VERSE OF THE WEEK

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. - Colossians 3:12-13

IMPORTANT DATES 

March 08 Accelerated Reader Points Due

March 08 Free Dress Down Day if attended Mass on 1/31/21

March 09 Picture Day / Sunday Best Dress

March 10 St. Vincent Health Screening / Grades K, 1st, 3rd, 6th

April 1 - 9 Easter Break

COVID 19

Parents, please remember symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure. If your child/ren have been exposed - been with a positive case more than 15 minutes, they will need to quarantine. If your child/ren exhibit symptoms - fever, headache, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, nausea, diarrhea or fatigue, they must stay home. Students must be fever free for 72 hours in order to return to school.

PROMOTING THE GOLDEN RULE

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” CTK will be practicing the Golden Rule each day in the month of March. Mrs. McCook (our Guidance Counselor) will be visiting classrooms teaching ways to put this wisdom into practice.

LENT

Parents, please encourage your child/ren to save their coins for the Catholic Charities Rice Bowl Initiative. The school will present each student’s donation at our last Mass prior to Easter Break. To increase our prayer life, students will be participating in the Lenten devotional - Stations of the Cross each Friday. This will occur on Fridays at 2 PM. To experience fasting, students are asked to participate in having “Lenten Soup” for lunch on Friday, March 19th. The school will be providing soup for every student; in return, students are asked to donate the money they would have spent on lunch to the Rice Bowl Fund.

SOFTBALL STANDINGS

Our Boys lost a tough semi-final game to St. Paul Riverside on Wednesday. They finished the season 4-3. Our Girls also lost in their semi-final match to Holy Spirit on Monday. They finished the season 4-2.

BASKETBALL TRYOUTS

Girls Basketball tryouts are Monday, March 8th from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Boys Basketball tryouts are Tuesday, March 9th from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. In order to tryout, students must have a current Diocesan physical on file.There is no word yet if cheerleading will be permissible this year.

REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR

CTK Regional Science Fair Team worked hard to improve their projects; their hard work paid off! 

In Behavioral Sciences - 4th Place went to Davin Payne. 

In Biochemistry - 3rd Place went to Kaylie Negron. 

In Botany - 2nd Place went to Elizabeth Harden, and 3rd Place went to Mallory Joiner. 

In Engineering - 1st Place went to Sydney Schmalfeld, and 3rd Place went to Ella Dioso.

In Environmental Science - 4th Place went to Emma Decker. 

In Physics and Astronomy - 2nd Place went to Sophia Younan. 

In Computer Science - 1st Place went to Juliana Weldon. 

Many of these students as well as MJ Cascone, Miguel Fernandez and Stephen Dornier received special awards of distinction from businesses and trade groups. Many got monetary prizes!

HEADED TO STATE SCIENCE FAIR

Congratulations to our two junior division Science Fair participants. Their projects were chosen to represent Northeast Florida at the State Science Fair - Sydney Schmalfeld and Juliana Weldon.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR

Our church generously donates $15,000 total to parishioners who are in economic need. Please go to our website - www.ctkschooljax.com under the Parent tab, click on Useful Links, look for Financial Assistance and click on Christ the King Church Scholarship for the application. Additionally, the school is able to award over $11,000 total to families who volunteer at least 80 hours in a school year. Go to the school website, Parent tab under Endowment Scholarship to apply. Deadline is March 31st.

CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUND

Bishop Estévez has established a new Catholic Student Assistance Fund – available to children in need, who attend any of the thirty Catholic schools in the Diocese of St. Augustine. To learn more details and apply, go to https://www.dosafl.com/studentassistance/

STEP UP & FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Families receiving either of these scholarships do not have to economically requalify each year. However, each family must renew their intent to use the scholarship. Renewal families are asked to do this at some point in the month of February. Please check the https://www.stepupforstudents.org/ website frequently. Additionally, the State of Florida is considering a legislative change to remove the prior public school attendance on families looking to apply for the Family Empowerment Scholarship. This would open up the highest income level scholarship to students already attending Catholic schools.

OUR COSTUME CLOSET NEEDS HELP!

Do you have a clear bin you can donate or purchase for our Music Department? We are in need of two sizes of bins - shoe box size or 13” wide by 21” long. Parents receive 1 service hour per $10.00 with donation. See attached flyer.

RAINY DAYS AND CARPOOL

On rainy mornings, we all must be conscientious of cars left “hanging out” on Arlington Road. To pull them in, please form two carpool lines even though we are staying dry under the canopy. We will alternate which lane feeds the inside lane.

YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS

Mark your calendars to join us on Friday, March 26th at 7 PM as Christ the King Youth Ministry presents a Living Stations of the Cross entitled "We Were There". 

Do you love golf and want to support the young Church? The 52nd Annual Diocesan Youth & Young Adult Ministry "Golf Classic" will be Monday, April 5th, 2021 at the San Jose Country Club. Golfers and sponsors are needed. Please go to www.dosafl.com/golf for more information.

Is God calling you to volunteer with the Youth Ministry? Contact Jill@ctkcatholic.com to learn how you can share your gifts with the young Church! 

LEGO ROBOTICS SUMMER CAMP

Looking for boys and girls entering 5th through 8th grade interested in Lego Robotics and competitive robotics. The camp will be held July 12th through the 16th from 8 AM to noon at CTK at a cost of $100. Please fill out the attached registration form.

CKAA SPRING REGISTRATION IS OPEN!  

Please join CKAA for our 2021 Spring Baseball season.  Check out our website at ckaajax.com for more information and get registered.  See attached flyer for more information on pricing, age groups and important dates.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Thank you to all of the parents that have been turning in supplies along with receipts.  Please don’t forget to go to https://www.ctkschooljax.com/volunteerhoursform to fill out the form to get service hours.  A $10 donation equals 1 service hour.

We will be having our first FSA Parent meeting of 2021 on Thursday, March 11th at 6:30 PM in the cafeteria.  This is a great way to find out about volunteer activities and ask any questions that you may have about the school.  We are going to try and make this zoom accessible as well, so stay tuned.  Each parent in attendance will earn 1 hour of service.

Mark your calendars!  Our school will be hosting a Farmers Market on Sunday, April 25th to showcase the many projects that our students are involved in.  There will also be many items available to purchase.  We need parent involvement to prepare for this event and to volunteer on April 24 and 25th.  Each grade will have a group of volunteers.  Email fsa@ctkschooljax.com if you would like to volunteer for your class.  More info will be forthcoming at the FSA Meeting. We are still finalizing a few projects.   

We would like to offer our parents the opportunity to order school supplies and have them delivered directly to the school again over the summer.  We are looking for someone to shadow our current parent that leads the project and take it over next year.  Responsibilities include communicating with our teachers to update supply lists and then to verify the lists with the supplier.  This position is usually completed by the end of March and can be done on your own schedule outside of school.  This is an easy way to earn your hours!  Please email fsa@ctkschooljax.com if you are interested.

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