KINGS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
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EBBN - Electronic Blackboard News
May 25, 2018
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Upcoming Events
June 12— Kings Board of Education Work Session, 5:30 p.m., KEC Conference Room 2.
June 19— Kings Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting, 6:30 p.m., KEC Conference Room 2.
August 15— First Day of School for the 2018-2019 School Year.
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Kings Launches 2nd Thoughtexchange
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The Kings Local School District has launched it's second online learning process called Thoughtexchange. We really appreciate the community feedback that we received on our first Exchange.
We would like to invite you to participate in an Exchange that flows through three steps:
- Share – answer open-ended questions about education in our schools
- Star – review ideas from other stakeholders and rate the ideas you like best
- Discover – learn what is important to the community as a whole
Please follow
this link
to participate. Additionally, feel free to share with your friends and neighbors. We want all of the residents in the Kings Local School District to have a voice!
To review the results of our first Thoughtexchange and see the video and current options
click here
.
We will be collecting feedback until May 30. Please take the time to give us your thoughts on the most recent options from our Long Range Facility Planning Team.
Thanks and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!
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Congratulations KHS Class of 2018
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On Saturday, May 19, after much pomp and circumstance, the Kings High School Class of 2018 graduated. This year’s graduating class of 302 boasted more than $4.4 million in scholarships, volunteered more than 23,500 community service hours, 153 graduated Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, or Summa Cum Laude, and 115 with honors! They also have five students headed to the military, including Ally Carlin who will attend the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Additionally, they had a National Merit Finalist and three National Merit Commended Scholars. Lastly, the average GPA of this class is 3.4!
Claire Meyer and John Naughton earned the Academic and Activity Excellence Award presented by the Kings Board of Education President, Peggy Phillips. The Valedictorian of this year’s class was Spencer Kinkelaar and Salutatorian was Tyler Roetenberger.
This year, graduation ceremonies were livestreamed so those who couldn’t make it to graduation could still watch via the internet. To view a gallery of pictures from the day
click here
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Kings Preschool Graduation
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Students in our Kings Preschool preschool classes at Kings Preschool held end of the year celebration’s this week. Students in Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Combs and Mrs. Dunlap’s classes even donned a graduation cap as they performed. Good luck to those off to kindergarten next year!
All of the other preschool classes performed an end of the year program for their parents and guests last week with an ice cream social. It was great fun celebrating the end of the school year with some of Kings youngest learners! Congratulations!
Pictured is Mrs. Crawford's Class.
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Kings Offers FREE Summer Feeding Program
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The Kings Local School District, in partnership with the South Lebanon Community Center/Joshua’s Place Community Outreach Organization, is participating in a Summer Meal Program. The program will provide FREE meals to children between 1 and 18 years of age. Youth ages 19-21 with a mental or physical disability who participate during the school year in a public or private non-profit school program are also eligible to receive free meals. No registration is required.
Free lunch will be available Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's at the South Lebanon Community Center, 83 N. Section Street, South Lebanon, OH from June 4-July 27 from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (No weekends). There will be NO bus service this year.
Join us for the Summer Lunch Kick-Off Week from June 4-8 where FREE lunch will be served daily.
For questions regarding the program please contact Kings Food Service Director, Jennifer Arlinghaus at 513-398-8050, ext. 10027.
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KHS Knights Watch Program Wins Award
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Mark Hansen from Apex Learning presented Kings High School Teacher, Dustin Goldie and Kings Director of Teaching and Learning, Matt Freeman with an Apple iPad Mini 4 to to congratulate the Kings High School Knights Watch Program as the national winner of the Apex Learning Really Ready Video Contest.
The Program was selected winner out of several entries in the contest.
Click here
to view the winning video.
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KME Parent Teaches India Culture
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Mrs. Tepe's second graders at Kings Mills Elementary had a special visitor this week. Rajyashree Pandey, mother of second grader, Ojasva Rana visited the class to share about the India culture.
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JFB Rain Garden Ribbon Cutting
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SLE Literacy Around the Links
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It was an exciting day at South Lebanon Elementary on Monday, May 21 for the Third Annual Literacy Around the Links. Since February, the students at SLE have been challenged to read and were promised that Mr. Winebrenner would walk one lap around the TPC golf path for every 120,000 minutes. SLE students read 567,189 minutes, an increase of over 18,000 minutes from last year!
