Christ the King School Newsletter - September 24, 2019
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Dear Christ the King Catholic School Families,
My heart sings with immense gratitude to all members of our special community! Today’s Walk a Jog a Thon depicted again for me, and for us all, how awesome our
community
truly is! Heidi Nuti is an amazing leader who works with a graceful spirit, strong work ethic, and with tremendous intentions and innovations of the heart.
Subsequently, her WAJAT senior leadership team is equally to be commended for their gifts and commitment: Kristin Clinch, Mechele Cobo, Ryann Day, Maureen Johansen, Andrea Nilsen, Alyssa Scotto, Whitney Scotto, Mary Williamson, and Sandy Wingard. Likewise, senior WAJAT team leaders with special expertise, are noted and greatly appreciated, too i.e. Carrie and Tim Rohrer, Matt Santos, and Coach Doc who worked diligently behind the scenes to make our day so successful!
Our amazing parents, grandparents, and community volunteers, faculty, staff, priests, and students were awesome, too. This fundraiser truly supports student programming and is a life-blood to our fundraising and capital project efforts. Again, thank you for your volunteerism, support, dedication, and commitment to Christ the King Catholic School. God sees your efforts clearly, and for that we are all so blessed! :-)
Abundant blessings and tremendous gratitude,
Mr. Silveira
Principal
Christ the King Catholic School
More to come in future newsletters regarding the results from this wonderful fundraiser.
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Please join us in praying for the father of our 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Kemmerer, who went to heaven yesterday and the great aunt of Joshua (Gr. 5) and Madeline (Gr. 2) Symonds who went to heaven this morning. We also pray for the father of Mrs. Callahan our 5th grade IA and grandfather of Jake (Gr. 4), Abigail (Class of 2019), and Katie (Class of 2016) and for the grandfather of Miss Halsey, our religion and music teacher who are ill; for Robin Morley, CTK Parish Office Manager, as she recovers from surgery, and for Quinn Gurnett, the son of Phyllis Gurnett, our CTK Parish Director of Music as he begins chemo. We pray for the families of all these special people, for the intentions of our school and parish staff, for the needs and cares of others, and for all those who are suffering from illness, loss, loneliness or other challenges. May God keep us all in His tender and loving care.
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Parent Teacher Conference Signups
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Parent Teacher Conferences for all students will be held on Thursday, October 10th and Friday, October 11th.
Every family is responsible for signing up for ONE 15-minute appointment with the homeroom teacher for EACH child.
Students in Grades 4-8 will attend the conference with their parent(s). If you would also like a conference with a non-homeroom teacher please e-mail that teacher directly. There will be NO school on the aforementioned dates, and CTK Club will be closed during conference days as well.
Signups will open tonight at 8:00 pm
. A link allowing you access will be sent to you directly through
Constant Contact at that time.
Signups close on Monday, October 7th at 8:00 pm.
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Tuesday, September 24 -
Conference Signups open tonight at 8:00pm!
Check back at 8 for a Constant Contact containing the link.
Wednesday, September 25
-
Picture Make-up Day -
rescheduled to Wednesday, October 9
, Early Dismissal 2:15pm, Choir 2:20pm Gr. 6
Thursday, September 26
- Hot Lunch - Tacos, WAJAT Envelopes due, Scrip orders due
Friday, September 27 -
Dress uniform, Liturgy 8:00am Gr. 6 prep, Hearing Retest 9:00am
Monday, September 30
- Last day to order Yearbooks!
Tuesday, October 1
- WAJAT Award Ceremony at morning Assembly, Midpoint 1st Trimester
Wednesday, October 2
- Minimum Day 12:00pm dismissal, Rockets and Robots presentation at CLUB 2:00pm, Scrip Orders ready, Auction Meeting 7:00pm Media Center
Thursday, October 3
- Gr. 8 Cathedral Trip, Hot Lunch - Pizza
Friday, October 4 -
Dress uniform, Liturgy 8:00am Gr. 7 prep, Carondolet/DLS Visit 9:00am, Blessing of the Animals 2:30pm
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Thank you so much for your WAJAT support! Whether you volunteered, cheered, and/or helped your child with pledges, we are grateful for your involvement! Expect your child to be extra tired tonight, we suggest plenty of water and stretching.
If your child forgot to turn in their Pledge Envelope, it’s not too late! Please bring it to the office no later than Thursday, September 26.
Online pledging
will close the same day at midnight. We will add a prize of our choice, or you can email
here
with a specific request.
The Award Ceremony will be next Tuesday, October 1 at morning assembly.
