April 18, 2014

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Upcoming Events

April 18— NO SCHOOL-Good Friday, HAPPY EASTER!

April 23—Kings District Celebration, 7:00 p.m., KHS

Auditorium.

April 24—KHS Senior Reflection Night, 5:00 p.m., KHS.

April 24—JFB Kindergarten Musical, Hoffman, Finn, &

Marchal, 6:00 p.m., Alcorn/Holliday, Gillesipe, & Reitz,

7:15 p.m., JFB Cafeteria.

April 28-May 9—3-8 Grade Ohio Achievement Assess-

ments.

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

KHS Announces Best of the Class

Kings High School Principal Doug Mader announced

this week that Taylor England finished at the top of the

Class of 2014 and will be this year’s Valedictorian. Eng-

land will be joined by Daniel Woodall as Salutatorian.

Taylor is the daughter of Tina and Greg Thompson.

She plays Lacrosse and soccer. Taylor graduates with a

Grade Point Average of 4.638. She will attend the Unit-

ed States Military Academy at West Point. Daniel is the son of Beatriz and Robert

Woodall. He likes to run, hike, play video games, and play chess. He will be graduating

with a GPA of 4.609. He plans to study Engineering at the University of Illinois in Cham-

paign.

This year’s Kings High School Graduation will be held at the Cintas Center at Xavier Uni-

versity on May 24th at 11:00 a.m.

Kings High School has

been ranked as being

among the most chal-

lenging in the U.S.,

according to a recent

list from the Washing-

ton Post. The schools

rankings are based on

an index score which

is calculated by divid-

ing the number of col-

lege-level tests given

in the previous calen-

dar year by the num-

ber of graduates that

year. Also included in

the rankings are the

number of students

who qualify for lunch

subsidies and the per-

centage of graduates

who passed at least

one college-level test

during their high

school career. To see

the results click here.

Congratulations KHS!

The Southwest District of the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administra-

tors Association has selected Kings Athletic Director, Phil Poggi to re-

place Tim Cook on the OIAAA Board of Directors. Phil has been serving

on the OIAAA Executive Board as the Exhibitor Vendor Chair. Phil will

continue serving as the Vendor Chair while fulfilling Cook’s remaining 3

year term.

The OIAAA was founded in 1956 by several Ohio high school athletic administrators. The

OIAAA Executive Board has four voting officers (Past-President, President, President-

elect and Secretary), two non-voting officers (Treasurer and Executive Director), six vot-

ing representatives (one from each of the six Ohio districts) and several non-voting com-

mittee chairs. Officers and District Representatives serve four year terms with a designat-

ed rotation of officers from among the six districts.

Congratulations Phil on yet another honor and for representing Kings in such a great way!

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KHS Students Attend Etiquette Workshop

Students from Mrs. Thomas's Family and Consumer Science Classes at

Kings High School attended an Etiquette Workshop at the Oasis Cen-

ter in Loveland. Morning session consisted of proper business eti-

quette for the professional world and included topics such as greetings

and introductions, the art of conversation, communication etiquette,

interviewing, personal hygiene and appropriate dress, dating eti-

quette, and thank-you notes.

The second session included step by step dining etiquette for a four

course meal consisting of soup, salad, entrée, and dessert. Students

were instructed on the proper use of napkins, learned what the different utensils were used for and how to use them

properly, correct way to pass food and other items around the table, proper way to eat bread, how to let the waiter

know you are finished with each course, how to handle awkward situations, among many other things.

Pictured L-R: KHS Seniors Callie Hill, Carley Stelmack,

& Jamie Tudor

SLE Toys, Tots, & Tafts

Kerry Wood from the William Howard Taft Home and Nation-

al Park visited the Second Grade classes at South Lebanon

Elementary yesterday. The children learned how William

Howard Taft and his siblings spent their family recreations

growing up in Mount Auburn during the 1850’s time period.

He explained to the students how Taft and his family valued

the simple things in life from reading Aesop’s Fables, and

playing with old wooden toys to strong family values dis-

played to him that would lead him to become a very im-

portant figure in American History.

