KINGS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
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EBBN - Electronic Blackboard News
October 26, 2018
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Upcoming Events
November 6
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NO SCHOOL, Staff Inservice Day.
November 13
— Kings Board of Education Work Session, 5:30 p.m., KEC Conf. Rm. 2
November 20
— Kings Board of Education Regular Meeting, 6:30 p.m., KEC Conf. Rm. 2
November 21-23
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NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break
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There will be no EBBN on Friday, November 2. We will return on Friday, November 9!
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The Master Facilities Plan Thoughtexchange is open until October 31. Your feedback has been instrumental. Please take some time to watch the video to learn more and then participate in the Thoughtexchange by sharing your thoughts!
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Community Learning Series
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Mark your calendar for November 15 when
Adrian Williams, Kings parent and mediator and counselor, will facilitate a community forum on Thursday, November 15 on the topic, "Is your child ready for the world outside of Kings?"
The talk will center on the tools and knowledge he/she will need to know in order to exist in a diverse world. This important forum will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Kings Junior High Multipurpose Room.
The Diversity and Inclusion Task Force will be collecting children's books (5th & 6th grade level) that evening to be donated to a teacher's classroom library.
Learn more
about the book drive. See you there!
In case you missed "Everything You Want to Know About Vaping,"
click here
to view the presentation.
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Spanish Virtual Reality at KJH
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Last week, the students in Mr. Jepson's eighth-grade Spanish classes, students created their own virtual reality tour of Mexico City. Focusing in the vocabulary and grammar of the unit, students researched different places to visit on a Spanish-language website.
The students then put those places into Google Expedition and got a first-hand view of the places they'd just researched. You can see an example of the tours created by the students by
clicking this link
. If you have VR goggles, pop your phone in and enjoy!
Pictured are Connor Breneman, Madisyn Baker, and Madison Socol.
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Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness at CIS
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The 5th grade students on Laurie Stephens and Karen Manis' Team Tenacity showed their support for Breast Cancer last Friday wearing their Rumble for the Ribbon shirts. They are definitely #KingsStrong!
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KHS Students Visit Local Businesses
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Students in the new Employability and Careers classes at Kings High School recently took field trips to area two area businesses. This class is a partnership with United Way of Warren County as a part of the Workforce Development Initiative that will help create a pathway for students from school to work and provide them with job and education opportunities they may not know about otherwise.
This year students will take Part 1 of course and Part ll will be offered next year. This initiative will help students receive opportunities to job shadow and possible internships with local business partners.
Students in this class are developing job skills and learning about employer expectations for work ethics in today's workforce. They are also learning the importance of developing skills such as effective communication skills, having a positive attitude, overcoming failure, building self-esteem, teamwork, dependability, initiative, and several other behaviors that are important in the workplace and in life.
The classes visited ADVICS Manufacturing Company and GMI to get a first-hand look at different types of manufacturing facilities and make them aware of job opportunities available in manufacturing in the Warren County area. ADVICS is a Japanese Company who makes brakes for several brands of cars and GMI makes all types of white boards and glass boards for different types of businesses and sports teams.
Prior to the field trips, representatives from each company visited the classes and shared about various opportunities their company offers and explained employer expectations from a standpoint of soft skills required to be successful in the workplace today.
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Kings Junior High School hosted a Food Drive last week. A total of 1,300 items were delivered to the Kings Local Food Pantry in South Lebanon.
KJH teacher, Diane Bigelow organized the drive. Several students, including KJH Leadership students helped organize, pack and load the food for delivery. Mrs. Bigelow said, "One student happened to be at the pantry I dropped donations one day and he gladly helped me bring in that one car load."
Thank you, KJH for helping to feed those in need in our community! If you would like to donate to the Kings Food Pantry call 513-494-2692 or email them at
kingslocalfoodpantry@gmail.com
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Kings Band Boosters Need Your Help
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The Kings Band Boosters Board need your help. Kings is proud to host the AAA championships for the Mid-States Band Association (MSBA) on our campus on Saturday, November 3. This is an all-day event as we will have schools competing from all over the area. It is also one of our largest fundraisers for the year.
In order to host the MSBA AAA event to the level of excellence that only Kings can pull off, we need “all hands on deck”. Do you have a couple of hours (or more) that you can spare? Do you have a student who needs community service hours? Do you have a neighbor or relative who just wants to get in on a fun community activity? There are many ways to get involved, however here are some areas that have been identified with the highest need along with their sign-ups:
Kings students can also check on
Innerview.org
for student help for MSBA.
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KHS Yearbook Staff Recognized
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Congratulations to Kings High School Yearbook Staff for receiving the Walsworth Yearbook Company Gallery of Excellence award for the
4th year in a row
! Only two schools of the KHS Walsworth Representative's area of 75+ schools made it into this prestigious group. The following students were on the staff last year.
