Click Here to Visit Website In This Issue Weekly Reflection All-Diocesan Schools Mass @ 9am TOMORROW followed by First Friday/First Saturday Eucharistic Adoration Vocations Awareness Week Vote for the Trojan Mascot Until 3pm TODAY! THIS SUNDAY-8th Annual Shrimp Boil Additional Safe Environment Training Session 11/7 Vote for CTKC School in City Bank's Community Rewards Program! Christmas Greenery & Poinsettias Sale Thin Blue Line Honors SJN Cowboy Christmas Clothes Pin Wreath Sale Fleece Material Needed Host Families Needed for International Students CTK Cafe Ordering Schedule Box Tops Collection Volunteer Opportunities Quick Links RenWeb CTK Cathedral FACTS Tuition Management Calendar Events Fri., 9am - First Friday All Diocesan Schools Dear CTK Parents & Supporters, November 5, 2015 Welcome to this week's newsletter! The 9-weeks is flying by with a lot of activities! Please read carefully! This Week's News! Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 8, 2015 Mark 12:38-44 Jesus notices a poor widow's offering and commends her great sacrifice. This Sunday's Gospel from Mark contains one of the most repeated and utilized accounts about what it means to practice stewardship, as well as the requirements that need to be met in order to be a good steward. It is the story of the poor widow who placed "two small coins worth a few cents" into the offering basket. The Lord parallels an oft-repeated stewardship saying, "Not equal giving, but equal sacrifice." It is not the size of our gifts of gratitude to God that matter; it is the idea that each of us as Catholics and Christians makes an equal sacrifice in our efforts to be good stewards. The Lord tells us, "For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood." Although He does not say it specifically, what Jesus is declaring to us is, "She trusts Me." Do we? Do our sacrifices reflect that trust? from Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc. TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 11/6, ALL-DIOCESAN SCHOOLS MASS @
Mass with St. Joseph School & Bishop Rodriguez; 1:30pm- Annual HS Powder Puff Football Game Fri. -Sat. - First Friday Eucharistic Adoration & Prayer Vigil (see details to right) Sun., 5-7pm - 8th Annual Shrimp Boil - see details to right Wed. - 2pm Dismissal & Free Dress Day; Ice Cream Treats Sale after school; Teacher Appreciation Committee meeting @ 6pm Thurs., 11/12 - Senior Class Breakfast Burrito Sale before school (preorder form to right); JH Basketball v. Sharp Academy (8th gr only- 6pm/7pm); Varsity Basketball @ Friona (5:30pm/7pm) Fri., 11/13 - All-School Mass @ 8:15am; Varsity Basketball @ Wilson (6pm/7pm) Sat., 11/14 - Varsity Basketball @ LCH JV (12pm/1pm) 11/13-11/14 - St. John Neumann Cowboy Christmas Bazaar (10am-6pm each day) 11/16 - JH Basketball @ Kingdom Prep Academy (4pm/5pm/6pm/7pm) 11/17 - Varsity Basketball @ Holy Cross (6pm/7:30pm) 11/18 - HS Performing Arts play at 2pm & 6pm; Home & School Association Board SPECIAL MASS TIME OF 9AM WITH ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL BISHOP RODRIGUEZ WILL BE THE PRESIDER! ALSO TOMORROW: FIRST FRIDAY/FIRST SATURDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION & PRAYER VIGIL AFTER ALL- DIOCESAN SCHOOLS MASS & CONTINUING UNTIL SATURDAY @ 7:30AM Christ the King Cathedral School invites you to join us for our First Friday/First Saturday Eucharistic Adoration and prayer vigil beginning after the All-Diocesan Schools Mass and continuing in the Adoration Chapel throughout the day and into the evening ending on Saturday morning, 11/7, with benediction at 7:30am. Daytime prayer by the students & teachers begins immediately after All-School Mass on Friday and continues until 3pm. The parish community, school parents, grandparents and school supporters are invited to continue daytime prayer from 3pm until 9pm when the evening vigil begins with high school students and teachers in attendance. The vigil will include talks and reflections throughout the night with adoration, prayer, and meditation on the rosary in-between the talks. Please plan to attend for an hour of adoration anytime or remain all night keeping vigil for our Catholic schools and for Catholic education throughout the diocese. WEDNESDAY, 11/11/15 2pm DISMISSAL & FREE DRESS (please make sure your student's attire follows free dress guidelines in the student handbook) ICE CREAM TREAT SALE BY THE CLASS OF 2016 after school on Wed., 11/11! VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK IS WRAPPING UP! The Diocesan Office for Vocations and Seminarian Education hosted several events to celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week this week including visits with all students here at CTKC School. This SATURDAY, 11/7, from 8:30am- 1pm, Middle School students ages 9-14 who desire to learn more about
