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May 23, 2013 Electronic Electronic Electronic Blackboard Blackboard Blackboard News News News www www www. kingslocal kingslocal kingslocal. net net net Upcoming Events May 23— KHS Baccalaureate, 6:30 p.m., Christ Church, Mason May 23— #theBIGevent, 5:30-8:30 p.m., KJH May 24—Hoxworth Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., JF Burns May 26 KHS Graduation 1 p.m. , Cintas Center May 27—Memorial Day, No School May 30— JFB 4th Grade Chorus/Recorder Concert, 9:15 a.m., JFB Cafeteria May 30—SLE 4th Grade Recorder Concert, 2:15 p.m., SLE Cafeteria May 30— Senior Picnic, 1:00 p.m., Landen Park May 30—Last Day of School More event information can be found at: http://www.kingslocal.net/Calendar/Pages/default.aspx Congratulations to the fifteen Kings High School athletes who have committed to play sports at the collegiate level next year! The KHS Athletic Department recognized these students at its Spring Athletic Signing Ceremony May 16th. This year, 160 seniors participated in sports at Kings High School. A total of 17 of those have made official commitments to colleges. Family, coaches, teachers, administrators, me- dia, and teammates attended the event honoring these ath- letes. Congratulations to the following students: Kennedy Cook-Football-Wittenberg University Austin Copeland-Football-Thomas More Haley Delaney-Women’s Basketball-Waynesburg University Kacy Dunn-Cross Country/Track & Field-Cedarville University David Hare-Baseball-Baldwin Wallace University Jacob Himes-Basketball-Manchester University Landon Kirby-Men’s Soccer-Ohio Christian University Paul Koerbel-Lacrosse-Wilmington College Lauren McLennan-Swimming/Cross Country-Rose Hulman Matt Schlehr-Swimming-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Joe Shumar-Baseball-Muskingum University Kayla Smih-Softball-University of Northwestern Ohio Brady Vanover-Football-Wittenberg University Natalie Weinrich-Dance-University of Toledo Nick Wolf-Football-Carthage College JF Burns is host- ing a blood drive tomorrow, May 24th from 10 a.m. -4 p.m. There’s still time to make an appointment. Call Hoxworth Blood Center 513- 451-0910.

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ElectronicElectronicElectronic BlackboardBlackboardBlackboard NewsNewsNews wwwwwwwww.kingslocalkingslocalkingslocal.netnetnet

Upcoming Events

May 23— KHS Baccalaureate, 6:30 p.m., Christ

Church, Mason

May 23— #theBIGevent, 5:30-8:30 p.m., KJH

May 24—Hoxworth Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., JF

Burns

May 26 —KHS Graduation 1 p.m. , Cintas Center

May 27—Memorial Day, No School

May 30— JFB 4th Grade Chorus/Recorder Concert,

9:15 a.m., JFB Cafeteria

May 30—SLE 4th Grade Recorder Concert, 2:15

p.m., SLE Cafeteria

May 30— Senior Picnic, 1:00 p.m., Landen Park

May 30—Last Day of School

More event information can be found at: http://www.kingslocal.net/Calendar/Pages/default.aspx

Congratulations to the fifteen Kings High School athletes who have

committed to play sports at the collegiate level next year! The KHS

Athletic Department recognized these students at its Spring Athletic

Signing Ceremony May 16th.

This year, 160 seniors participated in sports at Kings High School. A

total of 17 of those have

made official commitments

to colleges. Family, coaches,

teachers, administrators, me-

dia, and teammates attended

the event honoring these ath-

letes. Congratulations to the

following students:

Kennedy Cook-Football-Wittenberg University

Austin Copeland-Football-Thomas More

Haley Delaney-Women’s Basketball-Waynesburg University

Kacy Dunn-Cross Country/Track & Field-Cedarville University

David Hare-Baseball-Baldwin Wallace University

Jacob Himes-Basketball-Manchester University

Landon Kirby-Men’s Soccer-Ohio Christian University

Paul Koerbel-Lacrosse-Wilmington College

Lauren McLennan-Swimming/Cross Country-Rose Hulman

Matt Schlehr-Swimming-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Joe Shumar-Baseball-Muskingum University

Kayla Smih-Softball-University of Northwestern Ohio

Brady Vanover-Football-Wittenberg University

Natalie Weinrich-Dance-University of Toledo

Nick Wolf-Football-Carthage College

JF Burns is host-

ing a blood drive

tomorrow, May

24th from 10 a.m.

