From the Office:
These
first few days went well for both students and teachers. I think that all were excited to begin a new
school year. Some parents had that happy
smile on their face as they dropped off their children, as well. Others had that concerned look as they were
dropping off their little kindergarten child.
But, be assured, they were and will be in good care.
Thanks
already to those parents who have begun to purchase their magazines from the
QSP Fundraiser. Continue to read the
information and enter your orders on line.
Meetings: Our parent meetings
for students in grades 4 & 5 will be tonight, Wednesday, September 3rd at
6:30 in the homeroom of your child.
Parents of the Middle school will meet in the North Hall, as one big
group on Thursday evening, September 4th, and then we will break up
into specific grade levels, as different things need to be discussed at each
grade level. This meeting will also
begin at 6:30 PM.
Picture Day: Students in all
grades will have their picture taken on Tuesday, September 9th. We will start in the morning and the
photographers will be back for the afternoon kindergarten class. Students may be out of uniform today for the
pictures. This should be a dress-up day,
not jeans, tees with pictures, etc. The
regular rule for school shoes will be in effect for the day.
Volunteer Hours: Over the years,
many of you have been volunteering and we would like to thank you for the time
and the commitment you have so graciously given as either a chairperson or
willing volunteer. Parent participation
is gradually shifting as students move from one grade level to another and new
recruits are always needed. In an effort
to support the needs of our school, the school committee has put in place a
minimum volunteer commitment of forty (40) hours per school year for each
family at Christ King school. Many of you, I know, will far exceed that
number.
The Chairpersons of any school
committee have already received a sign in form.
I am enclosing a personal form for you if you are doing an activity that
you are doing on your own without a chairperson present. At the end of the quarter, or when you have completed your hours, you may
send the form in to the office to be recorded for credit. This could apply to scouting, room parent
work, coaching (but not your required gym duty). Hours will only be recorded once, so if you
signed with a chair-person, he or she will turn in the form. These forms will also be on the web under
forms.
QSP & Gift Wrap Buyout:
I am just sending home a clarification to the $150.00 check that some of
you handed in at the Open House. If you
are strictly doing a buy out, e-mail me and I will deposit your full check now. If you are intending to sell one or both of
the products, I will hold your check until the $100.00 profit is realized. When the reports come to me and the amounts
are recorded, I will either return the entire check, or deposit the check and
write you a check for the amount of profit that you generated plus the extra
$50.00. For example, if you raised
$75.00 profit, I would keep $25.00 of the amount.
The QSP is 40% profit of the total
cost of the magazine. The gift wrap is
50% profit. However, I will probably not
do any of this bookkeeping until probably the end of the first quarter for the
first returns and, hopefully, toward the end of December for the second
returns. I will inform you of when the
checks would be cashed before I do so.
If you did not turn in your check for
$150.00, please send it to the office at any time to the attention of Sister
Janet
Volunteering and being in Compliance with VIRTUS:
If you are planning to volunteer in the school and have not completed
the VIRTUS (Safeguarding All of God's Children) program, please take care of
that as soon as possible. The guidelines
have changed and you cannot volunteer before the requirements are met. Directions were in the August 25th
letter, or call the office for details.
We are not hosting a video session at Christ King at this time.
Chess Club: Information will be
coming out regarding a chess club after school on Tuesdays for the students in
grades K5 through grade 5. Read the
information when it comes home and if your child is interested in playing chess
on this day, the time is from 3:05 to 4:05.
You will contract directly with the company. There will be six classes offered and then a
repeat of another six classes. Watch for
the information.
Room Parent Meeting: Just a reminder
that the room parent meeting will be held of Monday, September 8th at 7:00 in
the Parish Center Dining Room.
Parent/Student/Teacher Communication:
I thought that I would share this information with you. Dr. Kathleen Cepelka, Associate Dean of the College of Education, and a former Principal,
appeared on TMJ 4, on Tuesday, September 2nd at 9:00AM. She discussed parent–teacher
communication. Some of her talk was
walking the delicate line between "hovering" and "hands
off" and talk about ways to address specific questions regarding how
children behave personally and privately. Videos of recent features are
available online at www.themorningblend.com
Morning Drop Off and After School Pickup:
We have changed a few procedures for these times and I would like to
share this with you at this time.
Students in grades K4, K5, Grades 1, 4, & 5 enter and leave by way
of the door by South Hall. Grades 2, 3, and all of Middle school leave by way of the main
school doors. Therefore, we are
asking the parents or whoever drops off or picks up the children to wave
goodbye and to wait on the blacktop area after the yellow lines. This will leave space for the students to
line up in the morning and for teachers to keep their class with them until a
parent is here to pick up the children after school. If there are many adults on the yellow lines,
especially by the south hall doors, it is difficult to enter and leave the
building. We want to especially be
conscious of safety issues of pick-up after school for the little ones. We
thank you in advance for your help in this matter.
“Respect Begins With Me” Tees:
We’re happy to see lots of orders for the “Respect Begins With Me” t-shirts. Hopefully, they will be ready for our
first t-shirt day on Wednesday, September 24th. Two things you may
want to be aware of when you are ordering - the shirt is the same design and
color as last year’s and the sizes run very small. To be on the safe side, please order a larger
size than you normally would. Orders are
due no later than Friday, September 5th. Thanks!
