Happy Friday,
It has been an amazing first couple days. The staff and I are looking forward to a year full of learning and being protectors.
Last year, the School Commission collaborated with Mrs. Wenclewicz and I to create our new theme of:
Growing Innovative Leaders Guided by Catholic Values
. As a community, we will help all of our students realize that they are everyday leaders. In their words and actions they can have a positive effect on their fellow students and the world around them.
Academically, we will continue to implement the Growth Mindset principles of learning from mistakes, embracing challenges, encouraging effort, and growing our brains. This year we will also talk to the students about developing grit, setting goals, and looking at new knowledge as something they just don’t know yet. We will also continue to provide innovative hands on learning experiences inside and outside the classroom through our Project Lead the Way STEM curriculum in the newly renovated St. Patrick STEM lab and the Saints Isidore and Maria Garden.
Our Catholic faith will be evident through our words, actions, and rituals. We will start our day with prayer at Morning Assembly and will celebrate Mass and Adoration together. We will learn about faith in Religion class and then put our faith into action through service. Later in the fall, we will start a new tradition of Protector Challenges (more on that to come!)
Check out this
flier
for more information and don’t forget to tell your friends and neighbors what we are up to at Christ the King.
Have a great weekend!
Peace,
Ed Seib
Principal
Christ the King Catholic School
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- Father Todd for starting Morning Assembly with a prayer today.
- Mr. Thompson and Mr. Harper and their summer crew for all of their efforts. The School looks amazing!
- The entire staff for working hard to get their rooms ready and actively participating in our beginning of the year meetings.
- Everyone who helped out at Back to School Business Night.
- All of the families who protected creation by taking care of the Saints Isidore & Maria Garden this summer.
- Students for coming back to school ready to learn and be protectors.
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Monday 8/13
Spirit Wear Day - students can wear Christ the King Shirts with their uniform shorts or skirts.
NWEA (Gr. 6-8)
Tuesday 8/14
PTO Mtg. 7:00-9:00 p.m. SCR
Sports Comm. Mtg. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Offsite
GS Service Unit Mtg. 6:30-8:00 p.m. Cafeteria
Wednesday 8/15
Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary
8:30 Mass/Staff
Thursday 8/16
NWEA (Gr. 6-8)
Friday 8/17
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Here are a few updates and reminders of how you can stay informed about all things Christ the King.
1) We will have 2 weekly school emails. We will continue to send out the Tiger News on Fridays and the Monday Minute. The Monday Minute will focus exclusively on events happening that week.
2) The
1
80 Days of Learning Blog
is up and running! Mrs. Wenclewicz and I will continue to post the majority of the content, but we would love to have some fresh voices join us. Any parent, student, or teacher is welcome to submit a blog post about a specific Christ the King activity to me,
eseib@cks-indy.org.
3) Our
Facebook
,
I
nstagram
,
and
Twitter
pages will continue to be updated to provide you with the sights and sounds of day to day life at school.
4) Our long awaited new-look website is close to completion. I will keep you updated!
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Please continue to keep the Huffine family in your prayers. You can check
Brian's Caringbridge site
for updates on how he is doing.
The Huffine family has asked for everyone to pray to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin,
valiant woman of God,
intercede for us in our needs.
Implore for us through Jesus, the Christ,
the gifts of a living faith,
abiding hope
and steadfast charity,
so that
through a life of prayer
and service with others
we may aid in promoting
the Providence of God
among all peoples.
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, pray for us.
Amen.
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Spirit Wear Store Open Now
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Make sure that you shop the Christ the King Spiritwear site
https://shop.distinctimages.net/ChristtheKing
.
This site will only be open until August 19th and will reopen later in the semester/year. All orders placed by August 19th will deliver to school for easy pickup the week of September 3rd!
Uniform Polos, Sweatshirts, along with hats, drinkware, tee shirts, shorts and hoodies!! There is something for the entire family! Including TODDLER sizes!
Put your order in before it is too late!! Proceeds from sales benefit Christ the King School, this is a great way to shop and support!!
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Attention 7th Grade Students and Parents
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Auditions for the 7th grade musical, "Alice in Wonderland Jr." will be on August 23
rd
, 24
th
and 27
th
from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in the Music Room.
Our performances are on Thursday, November 15
th
at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Audition materials will be handed out during music classes.
