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Janet Kaye Sims, 64, Hutchinson, passed away Thursday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Memorial celebration will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1602 N. Main St., Hutchinson. Private burial will be at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.
The family has requested that donations be sent to the Janet K. Sims Memorial Education Scholarship at KU, as well as KU Medical Center's Langdon Center for the Aging-MDA Clinic. Please visit her Web site at www.janetksimsmemorial.com for memorial information and to submit memories.
The family provided some of the following information.
Janet K. Sims was born in El Dorado on April 14, 1943, the first girl of Paul and Gladys Jewell in Burns/Peabody. Janet graduated from Peabody High School in 1961 and received her bachelors of science in elementary education from the University of Kansas in 1965. She received her masters in elementary guidance and counseling in 1967 from KU. She furthered her personal goals by receiving her education specialist degree in 1987 from Wichita State University.
Janet spent her life in the pursuit of education excellence. She started her career in elementary education in Turner, then taught third grade at Cherokee Elementary in Overland Park. Most impressively, Janet spent 18 years as principal at USD 313 in Buhler, at Obee Elementary School. Janet retired in 2005 from Obee but could not walk away from education. She then directed Buhler's English as a second language program, as well as the Newman University ESL program. She spent many hours as a part-time administrator at Pleasant View Academy and was the coordinator for the After School Tutoring program-ESSDACK for the Hutchinson school district.
Among her many accolades, her most significant was being selected as State of Kansas Blue Ribbon/National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-1999. She also was a multiple Fulbright Memorial Scholarship recipient in 1999 and 2004. That honor took her to Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. She was the 2001 KAESP Kansas Elementary Principal of the Year and in 2002 was awarded the NAESP National Distinguished Principal in Washington, D.C.
Janet is survived by a daughter, Shera A. Sims, DDS and husband Triet Vu of Harrisonville, Mo.; her mother, Gladys Jewell of Peabody; brothers Rex Jewell of Manhattan and Robert Jewell of Olathe and their families. Janet was preceded in death by her father Paul Jewell, brother Arthur Jewell, and sister Janell Jewell.
Manhattan Mercury, The - June 24, 2007
Janet Kaye Sims, 64, Hutchinson, passed away Thursday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Memorial celebration will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1602 N. Main St., Hutchinson. Private burial will be at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.
The family has requested that donations be sent to the Janet K. Sims Memorial Education Scholarship at KU, as well as KU Medical Center's Langdon Center for the Aging-MDA Clinic. Please visit her Web site at www.janetksimsmemorial.com for memorial information and to submit memories.
The family provided some of the following information.
Janet K. Sims was born in El Dorado on April 14, 1943, the first girl of Paul and Gladys Jewell in Burns/Peabody. Janet graduated from Peabody High School in 1961 and received her bachelors of science in elementary education from the University of Kansas in 1965. She received her masters in elementary guidance and counseling in 1967 from KU. She furthered her personal goals by receiving her education specialist degree in 1987 from Wichita State University.
Janet spent her life in the pursuit of education excellence. She started her career in elementary education in Turner, then taught third grade at Cherokee Elementary in Overland Park. Most impressively, Janet spent 18 years as principal at USD 313 in Buhler, at Obee Elementary School. Janet retired in 2005 from Obee but could not walk away from education. She then directed Buhler's English as a second language program, as well as the Newman University ESL program. She spent many hours as a part-time administrator at Pleasant View Academy and was the coordinator for the After School Tutoring program-ESSDACK for the Hutchinson school district.
Among her many accolades, her most significant was being selected as State of Kansas Blue Ribbon/National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-1999. She also was a multiple Fulbright Memorial Scholarship recipient in 1999 and 2004. That honor took her to Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. She was the 2001 KAESP Kansas Elementary Principal of the Year and in 2002 was awarded the NAESP National Distinguished Principal in Washington, D.C.
Janet is survived by a daughter, Shera A. Sims, DDS and husband Triet Vu of Harrisonville, Mo.; her mother, Gladys Jewell of Peabody; brothers Rex Jewell of Manhattan and Robert Jewell of Olathe and their families. Janet was preceded in death by her father Paul Jewell, brother Arthur Jewell, and sister Janell Jewell.
Manhattan Mercury, The - June 24, 2007
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1943 - 2007 (64 years)