President's Message

July 1 marks the traditional start of a new year for Catholic school leaders, and it is with great excitement that I write to you officially from the President's Desk of Christ the King Catholic High School. I step into this role with deep gratitude and a clear sense of a legacy already in motion, shaped by leaders, teachers, donors, students, and families whose investment long preceded mine. I'm honored to be one more believer added at exactly the moment CTK's building phase gives way to the work of enduring legacy.

While I haven't yet had the opportunity to meet many of you in person, I have spent these early weeks immersing myself in the life of CTK working alongside faculty and staff, learning the campus, and listening to the stories of how this school came to be. I came in knowing I didn't lay these original stones. I want to understand that foundation deeply before beginning to add my own.

And what a moment to step into. This year, CTK unveils two major milestones: a transformed athletic complex — complete with a new field, bleachers, and restrooms — and a landmark new building housing a fitness center, a performing arts classroom, an industrial design center, a cafeteria, a spirit store, and concessions. We're grateful to the MACS office and the Diocese of Charlotte for their generous investment in both projects, and to our community whose time, talent, treasure, and prayer made it all possible.

These facilities are an expression of the core conviction that Catholic education forms the whole person: intellectually, physically, spiritually, and creatively. And in one of the quietest details of this construction season, the stones left over from our building project, the ones deemed unusable, are being gathered to build a Marian grotto on campus. Rejected stones becoming a place of prayer and beauty. That is the spirit of this school made visible. We know you're eager to see the progress firsthand. Look for updates in the coming weeks as we prepare to welcome you to the official ribbon cuttings.

As we enter this 16th year of CTK, we do so under the theme "Celebrating 15 Years of Faith, Reason, and Mission." In the months ahead, I look forward to meeting our families, students, and community, and to building the next chapter of CTK alongside you. Everything we do — in every classroom, game, performance, and Mass — we do in the name of Christ the King.

In Christ the King, 

Shaileen Riginos