Week of October 16
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October Lunch Menu
Mission Statement:
The mission of Breitung Township Schools, in cooperation with families and our community, is to provide a quality educational experience to assist all students in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become successful citizens.BTS Belief Statement
- All students can learn.
- All students have the right to a meaningful educational experience.
- Each student has dignity and worth.
- Achievement is a result of high expectations with realistic goals.
- The entire community shares the responsibility of educating its citizens.
School Improvement Goals
- All students will demonstrate improvement in Reading skills.
- All students will demonstrate improvement in Mathematics skills.
- All students will demonstrate improvement in Science skills.
- All students will demonstrate improvement in Social Studies skills.
Important Parent and Student Information
FAFSA Questions for Student Aid
The Northern Lights YMCA Youth Volunteer Service Club
Scheduling Presentations and Handouts 2015-16
Instructions for ordering KHS transcripts
Joe Sturm Receives DAR Good Citizen Award
Congratulations go out to senior Joe Sturm for being selected by his classmates as this year’s National Society Daughters of the American Revolution "Good Citizen Representative" for the Onagomingkway Chapter.
The DAR Good Citizenship Award is presented to one student based on the qualities of dependability (which includes truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality), service (which includes cooperation, courtesy, and consideration of others), leadership (which includes personality, self-control, and ability to assume responsibility), and patriotism (which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community and nation) to an outstanding degree.
Perpich Named Athlete of the Month
Congratulations go out to senior Sawyer Perpich for being named as one of the Hometown Athletes of the Month for August/September.
Sawyer, the quarterback of Kingsford’s 6-1 football team, completed 45 of 63 passes for 804 yards and six touchdowns in four games through September.
He was joined by Northern Elite quarterback Alex Hagerty, Iron Mountain volleyball player Taylor Talerico, and Norway volleyball player Haley Clifford as co-athletes!
Congratulations all athletes!
Dick Berlinski Honorary Captain
On Friday, October 6, KHS Class of 1965 graduate Dick Berlinski was at center field for the Iron Mountain-Kingsford football game serving as honorary captain for the game's coin toss. The Flivver great, who earned 16 varsity letters in high school, was on hand to see the Flivvers beat the cross town rival Mountaineers 42-7 in the 93rd meeting between the two teams.
Left to right: Lyle Smithson (Principal), Al Unger (Athletic Director),
Dick Berlinski, Doug Roberts (Vice-Principal)
September AP Students of the Month
Congratulations go out to the following students for being recognized as AP Students of the Month for the month of September:
- Casey Hansley - A.P. Calculus
- Luke Sturm - A.P Chemistry
- Dominic Occhietti - A.P. Computer Science A
- Luke Harry - A.P. Computer Science Principles
- Luke Terrian - A.P. History
- Hailey Johnson - A.P. Literature
Front row (L to R): Dominic Occhietti (Computer Science), Casey Hansley (Calculus), Hailey Johnson (Literature)
Back row (L to R): Luke Harry (Computer Science Principles), Luke Terrian (History), Joe Sturm (Chemistry)
2017-18 AP Students of the Month
All of the Advanced Placement classes at Kingsford High School are taught by trained and certified Advanced Placement curriculum instructors on the Kingsford High School campus.
KHS Announces Class Officers
Kingsford High School would like to congratulate those students who were chosen as the junior and senior class officers.
Class of 2018
Left to right: Alicia Morgan (Treasurer), Mitchell Wiltzius (Vice President),
Nick McCole (Secretary), Joe Sturm (President)
Class of 2019
Left to right: Tori Kowalkowski (President), Olivia Allen (Vice President),
Grace Lorenzoni (Secretary), Kim Martin (Treasurer)
KHS Senior Earns National Merit Honor
Kingsford High School would like to congratulate senior Sydney Smithfor being named a Commended Student in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional promise. Although they will not continue in the 2018 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
"The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," commented a spokesperson for NMSC. "These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success."
Pictured Left to Right: Kendalynn Sutton - School Counselor, Sydney Smith, Lisa Harry - School Counselor
2017 Homecoming King and Queen
Congratulations go out to seniors Sawyer Perich and Jordyn Kriegl for being selected as the 2017 Homecoming King and Queen. This year's king and queen were announced at half-time of the Kingsford-Sault Ste. Marie football game on Friday, September 15. The Flivvers won 35-0.
King Sawyer and Queen Jordyn
2017 Homecoming Court
Kingsford High School has announced the 2017 Homecoming Court. This year's Homecoming will be on Friday, September 15th with the Homecoming Dance starting at 8:30 p.m.
Front row left to right Grace Cole, Anna Murvich, Avery Juneau, Jacqueline Engright, Tori Kowalkowski, Madeline Ryan, Jordyn Kriegl, Renee Roberts, Josephine Yost and Emma Allen. Back row left to right Daniel Langston, Lanceng Waise, Kyle Bottesi, Brett Hicks, Luke Terrian, Matt Swanson, Sawyer Perpich, Mitchell Wiltzius, Joe Sturm and Joshua Viau.
Homecoming Spirit Week is being held the week of September 11-15. This years theme is "A Night in Europe". Each day during the week has been designated with a different theme.
- Monday: Celebrity Day
- Tuesday: Color Day
- Wednesday: Tourist Day
- Thursday: USA Day
- Friday: Flivver Day
The week long activities will conclude on Friday with a pep assembly at 2:30, parade at 5:00, game at 6:00 and the homecoming dance from 8:30-11:30 in the KHS gym. The crowning of this year's King and Queen will take place at halftime of the football game. This year's homecoming game opponent is the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils.
Kingsford High School Recognized As a
Safe Sports School
Kingsford High School is proud to announce that they have been recognized as a Safe Sports School. Kingsford is one of two schools in the Upper Peninsula or Northeast Wisconsin and was the first in the UP. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. The award reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention and treatment by Certified Athletic Trainers.
Left to Right: Sarah Stanek PT, DPT (Sports Medicine Physical Therapist), Dr. Alexis
Whaley, MD (Concussion Management Physician), Dr. Sarah Venditti, MD (Sports Medicine
Orthopedic Surgeon), Marcus Smithson MBA, ATC (Sports Med/Orthopedic Coordinator,
Certified Athletic Trainer) Lyle Smithson (KHS Principal), Al Unger (KHS Athletic
Director), Doug Roberts (KHS Assistant Principal)
Kingsford High School Named in National and State Best Schools Ranking
Kingsford High School has been named in the 2017 U.S News and World Report Best High School rankings at both the National and State level as a Silver Medal Award winner. The U.S. News and World Report uses a comprehensive ranking system that is based on 3 key principles: that a great high school must serve all of its students well and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show it is successfully educating its student body across a wide range of academic performance indicators.
For their 2017 Best Schools ranking the U.S. News and World Report reviewed 28,496 high schools across the country, 1,097 high schools in the state of Michigan from 685 different school districts. In the 2017 best high school rankings Kingsford High School was ranked #81 in the state of Michigan and was recognized as a Silver Medal Award winner. Only 3 high schools in the Upper Peninsula were ranked in the top 100 in the state, they are Houghton High School, Marquette High School and Kingsford High School.
Pictured left to right - Doug Roberts, Assistant Principal; Lyle Smithson, Principal; Michelle Kleikamp, Guidance Office Executive Secretary; Lisa Harry, Counselor and Kendalynn Sutton, Counselor
Student of the Week
Congratulations go out to freshman Mya LaFreniere
for being named Student of the Week for the week of
October 2.
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