Family Knightline

Greetings Knight Family! We hope you are enjoying a safe, relaxing, and fun-filled summer! As we prepare for the upcoming school year, we wanted to share a few exciting updates through this "Summer Edition" of the FAMILY KNIGHTLINE. As the school year approaches the newsletter will be sent weekly with updates regarding events, curriculum, and support for students and families. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.

The supply lists for all classes can be located on the Knight website under the "Parent Information" tab.

Click here for supply lists.

Construction has been taking place throughout the summer. We are excited to share that our new gym and playgrounds will be ready to use at the beginning of this school year.

In fact, the playgrounds are already accessible.

We are so grateful for our Head Custodian, Jeff Smith, and our Night Custodians, Rosa Aracena and Elizabeth Beltre De Nunez , for their dedication to creating beautiful spaces for our children to learn and grow! Our custodial team is hard at work deep cleaning classrooms and common areas, while assisting with new instructional materials and supplies which are being delivered to support student learning.

Mrs. Giampietro, secretary extrodinaire, plays an essential role preparing for the upcoming school year; communicating with families and staff, processing purchase orders, uploading class lists, updating the staff calendar, unpacking and delivering supplies to classrooms, and the list goes on and on. Mrs. Giampietro exemplifies what it means to live out our core value of Service. We are so grateful for her positive energy, work ethic and commitment to our school community.

Rising 6th-12th Graders: Be sure to work on your Summer Reading tasks! Even if you haven't started, it's not too late!! Summer Reading 2025

Elementary students can take advantage of the many opportunities offered by our Cherry Hill Public Library. All Cherry Hill Families are eligible for a free membership to the library. Here are some summer reading resources offered by the Cherry Hill Public Library!

Wed., August 13 at the Barclay Farmstead play area at 2pm: this playdate is for new incoming ARK students and incoming kindergartners

This is a wonderful opportunity for children to connect with their peers and for parents to engage with fellow parents.

• Mon., August 18 at 5:30pm at the ARK playground for incoming kindergartners

• Thurs., August 28 at 3pm at the ARK playground for incoming kindergarteners (following kindergarten class visits which will be held earlier that day)

Our Kindergarten Open House will take place on August 28th at 2:15pm. This event will include a visit to your child's kindergarten classroom. After the classroom visits, all families will be invited to take their children outside to tour a school bus!

We strongly encourage you to bring your child's school supplies to this event so they won't have to transport them to Knight on the 1st day of school.

We welcome all families of incoming Kindergarten students to join us for this exciting event!

Our 3rd and final PTA Kindergarten Playdate will take place immediately following the Kindergarten Open House at 3 pm on the ARK playground.

August

• 8/28: Kindergarten Open House at 2:15 pm (Grade K Only)
• 8/28 & 8/29: School Closed (Teacher In-Service)

September

Hispanic Heritage Month

• 9/2: First Day for Students (1pm Dismissal for Students)
• 9/3: Full Day of School
• 9/4: Ice Cream Social (5:30 - 7 pm)
• 9/9: PTA Meeting and Social (7 - 8 pm)
• 9/11: Patriot Day
• 9/11: Back to School Night
• 9/13: Commodore John Barry Day
• 9/17: Constitution Day

The district's calendar can be found here.

District Broadcast Messages:

All parents/guardians should be receiving the broadcast messages from our Central Admin Team including CHPS Weekly, periodic district notices and reminders, and the CHPS Summer Postcard. If you are not receiving the emails from the sender, Public Information - publicinfo@chclc.org, please check your spam/junk folder and add this email to your Safe Senders List.

Email: epark@chclc.org
Website: www.knight.chclc.org
Location: 140 Old Carriage Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Phone: 856-428-0830
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Knight's vision is to create a community where every member wakes up inspired and goes home fulfilled.

ARK Knights strive to live out the following core values: respect, responsibility, empathy, service, perseverance, effort, citizenship, and teamwork.