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King Cares Service Program
The Mission of the King Cares Service Program is to support the values-based education at King School. This Program reinforces the school’s belief that service to the broader community, both local and international, is central to educational excellence.
The King Cares Service Program combines service learning, a curriculum-based teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful service with instruction and reflection, with co-curricular community service. It enriches the learning experience by promoting civic responsibility and strengthening our community through a reciprocal learning partnership among students, families, Faculty, staff, the surrounding community, and the world. The Program focuses on developing existing relationships between King School and the world and champions the development of each individual by offering students the opportunity to help others through service. Our commitment to service affirms the belief that all students can learn and become responsible, productive citizens, locally and globally.
For more information about the King Cares Service Program, please contact Karen Raidt, Director of the King Cares Service Program & Student Services, at kraidt@kingschoolct.org.
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Please view the video below which recaps our King Cares 5K, an annual event which benefits local and international organizations.
Please view the video below which recaps our King Cares Cooking Competition which benefits local organizations.
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![King Celebrates the Holidays with Person to Person Donation Drives]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1638392159/kinglow/fl4lq8d1szhyfobtokmr/US_Donations.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1638392159/kinglow/fl4lq8d1szhyfobtokmr/US_Donations.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1638392159/kinglow/fl4lq8d1szhyfobtokmr/US_Donations.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1638392159/kinglow/fl4lq8d1szhyfobtokmr/US_Donations.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1638392159/kinglow/fl4lq8d1szhyfobtokmr/US_Donations.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1638392159/kinglow/fl4lq8d1szhyfobtokmr/US_Donations.jpg","width":2200}])
In alignment with King School’s commitment to community, King is collaborating with Darien-based nonprofit Person to Person this holiday season. The relationship is not new, but with each year, it grows more plentiful. King recently hosted the most successful food drive to date, donating 5,814 pounds of food to the Person to Person pantry.
![Middle School Conducts a Kindness Campaign]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1638387672/kinglow/d4o8zkgih1pv0zgwku0i/GiveBackTuesday1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1638387672/kinglow/d4o8zkgih1pv0zgwku0i/GiveBackTuesday1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1638387672/kinglow/d4o8zkgih1pv0zgwku0i/GiveBackTuesday1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1638387672/kinglow/d4o8zkgih1pv0zgwku0i/GiveBackTuesday1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1638387672/kinglow/d4o8zkgih1pv0zgwku0i/GiveBackTuesday1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1638387672/kinglow/d4o8zkgih1pv0zgwku0i/GiveBackTuesday1.jpg","width":2200}])
Kindness is central at King, so when a few students found a pocket of free time after school, it was recognized as an opportunity, and “Give Back Tuesday'' was born. “We thought of community-based partnerships and a way that would really reach home during the holiday season,” said Ben Magidson, Associate Head of Middle School and Middle School Dean of Student Life. Magidson began working with members of the community to spearhead the initiative.
![King Cares Revitalizes Local Community Garden]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1635295298/kinglow/fvoopxz08bitlqrcg7j7/B1C_Garden2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1635295298/kinglow/fvoopxz08bitlqrcg7j7/B1C_Garden2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1635295298/kinglow/fvoopxz08bitlqrcg7j7/B1C_Garden2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1635295298/kinglow/fvoopxz08bitlqrcg7j7/B1C_Garden2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1635295298/kinglow/fvoopxz08bitlqrcg7j7/B1C_Garden2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1635295298/kinglow/fvoopxz08bitlqrcg7j7/B1C_Garden2.jpg","width":2200}])
It was a chilly February day in 2020 when students from the King Cares B1C Homework Club recognized the potential in the space outside the Building One Community (B1C) center. Maybe some window boxes would brighten the space and improve the view for the B1C community, Covid snarled progress, but the students continued to deliberate, and what started as a discussion about flower pots, grew into a community garden called “Common Ground.”
Thank you to all the students and staffulty across the school who created 350 grab-and-go snack bags decorated with messages of gratitude and Happy Valentine's Day wishes. Their outreach supported the healthcare workers vaccinating the public at Stamford Hospital and the healthcare workers at Long Ridge Post-Acute Care.
In late January, Grade 7 students enjoyed a day of service and activities at Building One Community: The Center for Immigrant Opportunity, Long Ridge Rehabilitation Center, and Trap't Escape Room. Students worked with local communities for a morning of meaningful service and collaborated as a team for afternoon activities.
To round out Homecoming weekend, student-athletes from the fall sports teams welcomed over 125 runners, volunteers, alumni, family members, and friends to the 6th Annual King Cares 5K. The event benefits two non-profit organizations, the Orphaned Starfish Foundation (OSF) and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Stamford and Greenwich.
A group of soccer players from Colombia spent the week at King enjoying activities with host families, participating in soccer practice with the Varsity Vikings, attending Homecoming, and running in the King Cares 5K.