Mr. Winebrenner walked a 2.87 mile golf cart path course 4 times around at the Rivers Bend TPC Golf Course for a total of over 11 miles! On the first lap, the classes and individuals who read the most minutes walked with Mr. Winebrenner. Those classes are: Mrs. Tilling, Mrs. Crow, Ms. Pagan, Mrs. Blount, and Mrs. Westley. The top individual readers are: Nathan Manley - K, Patton Rickert- 1 Flora Rickert - 2 Marshall Emerson - 3, and, Helena Coronado Quentin- 4.
Congratulations to all of the readers and don't forget to keep it up over the summer!
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Kings is excited to share the news that Emily McMahon and Andrew Kerstein graduated from the Pathways Program.
Pathways to Employment is a transition program for students with disabilities ages 18-22 which offers a variety of supports and services needed to prepare students to live and work in their community. The program provides individualized instruction in the community focused on functional academics and daily living skills such as: budgeting, shopping, travel training, safety, time management, cooking, self-advocacy, socializing, etc. Several short term work experiences (2-3 months per work experience) are provided in the community to learn work skills and determine which work field is best suited to each student’s skills and interests.
Pictures include Emily receiving her diploma and Pathways certificate, Andrew Kerstein (was not able to attend the ceremony) and Chad Handorf, KHS graduate and current student at Pathways presenting at the graduation ceremony.
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KJH Team 7 Red Create Memory Garden
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Kings Junior High Team 7 Red students and teachers worked together to clean up the garden in front of the school to honor Jonah Lantz, a KJH 8th grader who passed suddenly last July. The team planted blue forget-me-nots to honor Jonah's favorite color of blue and painted a blue rock in his honor.
The team invited the Lantz Family to the garden to see their work. Team 7 Red wants to ensure that the spirit and memory of Jonah Lantz would forever be remembered by all who visit Kings Junior High and High School.
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2017-2018 Kings Special Education Profile
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Every year, each school district receives a Special Education Profile displaying the district's performance on key indicators established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Some of the indicators measure procedures compliance with IDEA, while others measure results for students with disabilities.
The design of the Special Education Profile helps districts facilitate continuous improvement in their special education programs with longitudinal data. The organization of data is around four key questions that assess kindergarten readiness, achievement levels, preparedness for life beyond high school, and services for children with disabilities.
Each district's 2017-18 Special Education Profile is now available to the public.To learn more visit the
Special Education Department
page on our website.
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KHS Students Earn Top Honor for Community Service
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Community Service is an important component of education at Kings High School. Students are required to perform at least 50 community service hours and complete a reflection piece to presented at Senior Reflection Night in order to graduate.
The mission of the Community Service Program at KHS states, "The The Kings Service Program aims to build responsible and caring citizens, to strengthen the relationship between the Kings Local Schools and the community in which we educate young people, and to foster learning through service.”
This year,
Innerview.org
was used to keep track of our high school students' volunteer hours. We are proud to announce that Kings High School was awarded the top award, the Ruby Award for completing more than 15,000 service hours. Individual students also received awards based on the number of hours they logged.
The awards program honors students, groups, and schools at both the high school and underg
raduate level. It demonstrates student leadership, momentum, and engagement in service activities that positively impact our communities as well as progress toward the UN Global Goals.
Congratulations to the hard-working students of KHS who gave back to our community in the tune of over 23,500 community service hours this school year!
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SLE Says Goodbye to Mr. W
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On Monday, May 21, the staff and students surprised Mr. Winebrenner with a bittersweet goodbye assembly. Mr. Winebrenner will be moving to Columbia Intermediate School next year to serve as the school Guidance Counselor.
Each class shared a slide about what they appreciated about Mr. W. Some of the things they mentioned were "his great ties," "going on a bear hunt," and the way he says, "Goooooooooo, Knights!"
He was especially surprised when his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter came to celebrate with him! Good luck, Mr. Winebrenner!
Thank you to SLE Kindergarten teacher, Mary Reece for the great memory picture!
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The 2nd Annual Cody Mayo Foundation Golf Scramble will take place on Saturday, June 30 at Walden Ponds starting at noon.
The Cody Mayo Fund was created by a community member 7 years ago. It was created in honor of Cody Mayo, a KJH student who died from cancer in his eighth-grade year. Although his cancer was advanced, he went to Washington, D.C, with his friends. The character and strength he showed through this ordeal was nothing short of heroic.
The Washington D.C. trip was one of the last things Cody was able to enjoy. Kings Junior High School now collects money in Cody's name to provide scholarships for students who might not otherwise have an opportunity to take this trip get to go.