-4 p.m. There’s

still time to make

an appointment.

Call Hoxworth

Blood Center 513-

451-0910.

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Laps for Literacy—Mrs. Montag Walks 24 Miles!

For the past 13 years J.F. Burns Elementary Principal Cheryl

Montag has encouraged her students to read with the Laps for Literacy Program. From January

to April students log every minute of extra-curricular reading they do. Those minutes are

added up and calculated into laps. This year’s students, once again, broke the building

record reading for a total of 1,273,817 minutes. Last year’s total was 1,121, 922 .

So this year, Mrs. Montag walked eight laps around Landen Lake – 24 miles! On the first

lap around the lake Mrs. Montag was joined by the top classes and Superintendent Dr.

Valerie Browning. Mrs. Montag and Dr. Browning wore pink shirts that said “1,273,817.”

Later in the afternoon Mrs. Montag walked with the top readers.

This year’s walking event was in support of two J.F. Burns staff members currently un-

dergoing treatment for breast cancer. The walk also featured a lemonade stand to raise

money for J.F. Burns preschool teacher, Angie Niemann who was diagnosed with breast

cancer in November 2012 and has been undergoing treatments and surgeries since that

time. The lemonade stand raised over $900!

Top Classes 2013:

Kindergarten—Mrs.

Reitz

First Grade—Mrs. Sova

Second Grade—Mrs.

Tuggle

Third Grade—Mrs.

Waugh

Fourth Grade—Mrs.

Bowman

Top Readers 2013:

Kindergarten—Maniya

Loganathan

First Grade—Lydia

Back

Second Grade—Cody

Powell

Third Grade—Blake

Powell

Fourth Grade—Emma

Pratt

SLE Stewarsdship Fair a Great Success!

The South Lebanon Elementary EClub sponsored their first Environmental Stew-

ardship Fair on May 20th. Vendors from the area including Dogwood Farms,

Whole Foods, Wildflower Café’, and Eddie Merlot’s were on hand to explain their

impact on influencing the community to think about what they are eating and

where it comes from. Some

of the vendor’s had hands-

on activities for the students

to partake in, such as plant-

ing, composting, and read-

ing food labels. The Club

has partnered with the

Kohl’s Cares Program in de-

veloping an Outdoor Class-

room.

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Kings Spanish V Donates to Cooperative for Education

On Friday, May 17th, the students of Jorge Gonzalez’s Spanish V Conversation class

officially gave a check for $2,500 to Cooperative for Education (CoEd) so that Kings

can fulfill its promise to sponsor another school in Guatemala. In the last two years,

Kings has been a school-to-school textbook sponsor by raising $5,000 so that students

in rural schools in Guatemala can have the four-core textbooks.

Gina Leiser, a representative from CoEd, came to visit the students who sponsor such

fund raising activi-

ties as “Jeans para

Guatemala” for

the teachers and

staff, and

“Dodgeball para

Guatemala” for

the students. The

Spanish V stu-

dents also hosted

an informal recep-

tion for Ms. Leiser

during her class-

room visit.

On Friday, May 31st,

there will be a webcast

celebration of the 2013

Scholastic Art and Writ-

ing Awards National Cer-

emony. The ceremony

will be held at the pres-

tigious Carnegie Hall and

will honor the students in

grades 7-12 from across

the country who earned

National Medals. King’s

own Sam Huber, Jerod

Allen, and Lauren Lalli

earned national recogni-

tion. Click here to sign

up to take part in the

webcast.

Kings Class of 2019 Ready to Cross the Bridge to Junior High

Transitions are never easy – whether it be new homes, neighborhoods, jobs or schools. The Kings School District continues the

process of evaluating the transitions that our students make from the time they enter Kindergarten until they leave Post-

Secondary Training to become contributing members of society. With that in mind, the junior high hosted the current sixth grade

class on Thursday morning to continue their process of crossing that bridge between CIS and KJH.

Students, in three equal groups of 100, were met in the multi-purpose room to be welcomed by building administrators and

counselors. Mr. Spinner reminded them that we are all KINGS KNIGHTS. After watching the student created “Welcome to KJH”

video; the sixth grade students moved with their homerooms into two equal groups and met up with an equally divided Home

Base Classroom of 7th Graders. While half of those groups worked on a team-building activity, the other half toured the campus

stopping at 16 stops. The incoming 6th

graders also had an opportunity to ask

questions about what life was like at KJH.

