September 13, 2013

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Upcoming Events

September 13—KHS Varsity Football vs. Hamilton,

7:30 p.m., Kings Stadium.

September 17—Board of Education Meeting, 6:30

p.m., KEC.

September 18—KHS Market Day Pickup, 7:00-8:00

p.m., KHS Cafeteria.

September 18—8th Grade Washington D.C.Trip

Parent Meeting, 6:00 p.m., KJH Multi-Purpose Room.

September 18—College Lecture Series: Sophomore

Parent Information, 7 p.m., KHS Auditorium.

September 19—KJH Parent/Teacher Conferences,

4:00-7:30 p.m., KJH.

September 19—Skyline Chili Showdown Pep Rally,

6:00-8:00 p.m., Kings Mills Skyline.

September 21—ACT Test, 8:00 a.m., KHS.

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

9/11 National Day of Service

The Kings High School Community Service Club, managed entirely by student

leaders, organized almost 300 seniors to serve at 12 different locations across the

area on Wednesday as they participated in the 9/11 National Day of Service and

Remembrance. Members from the Mason-Deerfield Rotary Club and other com-

munity members volunteered their time as they joined the students in building

shelves at Interfaith Ministries, landscaping at KHS, cooking lunch and cleaning at

the Ronald McDonald House, assisting with construction at Habitat for Humanity

in Hamilton, sorting, labeling, and packaging food at Shared Harvest Foodbank,

among many others. Congratulations to all of the students for their service to

those in need. To view a gallery of pictures from the day click here.

Check out page 5

of today’s news-

letter about excit-

ing details on next

week’s Skyline

Chili Showdown

Series Pep Rally!

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Congratulations to KHS National Merit

Semifinalists!

The National Merit Scholarship Association an-

nounced their 16,000 National Merit Semifinalists

for 2014 this week. Three of those are Kings High

School Students! Congratulations to Wesley Ball,

Calvin Dailey, and Casey Ryan. These academically

talented high school seniors will now have an op-

portunity to continue in the competition for some

8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35

million dollars to be offered next spring. From the

approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000

are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this designation. Con-

gratulations on your achievement Wesley, Calvin, and Casey!

Warm 98 Teacher of the Week-KME’s Becki Blumer

Mrs. Blumer was surprised yesterday by Bob and Marianne from Warm 98 and Todd

Dykes from Channel 5 as she was named Warm 98’s Teacher of the Week. She was nomi-

nated by parent Sandy Brown. Mrs.

Brown said, “Mrs. Blumer shows a genuine interest in her stu-

dents and her families, listens to families’ concerns, and always

inspires her students to learn and achieve their best.” She was

given a gift certificate from Bond Furniture, Cincinnati Sym-

phony tickets, a “swag bag” from Modern Office Methods, and

her class was treated to a pizza party from Westshore Pizza!

Her story was featured on Warm 98 and Channel 5 this morn-

ing. Congratulations Mrs. Blumer!

Safety and Security at KJH

On Tuesday, September 10th Captain Dennis Waldbillig of the

Deerfield Township Fire Department attended Kings Junior

High School’s staff meeting to share and discuss general fire

safety tips as well as provide instructions on how to properly

discharge a fire extinguisher in the event of an emergency, as

part of the Kings Local School District’s ongoing Safety and

Security initiative. Pictured are Captain Waldbillig and 8th

Grade Social Studies Teacher, Brent Allen.

Left to Right-Casey Ryan, Wesley Ball, and Calvin Dailey

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KHS Student Named Scholastic Student of the Month

KHS Junior Sarah Sexton has been named Student of

the Month in this month’s issue of Scholastic Art Maga-

zine. She said she got serious about art after 8th grade

when she started taking classes at a private art studio.

KJH Art Teacher Jan Thomann said, “When I had Sa-

rah, I was very impressed with her talent.” Sarah won a

National Silver Medal in painting in the 2013 Scholastic

Art and Writing Awards. She has also painted murals for the city over the

summer. Click here to see her story and view her artwork. Congratulations

on such a great honor, Sarah!

Science at JF Burns

Third graders in Mrs. Roewer’s Science Class at J.F.

Burns are learning what it means to be a scientist.

They broadened their understanding of what scien-

tists do while using science tools and the scientific

method to make discoveries.

