ADMINISTRATOR’S MESSAGE

A New Year is a time of new beginnings; a time to reflect on what is good in our lives and what we should be thank-

ful for; a time to set new goals and priorities as we strive to reach our dreams.

All of us at Christ The King have much to be thankful for. On behalf of the entire staff, we wish to thank our families

for their many expressions of Christmas wishes. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated.

Remember that you, as a parent, play a major role in your child’s education. It is important to involve yourself in

overseeing that your child’s homework is done to the best of his/her ability. As well, please ensure that your child is

reading at home every day. Thank you for continued interest and support. May God bless you in 2019!

Ms. Phebe Switzer Mrs. Rosanna Saccomanno Ms. Karen Martinovic

Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

Starting Tuesday, January 8th, at 9:30AM we will be accepting 100V applications and Kindergarten registrations for

the 2019/2020 school year.

(100 Voices) – Must be 4 on or before March 1, 2020

(100 Voices) – Must be 3 on or before Sept 30, 2019

Kindergarten – Must be 5 on or before March 1, 2020

To register, please bring Student Registration form, Birth Certificate, and Baptismal Certificate. Registration forms

can be picked up in the office, or found online @ www.ecsd.net.

You will also asked to complete the following:

Early Learning Program Support Consent for Pre-K and Kindergarten

100 Voices/Kindergarten Registration checklist.

100V/KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONS

CTKing’s Corner

2019 January

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of Treaty 6 and home of Metis Nation of Alberta Zone 4. We

also acknowledge the Inuit and other diverse Indigenous peoples whose ancestors have marked this territory for

centuries, a place that has welcomed many peoples for centuries, a place that has welcomed may peoples from

round the world to make their home here.

We at Edmonton Catholic Schools, commit to restoring and honoring the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action;

we strongly believe that truth must be acknowledged to move forward to reconciliation. Together we call upon all

our collective communities to build a stronger understanding of all peoples who dwell on this land we call home.

EDMONTON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS - TREATY SIX ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

New Years Day

2 3 4 5

6

Epiphany of the

Lord

7

Classes Resume

Cheer

8

Elem Choir @ Lunch

Handbell Choir

Girls B-ball tryout #1

9

Gr 6 @ Legislature

Girls B-ball tryout #2

10 11

Hot Lunch

Cheer

12

13

Baptism of Our

Lord

14

Cheer

15

Kinder Humane Society

Pres. (AM classes

moved to PM)

Elem Choir @ Lunch

Handbell Choir

School Council

@ 630PM

16 17 18

Superhero Day

Cheer

19

20 21

Cheer

22

Elem Choir @ Lunch

Handbell Choir

23

8/9 Outdoor Ed.

X-Country Skiing

24 25

Gr 4A @ Musee

Heritage

Hot Lunch

Wear Spirit wear

today!

Cheer

26

27

Family Literacy

Day

28

Gr 4B @ Musee

Heritage

Cheer

29

Gr 4C @ Musee

Heritage

Gr 1s @ AB Art Gallery

Elem Choir @ Lunch

Handbell Choir

30 31

Report Cards

on-line

Cheer

JANUARY 2019

Christmas Vacation continues

C.T.B.S (Gr.6)

January 16th

Page 3

CHILL OUT AT CTK!

Who: Any students Grades 6-9

What: Yoga and Meditation

Where: Room 166 in Miss Russo's Class

When: Monday, Wednesday and Friday Lunch Recess (12:40-12:57)

How: Just drop in and see if you would like to chill out with us!

LIBRARY NEWS

Thank you again to all the families that supported the Book Fair. The profits will go towards purchasing new books

for the library.

SR. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Congratulations to the Senior Girls Volleyball team (Mary, Gloria, Celina, Biliquees, Tiana, Faith, Unity, Anastasiya,

Maya, Alleyne, Makayla, Elshaddai, Angelina) who had an amazing season, making it to the semi-finals. The girls

and coaches would like to thank the parents, staff and students who came out to support us, as well as the stu-

dents of CTK who stepped up to be linesmen and scorekeepers; Kiara, Mina, Ethan, JP, Ken, Kaitlyn, Jayden and

Adrian. See you next season! Coaches: Mr. Abbott, Ms. Phelan and Mrs. Bodnarek.

SR. BOYS VOLLEYBALL

The Boys Volleyball Team (Shermal, Tim, Tristan, Jonah, Jamie, Yafiet, Tanner, Dakota, Jayden, Marko and Carter)

completed their season making it to the quarterfinals. Thank-You to all the fans and staff for their support. Coach-

es: Mr. Caria and Mrs. Morado.

The Edmonton Catholic School District junior high basketball season will be starting up in the New Year and the

Lions are ready to complete! The teams are looking forward to practices, league games and tourna-

ments. Congratulations to the following students who made the CTK Lions basketball teams:

Senior Boys Team – Dakota O, Markos M, Ryan M, Wayne D, Carter R, Iremide T, Sartaj R, Jamie S, Shermal D, Tris-

tan S, Jass B, Rafael C, Ken A, Jude Y, and Tim B.

Senior Girls Team – Unity O, Faith A, Jade R, Veronica C, Pauline L, Celine S, Alleyne M, Audrey R, Mary

O, Maya M, Gloria M, Milan B, Elshadai and Silvana V.

Junior Boys Team – Paolo L, Cam V, Marco W, Siem M, Dominic S, Jaden Y, Zach B, Edward B, Rippon C, Cole K,

Stan U, Efemena E and Jefery O.

BASKETBALL

“The Ginch Who Stole Christmas” was a massive success!!

What an amazing job our students here at Christ The King did with this! Together they managed to donate a whop-

ping 750 pairs of undies.

