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The 127th Commencement of Kings High School took place on Sunday, May 22 at the Cintas Center on Xavier University Campus.

This year's graduating class of 357 seniors will have a set of memories and experiences that have been greatly affected by a global pandemic.

Katie Gabert and Jake Bruns earned the Academic and Activity Excellence Award presented by the Kings Board of Education. This year's Valedictorian and Master of Ceremonies was Renee Perpignan and Salutatorian was Carson Page. This year's Honored Vocational Student was Jordan Huber.

This year, graduation ceremonies were livestreamed so those who couldn’t make it to graduation could still watch via the internet.

Congratulations KHS Class of 2022! We know you will do big things! #onceaKnightalwaysaKnight

The students at J.F. Burns Elementary have been reading furiously to win this year's Laps for Literacy.

From January to April students log every minute of extra-curricular reading they do. Those minutes are added up and calculated into laps that Mrs. Montag has to walk around Landen Lake. This year students read a record-breaking total of 1,098,685 minutes!

This year’s Top Readers were: Kindergarten - Ashton Heizman; 1st grade- AJ Bersaglia; 2nd grade - Gracelyn Bersaglia; 3rd grade - Abigail Pohl; and 4th grade - Elise Conley; Top Classes were Mr. Brown, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Swanson, Mrs. Caudell, and Mrs. Vingum.

Mrs. Montag walked six laps around Landen Lake – 18 miles! The entire student body lined the J.F. Burns drive to cheer on Mrs. Montag, the top readers and classes as they began the first lap. 

This year's Lemonade Stand also raised a whopping $977 for the Casting Freedom Organization. Way to go! Keep reading this summer! 

The students in Mike Stevens Government classes Kings High School have a financial literacy curriculum where the students have the opportunity to learn a little more about dealing with everyday finances.

Laura Stanton from the Ohio State University Extension Office seen in the video below, was at Kings High School on Friday, April 29 where the students participated in a program called "Real Money, Real World."

This program is a simulation where students are given a career, a certain number of children, and a monthly paycheck. The students then have to learn to budget for their expenses. Some learned some hard lessons!

A new Ohio law passed this year requires all students entering 9th grade after July 2022 to earn half a credit in financial literacy. Kings will be requiring students in the Class of 2026 to take this new course during their junior or senior year of high school. Next fall, teachers and administrators from KHS will work to review the state standards for financial literacy and will create the course curriculum and select resources to offer the new class during the 23-24 school year.

Kings Junior High School Administrative Assistant, Patricia Vollmer was surprised this week by the KJH Staff with the announcement that she has been chosen as the Ohio Middle-Level Association (OMLA) Support Staff of the Year.

KJH Principal said, "Mrs. Vollmer is held in high regard by the parents and the Kings Community, as well. She is loved by the entire KJH staff." Vollmer said, "I feel really honored and privileged to be nominated." She said the KJH Staff makes it easy to come to work every day. "I consider them my family," she said.

Mrs. Vollmer will receive her award at the OMLA State Conference in Columbus in November.

Congratulations, Patricia! Well-deserved!

You will be greatly missed!   

For more information click here.

The Kings Local School District Food Service Department in partnership with South Lebanon Community Center/Joshua's Place is participating in a FREE Summer Meal Program.

The program will provide FREE meals and nutritious snacks to children 18 and younger and for youth ages 19-21 who have a mental or physical disability and who participated in the program during the school year.

Meals will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. June 6 through July 20 at the South Lebanon Community Center, 83 N. Section Street, South Lebanon.

If you have any questions, please contact Kings Food Service Director, Jennifer Arlinghaus at 513-398-8050, ext. 10027.

The Kings Board of Education will meet on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. to hold a Records Commission Meeting and will hold a Special Meeting that same evening at 5:30 p.m. to discuss District finances.

8 at 5:30 p.m. for their monthly Work Session. They will meet in Conference Room 2 of the Kings Education Center.

You can watch the meeting live on the Kings Youtube channel or by clicking here.

With Summer Break upon us, school staff will not be available to support students during summer break.

Parent Peer Support services are available through the summer from Beech Acres Parenting Center.

Crystal Drake, Kings Parent Support Provider will offer this free service and is available to all parents and caregivers of Kings students in grades pre-k-12.

Connect with Crystal by phone, text or email at (513) 239-7042

or cdrake@beechacres.org

Additionally, if you have a concern for your safety or someone else's safety, don't hesitate to contact the Warren County Crisis line at 877-695-6333 or use the Crisis Text Line – text 4hope to 741741.

The Summer Slide is a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can occur over the summer months when school isn't in session. Numerous studies show that kids who don't read during summer break actually slip in reading ability by the time autumn rolls around.

We have provided you with some Summer Reading Programs in our area to help your students. Thank you for supporting your student to prevent the Summer Slide!

Grandin Road, between the Little Miami Scenic Trail and Striker Road, will remain closed to through traffic until Friday, June 10, 2022, weather permitting.

The extension of the closure is to allow Duke Energy Gas additional time to safely relocate their transmission main ahead of the King Avenue Bridge Replacement Project Improvements. It is anticipated that daytime lane closures, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., will follow the closure for approximately 2 weeks, in order to complete all gas relocation work along Grandin Road.

Access to the Peter’s Cartridge Factory and to Cartridge Brewing will be maintained at all times from King Avenue or from Grandin Road. The detour for the closure will utilize King Avenue, Columbia Road, Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road, and SR 48.

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

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.

Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to keep in the loop!

Congratulations to Kings Baseball Coach, Lance Durham for being named the 2021-2022 Eastern Cincinnati Conference Baseball Coach of the Year!

This was Coach Durham's first year as Knights Head Baseball Coach. Under Coach Durham, the Knights brought home an ECC Championship this season.

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