Happy Friday,
What a great first full week. During Morning Assembly this week, our readings have been all about the type of community God wants us to create. Every reading was full of ideas for how we can be protectors! It has been great to walk the halls and see our protectors in action.
Don't forget to stop by the Parish Open House after the Masses this weekend. The newly renovated Parish Office is amazing. You will also get a chance to check out the rectory, Youth Center, and school!
Good luck to our neighbors at Bishop Chatard as they host their first home football game tonight. There are several CKS alums that will be taking the field in this historic game. Go Trojans!
Have a great weekend. I hope you all get a lot of family time!
Peace,
Ed Seib
Principal
Christ the King Catholic School
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- Father Todd, Ms. Aragon, Mr. Klee and all the staff members who led us in Mass on Wednesday.
- Ms. Wagner and Ms. Saint for taking care of our "CKS bunnies."
- Everyone who came out to the PTO meeting this week!
- Everyone who has volunteered as a room parent this year.
- Everyone who has helped out at recess or at the nurse's office.
- Everyone who has volunteered to help out at the Parish Open House this weekend.
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Monday 8/20
Spirit Wear Day - students can wear Christ the King Shirts with their uniform shorts or skirts.
Recess/Matt Hooker in for Zumdome, Heather Monaldi
First Aid:
Click
here
to volunteer in the First Aid room during Recess.
Tuesday 8/21
Happy Birthday Mrs. Keyes!
NWEA Gr. 3-5
8th Grade Parent Meeting 6:30 SCR
Recess/Carolina Cutchin, Chrissy Creech
First Aid: Ms. McClure
Wednesday 8/22
8:30 Mass/Parents
Hot Lunch/Pizza Hut
Recess: Dawn Fortney, Michele Pettrone
Thursday 8/23
NWEA Gr. 3-5
Handwriting Group Gr. K-4/LMC 3:15-4:14
Recess: Katie Graf,
#2 needed
Click
here
to sign up for playground duty.
Friday 8/24
Hot Lunch/Beach Bound Box Lunch
Recess:Jillian Chesebrough, Laura Sniadecki
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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
180 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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Hot Lunch Volunteer Sign Up
NEW
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Thank you to all of the families who placed hot lunch orders for the first trimester. We had a record number of families order meals, meaning more benefits for our PTO (and our staff and families)! Please make sure to pay any open balances this weekend.
Feel free to volunteer for a lunch or two. We just ask that you sign up for the class in which your child/ren are placed OR a PTO lunch (please don't sign up for a 4th grade lunch if you don't have a 4th grader, for example). If we have openings in class lunches, we will open up to any available volunteers and will then donate proceeds to the PTO.
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Spirit Wear Store Open Now
Closes Sunday!
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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!!
This is the last chance to purchase until the holidays!
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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 23rd, 24th and 27th from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in the Music Room.
Our performances are on Thursday, November 15th at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Audition materials will be handed out during music classes.
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It's time once again for our annual school fundraiser! This event is crucial to our school because all monies raised go directly towards the CKS operating budget, helping to keep our tuition low and quality of education superb! Our goal is to raise $15, 000 in profits this year. Your youngest student will be bringing home a packet today.
Orders and money are due by Wednesday, September 5th
. Pick up will be Saturday, September 8th from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Volunteers are needed for counting and distribution days. Please see the CKS Parent Volunteer Opportunity section below to sign up.
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CKS Parent Volunteer Opportunities
NEW
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Throughout the year, there will be various opportunities for parents to volunteer.
Click here
to learn more about some of these events, and
click here
to indicate your interest.
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Sensory Advantage After School Enrichment
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Handwriting Group
Sensory Advantage is excited to partner with Christ the King to offer our innovative Therapeutic Enrichment groups as part of their before and after school programming. These groups promote targeted skill development and improved attention to support optimal classroom performance.
There is more to handwriting than just holding a pencil. Learning to write is a complex task that involves the integration of multiple systems. This group will introduce students to the Handwriting Hero Rules, an easy to understand and motivating framework that facilitates improved writing legibility. Participants will also build hand strength, fine motor coordination, and visual motor control through play with a variety of manipulatives and participation in multi-sensory arts and craft projects.
Offered to students grades K-4
Group Leaders:
Joylynn Holladay, MS, OTR/L and/or Kate Loughran, MS, OTR/L
Meeting Time:
Thursdays 3:15 to 4:15. Starts August 23 and ends October 18. No group October 11.
Cost:
Cost is $125 for the 8 week session. Early Registration discounted price of $115 if you sign up by August 20.
Registration and Payment:
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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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Girls Basketball Evaluations
Change
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The start times for the girls basketball evaluations for Aug. 26 have changed. The cadet teams will be 3:00-4:00 and 5/6 will be from 4:15-5:15.
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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
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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
Updated
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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 until the end of the first trimester 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. Mr. Ricci, our IT manager, will be the school liason. Please let Mr. Seib (eseib@cks-indy.org) know if you are interested.
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A Note from our Title I Team
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Dear School Families,
Hoping the school year is off to a great start! We in the Title 1 program are excited to start seeing students and are busy completing the necessary paperwork that accompanies the beginning of the school year.
For those unfamiliar with the Title 1 program, it is a federally funded program offering tutoring to students in need of reading and math remediation. This year our Title 1 program is expanding to include three teachers. Liz Sowinki, Katie Kolbus, and Ellie Trahin will be working at Christ the King on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. If your child will be working with a tutor, we will contact you via email to introduce ourselves and let you know the tutoring schedule.
We are very much looking forward to a fabulous year at Christ the King!
Mrs.Sowinski, Mrs. Kolbus, and Mrs.Trahin
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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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Learn to play lacrosse!
Saints Lacrosse is offering a youth playing opportunity for boys and girls, grades K-3, to learn about lacrosse. Sessions will be every Saturday morning in October, and will be held at Arsenal Park. Cost is only $25 and includes equipment usage and a free practice jersey. Please go to
www.catholiclax.com
to register. Open to any youth in the area. Please direct any questions to
catholiclax@gmail.com
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