Eight Kings Seniors participated in National Signing Day by signing letters of intent to commit to competing at the intercollegiate level next year.

The ceremony occurred on Wednesday, February 1, at Kings High School. It is an honor to celebrate excellence and the upcoming opportunities for our Kings student-athletes. These athletes have been leaders in their sport, classroom, and in our community. They have left a legacy at Kings that will impact many future teams.

These eight athletes represent five sports and include all collegiate divisions. The athletes who signed on National Signing Day are:

Michael Braxton –Cedarville University - Track    

Jake Cameron – Wagner University - Football     

Ainsley Herron – Georgetown College - Softball 

Nick Hoying – Bucknell University - Football  

Jake Murphy – University of Louisville - Baseball  

Cody Powell – Tiffin University - Football

Evan Reppeto – Ohio Dominican University - Soccer

Joseph Tungate – Tiffin University - Football

They are joining four student-athletes from the Class of 2023 that participated in the Early Signing Day on November 9.  

Abby Rawlings – Basketball - Otterbein University

Melanie Schweikert – Swimming - Ohio University

Avery Tumler – Acrobatics & Tumbling - Gannon University 

Riley Wells – Basketball - Houston Christian University

There will be a final athletic signing day in May for the remainder of the Kings Knights athletes in the Class of 2023 that choose to compete at the next level!

Pictured Front Row L-R: Michael Braxton, Evan Reppeto, Ainsley Herron, and Jake Murphy.

Back Row L-R: Joseph Tungate, Nick Hoying, Cody Powell, and Jake Cameron.

For the first time in Kings High School Mock Trial history, both KHS Mock Trial teams have qualified for the Regional competition to be held on Friday, February 17.

The following students won Best Attorney Awards in their trial: Jenna Tackett, Lucy Taylor, Thomas Lu, and Lily Mueller won Best Witness in her trial.

The team is comprised of students in grades 9-12, which include Karlie Brinegar, Emily Mason, Maysaa Mohammed, Matias Parlov, Jenna Tackett, Cristan Corro-Zambrano, Tyler Mitchell, Lily Mueller, Lucy Taylor, Israel Adamson, Blake Barker, Sarvinoz Inamjanova, Thomas Lu, Malu Camarillo Campos, and Allison Mai.

KHS Mock Trial Adviser is KHS Government teacher, Mrs. Lisa King.

Congratulations!

The Kings Community should have or will be receiving their property tax bills from Warren County. 

If you look at your tax bill for this year compared to last, you will see a couple of differences. 

1. School taxes increased. Our community approved a 6.4 mill operating levy in November of 2022 that will be used for day-to-day operating expenses, including payroll, benefits, student services, utilities, etc. This is the first tax bill with the increase.
2. County taxes increased. Warren County and multiple other political subdivisions granted a “tax holiday” for taxes paid in 2022. This removed their share of the property tax levies for one year. This holiday has ended, and the levies were placed back on your bill resulting in an increase. If not for the holiday, everyone would have paid this amount last year as well.

Please reach out to Kings Treasurer, Mike Morrow, with any questions. His email address is mmorrow@kingslocal.net.

We thank the Kings Community for your financial support.

Students in Mrs. Shepherd's first-grade class at Kings Mills Elementary celebrated the Lunar New Year on Friday, February 3. This holiday is celebrated in many different countries around the world. 

The class focused specifically on the customs of China for this activity. The children created lanterns to welcome the Year of the Rabbit. They made red Lucky Money envelopes and had a feast. They would like to wish everyone Gung Hat Fat Choy! Happy New Year!

Members of the Kings High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) recently competed in the 2023 BPA Regional competition. Twenty-six KHS students qualified to compete at the State level at the State Leadership Conference on March 9 and 10 in Columbus.

