Christ the King School Newsletter - October 1, 2019
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Dear Christ the King Catholic School Families,
Today’s
Saint of the Day
in our church is Saint Therese of Lisieux. An awesome quote from her is, “Miss no single opportunity of making small sacrifice, her by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest things right and doing it for love.”
October is the month dedicated to our Holy Mother Mary and the rosary in gratitude for the protection and immense blessings that she gives to the Church. Mary’s Feast day of the Holy Rosary is October 7
th
and we as a school community thank her for the many gifts she sends with gentleness, peace, and joy.
Each week this school year we have concentrated on one gift of the Holy Spirit, and this week we are discovering the gift of piety also known as reverence. With the gift of reverence, sometimes called piety, we have a deep sense of respect for God and the church. A person with reverence recognizes their total reliance on God and comes before God with humility, trust, and love.
Thus far we have covered the Holy Spirit’s gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge and now piety with the hopes of completing the last gift which is fear of the Lord; sometimes referred to as wonder and awe. Next, we plan to study the fruits of the Holy Spirit. The theme of the Holy Spirit has permeated our days, for all the right reasons this school year, and has transformed our very mission/charism.
This Thursday I look forward to joining Mrs. Belz and our eight graders for an annual visit to the Diocesan Cathedral for mass and inspiration. In addition, Carondelet and De La Salle High School’s are visiting our seventh and eight graders this Friday morning to kick off the high school admissions process and continue the tradition of Catholic education beyond our walls.
I look forward to seeing you all, with your animals, at our annual prayer service in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi -- Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. A great quote from Saint Francis is, “Start by doing, what’s necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
In closing, I would genuinely like to thank everyone in our community and especially Heidi Nuti and her leadership WAJAT team/volunteers for an incredibly successful fundraising event!
Much gratitude and respect,
Mr. Silveira
Principal
Christ the King Catholic School
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Please join us in praying 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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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, Carondelet/DLS Visit 9:00am, Blessing of the Animals 2:30pm
Monday, October 7
- Parent Teacher Conference Signups close at 8:00pm
Wednesday, October 9
- Picture Make-up Day, Early dismissal 2:15pm, Parent Education at Carondelet 6:30pm
Thursday, October 10 -
Parent Teacher Conferences. No classes or CLUB CTK.
Friday, October 11 -
Parent Teacher Conferences. No classes or CLUB CTK.
Monday, October 14 -
School Holiday, no classes
Tuesday, October 15
- Festival Meeting 7:00pm Media Center, Father Daughter Dance Committee Meeting 7:00pm, 6th Grade Classroom (Room 222)
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Last chance to sign up!!
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 2:00 to 3:00 tomorrow, Wednesday October 2nd. 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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Join us on Friday, October 4th for our Blessing of the Animals. Your favorite animals can be brought to school at 2:30pm. The blessing will take place on the large grass area. Please be sure that your pets are either on a leash or in a cage. Help us celebrate these creatures who bring such joy to our lives!
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Parent Teacher Conference Signups are open until Monday, October 7th at 8:00 pm.
Every family is responsible for signing up for ONE 15-minute appointment with the homeroom teacher for EACH child.
Click here
to access online signups.
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Halloween Ice Cream Social
Mark your calendars and get your costumes ready for our annual Halloween Ice Cream Social on Friday, October 25 from 6-8pm! Always a fun night of games and ice cream sundaes. We need many helpers to make this night a success! Please contact Melissa Futagaki (
melissafutagaki@gmail.com
or
925-337-9462
) if you would like to help with set up (morning of the event), during the event, or clean up directly after the event!
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Halloween Costume Guidelines
Students may wear Halloween costumes to school on Thursday, October 31st. P
lease follow the guidelines listed below when shopping for Halloween costumes:
- The costume must allow the child to function as a student while in class (all morning).
- Care is to be taken and consideration given to the ages of our Student Body. Costumes should not be too scary, gross or violent.
- The following are NOT allowed: weapons, gory makeup, animals, scary clown costumes, or immodest clothing (no bare midriff/short skirts/low cut necklines, etc)
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This week’s
bonus rebates
on ShopwithScrip are
Domino’s
,
Hallmark
,
LLBean
and
Topgolf
. Happy Shopping!
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 9th.
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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Save the date!
CTK Father-Daughter Dance is coming up on
Saturday, November 2nd
in the CTK gym. Invitations coming soon! If you want to volunteer for this fun event, come to our next meeting, Tuesday, October 15th, at 7pm in the 6th grade classroom. Email Carie McGrane at
carieferreira@sbcglobal.net
or Laura Nunez-Galleno at
lnunezgalleno@yahoo.com
for more info.
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It's time to turn in those Box Tops! For those of you who are not familiar with Box Tops... Look for this type of images on hundreds of General Mills products throughout the grocery store (and your pantry) and clip them (as close to the edge of the label as possible) and turn them to the school! Some examples of the brands you can find them on are: Cheerios, Wheaties, Chex Mix, Nature Valley Granola bars, Annie's organic products, and even Kleenex facial tissue!
Each box top clip is worth 10 cents for our school.
..it all adds up and it is free money for CTK! Not too much is free in today's world so let's take advantage of it...all it takes is a small bit of your time to remember to clip and submit!!!
