It's Official! The Kings Board of Education voted 5-0 to approve Mr. Greg Sears' contract to become the next superintendent of the Kings Local School District. 

This year’s graduating class persevered through the pandemic with class and grace.

Kaleigh Cooke and Stephen Gerstner earned the Academic and Activity Excellence Award presented by the Kings Board of Education. This year's Co-Valedictorians were Connor Sims and Morgan Smith. Salutatorian was William Ritchie. This year's Honored Vocational Student was Patrick Corcoran.

This year, graduation ceremonies were livestreamed so those who couldn’t make it to graduation could still watch via the internet. Visit our Kings Facebook page to see some pictures from the day.

Pictured is Senior, Ben Reisenberg and his Service Dog, Max.

Kings High School Senior, Grace Macke received a surprise of a lifetime at graduation last Sunday when her dad, Master Sgt. Drew Macke showed up when he was supposed to be in the Middle East.

Sgt. Macke was deployed 6 months ago with the U.S. Air Force. Grace didn't think he would be able to come home for graduation. But, thanks to the U.S. Air Force and some help from the Kings High School Administration, Drew made it home.

Grace was called to the stage prior to the graduation ceremony along with her family. She thought she would be viewing a video message from her dad, but instead, he came onto the stage to surprise her.

It was a heartwarming experience for those in attendance. We thank Sgt. Macke for his service.

Photo credit - Jim Schult

We are proud to announce that incoming Kings Athletic Director, Eric Taylor has been recognized by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) as a Certified Athletic Administrator.

The Kings Board of Education approved current Student Services Director, Dana Martin as Assistant Superintendent of Educational Programs beginning in the 2021-2022 school year. Her responsibilities will encompass all programs that fall under student services and instruction.  

Mr.Tim Spinner will be the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Business Operations.

Mrs. Martin's position is not a new, added position, just a change in title.

Dr. Angie Thompson has retired from her Central Office position leaving an open position that will not be filled and will result in net savings to the District of $125,000.

Congratulations, Mrs. Martin!

Front Row L to R: Caleb Chunn – Harding University (Cross Country/Track & Field), Bekah Baumlein– Ohio Northern University (Golf), Reese Woody – University of Cincinnati (Cheerleading), Annie Wise – Wilmington College (Track & Field), Emma Murrell – University of Findlay (LaCrosse), and Olivia Hoin – California University of Pennsylvania (Tennis).

Middle Row L to R: Cameron Huhn – Dominican University (Baseball), Ty Stylski – University of Dayton (Football), Erik Takle-Flach – Concordia University of Ann Arbor (LaCrosse), Zach Hymer – Otterbein University (Football), Zion Foster – Indiana Tech University (Track & Field), Preston Dickerson (Cross Country), Kiley Ingram – Grove City College (Basketball), and Chloe Wolf – The Ohio State University (Rowing).

Back Row L to R: Brady Cefalu – University of Findlay (Football), Alex Justus – University of Kentucky (Track & Field), Tarrus Garrett – Wittenberg University (Baseball), Blake McCann – Siena Heights University (Football), Devin Eads – Siena Heights University (Baseball), Dawson McCulley – Concordia University of Ann Arbor (Football). Not pictured: Jules Fink –Utah Valley University (Volleyball) and Jake Young – West Virginia University (Swimming).

The Art students in Laura Acierno's classes at J.F. Burns Elementary celebrated Kodomo no hi, Japan's Children's Day on May 5.

On this day, children are respected and honored for their individual strengths and happiness is wished upon them. A tradition to celebrate children on this day, cloth carp streamers (Koinobori) are flown on poles outside of public buildings and private houses to bring good fortune to the children inside.

Mrs. Acierno's students created their own Koinobori to display at J.F. Burns. A beautiful showcase filled with the student's work is in celebration of the 4th grade Art students as they head to Columbia Intermediate next year.

We hope you'll join us for Back To School After COVID-Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health on Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Even while celebrating, students in Nancy Galster's Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry class at Kings High School are learning.

To celebrate the fact that the students took the AP Chemistry Exam, they had an ice cream party.

Shown here is Junior, Tyler Harris stirring the ice cream with the liquid nitrogen while Juniors, Connor Gibson, Josh Klasmeier, and Ethan Townsend look on.

On Thursday, May 20, the preschool students in Mrs. LesChander and Mrs. Frazier's classes had a visit from Henrietta the Chicken, owned by Mrs. Cincy Nicholas.

The students were excited to pet and feed Henrietta, and taste fresh hardboiled eggs.

Kings Assistant Superintendent, Tim Spinner even joined in on the fun!

Construction of the bridge on U.S. Route 22 over the Little Miami River will close U.S. 22 to motorists beginning on Monday, June 7 for up to 50 days.

This closure could significantly impact traffic on other local routes, especially in Landen and Maineville. The current detours will include Columbia Road, Western Row Road, I-71, and S.R. 48.

Learn more from ODOT.

We are continuing to monitor positive cases and quarantines. If you or your children exhibit symptoms or are waiting for a test result, please contact Kings Contact Tracer, Christy Salek at csalek@kingslocal.net.

For more information, you can refer to our daily health assessment and Decision Tree to help decide if you should send your child to school. Additionally, each week the COVID-19 Dashboard is updated with the number of positive cases and quarantines.

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