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Happy June! ☀️

Join our Team! Email your cover letter and resume to Katie at [email protected]

Green Gate Families are invited to a summer kickoff celebration at Botanica! Register here for free admission including a catered lunch!

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Kick off summer with a free family day at Botanica Gardens!

VELA, Lily Lake Kansas, Learning Lab Wichita, and WISE (Wichita Innovative Schools and Educators) are hosting a Summer Kickoff Celebration for Wichita families and founders. Free admission, catered lunch from 11 AM to 12:30 PM, and great company. Whether you're already doing Indie Education or just exploring, come connect and celebrate.

📅 June 3, 2026
🕛 11 AM to 3 PM
📍 Botanica, The Wichita Gardens

RSVP for free tickets. https://bit.ly/4wDKFsx

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Notice what is the foundation… safety, regulation, trust, belonging… these come from building strong relationships at school. This is Green Gate. 💚

“Only recess (particularly unstructured recess) provides the creative, social, and emotional benefits of play, which foster the acquisition of lifelong skills including communication, negotiation, problem solving, and self-regulation.” —American Academy of Pediatrics

This is what Green Gate has been saying all along — and what we do every single day for your children. Over 100 years of research continues to point to what the American Academy of Pediatrics confirmed in its latest policy statement: children from preschool through 12th grade need regular daily play and “recess” experiences to learn and thrive.

While many traditional schools continue to reduce these opportunities, we remain committed to protecting play in childhood and adolescence and doing what is best for kids.

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/doi/10.1542/peds.2026-077025/207527/The-Crucial-Role-of-Recess-in-School-Policy?autologincheck=redirected&fbclid=IwVERDUAR3EnVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR76YTNOHdVuCag-2H19LSItAZ2iTNkEM5Mrevi7AntcYmDE97g_hucQ-CPtLw_aem_4_Pt_j7Vbcmb3rVqsNAAIA

The Crucial Role of Recess in School: Policy Statement This revision serves as an update of the 2013 policy statement, ”The Crucial Role of Recess.” It reemphasizes the crucial role of recess in child and adolescent development, citing research in the neurophysiology of learning, adolescent health, social-emotional development, executive skills, and...

💚Happy Mother’s Day!

Yep- Green Gate is low tech for a reason! Climb a tree, read a book, write a story!