To encourage more families to take advantage of the healthy choices available for school breakfast, the Miamisburg City School District is celebrating National School Breakfast Week during March 5-9, 2018. National School Breakfast Week was launched in 1989 to raise awareness of the availability of the School Breakfast Program, a federally assisted meal program operating in public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions since 1975.

Busy weekday mornings make it a challenge for many families to find time for a healthy breakfast. However, US Department of Agriculture data show that more and more students are starting their day with a nutritious breakfast in their school cafeterias. The School Breakfast Program currently serves more than 14 million students every day. Studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to:

• Reach higher levels of achievement in math
• Score higher on standardized tests
• Have better concentration, memory and alertness
• Have improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance
• Maintain a healthy weight

 The National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) campaign theme, “I Heart School Breakfast”, reminds the entire school community that school breakfast provides a healthy and energizing start to the day for students. Students will be encouraged to show their enthusiasm for “I Heart School Breakfast” from March 5-9 with special menus, cafeteria events, and more.

“A healthy breakfast at the start of the day is one way to ensure students are getting the best education possible,” said Scott Gilbert, Director of Business. “National School Breakfast Week helps us educate parents and students about all the healthy, great tasting, and appealing choices we offer.” The district serves over 800 breakfast meals daily through the federally funded School Breakfast Program. School nutrition professionals in Miamisburg prepare breakfast and lunches every day that meet federal nutrition standards – limiting fat, calories and sodium – while encouraging students to choose from the fruits, vegetables and whole grains offered with school meals.”

The “I Heart School Breakfast” campaign is made possible by the School Nutrition Association and Kellogg’s®

More National School Breakfast Week Information (English) (Spanish)

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.