The students who qualified for State are Justin Garter (4 events), Aspen Goodwin (3 events), Dominic Rosiak (3 events), Franklin Dominguez-Davis (2 events), Evan Scott, Max Astapenko (2 events), Evan West, Drew Bloomfield, Liam Dooley (2 events), Grant Arnesen, Mars Back, Ella Linahan,Gabe Charles, Dang Phan, Reece Wagner, Lauren Gallite, Keira McCoy, Charlie Reeder, Gavin Cox, Joey Gatto, Claudia Fay, Lilly Ringler, Sophia Canino, Brittany Gause, Colin Hunter, and Alex Schmidt.

The Kings High School BPA students are taught by Cassandra Barnes, Reggie Holtrey, Stephen Lickert, and Kelly Shields.

Click here to view all of the results from the Regional competition.

Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a national, cocurricular, career/technical organization for students in middle school, high school, and college business and technology programs.

Through BPA, Ohio students compete at the regional, state, and national levels in more than 50 Workplace Skills Assessment Program events, engage in community and leadership service activities, and meet business students across the state and country through participation in our programs.

Best of luck to the students qualifying to compete at the State Level!

Teachers and students from Kings High School and Kings Mills Elementary schools are partnering to celebrate Black Lives in Literature in a door decorating contest as a part of celebrating Black History Month.

KME teachers have competed in a door decorating contest during Black History Month in the past, but this year they have decided to do something a little different.

KME teachers have chosen a Black author's book to highlight during the month. They will decorate their classroom door to honor the book and will coordinate with teachers at KHS to do the same. Once all of the doors are decorated in both buildings, a slideshow will be put together, and a winner will be voted on.

Today, KME third-grade teacher Anissa Jones and KHS English teacher Katlyn Gilbert zoomed with their classes as they are collaborating on the same book, "Carmela Full of Wishes," illustrated by Christian Robinson.

Mrs. Jones read the book while Mrs. Gilbert showed the pages to her high school students. It was a special treat for the high school students as some of them had Mrs. Jones as a teacher in elementary school.

Now that they have all read the book, the work begins on decorating their doors! We can't wait to see the final results of all the doors. Stay tuned!

The Columbia Intermediate School's Puttin' on the Hits Committee is trying something brand new this year. They are auctioning off packages of 4 front row seats (with a hand-delivered snack and beverage) for both performances, which take place on February 24 and 25.

To bid, you need to fill out this form. Once your bid is submitted, check the POTH Facebook page, where the highest bids will be updated nightly. Continue to check the Facebook page and bid often. Ticket value is $56.

The bidding is live now. Winners will be contacted on February 8. Presale tickets for performances will go on sale after, with general admission tickets available for purchase on February 10.

Periodically, the Kings District seeks feedback from our parents on the instructional resources currently used or resources that are under consideration for use in different courses or grade levels.

Participation in this group may include reading a novel, reviewing a textbook, or other resources used in the classroom to teach our curriculum. If you are interested in possibly participating in this work, please complete this form.

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

Kings High School is hosting an Opportunities Fair on Thursday, February 9, 2023, from 6:00-7:30 pm.

Representatives from various local colleges and agencies will provide information about colleges, transition and disability services, the military, and adult service providers. This is a good time to obtain information to support your student’s future plans.

Agencies that will be in attendance include Xavier University, Wright State University, Miami University Regionals, Thomas More University, Northern Kentucky University, Mount St. Joseph University, US Air Force, US Army, Ohio National Guard, Warren County Career Center Adult Education, Ohio Means Jobs - Warren County, Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, University of Cincinnati - TAP Program, Sinclair Community College - Tartan TOPS Program

WCCC/Project Search, Transition Living Classroom, and the Warren County Board of Developmental Disabilities

The Opportunities Fair will run concurrently with the KHS Academic Fair. We hope to see you there!

Your high school newspaper needs your help. The Kings High School newspaper, The Knight Times staff, is working on earning six badges to complete a Distinguished Site award from the Student News Organization that hosts our website. 

