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Homeownership Starts Here

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When it comes to buying a home, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s why we’re here to help. Home View is a comprehensive first-time homebuyer course that will provide you with the information you need to take the next steps towards homeownership. Learn how to save and prepare for your home purchase, work with lenders and real estate professionals, understand the mortgage process, and so much more. Earn your completion certificate and start your homeownership journey today.

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Aravind talks increasing interest rates…

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Fed May Be Hiking in March, But Higher Rates Are Here Today

In the past 2 weeks, press coverage of the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook has ramped up significantly. The Fed is now expected to start hiking rates in March and to hike more than previously expected in 2022. If you think that gives you time to get a mortgage before rates go up, think again.

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KC Tamil Sangam President Message 2022

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On behalf of Kansas City Tamil Sangam, it is with great joy that we wish you all
“Happy New Year 2022 and Happy Pongal”
We are very excited to represent this elite Kansas City Tamil Sangam and look forward to growing, innovating, motivating and expanding our amazing Tamil community.

With immense pleasure, I am introducing the new KCTS 2022 Executive Committee. […]

Complete List of National Merit semi finalists from Blue Valley Schools

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Record number of BV students named National Merit semifinalists

Blue Valley students are still the ones breaking records and achieving at unprecedented levels! Today, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced 58 Blue Valley seniors were named National Merit semifinalists. This number sets a district record and is the most semifinalists in a Kansas school district this year.

These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for scholarships, the semifinalists must fulfill several requirements and advance to the finalist round of the competition.

The semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. Semifinalists from Blue Valley are:

Blue Valley High: Tyler H. Cho, William J. Creamer, Sophia D. Dvorak, Sofia G. Hughes, Stephania Kontopanos, Erin G. Lynn, Nathan A. Nguyen, Helenna N. Shcherbinin, Jocelyn Wang and George C. Xue

Blue Valley North: Audrey C. Beckman, Qasim M. Chohdry, Caroline I. Clarke, Kevin H. Fan, Matthew A. Freeman, Anna C. Hamilton, Prakhya Haarika Kakumanu, Cadence I. Koffman, Jordin R. MacKenzie, Ella E. O’Brien, Samuel E. Peterson, Hyesoo Song and Meredith C. Vaughn

Blue Valley Northwest: Daniel Cheng, Evan F. Clark, Elizabeth G. Cross, Ian D. Fletchall, Carly H. Gagnon, Anusha R. Gampala, Renee A. Liou, Hunter W. Long, Younggi D. Moon, Saisharan Narayan, Ethan H. Shah, Adarsh R. Veerapaneni and Julianne G. Zheng

Blue Valley Southwest: Brianna E. Duty, Logan D. Garber, Nicole J. Giam, Samuel B. Grimsley and Sophia C. Rose

Blue Valley West: Shashank Aitha, Puneet S. Bagga, Shriya Dave, Lauren Dsouza, Ethan Guo, Joseph K. Liang, Humphrey Luo, Kushala Madduru, Liam A. Mann, Yaeesh A. Mukadam, Chethani M. Perera, Max J. Rong, Aastha Sharma, Saumil Sharma, Sachin S. Shenoy, Samuel Wang and Amanda J. Zhu

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Communications Department, 913-239-4347

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Blue Valley School District is hiring Substitute Teachers!

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Blue Valley is now hiring all substitute positions for the 2021-2022 school year. We are hiring substitute teachers, nurses, and paraprofessionals.

Blue Valley offers daily (full or half day), short-term, and long-term assignments. You have the power to determine when and how often you would like to work.

Now accepting emergency substitute licenses! Only 60 college credits needed. Apply for this license on the KSDE website now!

Apply to join the Blue Valley Sub Team

IAKC President’s Note: HOPE: Shaping Community Future

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HOPE: Shaping Community Future

Every end marks a new beginning. New Year is the time to reflect on the previous year and celebrate the arrival of a new one. Let’s keep our hopes high and fill this New Year with great memories, and continue to pursue our dreams and aspirations.
It is an honor and privilege for me to serve this wonderful community as President of India Association of Kansas City for the year 2022 with a wonderful Executive Committee of 2022 who are passionate to bring lights of hope to serve our community. In this New Year, we thank every person and organization who helped us to serve the community each year, in a meaningful way and thus making a difference and carving a positive portrait on the community life around us.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, HOPE for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
Our theme for this year is, “HOPE – Shaping Community Future”. With previous couple of challenging years, we witnessed our humanity shaping its future with hope, as a lighted candle guiding us through challenges.
We promise to keep our spirits and hopes high and maintain the commitment to do good for the community and we intend to plan for meaningful events which would shape and improve the community.
We look forward to having an exciting year. Thanks to all those who supported us and gave us new goals and inspiration to serve our community.
Please follow us on Facebook to stay caught up with our events & activities.
For Annual membership (Calendar Year 2022) please use this link –https://www.iakc.org/iump-subscription-plan-2/
Sponsors: To support us please use the link: https://www.iakc.org/sponsorship/
Looking forward to a very Fun-filled and exciting year ahead.
Thanks
Emmanuel Mathew
President 2022

KCdesi Welcomes Royal Spices!

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Royal Spices

Indian Grocery and Food

is located within the Overland Park community, Kansas City. We value customer service over anything with our free shipping, online service, as well as convenient location. Explore Indian snacks & sweets, rice & dals, flours & rava, masalas & Indian spices, ready to eat & cook, pickles, pastes & sauces, tea & coffee and health & beauty. Our products are all quality tested to provide top class products to our consumers. We promote premium products so that you can eat a fresh and scrumptious meal every time.

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