As we continue celebrating the incredible moments from this year’s STAR Awards, we want to recognize one of the special honors presented during the event: the Guiding STAR Mentor Award. This year’s award was presented to @EastHeightsUMC for their incredible commitment to students at Jefferson Elementary. For more than a decade, volunteers from East Heights have continued to show up with consistency, care, and heart. They help make sure students have food through the weekend, create space for connection through a 5th grade craft group, and offer the kind of steady presence that makes a lasting impact. Their partnership is a powerful example of what it means to walk alongside students and help create the strong connections they need to succeed in school, at home, and in life. Congratulations to East Heights United Methodist Church, our 2026 Guiding STAR Mentor Award recipient! #STARAwards #GuidingSTAR #ThePandoWay #StudentSuccess

Attendance pays off. 💚 Pando students at @WichitaUSD259 @LawrenceUSD259 earned “Pando Dollars” all year for reaching attendance goals, then spent them at the Pando Attendance Shop during the last week of school. Thank you to @unitedwayplains GIV Warehouse, Faith Community Church and our volunteers! #AttendanceMatters #StudentSuccess #ThePandoWay

92 Pando NextGen Seniors. 4 high schools. Years of hard work, growth, and determination. We’re celebrating the graduating seniors of @WichitaNorth259, @wichitawesthigh, @WichitaSEHS, and @DHS_Panthers as they officially close one chapter and step into the next. Our Pando NextGen team has had the privilege of walking alongside these students through class planning, college and career preparation, scholarship applications, big decisions, tough moments, exciting wins, and everything in between. To our seniors: we are incredibly proud of you and honored to have been part of your journey. Your story is just getting started, and we cannot wait to see where life takes you next. 💚 Congratulations, Class of 2026! #PandoNextGen #StudentSuccess #ThePandoWay

⭐ To round out our 2026 STAR Student celebrations, it’s time to recognize our @WichitaUSD259 High School STAR Students! 💚⭐ This year, we’ve had the honor of celebrating 60 incredible STAR Students from 30 Pando schools. Each one has inspired us through their leadership, perseverance, kindness, growth, and the positive impact they make in their schools and communities every single day. Through Pando NextGen, these students are preparing for life after high school, building confidence, and creating bright futures for themselves and those around them. 🏫 @WichitaNorth259 Sponsored by @US_Logo STAR Students: Ayeleen & Scarlett 🏫 @WichitaSEHS Sponsored by Phil & Judy Frick STAR Students: Naryiah & Kei’Arie 🏫 @wichitawesthigh Sponsored by @ReeceNicholssck STAR Students: Brianna & Abraham #STARawards #StudentSuccess #ThePandoWay

⭐ Next up… the Wichita Public Schools Middle School STAR Students! 💚⭐ These students are showing what it means to lead by example through resilience, kindness, determination, leadership, and the positive impact they make in their schools every day. ⬇️ Check out the Wichita Middle School STARs! #STARawards #StudentSuccess #ThePandoWay