Editors: Caroline Mettey & Ally Coughlin
Staff: Adam Olson, Karleigh Connor, Erin Schuster, Jessica Wright, Gracie Bloomfield, Carolyn Bruns, Kyra Van Nimwegen, Corinna Cooper, Sophie Carlin, Ally Carlin, Emily Carlin, Lainey Rankin, Abby Dorsa, Pacie Martin, and Alexis Wires.
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Kings Kloset Needs Winter Clothing
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The Kings Kloset, a free clothing store that benefits those in need in the Kings Local School District, is in need of winter clothing, coats, and boots. If you happen to have some extra's or outgrown items, please consider donating to Kings Kloset. Please contact a Kings Kloset representative to schedule a drop-off by
clicking here
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Kings Kloset will be open on Saturday, November 3 from 9:00-11:00 a.m.
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JFB Candy for the Troops Drive
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For the 8th year, J.F. Burns Elementary School will collect Halloween candy to send to the troops overseas. All candy is sent via the Yellow Ribbon Support Center.
The candy drive will begin on Thursday, November 1 and run through Friday, November 9. Our goal is always to exceed the previous year's haul. Last year we collected a record 3,206 pounds of candy for deployed troops.
Candy (and monetary) donations can be brought to
JF Burns Elementary School
located at
8471 Columbia Rd
. in Landen. There will be a drop box located in the main hallway for after-hours donations. All types of candy and snacks (including chocolate) will be accepted (no candy shaped like body parts please). If possible, please send the candy into the school in a zip-lock baggie. We will also gladly accept donations of quart size zip-lock baggies! There will also be a drop box located at
Mac's Pizza Pub Landen
!
Monetary donations are accepted to help cover the cost of shipping. You may send a check in made payable to "The Yellow Ribbon Support Foundation" or make donations via PayPal through
www.yellowribbonsupportcenter.com
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All donations are tax deductible.
If you have a loved one deployed in harms way, please email Keith Maupin at
K_Maupin@yahoo.com
or you may send a private message to the Yellow Ribbon Support Center via their Facebook page.
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Support Kings Families this Christmas
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2018-2019 Kings Theatre Shows
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Kings Ski and Board Sign-ups
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Kings High School and Kings Junior High Ski and Snowboard Club will begin sign-ups have begun and will continue through November 14.
The Club will travel to Perfect North Slopes on 4 consecutive Wednesdays in January and February. The Club is offering a 30% discount to
ANYONE
in the Kings District.
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Keep up with everything Kings by following us on social media. We can’t possibly report all of the great things happening in our weekly EBBN. We update our social media pages daily with exciting things that happen in and out of our classrooms! Follow us on
Facebook
,
Twitter,
and
Instagram
to keep up with all of the great things that happen on a daily basis.
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We have added a lot of new opportunities!
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Kings Athletic News
Check out Kings Athletics
website
! You can find out schedule information, upcoming events, news about teams, and even get directions to away venues.
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Junior High State Cross Country Runners
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Last weekend, our Kings Junior High Cross Country runners competed in the Ohio Middle School State Invitational. Several of our runners did very well! Our 7th and 8th grade boys team placed 3rd in the state and even though the girls didn't field a full team, four girls placed in the top 27 out of 73 athletes.
Congratulations to the following athletes:
Ricky Davalos, Brendan Stock, Jack Bender, Seth Broaddrick, Will Moody, Scott Hussey, Travis Mitchell, Jack Pennington, Maura Hart, Peyton Dickerson, Sam Kenneweg, and Shae McHugh.
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Be The Match and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will host a Marrow Donor Registry event on October 26 at the Varsity football game at Kings Stadium.
They will be raising funds and awareness for those who are fighting blood cancers and are in need of a bone marrow transplant. This year's event will also include a fundraiser in honor of Sarah Drees (pictured left), a Kings Community Member and 9 year survivor of AML, who is now fighting her second battle with AML. Sarah is presently at The James at Ohio State and just received word that her sister is a 100% match for her to proceed with a bone marrow transplant!
Attendees will have the opportunity to fill out information to register and receive a swab kit at home if they would like to be a part of the Be The Match registry. They will have several items being raffled. Tickets for the raffle will be 1 ticket for $1 or 6 tickets for $5. Students will also be participating in the stands with buckets to collect donations each time the Knights score, called Money for The Match.
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Send us the news you want to see!
Dawn Gould | Community Relations Coordinator
phone: 513-459-2925
EBBN is a publication of the Kings Local School District
Communications Department.
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Kings Local School District
1797 King Ave
Kings Mills, Ohio 45034
513.398.8050
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