PRINCIPAL’S NEWSLETTER

April 25, 2012

Sothey left the tomb, quickly with great joy and ran to tell his disciples  (Mt.28:8)

DearParent(s) and Guardian(s):

            It appears that spring has officially arrived.  The weather is finally appropriate for the season and the trees are starting to bloom. Personally, I find this time of year the most challenging for our students. Their thoughts are turning to the relaxing days of summer and they have had enough of this school routine. However, I know that our students will dig down deep and finish this year on a strong and positive note. There is a lot of learning yet to be done before we are ready to dismiss them for the summer break.

Upcoming Events:

26^th  Grub Day for students in Kindergartenthrough eighth grade.  This is a thank you from the School Advisory Board for all of the support they received for “CK Can Dance” from our student body.

27^th  CK Day

            All students may come out of uniform on this day, if they wear CK colors or CK team jerseys or CK apparel.  The students may wear jeans and gym shoes.

29^th  11:00a.m. Mass Gr. 1 Family Mass

May

4^th  School Advisory Board Pizza Lunch for students.  All hot lunches and milk have been cancelled for this day.

          Hands On Art sponsored Grub Day-funds raised through this fundraiser will be used to help offset the costs for the Hands On Art program.

 7^th – 11^th  Children’s Book Week

8^th  School Advisory Board Meeting 7:30p.m.Parish Center Rm. 1

9^th  Market Day

11^th  May Crowning Grs. K-8 to attend  1:30p.m. Church

12^th  2^nd Grade First Communion 10:00a.m. Church

Notes/Reminders:

Christ the King School Registration 2012-2013 School Year

            We will continue to accept registrations for Preschool, Kindergarten and new students for grades 1^st-8^th in the school office.  A birth certificate, baptismal certificate and $275 deposit on the registration fee (non-refundable) are required at the time of registration. 

            Preschool Registration

                        Abirth certificate, baptismal certificate and $90 deposit on the registration fee (non-refundable) are required for Pre-School registration.

            Please contact the school office at 773-779-3329 for additional information.

Warm Weather Policy reinstated starting May1

            Beginning on May 1^st students in grades Kindergarten through eighth may wear dress shorts (no athletic wear except on gym day) to school rather than pants, skirts, or jumpers.  Dress shorts must be khaki or navy blue and of reasonable length, no more than two inches above the knee.  Dress shorts do not have cargo pockets on the pants’ legs.  Wearing dress shorts is optional-this is a parent’s choice.  Girls may wear solid color crew socks in lieu of knee hi socks. For additional information regarding the Uniform Policy, please consult page six of the Parent Handbook.

Congratulations:

Congratulations to the students who were nominated in February and/or March for the “What WouldJesus Do” Award sponsored by our school counselor, Mrs. Kelly Sullivan.

Congratulations to the  junior high students who received no demerits or detentions for the months of February and/or March.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You:

oThank you to the following grades and their teachers for preparing the various school liturgies over the past few weeks. I appreciate all the work you poured into making these prayerful experiences for our school community. A special thank you to:

Our Student Council members and their moderators, Mrs. Margaret Lyons and Mrs. Emily Nolan

Our Kindergarten students and their teachers, Mrs. Amanda Bernard and Mrs. Donna Murphy

Our sixth grade students and their teachers, Mrs. Chris McElroy and Ms. Erin Nolan

Our first grade students and their teachers, Mrs. Sue Griffiths and Ms. Katie Madsen

Our fourth grade students and their teachers, Ms. Kristin Avram and Mrs. Mave Weiss

oThank you to Mrs. Mary Kenny, director of CK’s Drama Production, for another outstanding spring production.  Aspecial thank you to all the students, parents, alumni, friends and relatives who helped bring The Newsies, to the CK stage.  I can only imagine the time, talent and love that was poured into this production.  It was truly an outstanding production.

o  Over 175 Grandparents were able to join us on Grandparents’ Day for Mass, reception and open house.  Thank you to our Student Council members and their moderators, Mrs. Margaret Lyons and Mrs. Emily Nolan for planning the school liturgy for our Grandparents’ Day. Thank you to Mrs. Bernard and Mrs. Murphy and their Kindergarten classes for preparing and performing a special song for our honored guests.  In addition, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to our faculty and staff for helping our visitors feel so welcome and to the following faculty members and volunteers for sharing their time and talent to help this event be so successful:

            TraceeCosme                                    MargaretLyons

            MaureenMcGuire                              LisaMulcrone                                                                 Emily Nolan                                     Jen O’Sullivan                                                                Maura Saas                                      ColleenSullivan

            Sonia Szczesniak                                SandyWashington

o   Thank you to those who donated “Box Tops for Education”.  We were able to purchase ninety-three books due to your generous support.  The three classrooms with the most box tops were Grade 1 Room 102-Ms. Madsen, Grade 1 Room101 Mrs. Griffiths and Grade 3 Room 106 Mrs. Hillock.  Thank you to Mrs. Malik, our school librarian, and Mrs.Filosa, a library volunteer, for all their work on this project.  Please continue to save those box tops for our May collection.

o   Thank you to all who supported the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls fundraiser.  Christ the King School raised $522 fort his very important program.  Thank you to our Student Council members and their moderators Mrs. Margaret Lyons and Mrs. Emily Nolan for hosting this event.

Prayer Remembrances:

            Please keep our second grade students in your prayers as they receive their First Holy Communion.

            Please continue to keep all the members of our community who are in need of Jesus’ healing touch in your daily prayers. 

Yours in Christ,

Maureen R. Aspell