Sebring Local Schools

REMINDER: Flu vaccine forms are due tomorrow, Thursday Oct. 17. If you'd like your child to receive a flu vaccine during school hours on Oct. 29, please have this form submitted tomorrow.

👏Congratulations to B.L. Miller on their PBIS Silver recognition, and McKinley's Bronze recognition from the state! Our staff works very hard on a daily basis to create a positive social, emotional and academic learning environment. ✨What is PBIS? Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a framework designed to create a safe and effective learning environment for all students by providing resources and opportunities to improve their social, emotional and academic outcomes.

What We're Learning: Our students in Culture and Cuisine recently studied Canadian culture and learned that they celebrate Thanksgiving in October. They made typical Canadian Thanksgiving dishes and enjoyed a turkey dinner!

ATTENTION! We want to hear from you! Please consider completing a short School Experience Survey, open to parents/caregivers, students and staff. The surveys will close on 10/25. Scan the QR codes, or visit our website for direct links.

REMINDER: Tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 10, we will have parent-teacher conferences. There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, Oct. 11 and Monday, Oct. 14.

REMINDER: Join us THIS FRIDAY for our 3rd annual Literacy Under the Lights! You don't want to miss out on this FREE evening of fun for the whole family!

👏Congratulations 👏 to Sebring McKinley student Reece Runyon for his perfect September attendance, awarding him the opportunity to be one of the flag captains at the Cleveland Browns football game against the Giants this Sunday! 👏🏈 We've joined the Cleveland Browns Foundation's "Stay in the Game" Attendance Initiative, and Reece was selected from a drawing, receiving two tickets to the game, a parking pass and Browns gear! He'll be giving the Browns flag to a team captain in the tunnel before they take the field. We'll all be watching for you, Reece! Keep on staying in the game! 💪👏 #SITG #SeptemberSITG #stayinthegame #AttendanceAwarenessMonth #AttendanceAwareness

📣DID YOU KNOW?! 📣 Our district partners with Battelle for Kids, which will host an upcoming family workshop series, open to all of our families, beginning Oct. 29 at McKinley. See the graphics for more information. We're grateful for this partnership and our access to experts on the topic of hope and resilience. 💜💛

Our 7th and 8th graders had a great time at the Mahoning Valley Skilled Trades Expo at the Canfield Fairgrounds earlier this week. They really enjoyed interacting with professionals from various trades, trying out different hands-on activities and learning about so many different careers! 🛠🔨🔩🔧

What We're Learning: Shining the spotlight on our 3rd-graders who set some excellent goals for the school year!

✨Congratulations to our 2024 Fall Homecoming Court! ✨ Attendees include: Back row, from left: Zachary Todd (Sophomore), Devonte Buchanan (Junior), Caiden Miller (Senior), Kyle Summers (Senior), Michael Moyer (Senior). Not pictured: Leeland Pope (Freshman) Front row, from left: Taylor Johnson (Freshman), Marissa Saldivar (Sophomore), Ava Coen (Junior), Allison Hoschar (Senior), Bella Threet (Senior), Nyla Mosley (Senior). 📣The crowning of the King and Queen will take place this Friday at our Schaefer-Davies Football Stadium at 6:30 p.m. prior to a 7:00 p.m. kickoff against Toledo Christian.

📣CORRECTION: *Original post included the wrong opponent. All tickets sold through our board office will be seated together. . . ATTENTION TROJANS: We've been invited to attend the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and if we sell at least 50 tickets through our school, we'll be able to go on the court as part of the pre-game cheer tunnel! 🏀 ✨Tickets are $49.00 and available for purchase now through the school board office. They MUST be purchased in advance, and they will be distributed after we sell at least 50. Please call (330) 938-6165 for more information.

DID YOU KNOW? We've been offering free breakfast and lunch to all students for the past 8 years?! Our district is always searching for invaluable resources and opportunities to support our students and families, and thanks to the Ohio Department of Education, we've been able to keep our students fed without putting a financial burden on their families.

Today we're reflecting on this devastating day in history, and we remember and honor all the innocent lives lost, as well as our heroes who gave their lives, and every life that has been touched as a result. May we never forget. 🇺🇸 #Patriotday #neverforget #remembering911

Attention McKinley students, don't forget to bring your smiles on Monday for picture day!

✨Now introducing... our Friday Fun Facts series! Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing "Did You Know?" tidbits of resources and unique opportunities our district offers. So whether you're new to the Trojan Family or you've been in Sebring for years, we hope to inform you on some of the many great ways our district takes care of our students. 📣First up, we're very excited to share that through our partnership with the United Way of Youngstown-Mahoning Valley, we were awarded funds through an Ohio Department of Education and Workforce grant they received, to continue to support our United Way Success After 6 after-school program! The past two years we've been able to offer four days a week, and under this new grant, they're offering five days! The program will begin in early October, and eligible students will be invited to complete an enrollment packet. #funfacts #trojanopportunities #trojanresources #trojansupport #trojanfamily

Congratulations to our first "Woohoo Wednesday" winners, first-grader Kalionna, and fourth-grader Braylon! Way to go with keeping your promises of being positive, safe, respectful and responsible! Each week, Principal Hanley pulls out two "purple postcards," which teachers and staff award to students who demonstrate positive behaviors. Students then "feed" the postcards to the locker for the chance to be selected. During the morning announcements on Wednesdays, Mrs. Hanley plays this year's theme song, "I'm walking on sunshine" and announces the two lucky winners, who are then called down to receive free shirts! Mrs. Hanley also reads every postcard out loud during lunch each week, and students get to pick out candy. Postcards are then mailed home for students and their families to keep. This is all part of our PBIS program, which incentivizes positive, safe, respectful and responsible behaviors! Stay tuned to learn more about our PBIS "Promise Houses" which we kicked off today!

What We're Learning: Our Spanish 3 and 4 classes kick off the year by refreshing their knowledge of Spanish verbs and vocabulary with this fun, interactive activity that gets the creative thinking flowing, too!

Have a great Labor Day Weekend! We'll see you on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd.

We're excited to announce our 3rd annual Literacy Under the Lights event, set for Friday, Sept. 27 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at our Sebring McKinley Schaefer-Davies Football Stadium. It'll be a FREE evening of fun for the whole family. We hope to see you there!