During February, we are trying to earn the Audience Engagement badge, which means we need as many readers as possible. Please check out our website khsknighttimes.com and read a story or two! Feel free to leave a comment for our staff as well. You can also follow us on social media: @khsknighttimes.

At last week's production of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," Kings Stagelighters were presented with a $1,000 donation from the Daumeyer family.

The Daumeyer's have supported Kings Stagelighters by funding a scholarship in their late daughter, Kaylyn's name since 2014.

In the Spring, a scholarship is awarded in her memory to a senior student who has actively participated in the theatre program while at Kings.

Pictured below L-R; Paul Daumeyer, Trevor Daumeyer Lori and Hope Daumeyer, and Kings Theatre Director, Scott Hayward.

We are proud to announce this year's recipients of the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Competition.

This year, Kings High School students received 8 Gold Keys, 8 Silver Keys, and 22 Honorable Mentions.

Entries are judged without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity, or hometown by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts. Jurors look for originality, technical skills, and the emergence of personal vision or voice.

We wish the best of luck to our Gold Key winners, Alex Schmidt, Brennan Abbott, Arianna Borrego, Annika Kleinhenz, Kiera McCoy, Hayden Mitchell, Nora Spelic, and Claudia Witter, as their work continues on to the national competition. Only 7-10% of all regional submissions are recognized with Gold Key Awards.

KHS Silver Key winners are Caraline Bode, Eleanor Flinders, Averi Hacker, Katherine Hagen, Jack Pennington, Charlotte Roe, Claudia Witter, and Isabel York.

Honorable Mentions are Alex Schmidt (2 Honorable Mentions), Gabe Charles, Liam Dooley, Brennan Abbott, Mars Back, Drew Bloomfield, Ariya Dharni, Eleanor Flinders, Drew Froah, Averi Hacker, Annika Kleinhenz, Bella Land, Ella Linahan (2 Honorable Mentions), Joy Ma, Kiera McCoy, Bridget Ramirez, Bekah Reed, (2 Honorable Mentions), Nora Spelic, and Reece Wagner.

The students are under the supervision of KHS teachers Angie Guilfoyle, Kelly Shields, Cassandra Barnes, Carrie Cooke, and Stacy Hoffert.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S. and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers.

Check out all of the work of our talented KHS students by clicking the red button below. We wish the best of luck to the Gold Key winners as their work continues on to the National competition! Congratulations!

Pictured is Claudia Witter's Gold Key entitled "Piranha Reality/Perception"

The Kings Kloset will be open on Saturday, February 4 from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. on the second floor of the Kings Education Center.

We have very limited space and are only able to take donations that meet the needs of the families we serve. Please refrain from dropping donations at the Kings Education Center. We appreciate your understanding and support in helping us serve the families in our community in the most efficient way.

We greatly appreciate your willingness to give back to our community. However, if you have donations, please contact us first.

Kings Early Childhood Center is now registering children ages 3 to 5 for the 2023-2024 school year. Spots are available in their 4-day morning and afternoon preschool classes. Classes are taught by certified general education and early childhood intervention specialist teachers. Registration packets can be found on our website.

Class Information:

A.M., Mondays through Thursdays, 8:55-11:35 a.m.

P.M., Mondays through Thursdays, 12:30-3:10 p.m.

Childcare may be available, as well. 

Reach out to Sherri Cain, administrative assistant, at 513-398-8050, ext. 10042, for additional information.

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.

Do you know a Kings teacher who demonstrates a dedication to educational equity and a personal commitment to their community? And one who also holds themselves and others accountable to the ideals of compassion, integrity, honor, and respect?

Nominate them for the TORCH award, Teachers of Ohio Representing Character and Heart. This recognition program honors five extraordinary teachers annually by celebrating their efforts to model a strong character and heart for students, colleagues, and the community.

Nominations are due by February 4, 2023.

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.

Click here for the application and more information.

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.

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!

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!