December/January School News

Saturday, January 17, 2009

MID-WINTER EDITION

Catholic Schools' Week: Welcome back to the beginning of another new year. We are all looking forward to Sunday, January 25 which marks the opening of Catholic Schools’ Week. The theme this year is Catholic Schools: Inspiring Faith in Education. We will open this special week with the 8:30 a.m. Mass which will be celebrated by our pastor, Father Antonio. After Mass, we welcome everyone to visit our Open House, Science Fair, Art Fair and Book Fair. Our Science Fair will give you the opportunity to view the students amazing Science projects as well as the award winning Junior High entries. They will be judged again this year by William Schroeder and Christi Chester who are pursuing their doctorate in Chemistry at USC. We hope you will enjoy a visit to the Book Fair in our school library where you will be able to purchase a variety of educational books for your children.

High Schools: Our eighth grade students are working very hard in preparation for their high school entrance exams, most of which will be administered during the month of February. Please keep them in your prayers. Fifteen of them benefited greatly from the six week tutoring program offered by Loyola High School students and alumni. We are very grateful to all those at Loyola who assisted our students with the preparation for the High School Placement Tests.

C.S. Lewis’ Prince Caspian: Students enjoyed an interactive and entertaining production of Prince Caspian, performed in our school auditorium by the theatrical group – The Hampstead Stage Company.

Christmas Concert: We congratulate our students for their magnificent performance in this year’s Christmas concert. Their understanding of the true meaning of Christmas as well as their fine repertoire of traditional carols will remain with them throughout their lives.

Hancock Park Convalescent Hospital: Thank you to our sixth grade students, their teacher, Mrs Nancy Chung and parent chaperones, Jae Y Dang and Sang Hee Jung, who walked thirty minutes each way to visit the elderly and entertain them with Christmas carols. Their Christian spirit was admirable.

Christmas Boutique: Thank you to all those who supported our Christmas Boutique. The profit which amounted to approximately $1500 will be used to purchase supplies for the classrooms. The beautiful hand-crafted ornaments and decorations, made by the students were a credit to them. Thank you also to our parent board who arranged for Santa (Jonathan Consolo) to be present at the event. He brought great joy to so many families who had their pictures taken with him. Special thanks to our photographer, Joe Silva, for his patience and hard work. Thank you also to Mr. Lim who set up the canopy outside the church to sell aprons, caps and t-shirts with Christ the King logo. That’s the spirit!

November School News

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Christ the King School is making a serious effort to restore meaning to this holy season. We ask all families to encourage their children to make and keep pious resolutions during these four weeks. Students are already showing their willing spirit by collecting toys to give to needy families. They are also beginning to practice for their Christmas Nativity Concert which will take place in the church on Thursday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m..

Thanksgiving Food Drive: CTK students are to be commended for their generous and enthusiastic response to the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. They contributed enough food to fill about one hundred bags which the parish Men's Club distributed to needy members of our community. Thank you students!

Little Red Riding Hood: Our first and second grade students enjoyed a lively production of The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood, performed by the Nine O'Clock Players at the Assistant League.

Family Evening: Magician George Rico entertained a packed auditorium with an awesome array of magic tricks. Active student participation contributed to making this a really fabulous and fun evening. This terrific fund-raising event was organized by our eighth grade teacher, Georgina Severin and the eighth grade parents and students. Congratulations on a job well done!

Academic Decathlon: Our Junior High students are meeting regularly and studying hard in order to compete in this big event which will take place in the Sports Arena in March. We wish our students luck!

Loyola Tutoring Program: Fifteen of our eighth grade students are benefitting greatly from the six week tutoring program offered by Loyola High School students and alumni. We are very grateful to all those who assist our students with the preparation for the High School Placement Tests, which will be administered in the upcoming months in all the Catholic High Schools

Respect Life Essay Competition: We congratulate the winner of this year's Respect Life essay competition. Eighth grade student, Agnes Kim, was awarded a prize of fifty dollars (courtesy of the Knights of Columbus) for her essay, Abortion is a Rejection of Hope and Trust in God. Second place was awarded to Divya George, third place to Youn Sook Jang, and the two runners-up were Mina Kim and Athena Rodriguez. Congratulations girls!

Open House: All parishioners, families and friends are invited to our Open House, Science Fair and Art Fair which will take place on Sunday, January 25. The students' science projects and artwork are really worth your time and attention. New student applications will be available that day. We look forward to seeing many of you there!