meeting @ 5:45pm 11/19 - JH Basketball @ All Saints (4pm/5pm/6pm/7pm) 11/19-11/21 - Varsity Basketball @ Wilson Tournament (times TBA) All times are subject to change but are accurate at the time of publication! God's will for their lives are invited, along with their parents, to a Vocations Conference at CTKC's Family Activity Center. Information was sent home last week with all jr. high students. For more information, please contact Sr. Olivia Rico at the Diocesan office - 792-3943, or via email at orico@catholiclubbock.org. Click here for an attachment about the event: Vocations Conference for Middle School Students All are invited to continue to pray the Diocesan Novena for Vocations for the week of November 1st-9th. Click here the novena prayer outline: Diocesan Novena for Vocations 2015 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE FOR THE TROJAN MASCOT DURING KCBD's MASCOT MANIA! CTK's Trojan Mascot is participating in KCBD's Mascot Mania contest! Our first round of voting began last Thursday and ends today, Thursday, 11/5, at 3pm against Hermleigh & Borden County mascots. Online votes are taken at KCBD.com's website on the sports page. One vote per email address per minute is allowed. In past years we have made it as far as the top 8 schools, so we have potential to WIN! The grand prize is $1500 to the winning school and a $2000 South Plains College scholarship for the mascot! Mascots finishing 2nd, 3rd, & 4th will earn a $1000 South Plains College scholarships. Anyone with Internet access can vote no matter where they live, so tell your friends and family to vote for CTK too! Go to KCBD.com for official contest rules. THIS SUNDAY!! 8th Annual CTK Shrimp Boil sponsored by the CTK Athletics Booster Club Sunday, 11/8, 5pm-7pm in the CTK Café Tickets are $25.00 in advance or $30.00 at the door $15.00 for 10 years old & under Ticket includes all-you-care-to-eat shrimp & fixings! plus Beer, Wine, & Margaritas for those 21 & over! Tickets can be purchased in advance at the school office or from an athlete! ADDITIONAL SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING SESSION THIS SATURDAY, 11/7 All volunteers (parents, grandparents, family, etc.) who volunteer at CTKC School are
required to attend a Safe Environment training prior to volunteering at the school for class parties, field trips, or any student activities. (See details in previous CTK Connection newsletters.) If you still need to attend a training, there is an additional training session to be held at the Diocesan office this Saturday, 11/7, at 1pm. Contact Alicia Alvarez at 792-3943, ext. 222 or via email at aalvarez@catholiclubbock.org. Christ the King Cathedral School is once again participating in City Bank's Community Rewards Program. Participation is easy, and anyone with an email address, 18 years or older can vote! City Bank will make available a total of $60,000 to be awarded to 18 local nonprofits to assist them in carrying out their missions of hope and service to people in need. You only need to vote once per day, so add this one-vote task to your to-do list each morning! CTKC School is in the Education & Youth Services category. The top vote-getter in each category will win $5000 with additional prizes to be given at additional levels of voting! Click here to vote & then go back and vote every day until December 13th! https://www.citybankonline.com/communityrewards#rewards-form BREAKFAST BURRITO TIME!! THURSDAY, 11/12, BEFORE SCHOOL! The Senior Class will be selling breakfast burritos before school next Thursday, 11/12. They go fast, so preorder your burrito to make sure you don't miss out! Pre-orders are due by Tuesday, 11/10. Click here for an order form: Breakfast Burrito Pre- Order Form 11/12
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GREENERY & POINSETTIAS SALE The Senior Class is selling Christmas greenery and poinsettias for the holidays! This greenery comes fresh from Minnesota. Orders will come to CTK School for you to pick up, or in-town delivery is available for a $5.00 fee. Click here for order form: Christmas Greenery Order Form Print form and return with payment to the school office by Monday, November 16th. Orders will be available for pickup by Thursday, 12/3, or Friday, 12/4. Fill In Our Thin Blue Line Display Honoring Those Who Protect & Serve The CTK school community would like to highlight those among us who have served or who currently serve in law enforcement. A display has been started in the cases in the main hallway near the jr. high wing. If you would like to honor a member of your family or a friend in law enforcement, please send a picture along with his/her name and which agency he/she is associated with for the display. Pictures will be returned when the display is taken down if you write your student's name and teacher on the back of the picture.
St. John Neumann's Cowboy Christmas continues into December with an event on Saturday, December 5th, at 7pm. Traditional turkey dinner with the fixings and live & silent auctions followed by a dance at 8pm featuring "Texas Cadillac Jack". Cost is $25.00/person. A trip to Disneyworld for a family of 4 will be raffled off at the event. Raffle tickets are $20 each and available to purchase at the school office - see Mrs. Guzman.
CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHES PIN WREATHS BY THE CLASS OF 2016 NEW STYLES AVAILABLE FOR FALL & UPCOMING HOLIDAYS - HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS, OR YOUR FAVORITE TEAM Wreaths are custom-made to order by the Class of 2016 for only $25 each. To order or ask questions, contact Cindy Cruce at jbandcindy@yahoo.com, Patty Shipton at pshipton@cmspropertiesinc.com or 787-7641, or Kim Morin at kmorin@ctkcathedralschool.org or 319-1449. Proceeds for the benefit of the Senior Class for their trip to Italy in the spring! The Freshman Class needs your help! The freshman class will be collecting fleece material to make blankets for the Ronald McDonald House this year. Please help the class by donating fleece material cut at 1¼ yards. Please do NOT cut or fringe the material. Students will finish the fleece for blankets. Fleece material can be dropped off at the front office. Please label Fleece with students name to receive a service hour per material donated. Thank you for your help!
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT CTK IN THE SPRING! CTK High School has several international students from China who are attending the school. During the spring semester additional students come to audit the high school program in preparation to attend CTK High for next school year. Host families will be needed in the spring when these new students visit. These students are independent, responsible, and ready to learn in America. By agreeing to host, you will be paid a monthly stipend for expenses, invited to meet other host families and supported by a home liaison. Students will receive in-school English language support, and opportunities to socialize with other students and host families. If you would like more information about becoming a host family, please contact Chanda Riney via email at criney@ctkcathedralschool.org or call (806) 891-9400. CTK CAFE NEWS! DON'T FORGET TO ORDER! All CTK Café lunch orders should be placed by logging into your parent RenWeb account and selecting "Lunch" under your student's name. If you need ordering instructions, please refer to the "School Lunches" section on the school website. Ordering deadlines are the Wednesday prior to the week's meals at 8am. See schedule below for cut-off days for each week: - Lunches for 11/16-11/20 are due in RenWeb no later than Wednesday, 11/11 at 8am - Lunches for 11/23-11/24 are due in RenWeb no later than Wednesday, 11/18 at 8am - Lunches for 11/30-12/4 are due in RenWeb no later than Wednesday, 11/25 at 8am You can order and pay in advance for lunches for as many days as menus are available. You just need to make sure you order by the deadlines outlined above. If you have any technical questions regarding ordering lunches via RenWeb, please contact Mr. Flores at iflores@ctkcathedralschool.org. If you have questions regarding lunches in general, please contact the CTK Café staff at 795-8283.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION! Once again we are collecting box tops for education and Campbell's Soup labels for the school! Collection jars are in each classroom in PreK3-5th grade and in each homeroom class in 6th-12th grades. Next collection pickup will be on October 29th. The class who collects the most labels between now and Christmas break will win a pizza party! Volunteer Opportunities All CTK families are required to complete 20 volunteer hours (10 hours for single parents) for the 2015-16 school year. 50-75% of your required hours should include volunteering for activities (versus item donations). To help you fulfill your requirement, here are some upcoming opportunities and contact information. Welcoming Committee Co-Chair The Home & School Welcoming Committee needs a volunteer to help with welcoming duties at open houses during the spring semester. This would entail asking parents to help greet our open house visitors and helping at open houses. CTK Café: The cafeteria staff is always looking for parent volunteers to help with prep, serving, and cleanup during all lunch periods. Any time you can volunteer between 10:30am-1:15pm would be appreciated. To volunteer in the cafeteria or for more information, contact Chris Ambriz at 795-8283, or via email at cafe@ctkcathedralschool.org. Basketball Concession & Gate: Parents are needed to work all jr. high & high school home basketball games. Sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board in the gym. Contact Kim Morin at the school office for more information. -------------------------------------------- To enter completed volunteer hours, log into your family RenWeb account. Click on the "Family Information" section on the left side of the screen. Select the name of the parent who completed the volunteer hours (located in the middle area of the screen), and then click on the "Service Hours" tab in the box to the right of the names' list. After you select this tab, you will see a summary of hours already entered for the year. To add additional hours, click on the "Add Service Hours" tab and fill out the form including date of service and click on the "Save" button (the "Verified by" section does not need to be completed). Incomplete volunteer hours will be charged to families at the end of the school year at the rate of $20.00 per incomplete hour. Don't forget to "LIKE" our school Facebook page (Christ the King Cathedral School) or FOLLOW us on our Twitter feed (@CTKSchoolLbk)!