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Choir tomorrow!!
Just a reminder CTK Choir is tomorrow,
Wednesday, September 25th from 2:20pm - 2:50pm in the 6th Grade Room. Registration is still open if your student would like to sing. As a reminder, we will have choir every Wednesday unless notified!
Thank you and I look forward to seeing your students tomorrow!!
Miss Halsey
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Order your yearbooks now!
Student yearbooks are available for purchase, online only, beginning
today through
September 30
. You may order your child's yearbook by clicking on the following link:
CLICK HERE to purchase your CTK yearbook before they're gone
!!
The yearbook ID is: 1069320. We will not be able to place additional orders after this date so please order now!
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We’re ready to start band!
If your child is interested in playing a band instrument, Method to the Melody conducts an after school program for students in grades 2-8 here at Christ the King School. Sign up here!
:
http://bit.ly/mttmband
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In N Out is back on ShopwithScrip
. Get them while supplies last!
Support CTK by supporting Scrip! Purchasing scrip is an easy way to support the school!
Click here
for details on the program and step by step directions on how to sign up. If you have any questions please feel free to contact
scrip@ctkschool.org
Please remember we do not accept checks as a form of payment.
Orders placed by this Thursday night will be available for pickup next week on Wednesday, October 2nd. Please be sure to indicate whether you will pick up your order in the school office or if you would like it sent home with your oldest child.
Please make sure your child’s grade is current.
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Lifetouch has located all the missing pictures and shipped them out. They should be arriving by the end of the week. In light of this, we are moving our retake day to
Wednesday, October 9th
to give everyone a chance to view the pictures taken in August. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.
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Father Paulson, Father Timoney, Father Mario, and Mr. Silveira sincerely thank all students and families who participated/attended this weekend’s 9:15 a.m. Community Mass. Our next Community Mass is planned for Sunday October 27th at 9:15 a.m. and we hope to celebrate with more students and families at this special mass.
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AUCTION 2020 NEWS
Planning for
The Roaring 20’s
is in full swing as we prepare for our annual CTK Auction, which will take place
on Saturday, February 22, 2020
. Join us for our next auction meeting on
Wednesday, October 2
at 7pm
in the Media Lab. We welcome all those interested in learning more about the auction and/or are looking to get involved.
Positions and Volunteer Opportunities AVAILABLE:
- Marketing and Social Media Team – Assist the Marketing chair implement the communications plan for auction. Help facilitate information distribution to faculty, staff, CTK parents and parish through school communication vehicles as well as social media platforms. (Can be done off-campus, off-hours)
- Procurement Team - Call donors to procure items, walk in and procure items, pick up donated items. (Can be done off-campus, off-hours)
For immediate questions please contact Arlene or Matt Santos or Carolyn or Tim Della Maggiore at
auction@ctkschool.org
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CLUB Minimum Day Activity on 10/2
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CLUB CTK has scheduled Bob Redman from Rockets and Robots to give a presentation to our students. Bob gives a historical and interactivity presentation that works for Kindergarten thru 8
th
grade. The presentation will be from 2 to 3 on Wednesday the 2
nd
of October. Admission is free with CLUB attendance.
Please email
Club@ctkschool.org
to reserve your spot!
You can find out more about Mr. Redman ‘s presentation at
www.Rockets-and-Robots.com
.
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Monsignor Wade Golf Tournament
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Let's PAR TEE!
Round up your pals and sign up for the 23rd Annual Monsignor Wade Golf Tournament on Monday, October 21st at Contra Costa Country Club. Register for the event at
www.ctkgolf.org
.
Have to work that day? No problem!
You can join us for dinner. Tickets for dinner are $60! Go to
www.ctkgolf.org
to purchase your ticket!
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CTK Parish and Community News
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Altar Serving
As we begin the new school year, we would like to invite all the 4th through 8th grade students to consider training to become an altar server.
Click here
for a
revised
registration form with
new
upcoming dates and times for the training. Please encourage your child(ren) to try being an altar server!
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Click here
to view September's
Partners in Faith
and
click here
to view September's
Home and School Connection
.
These issues are filled with lots of interesting information!
If your child will be walking or biking off campus they must have a
"Walk Off Campus"
form on file in the office.
Click here
for the form.
Order
Hot Lunch Tickets
here
and
Milk/Ice Cream Tickets
here
Renting St. Stephen's Hall:
Please
Click here
for more information.
Virtus Safe Environment Training
:
Click here
to access the online training site and
click here
for instructions.
Diocese of Oakland Volunteer Application form:
Click here
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