innovator of the Year for 2013.
Voting begins today, Friday, April 5 and ends at midnight on Friday, April 12. Zach Belcher and Max Creason in the Technology Solutions course have developed an app you may download to your phone to place your vote. Download the CAPS Innovate App by:
- Downloading “fusebox” at the App Store
- Login to fusebox - login: caps password: Innovate
- Download and open the CAPS Innovate App, view the candidates and vote
You may also vote online at the CAPS Innovate website that Austin Jacobson in the Interactive Design course created. Thank you to these talented CAPS students for creating these platforms to allow all CAPS patrons to participate in the selection of the CAPS Student Innovator of the Year.
The winner will be announced at the Innovation Celebration on Thursday, April 26 at the Sprint Winter Garden. The winner will receive a scholarship from Goodcents Franchise Systems, Inc. and a day of consulting with CAPS alumni Hunter Browning.
Table sponsorships and individual reservations are still available on the CAPS Innovate and CAPS website.
Congratulations to Gaby Lobo for winning the State Street Perfect Pitch $1000 scholarship this Friday at the KCKCC Innovation Summit. Grace Powell and Faith Ries were second place finishers and were awarded a $700 prize. The Summit is designed to inspire entrepreneurs, individuals and educators to introduce new innovations by connecting people and organizations in the discovery of new ideas. Congratulations to all of our CAPS students who competed. CAPS students comprised five of the six finalists in the competition!
Congratulations to our CAPS Robotics Coach Mr. Dan Ritter. Coach Ritter was awarded as the Woody Flowers Mentor of the Year at the Arkansas First Robotics competition this Friday. This is the highest award FRC gives to its mentors and coaches. We are very proud of Coach Ritter’s dedication to students and proud that his leadership is being recognized nationally.
March 30
Please support CAPS Interactive Design and Blue Valley students at the 5th annual Empty Bowls Charity Event benefiting the True Light Family Resource Center. The event is open to the public on Tuesday, April 2 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. here at the CAPS building. There will be more than 400 pieces of artwork for auction. Bids begin at $5. We hope to see you there.
March 22
Please consider being a sponsor at the 2nd annual CAPS Innovation Celebration honoring student innovators on Thursday, April 25th at the Sprint Winter Garden at 6 p.m. Join the Kauffman Foundation, Garmin, Validity Screening Solutions and other CAPS Business Partners to recognize the CAPS Student Innovator of the Year.
Mr. Robb Heineman, CEO Sporting Kansas City, will be the keynote speaker. All proceeds help fund the CAPS Accelerator and our student entrepreneurs’ projects and prototypes. Download and complete a sponsor pledge form from our "Events" menu.
March 15
Thank you to Perceptive Software for hosting the CAPS instructors for a day of Agile software training. The Agile training helps to expedite projects through collaboration among cross-functional teams. Agile encourages rapid and flexible response to change. The team works as a unit to reach a common goal and to bring ideas/projects to market quickly.
The training our instructors received is a wonderful complement for the CAPS philosophies of collaboration and innovation. Instructors will be able to implement portions of this model immediately into their student’s profession-based projects.
Congratulations to the CAPS Student Leadership Team for winning 1st place for Team Collaboration during the LCE competition at Washburn University this past weekend. Thank you to Washburn University for hosting this innovative opportunity for our students, their organization and hospitality is outstanding and greatly appreciated.
The Leadership Challenge Event® (LCE®) is an annual event hosted by the Washburn University Leadership Institute. It is a unique inter-scholastic as well as inter-collegiate leadership competition which enables high school and college students an opportunity to participate in an organized competition that simulates real-life experiences. The LCE® challenges students to address a variety of problems and situations where the outcome of the simulation is dependent on the leadership decisions made throughout the course of the competition.
March 8
Please consider sponsoring a table and supporting CAPS at our second annual Innovation Celebration. Mr. Robb Heineman, CEO of Sporting KC is the keynote speaker and you will meet our ten Student Innovator of the Year finalists. Download the sponsor form here and make your pledge before spring break.
We will continue to accept CAPS applications until the courses are full. If you are interested in applying for the CAPS program, please complete the application form found under the "About Us" menu. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Chad Ralston at (913) 239-5915.
The CAPS Rotary Scholarship deadline is March 11.
March 1
We are pleased to announce that the Center for Advanced Professional Studies of the Blue Valley School District has been named a finalist for the National Business Incubation Association’s 2013 Incubator Innovation Award for its CAPS Incubator program. The winner of the prestigious award will be announced April 9 at NBIA’s 27th International Conference on Business Incubation in Boston. The National Business Incubation Association is the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. Each year, the NBIA Incubation Awards honor the business incubation programs, graduates and client companies that exemplify the best of the industry.
February 22
Please consider being a sponsor at the 2nd annual CAPS Innovation Celebration celebrating student innovators on Thursday, April 25th at the Sprint Winter Garden at 6 p.m. Join the Kauffman Foundation, Garmin, Baker University and other CAPS Business Partners to recognize the CAPS Student Innovator of the Year. For more information you may contact CAPS Global Business Associate Matt Hendler mehendler1@gmail.com or download a sponsor pledge form from the website here.
We are proud to announce that our keynote speaker will be Mr. Robb Heineman. Heineman is the CEO of Sporting Club, the parent organization of Sporting Kansas City, and one of the club’s five principal owners. He was selected to the Sports Business Journal's Forty Under 40 list and won The Stadium Business Awards Executive of the Year in 2012.
Congratulations to this year’s Student Innovator of the Year Finalists:
Business, Technology and Media
Trey Fletcher. Technology Solutions
Cade Rutledge, Interactive Design
Engineering
Alex Koch, Aerospace
Ashton Love, Robotics
Bioscience
Muriel Eaton, Bioscience Research
Dylan Geick, Bioscience Research
Human Services
Paige Sims, Sports Medicine
Danielle Stoops, Teacher Education-Ed Tech & Gaming
Innovate
Gaby Lobo
Alex Simmons
February 15
CAPS was featured in the Silicon Prairie News. View the article here.
CAPS Summer Enrichment Camp information for middle school students in now posted on the website under the "About Us" menu. Enrollment will be available in March.
Our next “Presentation and Tour” is scheduled on Wednesday, February 20, from 6-7 p.m. Come take a tour and learn more about CAPS. All are welcome and no reservations are required.
The CAPS 2013-14 application is ready for current sophomores and juniors to complete under the "About Us" menu.
Review the following CAPS Scholarship opportunities on our website under the "About Us" menu.
February 8
CAPS Summer Enrichment Camp information for middle school students in now posted on the website under the "About Us" menu. Enrollment will be available in March.
Parent/Teacher conferences at CAPS are done by appointment only with instructors. We hope that all parents are able to meet with their child’s instructor to witness the exciting projects and opportunities students are working on. These conferences can take place in a larger time window than the home high school conferences. Please see communication from the individual instructors for details on how to schedule an appointment.
Our next “Presentation and Tour” is scheduled on Wednesday, February 20, from 6-7 p.m. Come take a tour and learn more about CAPS. All are welcome and no reservations are required.
The CAPS 2013-14 application is ready for current sophomores and juniors to complete under the "About Us" menu.
Review the following CAPS Scholarship opportunities on our website under the "About Us" menu.
February 1
Parent/Teacher conferences at CAPS are done by appointment only with instructors. We hope that all parents are able to meet with their child’s instructor to witness the exciting projects and opportunities students are working on. These conferences can take place in a larger time window than the home high school conferences. Please see communication from the individual instructors for details on how to schedule an appointment.
Our next “Presentation and Tour” is scheduled on Wednesday, February 20, from 6-7 p.m. Come take a tour and learn more about CAPS. All are welcome and no reservations are required.
The CAPS 2013-14 application is ready for current sophomores and juniors to complete under the "About Us" menu.
Review the following CAPS Scholarship opportunities on our website under the "About Us" menu:
- CPS Foundation is offering a scholarship to a senior from the CAPS Human Services Strand, due date 2-22-13
- CPS Foundation is offering a scholarship to a senior from the CAPS Business, Technology and Media Strand, due date 2-22-13
- The KU School of Engineering is offering a BV CAPS Scholarship to student who has completed an admissions application to the KU School of Engineering, due date 3-15-13
- The KU School of Engineering is partnering with Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and are offering merit based scholarships with applications, due date 4-1-13
January 18
Many thanks to our CAPS stakeholders who attended our Visioning Session last night facilitated by Willoughby Design. Your ideas and feedback are so very helpful as we continue to develop our CAPS roadmap for the future.
CAPS was featured on KCPT’s THE LOCAL SHOW last evening. You may view a highlight from the show here. Next week they will interview some of CAPS enterprising teenagers on the show on Thursday, January, 24th at 7:30 p.m.
The CAPS 2013-14 application is ready for current sophomores and juniors to complete under the "About Us" menu.
Review the following CAPS Scholarship opportunities on our website under the "About Us" menu:
- CPS Foundation is offering a scholarship to a senior from the CAPS Human Services Strand, due date 2-22-13
- CPS Foundation is offering a scholarship to a senior from the CAPS Business, Technology and Media Strand, due date 2-22-13
- The KU School of Engineering is offering a BV CAPS Scholarship to student who has completed an admissions application to the KU School of Engineering, due date 3-15-13
- The KU School of Engineering is partnering with Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and are offering merit based scholarships with applications, due date 4-1-13
January 14
Happy New Year and welcome to CAPS spring semester. You will receive our Weekly Update every Friday with information on each courses’ activities during the week along with general information. This past week we had some internal issues with our Outlook software and were unable to email this on Friday.
Our next “Presentation and Tour” is scheduled on Wednesday, January 16th, from 6-7 p.m. Come take a tour and learn more about CAPS. All are welcome and no reservations are required.
The CAPS 2013-14 application is ready for current sophomores and juniors to complete.
Review our CAPS Scholarship opportunities on our website under the "About Us" menu:
- CPS Foundation is offering a scholarship to a senior from the CAPS Human Services Strand, due date 2-22-13
- CPS Foundation is offering a scholarship to a senior from the CAPS Business, Technology and Media Strand, due date 2-22-13
- The KU School of Engineering is offering a BV CAPS Scholarship to student who has completed an admissions application to the KU School of Engineering, due date 3-15-13
- The KU School of Engineering is partnering with Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and are offering merit based scholarships with applications, due date 4-1-13