The students enjoyed lunch together in the

KJH Café’ along with KONA ICE. The day

concluded with a Scavenger Hunt in the

Kings Stadium where students were chal-

lenged with little known facts about Kings

Mills, the history of Kings Schools and trivia

about the 7th Grade Teachers.

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Kings Kids Offering 5 Day

Preschool

Beginning this fall, Kings Kids, Kings Local

School District’s preschool and childcare

program, will offer a new 5 day preschool

program for four and five year olds. The 5

day class will be in the afternoon, taught by

one of the King’s kindergarten teachers.

Space is still available for the 2013-2014

School Year. Registrations are currently be-

ing accepted. For more information call,

(513)398-8050 ext. 10043 or click here.

J.F. Burns Raises Money for Autism Speaks

Students in Mrs. McVay’s and Mrs. Hull’s class and the entire 4th

grade at J. F. Burns set up tables in the cafeteria to sell puzzle pieces

for $1.00. With the help of Judy Nekolny, who is involved with Au-

tism Speaks and also has an autistic son, Scotty, the students also

posted signs ad-

vertising the puz-

zle piece sale. The

students raised

$173.10 for Autism.

Pictured: (L-R)

Judy Nekolny, Ka-

ren Nekolny, Chris

Chapman and Lau-

ren Lehr.

Last Thursday evening, 22 seniors, 8 of whom have been a special part of the

Kings Choral Department for four years or more, took the stage for the final

time. There were many amazing solos, serenades, and shenanigans as they

sang farewell. Following three wild and crazy finales choreographed by Lau-

ren Abernathy, Zack Middleton, Niki Walter, Allison Herndon, and Grant

Abbott, awards were distributed, which included the National School Choral

Award/Chuck Mason Scholarship and Fred Waring Director’s Award/Jared

Adamson Scholarship. This year’s recipients, Zack Middleton and Emily

Haddix (respectively), were selected by the students in the choral depart-

ment and the awards were presented by Dr. Browning.

Pictured: Dr. Browning, Zack Middleton, Emily Haddix, Mrs. Milthaler, and

Mr. Hayward

Students in Mrs. Kaercher’s Science classes at KJH were visit-

ed by Ron Terranova from Bella Balloons in Lebanon, Ohio.

Mr. Terranova talked to each of the classes about being a hot

air balloon pilot and what makes balloons fly. The students

are currently studying weather and will be building and

launching their tissue paper hot air balloons at the end of the

unit. The launch will take place next Thursday in the auditori-

um. Mrs. Kaercher, Mr. Winebrenner, and Ms. Seitz have all

flown in hot air balloons with Bella at one time or another!

This past Friday, the Kings Junior High School 8th Grade Band performed at the District XIII Large Group

Contest at Lebanon Junior High School. The KJHS 8th Grade Band under the direction of Mr. Maegly, Mr.

McDonough and Mr. Polen, earned a Superior Rating. Congratulations 8th Grade Band!

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Current 6th Grade and

7th Grade girls interested

in playing tennis for

Kings Junior High this

fall, information packets

are available in the Offices at Colum-

bia and KJH. Girls are encouraged to

sign up for the Kings Tennis Camp

that will take place on June 10-13.

Visit www.kingsathletics.com for a

camp brochure. Junior High Tennis

starts in August, so pick up the infor-

mation packet, grab your racket,

and get ready to have fun! Any

questions contact Coach Sichterman

at [email protected].

Annual KABC Golf Outing

The Kings Athletic Booster Club Golf

Outing will be held on Sunday, Au-

gust 11th at Walden Ponds Golf

Course in Fairfield. Your day includes

a round of golf, tee prize package,

opportunity to win contests and

prizes, followed by dinner catered by

our own Buck’s Tavern. All proceeds

from the event benefit the Kings

Athletic Booster Club and our Ath-

letic Facilities. Entries are limited to

the first 128 golfers by August 1st.

For more information and the regis-

tration form click here.

Project TRUST

As one part of the 6th to 7th grade transition, the staff at Columbia Intermediate and the Junior

High selected over 20 students, each with potential leadership skills from both 6th and 7th grade

to attend Project TRUST. TRUST stands for Teaching, Respect, Understanding, and Student

Teamwork. The program is an anti-bullying program created to end bullying and create positive

school culture to encourage youth development. On Friday, May 17th, the students traveled to

Camp Kern for a day of leadership building activities. To learn more about Project TRUST,

please visit: http://www.beniceoutthere.com/.

