Academic   extension

The CKS Academic Extension program provides students with academic challenges that extend beyond the standard curriculum. 

Academic Extension

• Our identification process for the program is modeled after the Georgia Department of Education standards. To ensure a thorough and well-rounded evaluation of the students, CKS uses five criteria for identifying students that would benefit from academic extension. These criteria are Cogat scores (95 age composite score or above), IOWA testing scores (92 NPR in reading OR math composite), cumulative core subject GPA (95% or above), Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (95 or above), and teacher referral. These different areas help to determine a student’s critical thinking, academic achievement, in-class motivation, and creativity.  Students must qualify in four of the five areas to be eligible. 
• Our school offers a rigorous curriculum that provides appropriate challenge for a diverse spectrum of learning needs. This program is for the small number of students who require special instruction and ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with his or her ability(ies). 
• Academic Extension is currently being offered to students in grades 3-5 due to the ability to accurately identify eligible learners. Small groups are pulled twice a week for 30 minutes in third grade and 45 minutes in fourth and fifth. Each session has about five students per group.
• The curriculum follows and extends upon Archdiocesan standards and the Programming Standards for Meeting the Needs of High-Ability Learners from the Georgia Department of Education. We aim to foster personal and social responsibility, multicultural competence, and interpersonal and technical communication skills. We will provide interdisciplinary, real-world learning experiences that require critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and social/self-awareness. 
• STEM challenges are an excellent way to foster creativity and problem solving for accelerated learners. The design process encourages students to revisit and revise their original ideas. “In an ever-changing, increasingly complex world, it's more important than ever that our nation's youth are prepared to bring knowledge and skills to solve problems, make sense of information, and know how to gather and evaluate evidence to make decisions. These are the kinds of skills that students develop in science, technology, engineering, and math, including computer science—disciplines collectively known as STEM/CS. If we want a nation where our future leaders, neighbors, and workers can understand and solve some of the complex challenges of today and tomorrow, and to meet the demands of the dynamic and evolving workforce, building students' skills, content knowledge, and literacy in STEM fields is essential.” – ed.gov
• Our goal is to keep our high-achieving students engaged, challenged, and curious. They deserve the opportunity to explore their ability levels and reach their maximum potential. We aim to support these students and keep their love of learning alive!

Academic   resource

Christ the King recognizes the unique learning styles and abilities of its students. Academic Resource supplements classroom instruction as well as provides remediation for those students in need.

Academic Resource

• Reading, language arts, phonics, and math academic resource is available for qualifying students.
  
• Classroom teachers refer students to the resource program based on classroom performance, standardized tests, and formative/summative assessments.
  
• Resource teachers administer assessments to monitor progress and guide instruction to best meet each student’s needs.
  
• Students work with resource teachers individually or in small groups once or twice a week.  These teachers work with the students in a resource room or push into the classroom. 
  
• Orton-Gilligham resource focuses on letter recognition letter sounds, reading, writing, and spelling using a multi-sensory approach.
  
• CKS has partnerships with several speech pathologists and other specialized private tutors who provide in-school support.  Information is available to parents if they wish to utilize these services.    

school  counseling

The Counseling department at CKS supports the mission of the school by providing academic support as well as social, spiritual, and emotional guidance for students. 

School counseling

• The School Counseling Curriculum is taught in the classroom, throughout the year, at each grade level. Topics include growth mindset, personal boundaries, time management and more.
• Responsive services such as individual counseling, small group counseling, conflict resolution, crisis counseling, and outside counseling referrals are provided.
• Solution-Focused Brief Counseling is used to help foster healthy peer relationships, coping strategies, effective social skills, problem solving, and academic confidence.
• Counselors work closely with teachers regarding sensitive student issues, and students are referred to the counselors by teachers, parents, or self-referral.
• Counselors, in conjunction with the Director of Admissions, manage the Student Ambassador program for grades 2-8. Each new 2nd-8th grade student to CKS receives a trained Student Ambassador who assists with assimilating our new students.
• CKS participates in the Duke Talent Identification Program. The Duke TIP, 7th Grade Talent Search identifies students across the United States who have scored at or above the 95th percentile on a qualifying, grade-level achievement test. As part of the program, these academically talented students may register to take an above grade-level standardized test, the SAT or ACT, to learn more about their abilities.
• Counselors provide information on the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT) for Catholic and private high school admissions purposes. Additionally, Counselors provide guidance in high school selection, as requested. 

