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!

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 leader and activist Stokely Carmichael.

Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent socialist organizer in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending Howard University. He eventually developed the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), later serving as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and lastly as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).
Carmichael was one of the original SNCC freedom riders of 1961 and became a major voting rights activist in Mississippi and Alabama.

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 Community College, Wright State University, Central State University, Miami University, Miami University Regionals, Ohio Northern University, Xavier University, Wittenburg University, Denison University, Kettering College, or the University of Dayton, the selected students will be awarded scholarships. The scholarship will allow them to attend college at little or no cost to them or their families.

The Miamisburg City School District was privileged to have four students from the Miamisburg Middle School selected for this program. Kassidy Elzey, Alexis Liebst, Ethaniel Nicholl, and Wyatt Wolff were chosen from our district to receive this incredible opportunity.

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 leader and activist Malcolm X.

Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Some saw him as a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; others accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

On February 21, 1965, he was assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam.