National School Counseling Week focuses public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. the week, sponsored by American School Counselor Association, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.

National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February. This year's theme is School Counselors: Helping Students Dream Big. As families know, our school counselors can have a tremendous impact on our schools, helping students achieve and plan for a life and career beyond high school. 

From our youngest learners to graduating seniors, our Kings school counselors work with all students to remove barriers to learning by addressing academic concerns, exploring career options, and helping students build social and emotional skills over their years at Kings. Counselors provide much-needed resources and support for students' families, teachers, and administrators, too.

Many thanks to Kim Sellers, Heidi Murray, Alex Garvin, Chris Griffin, Erika Volker, Becky Lemon, Bekah Issacs, Megan Apple, Erin Hackman, Dave Winebrenner, Keri Perdrix, Emily Sander, and Tom Snyder. Let's not forget our awesome Therapy Dogs, Gily, Raven, and Ollie!

Kings Junior High School is celebrating Black History Month with a door decorating contest. Each Impact class chose an influential African American to research and then decorate their door. Winners will be chosen next week. Good luck!

The Kings High School Symphonic Band traveled to Columbus, Ohio on Friday, February 3 to perform at the Ohio Music Educators Association State Conference.

The Band entertained the audience with seven selections featuring composers from Morton Gould to John Philip Sousa.

The Band is one of only three high school bands selected to perform out of 135 recorded auditions! Kings Band Director Brian McDonough said, “It is a huge honor to be invited and perform at this event!” Bravo!

In case you missed our social media this week, Kings High School hosted its Walk of Champions on Wednesday, February 8.

The Kings Drumline led the Nationals-bound KHS Cheerleaders and the State-bound BPA qualifiers.

Kings Cheerleaders perform in Orlando, Florida this weekend. Good luck to Abby Smith, Grace Nelson, Makayla Bock, Rylee Eads, Claudia Witter, Rylee Tudor, Annika Kleinhenz, Sydney Smith, Madison Bowling, Mackenzie Bowling, Taylor Schall, Maci Bryant, Olivia Johnson, Laurel Pansch, and Addy Aust.

Kings BPA State Qualifiers: Grant Arnesen, Maxim Astapenko, Mars Back, Kelton Brown, Sophia Canino, Gabe Charles, Franklin Dominguez-Davis, Liam Dooley, Claudia Fay, Lauren Galite, Justin Garter, Joseph Gatto, Brittany Guase, Aspen Goodwin, Nicklaus Grothuas, Colin Hunter, Corbin Kachele, Ella Linahan, Miera Mccoy, Dang Phan, Charles Reeder, Jacob Reppetto, Lillian Ringler, Dominic Rosiak, Alex Schmidt, Evan Scott, Austin Staubitz, Reece Wagner, and Evan West.

Kings Athletic Director Eric Taylor said, "This is a major accomplishment and the culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work!" Congratulations to all of our students!

If you visit Columbia Intermediate School, you can find out where some of their students are from.

Our English Language Learner population has certainly grown in the District over the last year and ESL teacher Mrs. Melanie Schwer has created a bulletin board at CIS to showcase some of the very diverse students and staff that attend and work there.

She told us that she seems to be adding new people every few weeks. Check it out below!

We can't help but be disappointed that our Bengals aren't in the Super Bowl this year. But, the students and staff at Kings Mills Elementary continued their annual Souper Bowl Canned Goods Drive this year.

All week, students and staff brought in their canned goods to support the team they are hoping to win the Super Bowl; either the Philadelphia Eagles or the Kansas City Chiefs.

It looks like this year, the winner is the Philadelphia Eagles. We will see what happens on Sunday!

All of the donated canned goods will be donated to the Kings Local Food Pantry.

If you are in the market for a new mattress, don't miss Kings Junior High's largest fundraiser of the year!

KJH's 11th Annual Mattress Sale will take place on Saturday, March 4 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in the KJH Gymnasium. Every purchase benefits KJH students.

All sizes and styles will be on display. Delivery and financing are available. Clip the coupon from the flyer in Peachjar and receive free microfiber sheets with any purchase of $500 or more.

If you are interested in providing feedback to the District on the instructional resources that are under consideration for use in different courses or grade levels, please complete this form.

If you have any questions, please contact Matt Freeman, Director of Teaching & Learning, at mfreeman@kingslocal.net. 

If you haven't already, please help the Kings High School newspaper, The Knight Times on earning six badges to complete a Distinguished Site award from the Student News Organization that hosts our website. 

They have the chance to earn the Audience Engagement badge, which means they need as many readers as possible. Please check out their website khsknighttimes.com and read a story or two! Feel free to leave a comment for their staff as well. You can also follow them on social media: @khsknighttimes.

