Congratulations to all of our Destination Imagination team members and team managers on an excellent regional competition yesterday! We are so proud of their hard work, which certainly showed as they represented Miamisburg well. Four teams have qualified for state competition in April (highlighted in bold).

Technical Challenge: On Target
Team: Miamisburg High School
Team Managers: Donna & Jim Fontaine
Members: Cole Boyd, Alex Leblanc, Jake Riffel, Madison Shackleford, and Logan Tinney
Received 1st place…qualified to compete in state competition.

Scientific Challenge: Medical Mystery
Team: Digital Duo
Team Manager: Lisa Levan
Members: Grace Levan and Jake Riffel
Received 3rd place.

Engineering Challenge: Monster Effects
Team: D.I.-monds
Team Managers: Misty Tinney and Jodie Lanese
Members: Austyn Benton, Preslei Copper, Julia Hardacre, Gabe Howard, Deakin Mitchell, Jonathan Price, and Noah Tinney
Received 1st place…qualified to compete in state competition.

Team: Miamisburg di5 +2
Team Managers: Melissa Kachenmeister and Mike Buker
Members: Isabelle Caudill, Madison Hardin, Corbin Kachenmeister, Becca Kinder, Jeffery Razor, Nora Skudlarek, and Matthew Thompson
Received 3rd place.

Team: Miamisburg Quad Stars
Team Managers: Melissa Kachenmeister and Kristen Sharkey
Members: Noah Kachenmeister, Dhara Patel, Logan Sharkey, and Cecelia Umbaugh
Received 6th place.

Team: Mound Gopher Engineers
Team Manger: Dee Dee Andrix
Members: Sebastian Cady, Dylan Cargle, Jacob Hartley, and Li Humphrey
Non-competitive.

Fine Arts Challenge: Game On
Team: FNAF Fam
Team Manager: Sean Barrowcliff
Members: Andrew Barrowcliff, Cali Glassener, Gracie Lambert, Cayden Pontnack, and Michael Snyder
Received 7th place.

Team: Mound Warriors
Team Manager: Dee Dee Andrix
Members: Shayne Brunner, Grant Drusen, Lauren Ford, Kael Lewis, and Mia Wineberg
Non-competitive.

Improvisational Challenge: Heads Up
Team: Miamisburg High School
Team Managers: Donna & Jim Fontaine
Members: Cole Boyd, Alex Leblanc, Jake Riffel, Madison Shackleford, and Logan Tinney
Received 1st place…qualified to compete in state competition.

Team: Marshmallow Squad
Team Managers: Misty Tinney and Sara Howard
Members: Max Branham, Jacob Furl, Roger Hall, Gabe Howard, Lila Krull, Noah Tinney, and Maddie Williams
Received 6th place.

Service Learning Challenge: Escape Artists
Team: Miamisburg High School
Team Managers: Donna & Jim Fontaine
Members: Cole Boyd, Alex Leblanc, Jake Riffel, Madison Shackleford, and Logan Tinney
Received 1st place…qualified to compete in state competition.

Miamisburg City Schools receives Federal allocations through Title I-A: Improving Basic Programs; Title II-A: Improving Teacher Quality; Title III: Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant; Title VI-A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment and Special Education Part–B IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) funds based on the Federal December Count of Students. For Fiscal Year 2019, the district received Title I-A funds in the amount of $1,595,842.86; Title II-A funds in the amount of $223,027.14; Title III funds in the amount of $28,886.47; Title IV-A funds in the amount of $113,187.41 and Special Education funds in the amount of $1,540,263.53. For many years, the federal funds have been primarily used to employ staff, fund staff development, and support the purchase of supplies used by the students and staff in federal programs. Bishop Leibold shares Part B-IDEA funding in the amount of $1,539.92 to assist with the cost of services to students eligible for these federal programs. In the past, their funds have supported the employment of staff. A public school district is required to spend a proportionate amount of Part B and Title I-A monies to serve eligible children who are placed by their parents in nonpublic elementary or secondary schools that are located within the public school's geographic boundaries. The nonpublic school may be either a recognized chartered nonpublic school or a recognized non-chartered, nonpublic school. This change in the law is outlined in IDEIA 2004. Miamisburg also receives a Federal Preschool Grant which is used to help with the cost of educating preschool students ages 3-5 with special needs. This year, the Early Childhood Grant award is $40,207.77 and is used to support the employment of a preschool teacher. Each year the district receives the federal allocations in late spring. Budgeting then takes place in June. Public input is welcome. A public hearing to obtain public input will be held on April 18, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. at the Miamisburg Civic Center, 10 North First Street, Miamisburg, Ohio 45342. Following the hearing, the Miamisburg City Schools Parent Advisory Council (PAC) will hold their scheduled quarterly meeting. The Miamisburg City Schools PAC meets to support the needs of students eligible for federally funded programs and their parents. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, you are welcome to contact Katy Lucas, Director of Student Services or Stacie Moore, Director of Secondary Curriculum at 937.866.3381 to give your input. Anyone giving input will
receive a written or verbal response as to the final disposition of these funds. A reminder will be posted at a later date.

The Ohio State Board of Education granted the Miamisburg City School District a 2017-2018 Momentum Award. Now in its fourth year, the Momentum Award is the State Board's way of recognizing districts that received A's on every Value-Added measure included on Ohio's school and district report cards.

As a Momentum Award winner, Miamisburg City Schools' report card shows that our district is committed to its students' success by ensuring students exceeded the growth expectations in English Language Arts and Mathematics. These successes are due to the recruitment and motivation of high-quality leaders and staff.

Ohio's strategic plan for education, Each Child, Our Future, is the state's plan to ensure each student is challenged, prepared and empowered for his or her future by way of an excellent pre-kindergarten through grade 12 education. Their mission is to prepare students for a future that has yet to be written. Many consider this to be a daunting endeavor. Miamisburg's education team has embraced this challenge.

The Miamisburg City School District February Student of the Month is Sebastian Sommers. Sebastian is a kindergarten student at Kinder Elementary School. He was nominated for best exemplifying PBIS Expectation "Excellence" and was nominated by his teachers Stephanie Hager and Victoria Baker. They explained "Sebastian excels as a CAREing Kinder Knight and PAX leader each and every day in and out of the classroom. In the classroom Sebastian can always be heard using kind encouraging words with his classmates. He shows great sportsmanship and can be seen shaking hands of his classmates no matter if he has won or lost. He always works hard and is motivated by goal setting and his amazing growth that he has shown in the classroom. 

Sebastian is also a CAREing Kinder Knight outside of the classroom too. His family says that Sebastian is a leaders with his cousins and is always organizing a game or some type of activity for all of them to do. His family also says that he is their family’s source of entertainment as he will sing or dance for the family and encourage everyone else to join in.

Sebastian has also been in Karate at the Ultimate Leadership Martial Arts. His instructor says that he did a great job on the past cycle and has been quite the leader in class with his partners and with respect to the instructors. The instructors say they are all very proud of him.

For these reasons and more, Sebastian Sommers is our Kindergarten Student of the Month. Way to go Sebastian!!"

Other Student of the Month Building Representatives can be viewed at right. Congratulations to Sebastian and all of our Student of the Month selections!