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St. Pius X / St. Leo School Newsletter
October 25, 2017
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REMINDER - PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES TOMORROW
Conferences will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 - 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, October 26th. Parents of Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade students will meet with those respective teachers at the prearranged scheduled time in the teacher's classroom.
The 6th through 8th grade teachers along with the speciality teachers (art, gym and music) and Mrs. Saucier (resource) will be available for conferences in the parish center. These conferences were not pre-scheduled. We ask that each of these conferences not last longer than 10 minutes. Please go to your child's homeroom teacher first to pick up his/her report card. After you meet with the homeroom teacher, you are welcome to talk with any other teacher in the parish center as they are free.
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(Pre-Kindergarten students were treated to a visit from the first department last week.)
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(The 80s Rockin' Rewind fundraiser decorated at Creighton Prep.)
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St. Pius X / St. Leo School is a diverse community forming students in the Catholic faith to excel in academics and service to others.
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ESTATE PLANNING SEMINARS
St. Pius X / St. Leo School Office of Development and both parishes are offering a
n "Awareness Seminar" on Wills and Trusts.
If you do not have a will or need to update your current one, please plan on attending one of the two
free
awareness seminars on wills and trusts.
Sunday, November 5th - following a "free brunch" at
10:45 a.m. in the school library
or
Tuesday, November 7th - following a "free lunch" at 12:00 p.m. in the social hall at St. Leo Church
Joe Byam,
with Byam & Hoarty Law Firm, will be our presenter.
Please
RSVP
to
Bob Nowaczyk at SPSL School (402-551-6667).
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DIGITAL LIBRARY
Destiny Discover
is our digital library that is accessible to our school families 24/7. Our digital library currently has more than 210 eBooks available for checkout. There is no cost to you to read a digital book. Our eBooks can be read on various devices.
To read on desk computers, laptops and Chromebooks with internet access, follow these steps:
Visit the LIBRARY page on the school
website
. Select DESTINY ELECTRONIC CARD CATALOG. Click on our school's name. Once you are in our card catalog, choose
DESTINY DISCOVER
on the left side of the page.
Download the Destiny Discover app on your favorite device:
* iOS devices such as iPad, iPod, iPhone
* Kindle Fire/Nook HD and HD+
* Android devices with access to Google Play
* Chrome books
Books can be read online or can be checked out. If you wish to check out eBooks, please email Mrs. Vogel at
christy.vogel@spsl.net
to request a student login and password. (Your children in grades 2-8 can use their AR user name and password.)
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PowerSchool is the school information system used at SPSL. Parents are encouraged to sign up for a PowerSchool account.
Here's what you need to know:
- You can log in to SPSL PowerSchool at: https://spsl.powerschool.com/
- Access ID's and Access Passwords can be obtained by contacting Mary Kay Nelson at powerschool@spsl.net
- For 3rd through 8th grade, PowerSchool provides student grades, class schedules, attendance and lunch balance.
- For Kindergarten through 2nd grade, lunch balances and attendance are available on PowerSchool.
- Power School can be accessed on your computer or using the PowerSchool app (use school code = TJWT) on your smart phone or tablet.
For help creating an account for your family, adding a student to your account, or for any other questions about Power School, please contact Mary Kay Nelson at
powerschool@spsl.net
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DRESS DOWN DAY
Friday, November 3rd is a dress down day for students, faculty & staff. The school earned the dress down day from the hurricane relief efforts which occurred earlier in October. The relief effort organized by the 8th grade class surpassed the goal of 700 items donated. For more information on the dress down day policy, please consult the family handbook (click
here
).
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NEBRASKA HONOR CHOIR
The music department is pleased to announce that ten of our 7th/8th grade students have been accepted into the Nebraska Honor Choir.
The students are: 7th graders - Wosuk Ando, Manuelli Bakou and Ben Howard.
8th graders - Julia Nubel, Meg Raabe, Megan Rozmajzl, Danielle Stolze, Max Mangan, Simon Metcalf and Andrew Washington.
This is the first time ever we had 10 students accepted so we are very proud and excited for all of them! They will work with a guest conductor on Friday, January 19th and then perform a concert at 3:00 p.m. at St. Andrews United Methodist Church. Congratulations to these students!
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BAND OLYMPICS
Tuesday, October 17th, the Music in Catholic Schools (MCS) Beginning Band Olympics were held at Christ the King School.
The following students were medal winners:
Phin Ridgley - gold medalist, trombone
Brody Ferguson - silver medalist, trumpets II
Olive Peaslee - bronze medalist, percussion
Congratulations on a job well done students!
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Over the last eight years, St. Pius X / St. Leo School has allocated $75,000 per year in direct family aid to help students attend our school. You can help us continue this support, and hopefully increase it, by contributing to the
One Spirit, One Vision, One Community
capital campaign. The total for this campaign for St. Pius X / St. Leo School, St. Pius X Parish and St. Leo the Great Parish is up to more than $1.7 million. Of that, $817,000 has been allocated for the school.
Tuition assistance is one of several goals at the school that will help keep the school vibrant and viable for many years to come. Please support the campaign with your pledge today. You can make a gift by clicking on the PayPal logo
here
. Designate your gift for the One Vision Campaign..
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Want to learn how the every day things you do – eating, reading, traveling, surfing the web, shopping - can earn money for St. Pius X / St. Leo School? Click here for a list of all our
on-going fundraising efforts.
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p:402.551.6667
f:402.551.8123
6905 Blondo St, Omaha, NE 68104
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