JFB Winners Walk Tall

Winners Walk Tall is a program run by Kings High

School National Honor Society. Members of the NHS

travel to KME and JFB each year to meet with elemen-

tary students to teach virtues and character building.

The honor students work on lessons and implement

their lessons into the classrooms. Pictured are stu-

dents from KHS National Honor Society teaching J. F.

Burns Elementary second graders a lesson on manners

this week.

Pictured L-R: Keran Palaparty, Ranger Wood, and Kyran Lakhia.

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KME 4th Grade Etiquette Luncheon

For the past several weeks, the 4th graders at Kings Mills Ele-

mentary have been taking Etiquette classes with Anne Over-

turf. Mrs. Overturf began by teaching the students the 7

Knightly Virtues of courage, justice, mercy, generosity, trust,

nobility and hope. They learned how and when to write thank

you notes, polite phone manners, conversationskills, proper

eating etiquette and much more. After learning all their man-

ners, students finished the unit with an Etiquette Luncheon at the Kings Island Conference Center and Resort. All of

the students practiced perfect manners while eating a four course meal. The students were taught that when a lady

left the table, the gentlemen stood up. The students agreed that the new skills would serve them well in life, espe-

cially as they get older and start working. Thanks to everyone who made the Etiquette Luncheon a big success. It was

a wonderful event, and all of the students were very well mannered.

Jim “Basketball” Jones Wows CIS

The legend, Jim "Basketball" Jones, came back to Columbia

Intermediate School inspire the students to “Bust the Test” by

teaching them listening skills, ways to increase their focus, and

how to reduce the anxiety they may have about upcoming

Ohio Achievement Assessment’s. Thank you to our CIS PTO

for sponsoring this energizing & uplifting event!

Art Contest Winners from J.F. Burns

The first grade students in Stacey Vermette’s art classes at J.F.

Burns Elementary participated in the Animal Habitat Art Contest

last week. It was a contest only for the first grade and the stu-

dents had to create an animal in its habitat during art class. The

winners won a free

pass to Lazer Kraze

and a colorful certifi-

cate!

The winners pictured

right from L-R: Ama-

ra Gudorf, Chloe

McCulley, Yashu

Dhamodharan, and

Ryann Schnecker.

Congratulations!

Mime Visits J. F. Burns

2nd graders at J.F. Burns explored creative writing through a

lively, humorous show by a Mime artist. They discovered

the difference between writing for the stage and writing for

the page. Back in the classroom, students wrote their own

stories, which the performer acted out during an afternoon

assembly.

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Getting Ready for the Ohio Achievement Assessments

Students in fifth grade at Columbia Intermediate are gearing up for the OAA’s. To help them review the topic of Vol-

ume, they made it personal by finding the volume of their own mouths. Students held as much water as possible in

their mouths and measured that amount using a graduated cylinder. When they were done, they used unit cubes to

construct a rectangular prism that had an equivalent volume to their mouths. They found some very big and surpris-

ingly, very small mouths!

Biggest Mouths-Left

L-R: Gabe Hunt (90 ml)

and Logan Heck (96 ml).

Smallest Mouths-Right

L-R: Courtney Brown (22

ml) and Ethan Freeman

(25 ml).

Dave Segrist Annual Golf Outing

Former Kings teacher and coach Dave

Segrist lost his battle with pancreatic can-

cer on May 30, 2011. A fund was founded

in his name to offer financial support for

seniors wanting to continue their educa-

tion at the collegiate level, and it also

helps to support underprivileged kids who

want the opportunity to attend education-

al or athletic camps during the summer.

Last year, three 2013 Kings seniors re-

ceived money towards their college educa-

tion because of Dave’s fund.

To help support this fund, an annual bene-

fit golf outing is held yearly. This year, the

benefit takes place on May 31, 2014 at the

Golf Center at Kings Island. Click here for

more information.