Home and School:
Christ King’s 22nd Annual Clothing Resale--Mark Your
calendar!: Clean out your
closets and make room for some “new” items.
Registration for the Christ King Annual Clothing Resale will take place
starting next week. Also, come and shop
the bargains on Friday, September 26th and Saturday, September 27th. The sale will feature clothing and
accessories sized infant to pre-teen, outerwear, shoes, boots, Halloween
costumes, school uniforms, baby furniture and equipment.
Seller Registration -- Registration fee is $7.00. **Please
note the NEW registration fee
Register to sell your children’s
outgrown items in the South Hall on the following days:
Wednesday, Sept 10th
2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.
5:30p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Tuesday, Sept 16th
5:30p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Thursday, Sept 18th
5:30p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Sale Dates
Friday, September 26th
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (For safety reasons, infants and children are
not allowed at Friday evening’s sale)
Saturday, September 27th
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. **Items labeled
with white tags will be half-priced on Saturday.
The resale is one of the largest
fund-raisers for the Home & School Association so please promote the sale
to your friends and neighbors. Christ King receives 40% of the sale price. For additional information, please call the
Clothing Resale hotline at 258.4160 x47
Parish News
BLOOD DRIVE:
The Blood Center will be at Christ King Monday,
September 8, 2008 from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. in St. Joseph Hall. Your blood donation does more good than you
know. It could save the life of a
leukemia patient. A
premature baby. Maybe a fellow parishioner.
Everyone is encouraged to donate.
Contact Tom Glunz at 414.257.2983 for information or to make an
appointment. Even if you do not make an appointment,
you can still show up on September 8th and donate (A St. Vincent de
Paul sponsored activity).
Simply the Word: Five years and still
going strong!! Simply the Word Catholic Scripture Study enters its fifth year
at Christ King this fall. As one participant from last year put it; “I didn’t
realize studying the Bible could be so relevant and so much fun!” Join the fun
this fall as we study the gospel of Luke.
At Baptism, Jesus invited and equipped
each of us to become His disciple.
Throughout the Gospels— especially the Gospel according to St.
Luke—Jesus shows us what He asks and expects of His disciples. Come join us to
study God’s Word, and discern how and where Jesus is calling you to live as His
disciple.
Title - “Luke: Our Call To Discipleship.”
Days - Thursdays
Dates – September 25th to
December 4th (no class on October 9th or November 27th)
Times -
Morning – 9:10–11:00 a.m.
Evening –
6:30–8:15 p.m.
Place – Christ King Parish
2604 N. Swan Boulevard
(92nd and Center Street)
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Cost- Weekly freewill offering
Simply the WORD Children’s Program is
available for the Morning session participants.
For more information: Please contact
Joan Carey- (262) 821.1013
To register: Please contact Barb
Clayton- (262) 784.2025 or barbclayton1@aol.com
Visit us at our website: www.simplytheword.com
Scout News
Cub Scout Meeting: Cub Scout Pack Meeting is being held on Tuesday
Sept. 23rd, at 7pm in the North Hall. This meeting is for the scout and a
parent/adult. We will be making our den banners so please plan to
attend. Don't forget that scouts can wear their uniform to school on Pack
Meeting days.
Sports:
Gym duty assignment letters were sent
home last week to the parents of volleyball players. If you did not receive yours you can find the
master schedule under athletics on the school website. Please contact Kelly O'Shea
at 778.0702 with any questions or concerns.
Gym Duty: Friday, 9/5 5:00-7:30p.m. Anthony, Devlin; 7:30-10:00p.m. Drezek,
Dudenhoefer
Saturday, 9/6 8:30-10:30a.m. Baker, Dineen;
10:30a.m.-12:30p.m. Gaspar, Jensen
Volleyball: The Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club presents
a new "Volleybee" program for students in 1st-4th grade to provide
children with skills that will enhance their ability to play sports with an
emphasis on volleyball. The 5-week program begins 9/16/08 at Waukesha
County Technical College-Natalizio Fieldhouse. Contact Mary Anderson (CK
Volleyball Coordinator) at 774.7974 for registration form or more
information.
This and That:
Help Needed: Requesting a ride
for Timmy who is in 4K-AM for anyone who may be going the way of 6839 Auburn Avenue, Wauwatosa (Near 68th & State
Streets) at that time of the day. We
would be willing to pay, if necessary.
Please contact Chad
or Cindy Chrisbaum at 414.771.4744.
Former Christ King Graduates Honored at DSHA:
Graduating senior Callie Grebe has been awarded the State of Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship
and the Wisconsin All-State Scholar and Federal Robert C. Byrd
Scholarship. Callie will be attending
the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall.
Graduating senior Kelsey Kasmerchak has received the Outstanding
senior Science Student Award. Kelsey
will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall.
Freshman Laura McNabb has received the
freshman English Student of the Year Award.
Junior Ann Coplan
has received the junior English Student of the Year Award.