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Read Across SMSD episode features Lenexa Hills mailbox project

Shawnee Mission Education Foundation · April 8, 2026

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This transcript is an elementary-school reading program (Read Across SMSD) featuring Lenexa Hills Elementary students and is not eligible for civic-news article generation.

This transcript records an elementary-school reading program produced by the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation. Laura Harsh, the business-to-education program officer for the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation, introduced the April episode of Read Across SMSD and announced the month’s elementary book, Dear New Friend by Tarini Matlub. Students at Lenexa Hills Elementary described a mailbox project led by media specialist Gwen Crowell in which they researched countries, created mailboxes and exchanged letters to build connections and a sense of belonging. The episode’s theme, Grow Your Circle, centered on building connections and helping students feel included.

No civic-government decisions, motions, votes, or public-policy deliberations are recorded in this transcript; the content is student-focused and instructional.

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