Judy Hayes Casey is a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Miamisburg High School. Mrs. Casey teaches 10th grade Career Prep, 9th grade Viking Prep, formally called Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences. Back in September, when MHS started in-person instruction, teachers were asked to take the first three days of school to focus on the social emotional aspects of students and not so much on content. Mrs. Casey participated in a Nasco Education presentation this past summer and immediately knew she wanted to start the year with a Community Circle Project. She made a template on card stock so the circles would be uniform in size. All of her classes participated in the project where they each made one circle, creating a grand total of around 110 circles. The prompt she used was simply, “What did you learn during The Covid Quarantine of 2020?”  Mrs. Casey's students greatly enjoyed the project. Many of them were so proud of their circles they took pictures to show their families, as well as proudly sharing them with their friends. The best part of the project was listening to the students talk about what they went through during quarantine and how their lives changed. 

Please note the pick-up times have changed due to student lunch breaks.

Buses will be in the following locations from 10:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.  on Thursday, December 3rd and Friday, December 4th  distributing one breakfast and one lunch per student each day to ALL students. This is for remote learners this week AND PLP students as well. There will be no PLP food pickups on Thursday evening this week.

Habitat @ Fantasia

Bellsburg @ Mohawk

Vienna Park @ Park

Alma Drive@ Bear School

Kodiak@ Sawtooth Pass

Oakwood Village @ Clubhouse

Quarry Lakes @ Entrance

Lindamede Drive @ Dayton Cincinnati Pike

Beachler Field

Orchard Hill Apartments @ Entrance

Lyon’s Gate Apartments @ Clubhouse

Covey Run Apartments @ Clubhouse

Mound School on Range Drive

Miami Village @ Edgerton Drive

Arborridge @ Miami Village

Ferndown Drive @ Lonesome Pine

Spring Valley @ Pebblecreek

Rosina @ Alexandersville

Gephart Church @ King Richard

Byers Ridge @ Tranquil Drive

The Miamisburg City School District November Student of the Month is Miamisburg Middle School student Collin Marker. He was nominated by his counselor, Monique Hobbs and the Team 4 teachers. They said "Collin Marker is a sixth grader at Miamisburg Middle School. He is an exemplary student who exhibits a positive outlook and attitude in the classroom. Collin demonstrates all of the Viking PBIS expectations: Respect, Responsibility and Safety.

Collin has adapted well to the middle school environment and demonstrates responsibility in both his academics and behavior. He is a conscientious student who turns in all assignments, participates in class, and works hard everyday. Even with the challenges of the Covid-19 protocols and procedures in place, Collin comes to class prepared and ready to learn. This sense of responsibility carries over into his relationships with his peers. If they need help with a concept, he is quick to offer in a kind way, while still practicing healthy physical distancing.

Collin's teachers noted that he shows respect to his peers and teachers and never questions the safety measures that are in place for everyone. He wears his mask consistently, keeps his work area clean, and makes sure that his backpack is under his desk. His interactions with both students and adults are always positive and respectful.

Collin is able to balance his academics with extra-curricular interests and obligations. He is a Christian, plays on a baseball team, is responsible for household chores, likes to spend time outdoors, enjoys just about anything to do with cars (muscle, rally), dog sits for the neighbors (he loves animals), participates in BMX racing, and he readily helps his dad work on cars or other projects around the house. Collin hopes to be able to help his dad farm some land that the family recently bought, and has aspirations of having his own farm someday.

We are proud to nominate Collin Marker for the Miamisburg Middle School Student of the Month for November 2020."

Other building Student of the Month representatives can be viewed at right. Congratulations to all of our Students of the Month!

The district announced on Monday, November 2nd that Miamisburg High School will switch to a Hybrid Learning Model beginning on Monday, November 9th until after winter break. A great deal of thought and planning went into this decision. As a district, we follow quarantine guidelines put forth by the local health department which means any person in close contact of a positive COVID case must be quarantined for 14 days. The close contact is described as closer than 6 feet or less for a cumulative 15 minutes. We are seeing an increase in our number of students and staff needing quarantined following these guidelines, not as a result of positive COVID cases. 

While the students are quarantined, it is challenging to meet all the educational needs for students and the learning environment for students is inconsistent. Moving to a hybrid learning model will help provide a better opportunity to meet all the educational needs of all students and maintain consistency. The hybrid model also reduces the number of students on buses, in classrooms, hallways, and the dining hall allowing the students to be spaced more and reducing the number of students that would require quarantine should there be a positive COVID case.

Students will attend in-building two days a week and will participate in at-home learning three days a week. Not all of the at-home assignments will be virtual or digital. Teachers will work with students that do not have a device or reliable internet at home with alternatives to any required digital assignment. 

We recognize this is not a perfect situation. However, from the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year,  the goal of Miamisburg City Schools' is to stay in school. We believe this is a change that needs to be made in order to keep our students in school and meet their educational needs. 

Here are links with information on the Hybrid Instructional Model which can be found on the district website. 

Hybrid Learning Model Plan

Hybrid Learning Model FAQ

Hybrid Learning Model Expectations

Hybrid Learning Model - Request to Change Days