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U.S. News & World Report released their 2022 edition of Best High Schools this week. Kings High School earned a high National, State, and local ranking!

The 2022 edition of Best High Schools includes nearly 18,000 public high schools nationwide and 874 in Ohio. KHS ranked #1,542 in the Nation, #53 in Ohio, and #13 in the Cincy Metro Area.

The methodology used for this year's ranking focused on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rates.

Last week, we told you about the amount of funding that Kings receives from the State to fund each student. If you recall, the average State Foundation funding per student is $5,208.

In Warren, Butler, Clermont, and Hamilton Counties, the per-student State Foundation funding is $4,091. However, Kings only receives $2,089 in State Foundation funding per student.

In 2020-2021, Kings spent $12,426 per student. The state average spending per student is $13,166. The average amount spent per student in the four-county area was $12,915. As you can see, Kings Local spent less per student than our four-county area schools' average and the state average!

Kings Treasurer, Mike Morrow will continue to detail the District's financials in the upcoming Board of Education meetings on May 10 and May 17. Visit the Kings Treasurer page on the Kings website where you can find the most up-to-date financial information and financial stability discussions.

Kings High School Senior, Sam Aripov has designed, 3-D printed, and created his own Arduino-controlled prosthetic hand.

As a part of a senior thesis project in his KHS Engineering lll class taught by Jason Shields, Sam was challenged to create an Arduino-controlled prosthetic hand that would be affordable for people to create on their own if they had a 3-D printer and access to cheap servos and also run off a 9-volt battery.

The hope for this project is that it would allow for people who were in need of a prosthetic that is expensive, to build their own. He developed this in Solid Edge software and 3-D printed it. He also created all of the code. The hand is activated when muscles in the arm are contracted.

Watch how it works here.

Congratulations J.F. Burns Elementary 3rd Grade Teacher, Skye Bogard for being named this week's Warm 98.5 Teacher of the Week!

Each student received a certificate for their work and had refreshments after the ceremony. A special award was given to Jarret Coronado Quentin as Salesman of the Year for his success in selling dog bones. (Pictured above)

Watch this video that features the work-study students.

Congratulations on a job well done to Joshua Rose, Ethan Cook, Collin Hacker, Matthew Granat, Lucas Hanley, Olivia Tyra, Ella Kuehnle, Madonna Jusko, Brayden Bebout, Jarret Coronado Quentin, Mackenzie Garner, Grady Brandabur, Marshall Gardner, and JJ Barnes.

For the last two weeks, students in Mrs. Frazier's preschool class at Kings Preschool have explored careers. They listened to books about community helpers, made marshmallow buildings like architects, and painted like artists! To culminate their studies, they celebrated Career Dress-Up Day on Thursday, April 28. Mrs. Frazier said, "The future of Kings sure does look bright!"

On April 25, the Ohio Innocence Project visited Kings High School to present to the Kings High School Social Justice classes.  

The presenter, Robert McClendon, an Innocence Project client who served 17 years after being wrongly convicted of rape and kidnapping, spoke to the students about his story of being incarcerated and how the Innocence Project helped to prove his innocence and free him from prison.

The Innocence Project is a national nonprofit organization that works to both exonerate individuals wrongly convicted of crimes and to reform the criminal justice system in an effort to prevent future injustices.

Pictured is KHS Social Justice teacher, Jonathan Bitzer with Mr. McClendon.

After a brief hiatus during Covid, the Kings Local Schools Foundation is back and ready to help the staff and students of the District.

The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization comprised of parents, alumni, and members of the Kings community. It was established in 2018 with a mission to provide high-quality opportunities, facilities, technology, and experiences to the faculty and students of the Kings Local School District.

The Foundation is in need of volunteers to keep its mission going. Positions that need to be filled are Treasurer, Fundraising Chair, Grant Coordinator, Social Media Chair, and Community Liaison.

To date, the Foundation has gifted nearly $9,000 back to our schools and teachers. If you are interested in being a part of the Foundation, please contact Elizabeth Burge at kingsschoolsfoundation@gmail.com.

The Board will begin to meet monthly this summer and are very excited to get things going again.

Kings Kids Before & After School Childcare is now accepting registrations for the 2022-2023 School Year.

The Program provides before and after school childcare for children in grades Kindergarten through 6th in their home school buildings. Hours of operation are 6:30 - 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 - 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Kings Kids offers activities in large and small group, outdoor and indoor play, and arts and crafts. They also provide a light breakfast in the morning and a snack after school.

If you are interested click here.

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.

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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In case you missed it, J.F. Burns Elementary 3rd Graders performed their music program, "Hit Parade" this week.

We are excited to release the Kings Summer Athletic Camp offerings- click link --> Kings Athletic Camps. The registration for Summer Camps will open in the next couple of weeks online https://kingsathletics.com/event-tickets