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student  success  team

The Student Success Team, or SST, is a committee of School Counselors, Resource Teachers, Classroom Teachers and other school staff that identifies, plans, monitors, and recommends alternative instructional, organizational, or behavioral, strategies for a given student in order for the student to be successful in the school. Parent input is taken into consideration throughout the SST process.  

Student succesS Team

​The Student Success Team, or SST, is a committee of School Counselors, Resource Teachers, Classroom Teachers and other school staff that identifies, plans, monitors, and recommends alternative instructional, organizational or behavioral, strategies for a given student in order for the student to be successful in the school. Parent input is taken into consideration throughout the SST process.  

• Academic Resource assistance at CKS and/or outside tutoring may be recommended. CKS maintains a list of tutoring resources for families to utilize. 
• The Resource Coordinator reviews files for incoming students with current psychoeducational reports and communicates with parents to create a smooth transition for the new students.
  
• Academic or instructional accommodations may be authorized for students who qualify. These accommodations may include extended time, alternative testing environments, preferential seating, alternative note formats, etc.
  
• CKS does not modify curriculum for students with learning needs.

media  center

​The goal of a good school library program is to make students information literate: to teach them the skills needed to access information, in both print and non-print environments, in an age of burgeoning knowledge.

Media Center

​The goal of a good school library program is to make students information literate: to teach them the skills needed to access information, in both print and non-print environments, in an age of burgeoning knowledge.

Kindergarten, pre-first, first and second grades access books from the Media Center weekly. Each class is read one or more stories appropriate to grade level. The Media Specialist teaches author, title, illustrator, publisher, checks for listening skills, general comprehension and instructs in library procedures, such as book care and making online book holds for checkout.

Library skills instruction is given to third, fourth and fifth grade weekly. All grades learn research skills in the course of research projects in various subjects across the curriculum. Our goal is to familiarize our students with the process of information retrieval so that they will be able to enter any library with confidence in their ability to locate information.

Destiny is the online patron access catalog which can be accessed on any computer in the school, as well as, from home. Destiny not only catalogs student books and faculty DVDs, but also gives access to ebooks on Destiny Discover and research websites through Webpath Express.

Students may access the following databases at school and at home: World Book Online, EBSCOhost, Brainpop, Brainpop Jr.,  TrueFlix and ScienceFlix. To enhance reading comprehension, Christ the King School uses the Accelerated Reader program with access to over 150,000 quizzes.

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tutoring/homework lab

Christ the King School has one part-time faculty member who works with kindergarten through third grade in reading using the Orton-Gillingham method of tutoring, one part-time faculty member who works with students in grades two through eight in math, and one full-time faculty member works with students needing assistance or enrichment in kindergarten through eighth grade in all areas of the curriculum.

Additionally, space is provided for non-faculty tutors who contract privately with families whose children need the Orton-Gillingham or Lindamood-Bell methods of language-based learning. 

In Homework Lab and Study Hall our goal is to support students as they build organization skills and to help students finish most of their homework before they head home. This program is fully staffed by CKS teachers for students in grades 2-8.

digital safety

With the many recent advances in technology, digital safety is a topic weighing heavily on the minds of parents today. We are committed to educating our students regarding the many responsibilities that come with technology and the numerous modes of communication available to us today.

In a continuing effort to raise awareness on the matter, we are posting a variety of helpful resources for our parent population. These are just a sampling of sites available that address the issues of digital safety and cyberbullying.​

Digital Safety Resources

Resources are posted by the Committee for Children:
http://www.cfchildren.org/bullying-prevention/related-articles
http://www.cfchildren.org/bullying-prevention/related-articles/keeping-youth-safe-online

Reference information regarding cyberbullying and resources for staying safe online:
http://cyberbullying.org/resources/reference-materials/
http://cyberbullying.org/resources/parents/

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services maintains the following website containing helpful information about cyberbullying and what parents can do to help:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/
http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-you-can-do/parents/index.html

The National Crime Prevention Council provides a wide variety of topics regarding personal safety, including internet safety and information on cyberbullying:
http://www.ncpc.org/