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Sinclair Tech Prep Showcase 2014

Students in Cassandra Mahan’s Digital Media Arts classes partici-

pated in Sinclair Community College’s Tech Prep Showcase last

Friday, April 11th. The Showcase features projects from 15 Ohio

career fields. The Tech Prep programs stress mathematics, sci-

ence, communication, and technology while emphasizing team-

work, hands-on learning, work site experiences, critical thinking,

and problem solving. Over 350 students from 16 high schools

and career centers participated in the Showcase. KHS Juniors

Gabe Mattaridi and Frederick Schweinlin came home first place

champions for Junior Media Arts Video Production.

The Showcase provides students with the opportunity to network

with other consortium students and to interact with judges from education, business, industry, and labor.

J.F. Burns Fist Grade Getting Ready for Easter

Students in Mrs. Sova's 1st grade class created their own version of an

Easter Egg. They cut an egg shape out of white construction paper.

Then, while in art class, the students used magazines to search for

different images out of their chosen color. Once they found enough

images to cover their egg, the students used a glue stick and over-

lapped the images to create a collage. Great job!

Pictured L-R: Gabe Mattaridi, Franki Burress, Kailynn Clark,

Jensen O’Dell, Grant Hold, & Frederick Schweinlin.

Writing Can Be Delicious!

Recently, the students in Tina Strosneider’s 3rd grade class at Kings Mills Elementary, wrote

letters to their favorite restaurant. They had to tell why that particular restaurant was their

favorite. Mrs. Strosneider mailed the letters and included a note asking the restaurant to

respond, if possible. They received replies from several restaurants, but Chipotle responded

in a big way! Upon receiving a “Very Amazing Letter,” from 3rd grader Quinten Burns, Take

Out Specialist, Adam Johnson of the Kings Mills Chipotle, decided to honor this great com-

pliment on January 16, 2014. In his letter, Quinten wrote, “I love eating at Chipotle. The

lines are short and you are very nice. You are close to me and I like that.”

Quinten received vouchers for his family to eat for free! The teachers at KME and the whole

third grade also were able to take advantage of the buy one get one free on that day. The

third grade teachers received extra certificates as well. The event was well attended by KME students and staff, as

well as family and friends of Quentin.

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United Way Summer Book Drive

The United Way of Warren County’s Summer Book Drive is underway. The United Way is trying to

gather new or gently used books to help distribute to at risk students in the community. For some

kids, summer is a world of interesting vacations, sporting activities, and library trips. For others,

something harmful is waiting for them, and their parents may not even know it is out there. It is

called the “summer slide” and it describes what happens when young minds sit idle for three months.

Unfortunately, reading loss is cumulative; children who lose reading skills over the summer have the potential of be-

ing two or more years behind their more affluent peers by the end of 6th grade. For children, summer is supposed to

be fun and carefree, but that does not mean that learning needs to stop. Summer is a great time for children to read

books while having fun.

How can you help? The Kings Local School District is partnering with the United Way of Warren County by placing

Donation Boxes in each of our schools. From now until April 30, 2014, we will be collecting books to help with the

“summer slide.” Kings CAN make a difference in Warren County!

KEA Looking for Donations

The Kings Education Association is looking

for items to be donated for the silent auction

that will be held at their end of the year As-

sociation Banquet. The banquet will take

place on May 16th at the Montgomery Inn.

The money raised via the silent auction will

be used to fund the Kings Education Associ-

ation Future Teacher Scholarship. The schol-

arship was established 11 years ago and is

awarded to a Kings High School graduating

senior who plans on entering the field of ed-

ucation. The student must demonstrate high

academic standards, leadership skills, and

may have a financial need.

In exchange for a donation, your business

name will be mentioned in the silent auction

promotions and digital catalog. Please con-

tact Silent Auction Committee Chair, Sheri-

dan Pagan at spagan@kingslocal.net.

Join the KJH Boys Lacrosse team as

they raise money for the Susan G.

Komen Fund. Items with the Susan

G. Komen logo will be for sale at

the game.

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Attention KHS Senior Parents...

Seniors need to turn in a preschool age photo to

Mrs. Shields or the prom ticket table next week

for the prom senior slide show. These photos will

be the same ones shown at graduation. No nude

baby photos will be accepted. Photos will be re-

turned once they have been scanned. Photos are

due by May 1st. Please also include future plans.