A special shout out goes to Mr. Caria’s grade 9 class, who donated 178 pairs and won themselves a pizza party for

donating the most. Great job Grade 9!!

Also thank you to Mrs. Phelan’s grade 1 class who donated 115 pairs. Truly an amazing job!

What inspiring students we have here at CTK, proving again their kindness and thoughtfulness shines during this

season of Advent and all year long.

GRADE 6C’S SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECT FOR THE BOYLE STREET CO-OP

C.T.B.S. TESTING

During the weeks of January 7th - 16th, students in grade six will be writing the Canadian Tests of Basic Skills

(C.T.B.S.) tests. They assess student achievement in Reading and in Mathematics. Since the results become part of

their permanent record, it is important that students are in attendance for the tests, are adequately fed (have had

breakfast and lunch), and are well rested.

ATTENDANCE

Attendance is key to your child’s learning; therefore, we ask that parents make alternate arrangements to minimize

their child’s absences by scheduling appointments before after school times, coordinating family holidays with

school breaks and finding alternate arrangements if you are excusing your child from school to accommodate work

schedules.

The Government of Alberta requires us to report if a student is absent for a period of time. Time away for vacation

is considered in this count of days absent.

Students that are away from school on holidays for more than one week are losing out on valuable instruction,

which impacts them academically and socially. When choosing vacation during our regularly scheduled school

term, you are also choosing to miss out on the regular instruction of the classroom. Please note that teachers will

not be providing home/vacation programming during your vacation.

RECESS, INCLEMENT WEATHER AND SUPERVISION/DOOR TIMES

Recess is a vital time for socialization, physical activity, the opportunity to eat a snack/drink a beverage, and just

have some fun! All children are expected to go outside for recess. If your child is too sick to go outside, they are

likely too sick to be at school. Please help us to keep illness contained by keeping them home when they are sick!

Students will not go outside at recess in continuous rain or if the temperature and/or wind chill factor are –20°C or

colder. Please check Environment Canada (780-468-4940) or http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. Please provide your

child with appropriate clothing and footwear for the weather conditions.

We ask parent who escort their children to school to have their children also wait outside with the rest of their

class. In case of inclement weather, the children will be allowed to enter the school and wait quietly at their en-

trance until the bell rings. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Morning supervision starts at 8:40AM and ends 8:50AM. Please do not send your child to school before that time

for his/her own safety.

During school hours, all doors in the school are locked to ensure the safety of the students and staff.

HOUSEKEEPING

1. Please always call in your child’s absence. Press “1” to record absence message.

2. When receiving communication from school through SWIFT, please listen to the message first before calling the

school.

3. During teaching time, phone calls to staff are not put through; please email staff to address matters. Email ad-

dresses are available in PowerSchool.

4. Students will not be interrupted during school hours unless it is an emergency.

5. Please discuss home time arrangement in the morning. Do not tell your child to wait in the office. All students

must go out their designated door. If you are going to be later than 3:45PM to pick up your child, please make

other arrangements.

6. When a child comes to school without or forgets their lunch at home, they will first be asked to call home to see

if a parent or other family member can bring them a lunch.

FR. JULIAN BILYJ—DISTRICT CHAPLAIN

SCHOOL COUNCIL

We hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays and would like to wish you a great start to the New Year! We are still looking for parent classroom reps for: 3B & C, 4B, 5A, 6A & C, 7B, 8A & B and 9. School Council and FRA Meetings: Start at 6:30 PM. Our first meeting of the year is facilitated by the Chartered Pro-fessional Accountants of Canada on Financial Literacy; Saving Strategies: Easy Concept, Difficult Reality. Meeting Dates: Jan 15th, Feb 26th, Apr 9th, May 21st. We continue to look for activities such as board games and hacky sacs that can be used during indoor recess and large rubbermaid bins that they can be stored in. These should be new or gently used items that come with all their parts and/or pieces. Please contact the School Council if you can donate. Family Spring Dance: We’re asking for your input on whether or not there is interest in running a Family Spring

Dance. Please help us by completing our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GBQVV6K

Hot Lunch: To order go to www.healthyhunger.ca, set up an account, place your order and pay. Ability to order clos-

es one week before the hot lunch date, after that additions or deletions cannot be made.

Dates: Jan 11th, 25th, Feb 8th, 22, March 5th (Shrove Tuesday), 15th, April 5th, 26th, May 10th, 24th, June 21st. Snack Shack: Open at lunch on Mondays and Wednesdays. Boston Pizza: Please collect your receipts from Manning Town Centre Boston Pizza. BP’s will give our school a 5% rebate on all pre-tax items purchased. Please contact the School Council Executive or FRA if you have any questions or concerns or would like to see any-thing on our upcoming agendas. Sincerely, Shannan Frey, School Council Chair Chris Wing, School Council Vice-Chair Blair-Marie Coles, Secretary Jasmine Seivright, Treasurer Angela Shaw, Fundraising Chair Michelle McBrydie, Casino Chair School Council Contact: christtheking.schoolcouncil@gmail.com

Fundraising Association Contact: christtheking.fundraising@gmail.com

Saving Strategies – Easy Concept, Difficult Reality Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 6:30 pm Location: CTK Teachers Lounge Presented by: Roxane Power, CPA There’s no money left at the end of the month, so how are you supposed to save? With the right mind-set you can develop saving strategies and gain control over your money and achieve your fi-nancial goals. Find out how by attending this free information session.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to save more to pay down debt. • Realize that saving and a reduction in spending often go together to achieve success. • Use the power of compounding to make your savings grow. • Start to invest in the future to realize goals and dreams and prepare for a comfortable re-tirement.

Please contact christtheking.schoolcouncil@gmail.com for more information.

FINANCIAL LITERACY SESSION