CKS eNews September 13, 2022

Thursday, September 15

• Coffee & Conversation with Mrs. Lowry

Tuesday, September 27

• Parents in Prayer Rosary

Wednesday,September 28

• Yearbook Photo Retakes

Friday, September 30

• Grandparents' Day Survey Due
• Middle School Picnic

Saturday, October 1

• Fun Run

Thursday, October 6

• Parent University - Your Mental Health

Important CKS 2022-2023 Calendar Update

The IOWA/CogAT Standardized Testing window for grades 2-7 has changed, beginning with the current school year.

The testing window is now Monday, April 17-Friday, April 21, with make-up testing from Monday, April 24-Friday, April 28.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Lowry.

Our CKS Faculty-Staff reached 100% participation!

Join your teacher to participate early in the CKS Fund and

support the educational experience of every child. More information: CKS Fund

Birthday Recognition Committee Seeks Volunteers!

We are looking for volunteers to bring lunch to CKS faculty and staff members on their birthdays for September and October. If you're interested in volunteering, please use this Sign-Up Genius Link.

Yearbook Photo Retakes

The make-up day for Yearbook photos is Wednesday, September 28. If your student was absent on the first picture day, they are automatically on the schedule. If you would like your student to have a re-take, please contact Mr. Barletta.

Grandparents' and Special Guests' Day

Save the Date - November 18

Each year, CKS students look forward to having their Grandparents & Special Guests join us on campus for a special presentation. Our Grandparents' & Special Guests' Day will be Friday, November 18. More details to come.

Please carefully complete the Grandparents’ & Special Guests’ survey by Friday, September 30, for an invitation to be sent. So we do not have any invitations returned, please pay extra attention to correctly include names, addresses, city, state, and zip code to follow the USPS addressing standards. 

Middle School Picnic

Save the Date! The Annual Middle School Picnic will be held on Friday, September 30, from 3:00-5:30 PM at CKS. We will have lots of fun activities, snacks and treats, music, games and more! Please look for permission slips soon that are due back September 22. The festivities will start right after carpool. Pick up at 5:30 PM in the alley lane. Hope to see your Middle Schoolers there!

Calling All Veterans!

If you are a Veteran or have a family member who is a Veteran, we would like to honor you with a shout out on our morning news the week of November 7. We would like our CKS Veterans to make a short video filmed on your phone. Please contact Donna Shea Clark dclark@christking.org for more details on the video and how to submit it. Deadline for submission is November 1. Thank you in advance for your service, and we look forward to honoring you!

Support CKS When You Shop!

Publix Partners - Phone Number at Checkout - UPDATE EVERY YEAR!

Publix Partners gives a percentage of all sales associated with CKS back to the PVA.

To support CKS through the Publix Partners program:

• Go to www.publix.com and create an account (click "Sign Up" on the upper right).
• Then, under "My Account" (click on the icon at the top right with your name), there will be a menu with "My Publix", "My Name", etc. Scroll right to find "My Publix Partner". In the "Select a School" box, search for Christ the King School (Atlanta).
• When you check out at any Publix, enter your phone number to give CKS credit for your purchase. Have nannies, grandparents, and friends do this too (they can type in your phone # or sign up themselves)!
• Please check your link each school year to make sure you are still connected to CKS.

This program has contributed over $100,000 to CKS since inception. Please take a moment to sign up/re-up for this year and enter your phone number at checkout!

Amazon Smile - Smile.Amazon.Com

Go to smile.amazon.com and designate Christ the King Catholic School (Atlanta) as your chosen charitable organization. After signing up for Amazon Smile, your regular Amazon account will link to your smile account, and CKS will receive money every time you shop! To date, we've received over $5,000 from Amazon. Thank you for your support!

Questions? Contact Lauren Schaeffer

Grace Scholars

Earn a Georgia Tax Credit up to $2,500 and support a deserving CKS child. Good news: you can Preregister for 2023! Preregister for this Educational Tax Credit through GRACE Scholars. www.gracescholars.org.

Prayer Intentions

Healing and Comfort For: 

• The grandmother of Jackson and Penelope Shay
• Amy Zicarelli, Godmother of Jack McNary
• Rachel Watson, friend of Ms. Agresta
• Tom Stultz, grandfather of Sean and Liam Stultz

Eternal Rest for:

• Queen Elizabeth II
• Eleanor Pettit, friend of Sofia and Caye Pierce-Cabrera, and her family

Spiritual Life

One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is to pray for them and with them.

Join us this school year every week at Birthday/Parent Masses and Carpool Rosary to pray for the children and all of the CKS community.

Upcoming Events:

September 20, 6:45 AM Birthday Mass in the Cathedral to celebrate the students with September birthdays followed by donuts in Kenny Hall before heading off to school. Parents and guardians are expected to attend Mass with their students and walk them to school after the festivities.

September 27, 2:15 PM Parent Carpool Rosary to pray for our children at the Mary garden before afternoon pick up. (Rosaries & prayer cards will be available to pray with.) We will be praying for 1st graders during the September rosaries.