KHS PROM

May 10, 2014

This year’s Kings

High School

Prom theme is

“Bella Notte,”

Italian for Beautiful Night. Prom will be held on Saturday, May

10th from 5-11 p.m. at the Great Wolf Lodge. Early Bird Ticket

Sales begin the week of April 14th for $70. Please make checks

payable to KHS Prom.

Click the links below for all the information

Prom Letter

Prom Information

Prom Forms

Guest Request

Tickets for The PARTY! After the Prom, A Knight in the Jungle,

will be sold during lunch April 14th-29th for $20 per student.

Click here for After Prom information.

KHS Summer Term Registration Begins

Registration has begun for Kings High School Summer Term. The Summer Term is offered to

give students a chance to gain either original credit course work or remedial credit. Courses

that will be offered will be Physical Education, Personal Finance, and Honors Geometry. Clas-

ses will begin on Monday, June 2, 2014. Final day of registration is May 16, 2014. For more in-

formation on costs and to access the registration form click here.

Try out dates for new Firecrackers will be

held on Tuesday, May 13th starting at 4:00

p.m.at SLE. If you are interested in setting

up a tryout time please email Patty Cory at

banjobetty@aol.com. All girls trying out

must attend the open gym on Monday, May 12th from 4:15-5:30 p.m. in the SLE gym to learn the new tryout routine.

Open gym times for practice will be from 4:15-5:30 p.m. on April 15, April 17, May 6, and May 8. All girls are welcome

to come practice their lists at this time but there will be no formal training or lessons. List of skills for tryouts are avail-

able online at kingsfirecrackers.com. Tryouts are open to all current 2nd-5th graders. If you have any questions please

contact Missy at momma4@cinci.rr.com.

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, bowling, baseball,

soccer, golf, lacrosse, and so much more!

KABC Sports Camps Brochure

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The Kings Varsity Baseball team defeated

Lebanon High School on Thursday, April

10th in the Reds Futures Showcase game

at Crosley Field in a 3-2 victory. Chris Car-

lin earned the game MVP as he threw 3

shutout innings in relief to earn the save for the Knights. The

team will attend the Reds game on Sunday, May 4th and be

recognized as a participant in this years Reds Futures Showcase

game. Chris will be recognized at the game and he and the

Kings Baseball Team will be walking around the field prior to

the game.

KJH PTO Looking for

Donations

The KJH students will be tak-

ing the Ohio Acheivement

Tests soon and the KJH PTO

is looking for help to donate

items to serve the students

breakfast on test days. The

PTO is looking for donations

for May 6th and 8th. The

items needed include grano-

la bars, muffins, bagels, and

fruit, just to name a few. If

you can help, please click

here to access the Sign-Up

Genius link.

Hoppy Spring!

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Reitz' class at J. F. Burns are learning about springtime

changes. On Thursday, the students turned themselves into baby bunnies and

talked about things they needed to live versus things they wanted. After the science

lesson the students took out book boxes to read. The students were very "Busy Bun-

nies" all day long!

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Dawn Gould Community Relations Coordinator Phone: 513.398.8050 ext. 10014 Fax: 513.229.7590 E-mail: dgould@kingslocal.net

www.kingslocal.net

Kings is on Facebook!

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The Deerfield Township Fire Rescue is still 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.

Remember - For up-to-date information about

the Kings Local School District please feel free to

“like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!

The annual Warren County Ca-

reer Center Community Day is

Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to

2 p.m. The public is invited to

stop by and enjoy many free services such as mini-manicures in the Cosmetology

Salon, drop off appliances for disposal and Freon removal at the HVAC lab, and

ask questions of experts on home repairs. A silent auction will be going on all day

featuring WCCC student projects and services. Information on motorcycle safety

will also be available, along with the Lebanon Police Safety Town interactive dis-

play for children. The annual Landscape Plant Sale will begin at 10.

Enjoy a craft sale, entertainment, free hot dogs, and a Safety Town display.

WCCC is located at 3525 N. State Route 48, Lebanon.

For more information, visit mywccc.org or call 513-

932-5677.