Christ the King Catholic School in Kansas City, Kansas, will receive the 2018 Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann CEF School of Excellence Award from the Catholic Education Foundation on Oct. 20.
School Principal Cathy Fithian will accept the award at Gaudeamus, an annual gathering of more than 1,300 Catholic education supporters.
Twenty-one schools in northeast Kansas applied for this year’s School of Excellence Award. The School of Excellence committee evaluates each school’s application based on the following criteria: “Joyfully Catholic, Diligently Achieving, Intentionally Self-Giving, Prudently Managed, and Forwardly Thinking.” Christ the King, at 54th and Leavenworth Road, serves 260 students in Wyandotte County and offers preschool through 8th grade.
“We are very proud of the high-quality, faith-filled education that Christ the King is providing for students in Kansas City, ” said Vincent Anch, executive director for the Catholic Education Foundation. “We look forward to working with Christ the King to make Catholic education possible for even more children in our community.”
To learn more about the Catholic Education Foundation and Gaudeamus, which has been ranked as one of Kansas City’s Top Ten events for seven consecutive years, please visit https://www.cefks.org/. All proceeds raised at Gaudeamus benefit the Catholic Education Foundation’s scholarship program for low-income students.