Author Visit at J.F. Burns

Stacie Vaughn Hutton came to JFB last week.

She is the author of "Shovelful of Sunshine" a

children's book paying tribute to coal miner's

and their families. It is a story of hope and

inspiration that shows how a young girl copes

with her father's perilous job as a coal miner.

Read more about Stacie and her other books

click here.

Pictured is Liza Golod and Maleena Ewing

"digging for coal.”

Kings Junior High Jazz Band Performs at the Governor’s Art Show

On Monday, May 13, the

KJHS Jazz Band performed

at the Governor’s Art Show

in the Rhodes Office Tow-

er, Columbus, Ohio. There

were many positive com-

ments about their perfor-

mance from the workers in

the Rhodes Office Tower.

Prior to their performance,

Jazz Band Members had a

walking tour of the Ohio

State University.

Time for Junior High Cross

Country Sign Ups

6th grade boys and girls interested

in running Cross Country for Kings

Junior High this fall are invited to

sign up now. Official summer prac-

tices will begin in mid-August. For

more information click here.

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Honoring our Scholar-Athlete Seniors

For the past 18 years the Kings Athletic Booster

Club and the Kings Athletic Department have

honored student athletes who have maintained

excellent academic standards while dedicating

their time and energy to Kings athletics. On

May 22, the Annual Senior Scholar -Athlete

Luncheon was held at the Golf Center at Kings

Island. Thirty-two students were recognized at

the luncheon with their parents and their most

influential person joining them.

To qualify for this award, an athlete must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.6 or better for their entire academic

career at KHS while earning a minimum of five Varsity letters in multiple sports, or four Varsity letters in one sport.

Every scholar -athlete honored is continuing their education at the collegiate level, many of them will also play sports.

Congratulations to the Kings High School Scholar-Athletes: Lauren Abernathy, Caity Adams, Ryan Anthony, Thomas Archibald,

Paul Beeson, Evan Berg, Henry Cooper, Justin Crull, Haley Delaney, Olivia DeMumbrum, Matthew Drew, Kacy Dunn, Nick Guili-

ano, Cooper Harris, Will Hollingsworth, Garrett Householder, Paige Jones, Alaina Kappner, Christopher Koloseike, Aaron

Matheus, Brenton Mathias, Luke McLelland, Lauren McLennan, Cassandra Murdoch, Meghan Parton, Alec Paulson, Matthew

Schlehr, Mackenzie Seiter, Joe Shumar, Allyson Sovinsky, Allison Stelmack, and Brandon Voorhies.

Members of Americanism 40 & 8 spoke to the J.F. Burns first

graders about the American Flag. Each student received a

small American Flag at the conclusion of the program.

KJH Teacher to Study Overseas

Beginning in mid-July, Kings Junior High

staff member Andrea Kaercher will

study Neotropical ecology in the Central

American country of Costa Rica. Her trip

is part of her graduate coursework from

Miami University’s Project Dragonfly.

The Project is based on Earth Expedi-

tions, which has engaged more than 1,400 people since 2004 in

firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conserva-

tion field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. Mrs.

Kaercher said, “I am looking forward to the opportunity to learn

and enhance our ecology curriculum in such a rich environmen-

tal ecosystem.” More information about Kaercher's course click

here.

KHS Elects Student

Council

The student body at

Kings High School

elected their new offic-

ers for the 2013-2014

school year. Congratu-

lations to incoming sen-

iors, Katie Gould and

Matthew Fowler who

were elected President and Vice President, respectively.

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Kings Freshman Camp

Moving up to the high school from the junior high can be a scary time for some students. To make that transition a

little less stressful and a little easier, Kings High School hosted Kings Freshman Camp Thursday, May 16, and Friday,

May 18. This 2 day event introduced incoming freshman (this year ’s eighth graders) to some upperclassman who will

ease them into their first year as high schoolers.

On the first day of camp, incoming Freshman were divided into ”families. ” Upperclassmen parent those families—

hopefully making the Freshmen feel more comfortable in their new high school home. The families participated in

skits, a scavenger hunt, and team building activities. The upper-class leaders outfitted their families with some-

thing special to wear whether it was a colored bandana, a visor, beads, or a Hawaiian Lei.

KHS Assistant Principal Rob Burnside said he hopes this will help bring the students together. Another part of the

camp will extend to the first day of classes next

year. The upperclassmen in charge of families will

go out of their way to find the freshmen they

worked with at the camp to say ”hi” and help them

through that first day.