Our first Box Tops collection deadline is already approaching so please gather all your box turn in all your Box Tops by
Friday, October 18th
to either your child's classroom or the front office. If turning into the office, please make sure to include your child's grade so the proper class gets the credit. If you have any questions, please contact Denise Meyer:
groggfamily@comcast.net.
We have included a fun Box Top Halloween Collection sheet
here
for younger students in your family to help collect.
Let's continue to support this great program that makes money for our school! If you miss this deadline, that's ok. Keep collecting and turning them in! We collect them all year long. Happy clipping!
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Students were recognized for fundraising achievements and laps (both by class) at the WAJAT Awards Ceremony during morning assembly today.
Congratulations to all of the students for raising over $51,488 for the School!
Thank you to the
AMAZING
WAJAT team: Maureen Johansen (operations), Mechele Cobo (race logistics), Ryann Day (volunteers), Sandy Wingard (online giving), Kristin Clinch (website and social media), Alyssa Scotto and Whitney Scotto for creating a nurturing Kindergarten experience, as well as coordinating prizes with Andrea Nilsen. Finance was run by Mary Williamson, thank you to her and her team for all of their hard work and time. We are grateful to Matt Santos for his help creating our new website, and Carrie and Tim Rohrer, for their time and talent in helping us with the very complicated job of calculating laps and improving accuracy. A huge thank you to Coach Doc who found and implemented the new bar code system, and trains our kids to be strong and fit. Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered before, during and after the WAJAT. This event wouldn’t be successful without the tremendous support of our community.
We had a limited number of lap winners due to the final lap sticker, which allows us to determine winners based on 1/6 of a lap. The top 3 fastest boys and girls in each class were awarded medals, and many other kids were close. Please share with your students that whether or not they received a medal, they all earned great kudos for their efforts. The course was extra challenging due to the extreme heat that day. We encouraged kids to pace themselves and take breaks as needed in order to avoid overheating. We saw kids dig deep and persevere, great job to every one of them!
Our tied top fundraisers are siblings Marco Galleno (1st Grade) and Ava Galleno (4th Grade) who raised $1,750 apiece!
Our fastest runners are Joshua Chisar (7th Grade) and Lily Zachary (6th Grade)!
All students will receive their fundraising prizes in the next few weeks.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to Heidi Nuti at
hnuti@sbcglobal.net
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AUCTION 2020 NEWS
Reminder! Our next auction meeting is tomorrow,
Wednesday
,
October 2nd
at
7pm
in the
Media Center
. All those interested in learning about the auction and/or looking to get involved should stop by the meeting.
Join our team! We still have volunteer opportunities available on the Marketing & Social Media team and the Procurement team.
For immediate questions please contact Arlene or Matt Santos or Carolyn or Tim Della Maggiore at
auction@ctkschool.org
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Hello CTK Families!
We are excited to start planning for the 2020 CTK Festival! The kickoff meeting is on
Tuesday, October 15th
at
7pm
in the
Media Center.
Please come and help us select the Festival theme, volunteer for a committee, or simply come to learn more about this fun event! All are welcome - hope to see you there!
Tim & Christina Francis
2020 CTK Festival Chairs
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Monsignor Wade Golf Tournament
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Tee it high. Let it fly! Registration for the 23rd Annual Monsignor Wade Golf Tournament is closed as it is SOLD OUT!!!! Thank you to all registered golfers for your support!
Don't want to miss out on all the fun? Join us for Prime Rib dinner. Tickets are available for $60 and can be purchased at
www.ctkgolf.org
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t's not too late to join our group of amazing, generous current sponsors. Contact Raul Ortega at
golf@ctkschool.org
for sponsorship opportunities.
Wise Girl Ristorante
Wells Fargo
Los Ponchos
Salesforce
Marisa Cox
Scotto Cellars
Mono Group Consulting
Diable Valley Cremation
Golden State Lumber
Golden State Contract Flooring
Ferber Law
Medidata Solutions
Abel Chevrolet
AGD Group
Bay Alarm
Split Software
Ashby Lumber
The Nilsen Family
State Farm
Kinder's
Scott's Seafood
Slow Hand BBQ
Nicole Zucconi
Dunkin' Donuts
May the course be with you!
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Parent Education Opportunity
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Carondelet High School has extended an invitation to our families to attend a parent education night hosted in conjunction with De La Salle High School and Fusion Academy on October 9th from 6:30-8:30 at Carondelet High School. The evening will include a screening of the movie
Like
and followed by a panel discussion. The focus of the film is the impact of social media on our lives, especially with young people.
RSVP is required
; please
click here
for more information about the evening.
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CTK Parish and Community News
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Altar Serving
We are looking for more students in 4th through 8th grade who would like to altar serve!
Click here
for a
revised
registration form with
new
upcoming dates and times for the training. If you are unable to attend one of the two remaining training sessions, please contact the parish and they will make arrangements for training. Please encourage your child(ren) to try being an altar server!
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CTK Parish Prayer Line
The Prayer Line is a phone and computer network of prayer volunteers who offer support to all parishioners in need of prayer support. Prayer requests are collected on a daily basis, then emailed to a group of approximately 70 people who pray for the intentions on the list. If you are in the need of prayer support for any reason, please email prayer requests to
Rosa Grand via
prayerline@ctkph.org
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Click here
to view October's
Partners in Faith
and
click here
to view October'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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