The Miamisburg City School District February Student of the Month is Kayden Sexton. Kayden is a second grade student at Mark Twain Elementary School and was nominated by his teacher Mrs. Jennifer Noble for best exemplifying 40 Asset #15 - Positive Peer Influence (Young person's best friends model responsible behavior). Mrs. Noble said "Kayden is a positive peer influence in so many ways. The trait that makes Kayden so outstanding is kindness. I have never seen or heard of Kayden being unkind to a peer or an adult. Kayden has a great heart that is full of compassion and empathy for others. Kayden is very mature in the way he thinks about things and he has often shared ideas with his peers on acceptance and demonstrating kindness towards others. Kayden is totally himself, with zero judgement of others, which is what we all need to be everyday. When Kayden is famous some day, I want him to remember Ms. Noble nominating him for student of the month for February, 2018." 

Congratulations to Kayden and all of the other Miamisburg City School District Building Representatives. Other Student of the Month representatives can be viewed to the right of this article.

Ten Miamisburg teams competed in the Ohio Region 12 Destination Imagination Competition on Saturday, March 3rd. All teams represented Miamisburg well, and five teams are advancing to state competition later this month. Results are: 

Technical Challenge: Maze Craze
Team “I’m Batman” from Mark Twain managed by Misty Tinney with team members Jacob Furl, Gabe Howard, Lila Krull, Deakin Mitchell, Logan Sharkey, Noah Tinney, and Maddie Williams placed first in elementary level competition and are advancing to state.

Engineering Challenge: Drop Zone
Team “Miamisburg DI 5” from Kinder, Medlar View, and Jane Chance managed by Melissa Kachenmeister with team members Corbin Kachenmeister, Becca Kinder, Jeffery Razor, Nora Skudlarek, and Matthew Thompson placed second in elementary level competition.

Team “Straight Outta Miamisburg” from MMS managed by Rob & Jennifer Thompson with team members Mason Lucas, Julian McCray, David Noel, Aiden Tallet, and Josh Thompson finished first in middle level competition and are advancing to state.

Read more: Destination Imagination Regional Competition Results

The week of February 26, Author Jerry Pallotta enriched the literacy experiences of kindergarten through fifth grade students in Miamisburg City Schools, thanks to the year-long planning and preparation of district literacy coaches. Throughout the week, Jerry gave student and staff presentations at each elementary school, engaged teachers in a professional learning session on engaging reluctant readers and writers, and will present at an evening family literacy event. Jerry, author of over 60 books including the Who Would Win series, math books, and numerous alphabet books, discusses writing, researching, working with illustrators, designing, editing and publishing books all in a kid-friendly way that keeps kids thinking, asking, interacting, and hopefully applying the creative ideas that are shared in their own personal writing.

The College Promise Program provides a life changing opportunity for Montgomery County students annually. These students are identified and selected during their 8th grade year. Each student is supported through high school by a caring adult mentor who meets with them weekly for 40 to 60 minutes at their school and through programming offered by the College Promise Program and their college and university partners. 

After completing graduation requirements and meeting the entrance requirements for Sinclair, Wright State University, Central State University, Miami University, Denison University, Kettering College, or the University of Dayton, the selected students will be awarded scholarships. The scholarship will support most of the four years of the college tuition.

The Miamisburg City School District was privileged to have three students from the Miamisburg Middle School selected for this program. Abagail Brunner, Shahd Mohamed and Exon Vasquez-Serrano were chosen from our district to receive this incredible opportunity.