Just a reminder that the Pre-K through 6th-grade mask requirement has been extended through Friday, January 28.

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.

The Kings Local School District Board of Education met Tuesday, January 11, for the annual Organizational Meeting to select Board leadership and establish meeting dates for the 2022 calendar.

Newly elected Board members, Janelle Groff and John Skerl, and re-elected Board member, Deb Cowan were sworn into office by Kings Interim Treasurer, Al Porter. Additionally, Mr. Stacie Belfrom was re-elected President, and Mrs. Deb Cowan was re-elected and sworn in as Vice-President. Mr. Belfrom was absent from the meeting and will be sworn in at the Regular Board meeting on January 25. Learn more about your Kings School Board Members here.

The 2022 Board meeting dates were also established. All Board Work Sessions will be 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.

The next Regular Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 25at 6:00 p.m. in the Kings Education Center.

**The Board Retreat scheduled for Tuesday, January 18 has been canceled.

All agendas and past meetings can be found on the Kings website.

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.

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.

This week, the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Blog shared some information for parents on dealing with COVID-related anxiety in kids and how to help.

Additionally, the U.S. Surgeon General recently released an advisory on the youth mental health crisis. In the event your child is experiencing a mental health crisis, below are some resources to keep handy.

If you feel that you or a friend is in a crisis situation and/or fearful of hurting yourself or others and there isn’t a caring adult you can reach right away, please contact (877) 695-NEED (6333) or text 741741 and type 4HOPE. Please take this time to put these as contacts in your phone. These crisis lines are operated 24/7, so please call or text anytime you have questions or concerns, day or night.

As always, if you have any questions, contact Kings Social-Emotional Health Coordinator, Kim Sellers at ksellers@kingslocal.net.

With two more competitions to go, the KHS team is in the top 21 on the High Scoring Schools Cumulative list. Aaron Groff, one of the team captains, with 13 team points this season has earned a spot on the High Scoring Students Cumulative list! This is the first time in 3 years that the KHS Math Team has made the List.

Pictured: Front Row: Kanushi Navaneethakrishnan, Kaitlin Niebauer, Anna Peredrey, and Kayley Knollman. Back Row: Aaron Groff, Gavin Groff, Matthew McMahon, Sam Webster, Lucas Webster, Mwayi Kashoko, and Carson Miller. Not pictured are Kyle Dane, Maysaa Mohammed, and Siri Vadrevu.

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.

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.

Check out more information here.

Thank you for supporting our efforts to ensure parents are well informed about school programs, activities, and events!

The Greater Ohio Virtual School is hosting a Job, Career, & Trade Fair on Thursday, January 20 from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. at the GOVS Student Center, Wing B-3 of Western Row Elementary School, 755 Western Row Rd., Mason.

Over 20 employers will be in attendance, as well as information on post-secondary education.

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.

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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