Christ the King School celebrated National Catholic Schools Week, a special week highlighting the importance of being a student in a Catholic School. Students shared with the parish at the beginning of the week that, "it is very important to form the hearts and souls of children to introduce us early and often to the love of God."

A Kinder Concert was a GREAT way to kick off Catholic Schools Week! Like Brian and Terri Kinder sang, “we show our love for the Father up above by the love we show to His children here below.”

The student ambassadors delivered donuts to our CTK neighbors in honor of Catholic Schools Week. They even got a chance to snuggle with a couple of puppies at Fairview Kennels and got a brief tour at Easter Seals.

Teachers, students, parents, parishioners, and friends traveled to Shreveport to witness the Ordination of Bishop Malone. Many of our CTK clergy, including Fr. Erik, Fr. Tuyen, and Dc. Hartnedy participated in the ordination. Our CTK family is strong. We wish Bishop Malone well in his new position in the Diocese of Shreveport!

Students and teachers enjoyed a fun Catholic Schools Week casual day in their best 80s attire. It was a flashback to 1986, the year the school was founded.

Students and teachers were in for a treat when the Subiaco Jazz Band showed up for a special Catholic Schools Week concert! The band included electric guitars, drums, saxophones, a keyboard, trumpets, and more! CTK alum, Adam Donaldson, had a trombone solo just for alma mater!

The annual Student vs. Teacher Catholic Schools Week Volleyball Game had the crowd roaring! In addition to the volleyball fun, there was an encore performance by the Little Bear Cheerleaders.

Friday was a day full of excitement for students and their grandparents! At mass, we celebrated the Feast Day of St. John Boscoe, who loved children. Fr. Erik spoke to grandparents and students about how important their roles are in each others lives. After mass, Pre-K - 6th grade students performed songs for their grandparents and Class Officers read the "Top 10s Lists for Grandparents" compiled by Junior High students. Then it was on to classroom visits and photo ops at the Grandparents Day Photo Booth!

The CTK Jump Rope Team blew the crowd away with their halftime performance at last Saturday's UALR Men's Basketball game! Every student on the team had the opportunity to showcase their individual jump rope talents. Students even got high-fives from the Trojans themselves!

Coach C and the 8th grade cheerleaders hosted the "Little Bear Cheer Camp" for students in Pre-K through 4th grades. The girls stayed after school for a couple of days to practice before their big halftime performance at the Bears basketball games!

Fr. Erik stopped by classrooms to visit with students. He surprised them with a Religion test asking them some important questions like, what does it mean to be Christian and what does it mean to be Catholic? Students were eager to answer his questions. He wrapped up by sharing with students that Jesus gives us a church to help us live. He also gave the students a blessing before heading to the next classroom.

CTK students are 100 days smarter, stronger, brighter, and older! Everyone celebrated in fun ways, including first graders, who dressed as 100-year-olds, Kindergarteners, who came to school with 100 things on their shirts, and many other classes who go their picture made by our "100 Days of School" sign.

Fifth grade students reviewed for their thirteen colonies test by playing Headbands. They switched out the game cards with new cards including, vocabulary words, important people, and places.

Do you know how much iron is in your favorite cereal? Seventh graders are learning about the six essential nutrients and extracted iron from different types of cereal. They were surprised by the results!

Dc. Hartnedy and Fr. Tuyen blessed many throats on February 3rd in honor of the Feast of St. Blaise. They held unlit, crossed candles over students’ throats and said, “Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

Our Jr. High students who earned all “A”s last semester were invited to a special lunch with Mrs. House and Mrs. Coppola.

Congratulations to our Knights of Columbus Free Throw Champions! The Christ the King Bears swept the competition, we had a Bear champion in every division!

The girls basketball teams have concluded their season. The 5th/6th grade girls teams played hard all year and won several games while the Jr. High girls came in 2nd overall in the league. As Coach Mack says, "Feed the Bear"!

These students started out as a CTK Bears! Congratulations to Will Perreault '12, who was recently featured as a University of Georgia "Amazing Student", Sam Greenwood '10, who was named Team USA Water Ski Coach, and Lauren Loeb '16, who committed to play golf at Henderson State University. Once a Bear, always a Bear!

Thank you to the supporters who helped us raise over $4,500 for the Msgr. Hebert Endowment Fund for Christ the King School! If you haven't donated yet and would like to, you can go to the link below.