Join us as we celebrate Public Schools Week. This week celebrates our schools as it brings together school leaders, educators, school board members, parents & community leaders to recognize the importance of our nation’s public schools and our students’ futures.

9 out of 10 students—over 48 million—attend a public school. Public schools welcome every child—regardless of ability, race, religion, wealth, language, country of origin, or needs.

We’re proud of our schools that help your children learn and grow. THANK YOU to our dedicated teachers and staff for keeping our students safe, learning, and growing this year. PUBLIC SCHOOL PROUD!

Ohio's Lieutenant Governor, Jon Husted visited the Kings High School Employability classes on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.

During his short visit, he gave the students great advice and told inspiring stories. With such a busy schedule, we were honored to host the Lt. Governor and his team!

They are doing great things at Kings High School for students who are interested in going into the workforce. Students are being exposed to several different job opportunities, apprenticeships, and experienceships. Thanks to Employability teacher, Dustin Goldie for his leadership!

Pictured above L-R: Torianno Johnson, Madison Socol, A.J. Johnson, Lt. Governor, Husted, and Dustin Goldie.

Congratulations to our own Kings Board of Education President, Stacie Belfrom who is a recipient of the 2022 Ohio School Boards AssociationTraining Award.

The OSBA Training Award is an award that is presented to a select group, as only 50 of the more than 3,400 board members in Ohio will receive the honor in 2022.

Belfrom takes his position on the Kings Board of Education seriously. He not only attends meetings, but he also takes part in professional development events and activities offered by OSBA and the National School Boards Association (NSBA).

In order to receive the Training Award, a board member must earn 200 points within a three-year period. There are 15 types of events or activities which qualify for points towards the award including attending a regional fall or spring conference, attending OSBA’s State Legislative Conference, and attending the OSBA Board Leadership Institute.

Mr. Belfrom will be officially recognized at the Southwest Region Spring Conference on Tuesday, March 8.

In order for the Kings Board of Education to be present when Mr. Belfrom receives his award, the Work Session scheduled for Tuesday, March 8 has been canceled. The Board will meet on Tuesday, March 15 at 5:30 p.m. for a Combined Work Session and Regular meeting.

Forty-five Kings High School students spent their Presidents Day weekend serving at an orphanage in Monterrey, Mexico.

Co-Organizer and KHS teacher, Andy Endress said that he and Co-Organizer and KHS Counselor, Alex Garvin were happy to be able to go this year as the trip was canceled last year due to COVID restrictions.

While there were still strict COVID regulations in Mexico, the students were required to wear masks at all times while in the orphanage. He said, "Not one of them (students) batted an eye at wearing masks." He said that the students "were absolutely amazing, compassionate, kind, serving, hard-working, and took some risks."

Serving Back2Back Ministries on this yearly trip definitely takes the students out of their comfort zone. Back2Back said that this group from KHS is their favorite of the year because they know that "our students will do it the right way, finish what they start, and show great love to the vulnerable children."

Endress said, "A lot of cultural and language barriers were broken down, as well as a lot of growth from our students."

Pictured below: Gracyn Alexander, Sam Casto, Peyton Dickerson, Winston Emerson, Asher Ewing, Claudia Fay, Elijah Fladung, Henry Fladung, Isabel Fladung, Kam Flinchum, Aidan Guckenberger, Maya Hicks, Owen Hodges, Nicholas Hoying, Sydney Jessee, Hunter Jones, William Kocher, Carson Krepps, Andrew Leist, Trevor Lindgren, Tyler Lindgren, Courtney Lindgren, Tanner McKiernan, Carson Page, Andrew Sharp, Noah Spencer, Bruce Taylor, Madelyn Thibodeau, Joseph Tungate, Diego Velazquez, and Isabella Wright.

Thank you to those of you who participated in our Thoughtexchange on the future of Kings! We had a great response and will be sharing your thoughts very soon!

Matt Taylor, the Apprenticeship Training Coordinator at UA Local 392, recently shared the great apprenticeship opportunities available in Plumbing, HVAC, and Pipefitters with Kings Seniors, Ty, Tony, Jonathan, Chase, and Aiden. Their visit to UA Local 392’s training center included learning what apprentices do, how to apply for the program, and how they are trained. 

The District is now reporting daily numbers of positive cases and quarantines of COVID-19. Those numbers will be reported by the end of the school day each day. You can find that information on our website. We will continue to report the weekly totals, as well.

The Warren County Area Progress Council is seeking nominations for the 2022 Project Excellence Award.

Read more to find out how to nominate your favorite Kings teacher!

On Saturday, March 5, 2022, Kings Junior High will host their 10th Annual Mattress Sale! It is a one-of-a-kind fundraising event that features brand new mattresses in all sizes and are available at up to 50% below retail!

There will be a showroom set up with over 25 on display. Delivery is available.

This is the junior high's largest fundraiser. Check out the sale in the KJH Gymnasium from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

It's time to register for Kings Preschool for the 2022-2023 school year!

Visit the Kings Preschool webpage for more information.

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This week, several student-athletes were recognized for their post-season trips to State in their respective sports.

The Walk of Champions, led by the Kings Drumline helped to cheer on the eleven Kings Swimmers as they head to Canton, Ohio this weekend to participate in the OHSAA Swimming State Championship. Additionally, the Dance Team has qualified for State and National Competition, and the Indoor Track Team has two female state qualifiers.

Congratulations to:

Swimmers - Ashleigh Bender, Seth Broaddrick,Tyler Cukovecki,Jackie Cunningham, Sam Crum, Kevin Glennon, Aiden Leamer, Brett Ninnemann, Melanie Schweikert, Faith Rudowski, and Cooper Tinsley.

Dance Team - Meredith Bodley, Brianna Carella, Camden Dawkins, Anna Doughman, Katelyn Dykhuizen, Ella Hancock, Elizabeth Herd, Elizabeth Johnson, Kaitlyn McCorkle, Anyi Metzger, Taylor Schall, Jaidyn Schroeder, Alexandra Spoelker, Caroline Spoelker, Mackenzie Stalker, Jordan Staubitz, and Maria Tormos.

Indoor Track - Sara Doughman and Zoe Lenney.

The registration is now open at- https://e.givesmart.com/events/pde/