Pictured are the families working together to form

a perfect rectangle during their team building activ-

ity.

4th Grade District Chorus

The 4th Grade District Chorus,

made up of the chorus groups from

J.F. Burns Elementary, Kings Mills

Elementary and South Lebanon

Elementary performed on May

22nd in the KHS Auditorium. Here

they are rehearsing under the direc-

tion of Mr. Jenkins, Mrs. Maegly,

and Mrs. Sherby.

J. F. Burns Principal, Cheryl Montag was recognized at

the Kings Board of Education meeting this week. Mr.

Mark Jones, from the Ohio Association of Elementary

School Administrators (OAESA) presented Montag

with her 2013 Ohio National Distinguished Principal

Award.

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KABC Sports Camps

Summer is just a few short months

away! Start thinking about what

Sports Camps your children might

want to attend this year. Click the

link below for more information

on the KABC Sports Camps.

Your kids can play football, bowl-

ing, baseball, soccer, golf, la-

crosse, and so much more!

KABC Sports Camps Brochure

Attention bowling fans:

Need a fun way to start your summer break? Come to the Kings Bowling Camp. Be sure to check out the Kings Athletic website to register for summer bowling camp. All students grades 7-12 BOYS AND GIRLS are welcome to attend. Camp will be June 4-7 from 1-3 at Loveland Lanes. Grab a friend and plan on attending. Don’t miss out on the fun!! Questions? Contact Coach John Karabinus at Kings Junior High.

There is only one more date available to

get a physical at Beacon Orthopaedics and

Sports Medicine. Physicals for student ath-

letes entering grades 7-12 will be performed

on July 27th. The cost is $20 per athlete but $10 per ath-

lete will be returned to the Athletic Department to use

for sports medicine supplies. Click here for the form.

The Deerfield Township Fire Rescue is looking

for Safety Town Counselors for their summer

Safety Town Program. For more information

contact Lt. Patrick Strausbaugh at 513-459-

0875, email at pstra@deerfieldtwp,com, or

visit choosedeerfield.com to sign up.

Summer

Opportunities

For more registration forms and more information

Laffalot Summer Camp at Columbia click here.

Kings Youth

Football

Youth Camp

will be held

next Thursday

and Friday, May 30 and 31st.

Students in grades K-7 are eligi-

ble to attend. KYO Camp will be

held at the Kings Stadium from

6-8 p.m. For more information

click here.

Kings High School Women’s Soccer ID Camp

The Kings Women’s Soccer Program is hosting an ID

camp for girls entering 7th, 8th , and 9th grades, that

are interested in trying out for high school soccer.

The camp, run by the high school coaches, is de-

signed to identify and get to know the junior high

players before they get into high school. The ID

Camp will be held at the Kings Stadium June 12-14,

from 8-10 a.m. For more information and registra-

tion forms click here.

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1797 King Ave. PO Box 910 Kings Mills , Ohio 45034

Kings Local School District

Dawn Gould Community Relations Coordinator Phone: 513.398.8050 ext. 10014 Fax: 513.229.7590 E-mail: [email protected]

www.kingslocal.net

Kings is on Facebook!

Find us at: http://

www.facebook.com/

KingsLocalSchoolDistrict

Find KJH on

Twitter!

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Do You Have Talent?

The Warren County Fair is hosting “Warren County Fair Has Talent” again this

year. They are looking for talent from all of the area schools. The contest starts

July 16 and runs through to the Finals on July 20th. They are looking for partici-

pants with a variety of talents. Pre-registration ends July 1st. For more infor-

mation click here.

A benefit Golf outing to support the David

J. Segrist Fund will be held at the Golf Cen-

ter at Kings Island on Saturday, June 1st.

Dave was a teacher and football coach at

Kings for many years. He later went to

Mason and was an administrator. The

fund benefits Kings and Mason students.

For more information and the registration

form click here.

Kings High School Cheer Camp will be

held from June 10-12 in the KHS Gym

from 6-9 p.m. The cost is $60. For infor-

mation including the registration brochure

click here.

KHS Final Exam schedules are now

posted. Click here for the schedule.

Also, for a complete list of FAQ’s for

the end of the year at KHS, click here.

KME PTO Blog

The Kings Mills Ele-

mentary PTO is ex-

cited to announce a

new way to keep

parents informed of

what’s going on at

KME. Click here to

check out their new

blog!