If you are interested in registering your 3-5 year-old child in preschool, Kings Early Childhood Center is now registering for the 2023-2024 school year. Classes are taught by certified general education and early childhood intervention specialist teachers. Registration packets can be found on our website.

For additional information contact Sherri Cain at 513-398-8050, ext. 10042.

Mark your calendar for Kindergarten Registration! It begins on March 13 and runs through March 31, 2023.To enroll for kindergarten, your child must turn five by September 30, 2023. More information to follow.

In case you missed it this week, Kings was represented well in the local and national media.

First, our friend, Ellison, who attends J.F. Burns Elementary, went viral on social media and was featured on local news and Good Morning America after his barber posted a video of him cutting Ellison's hair.

Also, this week, the Kings High School Employability classes were featured on Local 12. Reporter Jenna Cisneros interviewed teacher Dustin Goldie and some of his students.

Join us for the first Annual Elementary STEAM Showcase on Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at Kings Mills Elementary School.

The Showcase is an opportunity for your child to be involved in the STEAM process. Through a STEAM experiment or a STEAM challenge, students will engage in the Scientific Process by asking a question or will engage in the Engineering Design Process as they try to find a solution to a problem. 

Individuals or small groups are invited to register a project for the Showcase. Each person who participates in the STEAM Showcase will be responsible for creating a board showcasing their project and results.

Board Members

Kings Board of Education (L-R): John Skerl, Board Member; Janelle Groff, Board Member; Peggy Phillips, Board Member; Deb Cowan, Vice-President; and Stacie Belfrom, President.

The Board of Education meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a Work Session at 5:30 p.m. and the 3rd Tuesday of every month for a Regular Meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Their next meeting will be a Work Session held on Tuesday, February 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2 of the Kings Education Center.

Visit the Board of Education page on our website for meeting dates, meeting recordings, and agendas.

All meetings are live-streamed on the Kings Youtube channel.

In an effort to be "green," the District does not send paper flyers home. We use a platform called Peachjar that houses flyers of community programs and resources. 

Parents receive approved flyers via email, and they are posted on our digital flyerboard for easy retrieval. Any organization can distribute information to our community by creating an account!

The Warren County Engineer's Office has alerted us of some local road closures that you may want to be aware of.

Grandin Road, between Grandin Ridge Drive and Venture Way, will experience intermittent closures Monday, February 20, through Thursday, February 23, during the day time hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Closures are necessary for Duke Energy crews to complete short-term full closure(s) of Grandin Road to remove overhead lines. Specific time of the closure(s) are undetermined, and as these will be short-term closures, traffic will be stopped and held by law enforcement officers. Motorists may want to seek alternate routes to avoid delay. Intermittent single-lane restrictions will also be in place while crews are at work at other times, and traffic will be maintained by flaggers.No detour will be posted.

Fosters-Maineville Road, between Faller Road and Kings Court, will be closed beginning Monday, February 20, for five (5) days, weather permitting. The closure is for an underground utility construction, which will be completed by a contractor for the Warren County Water and Sewer Department. The detour for the closure will utilize Old 3’C Highway, US22/SR3 and SR48.

For more information, visit http://www.wceo.us/ or contact WCEO at (513) 695-3301.

Congratulations to the Kings Junior High 8th Grade "B" Team on their Eastern Cincinnati Conference Championship!

They beat Milford 45-37 on Thursday, February 9, to secure the championship.

Congratulations to Austin Siereveld, Max Shutt, Jayden Bell, Carson McDonough, Ian Day, Nate Ewing, Nate Masy, Maxwell Peters, Johnathan Carney, Miles Gross, Team Manager Landon Flaherty, and Coach Braden Burnside.

The future is bright for Kings Roundball!

Any female student-athletes in incoming 7th grade – 12th grade interested in trying out for Kings Women’s Varsity, JV, and Junior High Golf in the fall are invited to a meeting on Wednesday, March 1, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the KJH Multi-purpose Room.

All current roster players and parents are encouraged to come to this very informative meeting.

For more information, contact Coach Brian Parkhurst at pgabip@icloud.com.

Please join the Kings Athletic Booster Club for their annual gala fundraiser, Knight To Remember, to support our KINGS student-athletes! The evening will begin with a cocktail hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m., followed by dinner, live & silent auctions, a reverse raffle, and dancing!

This year's theme is KNIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE and we encourage you to dress in your favorite JUNGLE attire! 

Not able to attend? You can still participate in our online silent auction by registering for a GiveSmart account. Auction items will begin to appear on the site as we get closer to the event. 

Purchase tickets and register now for KABC's biggest night of the year!

Please email Sara Ritter at saritter@cinci.rr.com if you have any questions or if your business is interested in being a sponsor or donating to our live or silent auction!