January 21, 2022
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UPCOMING EVENTS
January 25 â€” Kings Board of Education Combined Work Session & Regular Meeting, 6:00 p.m., Kings Education Center, Conference Room 2. (Also live on Kings Youtube channel)
January 27, 28, 29 â€” KJH Presents - Cinderella, 7:00 p.m. and a matinee on 1/29 at 2:00 p.m., KHS Auditorium.

Looking Ahead...
February 18, 2022 â€” NO SCHOOL, In-Service Day.
February 21, 2022 â€” NO SCHOOL, President's Day.
March 28 - April 1, 2022 â€” NO SCHOOL, SPRING BREAK.

More event information can be found at: http://kingslocal.tandemcal.com/index.php
COVID-19 Dashboard
Mask Mandate Will Continue Through 1/28
Just a reminder that the Pre-K through 6th-grade mask requirement has been extended through Friday, January 28.

This short nine-day extension will enable us to maintain existing procedures and give us an opportunity to monitor the current variant. Please be sure your child comes to school with a clean mask daily.


The District will still continue to be mask-friendly and strongly recommend the wearing of masks while in our school buildings.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Scholastic Art & Writing Winners 2022
We are proud to announce this year's recipients of the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition.

This year, Kings High School students received 10 Gold Keys, 5 Silver Keys, and 14 Honorable Mentions.

Entries are judged without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity, or hometown by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts. Jurors look for originality, technical skills, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

We wish the best of luck to our Gold Key winners, Jacqueline Cunningham, Allison Escamilla-Martinez, Mattie Foster, Ella Hancock, Maggie Harkins, Aiden Hart, Nora Spelic, Mei Thomas (2 Gold Keys), and Claudia Witter, as their work continues on to the national competition. Only 7-10% of all regional submissions are recognized with Gold Key Awards.

KHS Silver Key winners are Jack Allison, Noah Bowman (2 Silver Keys), Julia Burke, and Ella Linahan.

Honorable Mentions are Ian Ellis, Colin Emery, Allison Escamilla-Martinez, Maggie Harkins (2 Honorable Mentions), Ryan Hoeting, Annika Kleinhenz (2 Honorable Mentions), Alex Schmidt, Savannah Silva (2 Honorable Mentions), Nora Spelic, and Meredith Viox (2 Honorable Mentions).

The students are under the supervision of KHS teachers, Angie GuilfoyleKelly ShieldsCassandra BarnesCarrie Cooke, and Stacy Hoffert.

Kings Junior High School 8th grader, Rhys Williams won a Silver Key for her poetry collection, "The Five Stages of Growing Up." This award is given to those writing is one of the top 7th-12th grade collections in the region. KJH English teacher, Mike San Marco guided Rhys through the process. He said, "I was honored to have been asked by Rhys to help guide her through this process. She is such a talented young lady!"

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S., and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers.

Check out all of the work of our talented KHS students. Congratulations!

Pictured is Aiden Hart's Gold Key entitled "Findlay Market Friends."
KHS Junior Wins Global Prize
Congratulations to Kings High School junior, Jay Gangadin who recently won a We All Rise Prize for his submission to the Poetry category in the 2021 Ocean Awareness Contest, a global competition sponsored by Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs that engages youth in creatively raising awareness of environmental issues impacting our blue planet. 

Jay's submission entitled, Puerto Rico Se Levanta: (¡Puerto Rico Rises Up!), was selected from nearly 6,000 participants from around the world, received a cash award, and is featured in Bow Seat’s international ocean advocacy Gallery. View Jay’s award-winning piece here!

Any student can join Jay in inspiring the protection of our natural world by participating in the 2022 Ocean Awareness Contest, which is open now through June 13, 2022. The 11th annual Ocean Awareness Contest, "The Funny Thing About Climate Change," invites students ages 11-18 to create innovative pieces that raise awareness of the climate crisis through new approaches like humor, satire, or positivity.

Bow Seat offers $750 Educator Innovation Awards to teachers who use the 2022 Ocean Awareness Contest as a teaching tool in physical or virtual classrooms. Learn more about the program and how your classes can participate.
KHS Senior Surprised by NFL Team
If you follow the Kings social media pages, you may recall a story about Kings High School senior, Matthew Granat.

We told you about Matthew, who has apraxia, a motor speech disorder that makes it hard for him to speak. Matthew is taking the Employability class at KHS learning soft skills such as teamwork, positive attitude, willingness to learn, resilience, problem-solving skills, and communication.

In November, Matthew was featured in the Employability Student Spotlight where he told us that his dream job was to work with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization. He is a HUGE fan of Rob Gronkowski (Gronk).

In our posts, we appealed to anyone who knew someone in the Tampa Bay organization who could help us to surprise Matthew.

Well, that day came today! Matthew received a care package from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who saw our posts on social media. Watch the video below to see what the Organization had to say about Matthew.
Kings Board of Education News
The Kings Local School District Board of Education will meet Tuesday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. in Conference Room 2 of the Kings Education Center.

All Board Work Sessions are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. and Regular Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. All meetings will be held in Conference Room 2 of the Kings Education Center, 1797 King Avenue, Kings Mills, Ohio 45034 and will be held live via Zoom on the Kings Youtube channel and the video is made available on the Kings website following the meeting.

All Board meeting dates, agendas, and past meetings can be found on the Kings website.
Kings Needs Substitute Teachers & Aides
Did you hear that you no longer need a Bachelors Degree to work as a substitute teacher in Ohio?

Kings is always in need of substitute teachers and aides, especially now!

If you are interested, please submit a letter of interest to Kings Human Resources Director, Timothy J. Spinner at tspinner@kingslocal.net.

For more information on substitute teaching visit our website.
KJH Teacher in Running for NHL MVT
Have you voted for Mrs. Fruhwirth yet? She is in competition to be named Teacher of the Year from the NHL but she needs your help! Let's all get behind Mrs. Fruhwirth and VOTE EVERY DAY in January for her to be named Most Valuable Teacher AND win $10,000 in technology for KJH! The grand prize winner, announced in May, will receive an additional $20,000 for a sustainability grant for their school district and $1,000 toward a personal technology device.

You can vote once daily per email address. Hint: if you have more than one email address, you can vote with each one! VOTE at nhl.com/mvt.
KJH Theatre Presents...Cinderella
Tickets are on sale now!
Kings Junior High School Theatre students will entertain audiences in their production of Cinderella, January 27, 28, & 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Kings High School Auditorium. They will also offer a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Saturday, January 29.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students, staff, and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased online at www.kingstheatre.net.
Peach Jar
Peachjar is live on our website! Visit the Flyerboard to check out events happening around the District and the community.

If you are an organization that would like to share a flyer for an event you will need to register at peachjar.com as a program provider.


Thank you for supporting our efforts to ensure parents are well informed about school programs, activities, and events!
Kings Preschool
Kings Preschool Registration for next school year is just around the corner! The Preschool will begin accepting registrations of new students for the 2020-2021 school year beginning January 24.

Visit the Kings Preschool webpage for more information.
Buy Your KJH Yearbook Today

KJH Yearbooks are on sale now. The cost is $40 for a hardback book with 80 color pages.  The cost will go up after January 29. Order here.
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