February is Black History Month. Each school day during the month of February we will be recognizing African Americans who had a lasting impact on the U.S. Today we recognize author Alex Haley.

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author most well known for his 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of African American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. 

Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with the subject, a major African-American leader.

February is Black History month. Each school day during the month of February we will be recognizing African Americans who had a lasting impact on the U.S. Today we recognize James Meredith.

James Howard Meredith is a Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran. In 1962, he became the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, after the intervention of the federal government, an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, Meredith decided to exercise his constitutional rights and apply to the University of Mississippi. His goal was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans.

Registration for all incoming Kindergartners will take place at the Memorial Building Board of Education Offices, 540 E. Park Avenue, Miamisburg. Children must be five (5) prior to August 1, 2019. The following dates have been set aside for this purpose:

Tuesday, March 5 from 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6 from 12:00 Noon - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 7 from 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Families are able to download all kindergarten registration forms required by clicking here. If you are unable to download the forms, packets will be available at the time of registration.

Preschool registration for the 2019-2020 school year will begin on Monday, March 4th at Maddux-Lang Primary School. Registrations will be accepted on Monday, March 4th from 9:30 AM until 6:00 PM, and on Tuesday March 5th and Wednesday March 6th from 9:30 AM until 3:00 PM. Registration will continue until all openings are filled. Spaces are limited and students are placed according to age and needs of the program.

Enrollment is open for residents of the Miamisburg City School District. Students must be three years of age before August 1, 2019, and potty trained. The preschool program at Maddux-Lang has classes Monday through Thursday. The AM session is from 9:05 to 11:35 AM and the PM session is from 1:15-3:45 PM. Class sizes are approximately 16 students, with a teacher and classroom assistant. We follow the Ohio Department of Education Early Learning Content Standards. Maddux-Lang is a a 5-star rated program. Tuition for the year is $1200. Tuition is expected to be paid in quarterly payments- $300 upon acceptance into the program in May and $300 on or before the last day of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grading periods. Registration packets are available by clicking here.

February is Black History month. Each school day during the month of February we will be recognizing African Americans who had a lasting impact on the U.S. Today we recognize civil rights activist and congressperson John Lewis.

John Lewis was born to sharecropper parents in 1940 in Alabama. He attended college in Nashville where he helped to organize sit-ins to protest for civil rights and to end segregation. As the chairman of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, he was one of the “big six” who helped to plan the 1963 March on Washington.

As the struggle for Civil Rights continued, Lewis marched with Hosea Williams, and others, from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. After crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the marchers were attacked by state troopers, and Lewis suffered a fractured skull. The violence inflicted upon the marchers was too much to ignore, and as a result, sped up the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Lewis remained active in the struggle for Civil Right and eventually entered politics, where he still serves Georgia’s 5th district, as he has since he was first elected to his seat in 1987. In 2011, Representative John Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.