Recently, were were notified that the tour company in charge of the 8th grade Washington, D.C. trip closed their doors leaving hundreds of Ohio students and parents who paid for trips, in a bind. KJH is thankful for the Cody Mayo Foundation for the fund they have created to make the Washington, D.C. trip available to all students. If you would like to donate to the Cody Mayo Foundation, send your check to Kings Junior High School.
For more information and to register for the golf scramble
click here
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Kings Students Featured in Upcoming Hunchback of Notre Dame
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ROYAL Theatre Company, Home of The Children's Theatre of Mason's, presents
The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
this weekend, May 25-27 at Mason High School. This production features 20 students from the Kings Local School District from the elementary schools through the high school.
The show will run for four performances – Friday, May 25 at 7:00 pm; Saturday, May 26 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.; and Sunday, May 27 at 2:00 p.m. VIP reserved seating tickets can be purchased for the Friday and Saturday evening shows as well as the Sunday matinee for $25 each. General admission tickets for any show are $12 each. All tickets can be purchased at the door starting one hour before each show.
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HOMEARAMA Special for Kings Community
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This year's Homearama is again in the Kings School District! This year it will be held at the Highlands at Heritage Hill, 3284 Columbia Road. It will take place July 21- August 5.
Our Kings Community is being offered the lowest ticket prices found anywhere with a portion of the each sale going back to the Kings Community!
July 28 is Kings Day at this year’s Homearama! We will show the community why Kings is the #1 place to raise a family and why we love our district. We are planning some special performances from our Kings students and there will be art displays in the homes. It’s a day you don’t want to miss!
Tickets purchased
with this link
may be used any day Homearama is open to the general public.
Hope to see you there!
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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.
Find us on Facebook
!
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Kings Athletics Summer Athletic Camps
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Kings Athletics and the Kings Athletic Booster Club has started taking registrations for their ever-popular Summer Athletic Camps.
This is a great opportunity to learn your favorite sports from Kings' coaching staff this summer! The Kings Athletic Department is offering several athletic camps that are focused on fun and learning the fundamentals of each sport!
Our camps are run by our own coaching staff and are a great chance to learn from the best! Get more information and register
HERE
. No experience is necessary!
If you have any questions regarding summer camps, please contact the Athletic Department at 513-459-2937.
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Registration is open for students in grades K-12 wanting to play Fall soccer with Kings Soccer Club. Registration fee is $90 per player. Registration closes on June 15.Season begins on August 1 and goes through October 27.
Click here for more information.
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All flyers for school events and non-profit organizations are posted in our Virtual Backpack. Please be sure to check the Virtual Backpack weekly to stay up to date on district events.
We’ve added lots of great district events and opportunities and activities for your child! We are beginning to add Summer Camp Information!
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Kings Color Guard Summer Clinics
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Don’t miss the Guard Clinics for K-6th grade students this summer. Clinics will take place on Saturday, June 2 and Saturday, July 14. The cost of the clinics is $15 per child or $20 per child if signed up for both clinics. Each child will receive a flag to take home and a snack.
The clinic is a fundraiser for the Kings High School Color Guard to raise money to travel to competitions. To learn more about the Color Guard Clinics
click here
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Summer Reading Volunteers Needed
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Joshua's Place has partnered with the staff and teachers at South Lebanon Elementary to host a fun and creative reading program called "Joshua's Place Summer Reading Lab."
Joshua's Place strives to help the children in our community with their reading skills throughout the school year with their Whiz Kid program. They hope to help keep these students' momentum going and don't want them to lose any ground they may have gained just because it is summer.
They have identified over 50 students who will be part of the Reading Lab and are looking for volunteers willing to come and spend an hour reading with the kids. This will not be a one on one tutoring session. The kids will be grouped according to grade level.
The reading lab will be held on Wednesdays throughout the summer from 10:30 to 11:30. The first reading lab will be June 13 and our last lab will be July 25. (We would not meet on July 4th.
)
You do not need to commit to the entire summer.
Even if you can only volunteer one week, they would be happy to have you!
This is a great oppo
rtunity for high school kids to get community service hours.
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Dave Segrist Annual Golf Outing
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Former Kings teacher and coach Dave Segrist lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on May 30, 2011. A fund was founded in his name to offer financial support for seniors wanting to continue their education at the collegiate level, and help to support underprivileged kids who want the opportunity to attend educational or athletic camps during the summer. This fund has contributed 10 scholarships to Kings students to help with college expenses.
To help support this fund, an annual benefit golf outing is held yearly. This year’s tournament, the 7th Annual, will take place Saturday, June 2 at the Golf Center at Kings Island.
Click here
for more information.
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Kings Local School District
1797 King Ave
Kings Mills, Ohio 45034
513.398.8050
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