June 8, 2021 — Kings Board of Education Work Session, 5:30 p.m., Kings Education Center, Conference Room 2.
June 15, 2021 — Board of Education Meeting, 6:00 p.m., Kings Education Center, Conference Room 2.
August 18 & 19 — Staggered Start of School
August 20 — First Day of School for ALL STUDENTS Grades 1-12
August 23 — First Day of School for Kindergarten
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Back to School Start Days/Dates |
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Now that the 2020-2021 school year is complete, we have already started planning for next school year!
If you remember, last year we started with a "slow start" where we brought smaller groups of students in at a time so we could go over COVID-19 protocols and give our students and staff the opportunity to begin to form relationships.
We received feedback from our teachers who said that they really appreciated the opportunity to begin forming relationships with students in a smaller group.
We will be staggering the start of the 2021-2022 school year as you see below. Please note the change in start times by building.
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KHS Students Earn National Awards 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 in order to graduate.
Kings High School is delighted to announce 93 students are being recognized by the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) and InnerView in the fourth Annual National Community Service Awards. This program, open to all U.S. students, has been designed to connect student community service activities and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform our world. The Kroger Co. is presenting the second annual Zero Hero Awards to students for taking action to help create communities free of hunger and waste.
Students from Kings High School delivered the most impact for SDG 3 - Good Health & Well-Being. The collective activity of our students this school year, delivered 8,448 service hours and personal activities to address local needs. This achievement earned an additional distinction of the Emerald Award for outstanding impact.
“We are grateful for the efforts of every Zero Hero among us, especially the 30 student honorees from Kings High School who serve their communities in ways that advance Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste social and environmental impact plan,” said Denise Osterhues, senior director of sustainability and social impact for Kroger. “Through this partnership with InnerView, we’ve connected more than 2,600 Zero Hero student leaders across 35 states to national subject matter experts and resources that build greater awareness of critical issues and inspire meaningful volunteer service, leadership, and career exploration.”
Ambassador Awardees: Kaleigh Cooke.
Honor Awardees: Emery Crook, Lauren Deaton, Dylan Eagon, Jay Gangadin, Melannie Lomeli, Alyssa Martin, Abigail Noble, Katherine Ripley, Owen Russell, Zach Spring, and Emma Weatherly.
Merit Awardees: Declan Alford, Alissa Anderson, Rachel Anderson, Yvee Arnett, Alayna Barrett, Sacorra Bauer, Kenrick Bebout, Zachary Bradshaw, Julian Brito-Hanley, Bailey Bush, Bailey Byrd, Braeden Byrne, Colin Cameron, Jayda Carr, Jason Clark, Braden Cook, Garrett Cook, Seamus Donahoe, Drayton Durham, Jolie Elliott, Colin Emery, Alexis Faucett, Benjamin Frecker, Diane Frecker, Noah Froah, Brianna Garrett, Adel Grant, Aaron Groff, Andrew Guelpa, Olivia Guy, Samantha Hamann, Sam Hendershott, Isaac Hill, Noah Holt, Masha Ivanova, Makayla Johnston, Carter Jones, Annika Kleinhenz, Devon Lenahan, Dawson McCulley, Samuel McQueen, Anyi Metzger, Emily Moffett, Isaac Moore, Sabina Mukhitdinova, Jacob Murphy, Jake Murrel, Grace Nelson, Neily Pennington, Bryan Reyna, Ethan Riddell, Ellen Ritter, Mali Robinson, Aaron Schaefer, Grant Shearer, Grace Sims, Morgan Skerl, Abigail Smith, Alexis Smith, Ryan Thompson, Kayla Trippel, Logan Vanlandingham, Chayse Viox, Allison Wise, Claudia Witter, Adrianna Wright, Camden Young, and Josephine Zotter.
Zero Hero Awardees: Zyad Alkurdi, Julian Brito-Hanley, Taylor Brown, Kaleigh Cooke, Emery Crook, Micah Delacruz, Cora Dwyer, Dylan Eagon, Jolie Elliott, Grace Fields, Benjamin Frecker, Diane Frecker, Cameron Goodwin, Aaron Groff, Darby Harrahill, Devon Lenahan, Crystal Lodewyck, Melannie Lomeli, Madeline Luckett, Isaac Moore, Rowan Moss-Buckley, Jake Murrel, Abigail Noble, Zach Spring, Ryan Thompson, Kayla Trippel, Pablo Waimin, Rosa Waimin, Emma Weatherly, and Aaliyah Wilson
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The students at J.F. Burns Elementary have been reading furiously to win this year's Laps for Literacy.
From January to April students log every minute of extra-curricular reading they do. Those minutes are added up and calculated into laps that Mrs. Montag has to walk around Landen Lake. This year students read a record-breaking total of 857,771 minutes!
This year’s Top Readers were: Kindergarten - AJ Bersaglia; 1st grade- Gracelyn Bersaglia; 2nd grade - Joseph Schmidt; 3rd grade - Evelyn Ross; and 4th grade - Sophia Serrano; Top Classes were Ms. Caruso, Mrs. Roewer, Mrs. Tuggle, Mrs. Gray, and Mrs. Bowman.
Mrs. Montag walked six laps around Landen Lake – 18 miles! The entire student body lined the J.F. Burns drive to cheer on Mrs. Montag, the top readers, and classes as they began the first lap.
This year's Lemonade Stand also raised a whopping $1066.50 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Way to go! Keep reading this summer!
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SLE 2nd Grade Biography Reports |
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Students in Miss Pagan's 2nd-grade class at South Lebanon Elementary recently researched a famous American through books and websites. Then, they took that information and created a Google Slide presentation about their biography topic.