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1st Trimester Hot Lunch Ordering Closing Soon
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Ordering for the first trimester will remain open until Wednesday, August 15. At that time, the ordering website will not permit any new orders to be filled, so please make sure to order now. Due to the quick turnaround from the ordering dates and contacting our vendors with lunch numbers, we must stick to the calendar with no exceptions. Payments are due by August 15.
Go to the CKS website, where you will find everything Hot Lunch.
Please contact
ckshotlunch@gmail.com
if you have any questions at all about this service provided on most Wednesdays and Fridays of the school year.
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Did you know there are three easy ways to donate to CKS without having to ask others to help?
Click here
to find out how to register your Kroger card, create and use your Amazon Smile Account, and clip Box Tops to provide CKS with monetary donations through outside sources.
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Christ the King Cheerleading and Cheerleading Clinic
There is still time to register for cheerleading for the 2018 fall season. Bring your school spirit and help our Tigers bring home the wins at football games this fall. Cheerleading is open to girls in grades 5 - 8. Practices will be starting soon so please sign up ASAP! If you have questions please contact Laura Hollowell at
lhollowell@cks-indy.org
.
CKS Cheer Clinic Deadline Extended! Saturday, Aug. 18, 10:30 – Noon in Tuohy Hall
The Christ the King Cheerleaders are holding a clinic for girls in grades K – 5 (2018 - 2019 school year). Participants will learn CKS cheers and chants, try out some simple stunts, and get the opportunity to see what CKS cheerleading is all about! The cost is $20 and all participants will receive a t-shirt and a snack. To register, download the registration form from the Christ the King Web site (
http://www.cks-indy.org
) under the “Sports” page. Payments can be made via check or online. Questions? Contact Laura Hollowell or Sarah Bustamante at
sbusto2011@gmail.com
.
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Bishop Chatard Sibling Dismissal Procedure
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If you have an older student at BCHS as well as a student here, your CKS student will report to the St. Margaret Lab after school. Then, an After Care staff member will walk him/her over to BCHS at 3:10 to be picked up or to ride home with a sibling. There is no After Care fee.
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Middle School Elective Volunteer Needed
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The middle school students attend an elective each Wednesday morning before Mass. We are in search of a parent volunteer to supervise one of the electives that will involve the students creating, videotaping, and editing their student interviews for the website and social media. The focus of the interviews will be our school theme and what it means to the students at CKS.
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Parent Mass Coordinator Needed
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We are in need of a parent to help coordinate and lead the Parent Masses this year. There are two and will take place on August 22, 2018, and April 17, 2019. Please email Mr. Seib if you are interested (
eseib@cks-indy.org
).
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Bishop Chatard Home Football Game Road Closures
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Bishop Chatard will be hosting home football games for the first time this year! Below are the dates. Crittenden will be closed by 4:00 pm on game nights and the Christ the King Parking lot will be used to accommodate fans starting at 6:00 pm. The dates for BCHS home games are August 10th, 17th, and 24th; September 21st and 28th; and October 4th.
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Box Tops for Education and Tyson A+ Labels Information
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Hey, Christ the King Families! Have you heard of FREE MONEY? It’s what our school receives from Box Tops for Education and Tyson A+ Labels! Our goal for this school year is $3,000, which we can achieve if everyone participates!
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Box Tops for Education
:
Clip out box tops, including expiration date. Do not send in anything expired!
Count into groups of 50 and put in ziploc bag. Label the front of the bag with the number (50) and the child's room number. (If you have fewer than 50, label that number on the outside of the bag, but
do not put more than 50 in a bag please
)
Place bonus box tops in separate ziploc b
ag and label with child's room number.
Bonus labels MUST be kept separate and not counted with the regular box tops.
Tyson Project A+ Labels
:
Clip labels, seal in ziploc bag, and write the number of labels and your child's teacher on the outside of the bag. Submit to designated can in the lobby, or to your child's teacher.
Several times throughout this school year we will offer incentives for classes who bring in the most box tops and labels. Please make sure the child’s room number is on every submission, and return them to school by October 1 for the first deadline.
Our school earns 10 cents for every box top that is submitted. Our school has the potential to make a significant amount of money that would ultimately benefit our children. For example, if every child in our school turned in 5 box tops per month for one year, our school could earn more than $6000.00.
Grandparents, aunts & uncles, neighbors, and friends also can help your child to collect Box Tops and Tyson labels.
Thank you for your support!
Your Coordinators,
Liz Sowinski and Sarah Dilts
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