May 28, 2010 Dear Christ the King Parents: As summer break approaches, the last few weeks of my three-year term as a Commission member as well as my stint this past year as Commission President are coming to a close. Before I move on to other opportunities for involvement in the School and Parish community, I would like to take one last moment of your time to wrap up the school year from the perspective of School Commission. We had a good year in many respects. We have achieved or are close to achieving all of our stated goals for the year: facilitating updates to the School Safety Plan; increasing and improving communication to the School and Parish communities regarding the overall function and activities of the School Commission; and increasing enrollment. Also, we along with FFG and the School staff planned for and participated in another successful Open House, and have had continuing efforts relating to recruiting new School families. Our Marketing Committee has been active all year long planning not only for Open House this year but also planning ahead for future Open House events as well as developing general marketing ideas and opportunities for the School. We reviewed, discussed and approved a budget for the 2010-11 school year that we believe keeps the School in a solid financial position as a viable ministry of the Parish for the near future. And more recently we have been considering and may soon approve some substantial amendments to the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the School Commission. As you can see, we have been active this year. Looking ahead to next year, we recently conducted elections for new members of the School Commission. As you may know, Commission comprises nine members of the Parish elected by the Parish community, each with a three-year term of service. Every year we elect three new members as three active members complete their terms. Commission members completing terms at the end of this school year include myself, Ted Kolbus, and Derek Redelman. Ted and Derek served with me on the Executive Committee of the Commission, as Vice President and Secretary, respectively. I would like to thank both Ted and Derek for their time and dedication to the Commission the last three years as well as their work with the Executive Committee this past year. All three of us intend to remain active with various committees of the Commission, so it seems they are not rid of us just yet. The new members taking our places next year are Becky Walker, Geoff Thompson and Andy Kent. My thanks to them for offering themselves as candidates and volunteering to serve in this capacity, my congratulations to them for their successful elections, and my prayers for them all throughout their terms. The Executive Committee for next school year will be selected during our June meeting, which is the last regular meeting of this school year. Best of luck and prayers for whichever members are entrusted with those important duties. I would also like to say, on behalf of School Commission, thank you very much to our Pastor, Fr. Tony Volz, for his support and guidance as Chairman of the School Commission and generally as Shepherd of the entire School community, importantly including our School students. Fr. Tony will certainly be missed as he leaves us to attend to a new parish pastoral assignment. Best of luck to him, and our prayers will follow him wherever he may go.
Finally, again on
behalf of the School
Commission, I would
like to thank the
School
administration,
teachers and staff
for another
successful school
year.
Principal
Scott Stewart, Patty
Holtz and Assistant
Principal Jon Combs
deserve the support
and respect of the
entire School
community for their
tireless dedication
to the School and
School families.
The School
staff are always
such a tremendous
resource for the
School community.
And enough
can never be said
about the great work
of our teachers who
make Christ the As I write this message, the 8th Grade class and their chaperones are in the midst of enjoying their trip to Washington, D.C.; Field Day has come and gone; and if your students are anything like mine, they are finding it harder and harder to focus on the last few lessons, homework assignments and tests of the year as the weather gets warmer and a summer of outdoor fun surely awaits. But before we know it, they’ll all be back in uniform starting a brand new year! In closing, best of luck to our graduating students, may they enjoy continued blessings and successes wherever they attend high school. And I wish all of you and your children a happy, safe and wonderful summer. Thank you for your attention, efforts and support for our School! Sincerely Yours in Christ the King, Justin Sage School Commission President
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