Students created a project and postage stamp to represent their person.
Finally, they presented their information in costume to their class.
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KHS DMA Student Wins National Championship |
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Congratulations to Kings High School Senior, Jake Owens who has placed 13th in the NATION in the 2021 Adobe Certified Associate U.S. National Online Championship.
While in APDMA at KHS, Jake earned his Adobe Certifications in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere and then entered his design seen below. On June 23, 2021, Certiport will publicly announce the 2021 Adobe Certified Associate U.S. National Online Championship winners at an awards ceremony that can be viewed online.
The Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) U.S. National Online Championship presented by Certiport, a Pearson VUE Business, is a national competition that tests students’ design skills using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
Well done, Jake!
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SLE 1st Grade Animal Wax Museum |
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Last week, the first grade classes at South Lebanon Elementary participated in an Animal Wax Museum. The students researched an animal, wrote a report, and presented on their chosen animal to parents, friends and teachers.
The students were very creative with their presentations and costumes. You could find many different animals such as giraffes, eagles, lions, snow leopards, and more.
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Mental Health Resources for Summer |
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With Summer Break upon us, school staff will not be available to support students during summer break. If you have a concern for your safety or someone else's safety, don't hesitate to contact the Warren County Crisis line. |
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Our best wishes go to the recent retirees from the
Kings Local School District:
Nancy Bentz, Dave Bidwell, Linda Crawford, Sally Healy, Greg Parish, Christy Troehler, and Lynn Wagner.
Thank you for all of your years of service and dedication
to the Kings Local School District.
You will be greatly missed!
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The Kings Local School District will be participating in a FREE Summer Food Service Meal Program. The program will provide lunches to children free of charge regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Children between 1 and 18 years of age are eligible for free meals. Youth ages 19-21 that have a mental or physical disability (as determined by state or local education agency) and who participate during the school year in a public or private nonprofit school program are also eligible to receive free meals.
There will be 2 locations for families to choose from based on the location most convenient for them.
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Community Learning Series Returns |
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The next Community Learning Series will focus on your child's mental health as they go back to school.
We hope you'll join us for Back To School After COVID-Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health on Wednesday, August 4, 2021
We welcome parents and caregivers to come hear about how to support your child’s mental health after an unprecedented time with a global pandemic. We especially encourage those whose students who are transitioning from a remote learning environment to in-person.
Topics include: supporting your child’s mental health, dealing with separation anxiety, building resilience, school refusal, and establishing healthy routines.
We welcome caregivers for students in grades K-6 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and grades 7-12 from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
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Immunization Requirements for 7th & 12th Grade |
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Students entering 7th grade will need to have one dose of meningococcal (MCV4) vaccine and one dose of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) vaccine.
Students entering 12th grade will need to have a second dose of the meningococcal vaccine. The second dose must be administered on or after the 16th birthday. If the first dose of the meningococcal vaccine was administered after the 16th birthday, a second dose is not required.
Ohio law allows a 14-day grace period for the beginning of the school year. If a student does not obtain the required vaccinations and provide written documentation (immunization record) or an exemption note to the school, the school will exclude that student on the 15th day of the 2021/2022 school year
until the immunization requirement is fulfilled.
Your child may have already received this vaccine at his/her most recent check-up. If not, please schedule an appointment with your primary health care provider. In addition, the Warren County Health Department provides a variety of clinic hours offering vaccinations at a low cost. Their number is 513-695-1468.
Please send updated vaccination records that reflect that these requirements have been met to your child’s school nurse.
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Thank you to KJH Art teacher, Jan Thomann for putting together the slideshow to highlight our talented students!
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Head's UP - Road Closure Ahead |
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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.
Due to anticipated increased traffic volumes on Old 3C Highway and other local routes, the left-turn movements at Socialville-Foster Road and Old 3C Highway and at Foster-Maineville Road and Old 3C will be prohibited. In addition, the Little Miami Scenic Trail will be closed where it crosses Old 3C Highway, although the trail will be open to the north and to the south of Old 3C. These changes are being implemented to ensure safety and minimize the overall impact on motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
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The Summer Slide is a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can occur over the summer months when school isn't in session. Numerous studies show that kids who don't read during summer break actually slip in reading ability by the time autumn rolls around.
We have provided you with some Summer Reading Programs in our area to help your students. Thank you for supporting your student to prevent the Summer Slide!
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Kings Color Guard Summer Camps |
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The award-winning Kings Color Guard is hosting its annual Color Guard Camps.
Boys and girls in grades K-6 are invited to come and learn and spin from the best!
There are two opportunities for camps; Saturday, June 12, and Saturday, July 10.
These camps cost $15 for one session or $20 if signed up for both sessions. Every child will receive a flag to take home.
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If you aren't following us on our social media channels, you are missing out! Don't miss one bit of news!
Make sure to follow us on social media!
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Check out our VIRTUAL BACKPACK for more information on our newly added activities and fundraisers. Make sure to check out our SUMMER CAMP page!
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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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KABC Summer Camps Are Back This Year! |
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Kings Athletics youth summer camps are back! We are excited to host our Kings Athletic Youth Summer Camps once again and we look forward to seeing all of our future Knights back in their favorite camps!
If you have any questions regarding summer camps, please be sure to contact our department directly at 513-459-2937. We can't wait to see everyone this summer!
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Fall SAY Soccer Registration |
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Registration for Fall 2021 Youth Soccer through the Kings Soccer Club is now open through June 27.
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Send Us the News You Want to See! |
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Contact Dawn Gould - Community Relations Coordinator at
Knight Nation News 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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