*Student names will not be said allowed at mass to protect their privacy since the 6:45am Mass is a public event at the Cathedral.

*Student names will be read allowed at the Rosaries since this is only a CKS event.

Volunteer Sign Up: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080c4ca8a92ba2f94-20222023

Birthday Celebrant Sign Up: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080c4ca8a92ba2f94-cksbirthday

CKS Serves

CKS Serves thanks you for helping to raise over $2,000 for Rise Against Hunger with the Chick-fil-A lunch fundraiser on 9/6. We saw many happy faces enjoying their sandwiches! 

The Rise Against Hunger event will be held at CKS on April 29. It's a feel good family day of service, please save the date.

The goal of CKS Serves is to provide CKS students and their families with service opportunities so our children can help those in need and learn the value of service to others. CKS Serves celebrates the Legacy of the Grey Nuns whose mission was “to be signs of God’s unconditional love as we collaborate to create a more just and compassionate world”.

As you plan out your family's service projects, visit the CKS Serves webpage to learn about the Grey Nun Service Certificate and connect with organizations that your family can support.

Create Monsignor's Thanksgiving Card

All CKS students are invited to design Monsignor Frank's personal Thanksgiving card, which he will use to send to his friends and family near and far! The winning design will be professionally reproduced into a 5x7 inch greeting card.

Entries may be submitted on the attached form or on paper, whichever the artist prefers. Students are asked to limit their choice of medium to paint or markers so that the colors are vibrant. Please do not use colored pencil or crayon.

The winner will receive an Amazon gift card. All entries must be submitted by Friday, October 14, to homeroom teachers or to the school office.

Coffee and Conversation with Mrs. Lowry

Parents, please join Mrs. Lowry for Coffee and Conversation, Thursday, September 15, 8:15-9:15 AM in the Hyland Center Multipurpose Room.

For our new families, this is a quarterly opportunity for you to meet with Mrs. Lowry to discuss any questions you may have. 

Speech Screening

On Tuesday, September 20 through Thursday, September 22, staff from the Atlanta Speech School will be at CKS to screen for speech and language disorders. Parents can choose one of the following screenings: 

• Speech and Language Screening for any student in kindergarten through 8th grades for $50.00 per child. 
• Speech, Language, and Literacy Screening is also available for students up to age 5 years 11 months for $65.00. 

Please click on Screening Permission Form to learn more information about these two screenings.  All parents receive written results of the screening, with an additional option of scheduling a phone conference to review results if parents would like further explanation. The additional cost for this consultation is $75. 

To request a screening, please return the Screening Permission Form and a check (payable to Atlanta Speech School) to your child’s homeroom teacher on or before Tuesday, September 13.

Contact Kathy Littlefield, Resource Coordinator, if you have any questions.

CKS Fun Run

Get out your sneakers & wacky socks! Come see friends, show your school spirit, wear wacky socks, and support CKS at our annual fun run!

The “Wacky Socks Fun Run” will be Saturday October 1, 8:00-10:00 AM. This 1 mile run/ walk for students, parents, siblings, and friends will be a loop through the Garden Hills neighborhood starting at CKS.

Sign up is $20 per runner.  Runners that register before September 12 are guaranteed a fun run t-shirt. Shirts for runners that register after September 12 will be limited.

New this year-- Stay after the run for treats & fun on the greenspace!

Middle School Snack Shack

As a special privilege exclusively for our middle school students, the Snack Shack is open for business during lunch on most Wednesdays throughout the school year! A variety of frozen treats are available for $1. If your 6th, 7th, or 8th grader would like to buy a snack, please remind them to bring their dollar. Money earned from Snack Shack goes towards MS socials, field trips, speakers, and other enhancements to the MS experience.

As an additional fund raiser for MS, birthday treats can be purchased for any middle school student's homeroom class to celebrate a birthday. Birthday treats will include (25) certificates for Snack Shack for $50. The certificates will go directly to homeroom teachers and be distributed to the homeroom class only. Students can submit the birthday certificate for a free Snack Shack treat on any Wednesday until the end of this school year. Birthday Certificates can be purchased on the parent portion of the website under Middle School/Snack Shack.

We are happy to have parents join us again this year as volunteers for Snack Shack. Please click here to volunteer.

All Snack Shack opportunities are optional. Feel free to contact Bonnie Craver or Lori Tozier if you have any questions.

Cathedral of Christ the King

Study the Word of God

See our list of fall Bible studies

Grow in your faith with others this fall in one of our seven Bible studies, meeting at different times throughout the week.

Register for Fall Basketball

Open to 3rd-8th graders.

Register for basketball

CTK participates in the Catholic Metro League. Practices start in October. 

SPX Girls Basketball

St. Pius X Girls' Basketball will have middle school tryouts on Sunday, September 25, and Thursday, September 29, for any interested 6-8th graders. For more information click here or email ksnipes@spx.org.