CIS Gifted Teacher Holly Mueller has begun writing for Choice Literacy, a multimedia website of article, vid-

eos, and professional development guides for literacy teachers and leaders. Mrs. Mueller got involved with

Choice Literacy when her former colleague from Lebanon City Schools, Megan Ginther, and she started

writing about literacy contracts, a framework they use in their classrooms for reading and writing that they

developed and honed while they job shared for three years. Mrs. Mueller and her colleague are now align-

ing them with Common Core while keeping choice and inde-

pendent reading and writing of central importance. Mrs.

Mueller’s first article, an introduction to the concept of litera-

cy contracts, was published on the Choice Literacy subscriber

section in August. Her contracts will be published as a

monthly series starting in September. For more information

on Choice Literacy, go to https://www.choiceliteracy.com/

index.php. There you will find options to sign up for the free

weekly newsletter, The Big Fresh, or become a subscriber.

It’s a wonderful resource no matter what you choose.

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Artwork at CIS

Each year, Columbia Intermediate School Art Teacher Drew Thomas selects student’s artwork to be

framed and hung in the building. Four pieces of art from the 5th and 6th grade each were chosen. Pic-

tured below are the lucky artists whose artwork will be displayed. Congratulations to Elise Belanger, Grace

Bernius, Cody Cooke, Michaela Williams, Kaylynn Daumeyer, Ella Hanlon, Grant Shields, and Ellie Wade.

Students are Loving the New Google Chromebooks!

The Kings School District’s Technology Department has

made available almost 600 Google Chromebooks for

students to use. The 5th and 6th graders at Columbia

are loving their new technology. Student’s in Mrs. Wag-

ner’s class

used the

Chromebooks

for the first

time. Mrs. Stovall and Mrs. McKiernan have held mini training

sessions for teachers to learn more about the Chromebooks and

how they can be used with students. And, to the right, students

in Mrs. Westley’s 4th grade class at SLE used the Chromebooks

to research foods people eat around the world.

Senior Picture Guidelines

Seniors have until November 25, 2013 to submit a

picture for the yearbook. Photos must be in color

and in jpg form. They can be submitted by attaching

the picture to an email to Mrs. Shields, or submitting

the image on a CD. Click here for more detailed in-

formation.

Buy a KHS Yearbook and Yearbook Ad

Yearbook ads are a great way to rec-

ognize your student, show your sup-

port, and advertise your business.

Parents have an opportunity to purchase a year-

book and or ad for their student. Visit

www.yearbookforever.com to find out more.

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ReDo Day at KHS

The Violence Free Coalition of Warren County in conjunction

with the Kings High School Catalyst group brought ReDo

(Respect Everyone Despite Odds) to Kings High School this

week. They held a program for the freshman through junior

class on Thursday, and today they had a session for the senior

class. ReDo Day is an all day program that addresses the issues

of bullying, stereotyping, and diversity through respect. The

one day program incorporates students, as well as the high

school staff to work in small and large groups to center on crea-

tive learning experiences to help the students learn to break

down stereotypical barriers and teach them how to embrace di-

versity. Pat Clark, Education Specialist from the Violence Free

Coalition Program, said, “The ReDo day program at Kings High

School has been very successful. Kings has had the largest num-

ber of students participate in ReDo day, as well as the largest

participation of high school staff in all of the districts who have

hosted a ReDo day.”

Kings High School has been chosen to be a part of the

Skyline Chili Showdown Series this fall. The Skyline

Showdown Series was created three years ago and

designed to serve as an extension of the Skyline Chili

Crosstown Showdown, which is celebrating its 16-

year anniversary this August. The Showdown Series

extends the theme of crosstown or neighborhood ri-

valries throughout the regular season, by either host-

ing a tailgate at the home school’s neighborhood Sky-

line Chili, or by integrating the Skyline Chili brand into

the Friday night game. The tailgate will be held next

Thursday, September 19th from 6-8 p.m. at the Kings

Mills Skyline to get fans ready for the Turpin game on

Friday night. Fans will have a chance to win great priz-

es like Skyline Chili gift cards, Commemorative Sky-

line Showdown Series T-shirts, Skyline Chili mini-

footballs, and the grand prize, a Skyline Chili gift bas-

ket. Skyline will donate 20% of food sales during the

per rally to the Kings Athletic Department. We hope

to see everyone there to support our football team!

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KHS student Becomes U.S. Citizen

Congratulations to KHS Senior Kaan Unal on becoming a

United States citizen this week. Kaan, his brother

Sancar, also a KHS Senior, and his father came to the

U.S. in May of 2010 from Turkey. His mother came to

the U.S. two years prior and began working. Although

Mr. Unal had a very good job in Turkey, his parents de-

cided to immigrate to the U.S. for better educational op-

portunities for him and his brother. Since Kaan is a mi-

nor, he was able to automatically become a citizen be-

cause his mother has lived in the U.S. for 5 years and she passed the citizenship exam. Kaan and his older

brother, Sancar both helped their mother study for the exam. Sancar, who is 18, must wait until he has lived

in the U.S. for 5 years and then will take the exam himself.

Kings Homecoming 5k

and Mile Fun Run

It’s time to start thinking

about the 18th annual

Kings Homecoming 5k

and Mile Fun Run! It will

be held on Wednesday,

October 2nd starting at

the Kings Stadium at

6:15 p.m. Be sure to reg-

ister early. Click here for

the registration form

and more information. The Kings Women’s Soccer Program is hav-

ing a fundraiser at Thirsty’s on Saturday,

September 21st. Ten percent of your bill

will go back to the soccer program. Con-

tact Coach Hoffert at

shoffert@kingslocal.net if you would like a

team support card which would give 10% of your bill back to the

program every time you visit!

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Friday Night Pinks

Tshirts

We are just a week away from

the 3rd Annual Friday Night

Pink Game. Be sure to help us

PINK OUT the Kings stadium

as we battle Turpin on Friday,

September 20th. It will be a

great night to honor all those

that have been affected by

breast cancer and raise mon-

ey to help families in our area as they battle this disease.

We will be selling the Kings Friday Night Pink t-shirts at

the game on the 20th but you can also buy yours ahead

of time at the stadium during the 9/13 Kings Varsity

Football Game, 9/14 Kings Freshman & JV Football

Games and the 9/15 KYO Football Games. Shirts will also

be sold next week at KHS and KJH during lunch hours.

Just look for the Pink Ribbon Girls table in the courtyard

area. Shirts are $10 each. Make checks payable to Pink

Ribbon Girls.

Cody Mayo Texas Holdem Tournament

Help raise funds to as-

sist families who want

to send their child on

the Washington DC trip

with Kings Junior High.

The fundraiser is in

memory of Cody Mayo,

a young man who died

of cancer. One of his

last school memories

was his trip to Washing-

ton D.C. KJH Teacher Brent Allen said, “Cody was a

great kid who always thought about others. When

Make-A-Wish asked him what he would want, he

replied that he wanted to see his sister be able to go

to college.” The fun starts at 5pm on Saturday,

September 28th at the Foster's Point Community

Activity Center. Click here for more information.

Kings Cheerleading Raffle

Please don’t forget to

buy a raffle ticket from

any high school or jun-

ior high cheerleader for

our RAFFLE FUND-

RAISER for your

chance to win $1000

dollars! (2nd prize $100

and 3rd prize $50) Tick-

ets are on sale now: $6 for one, or two tickets for

$10! Only a limited amount of tickets are sold to in-

crease your chances of winning. Drawing will be

held on October 15, 2013. Winners will be notified by

phone. For more information contact High School

Rep-Lisa Mathias at 513-260-7583 or Jr. High Rep-

Michelle Werner at 513-494-2753.

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: dgould@kingslocal.net

www.kingslocal.net

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Kings Soccer Cornhole Tournament

Mark Sunday, September 29th on your calendars for

the 4th Annual Kings HS Soccer Cornhole Tournament.

Held in the high school gym starting at 1:oo p.m. It is

one of the biggest fundraisers for the program and a

good time for the whole family. There will be a raffle,

prizes, and food. Tickets for the raffle will be sold at the

first few Women’s and Men’s home games or through a

team player. You can also contact Bev Williams

jbwilliam4@fuse.net or

Tina Weidner

tmcw22@yahoo.com for

tickets. Click here for the

registration form.