St. Pius X / St. Leo School Newsletter
February 22, 2019
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OPTIONAL DRESS DOWN DAY
Thursday, February 28th has been designated an optional dress down day to help the Pencils of Promise program alongside 19 of our other area Catholic schools.
Pencils of Promise is a non-profit organization that partners with the governments of Laos, Ghana, and Guatemala to sustainably improve the access to education in each country. In the past 10 years they have built 502 schools worldwide and have changed the lives of nearly 100,000 children through education. The Omaha Pencils of Promise chapter, founded in 2018 by Creighton students, is a group of students which supports the mission of Pencils of Promise in the Omaha community. They are currently raising money to build a school in Laos, dedicated to the city of Omaha.
Students and staff will be able to dress down for $1 (or more) on Thursday, February 28.
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BOOK FAIR
Please plan on attending Family Night at the Book Fair next Thursday evening, February 28. The Pancake Man will be in the cafeteria from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. There will be a "Dinos on the Loose" presentation by the Omaha Children's Museum in the parish center at 6:30 pm. The Book Fair will be open until 7:30 pm in the library. Please enter the school through the east doors by the cafeteria. More information on the book fair can be found
here
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TUITION ASSISTANCE
Tuition assistance information for the 2019-20 school year is being sent home with families today who received assistance this year. If you do not receive a packet and are in need of one, please contact the school office to request a packet.
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15TH ANNUAL RACE FOR EDUCATION
Mark your calendar! Our annual Race for Education will take place on Friday, April 26, 2019. This fundraiser is a highlight of the year for our students, and it helps raise significant funds for educational needs at St. Pius X / St. Leo School. For our Race to be successful,
we need your help
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Please click
here
for some important Race for Education information for Parents.
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MADONNA SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
A meeting will be held on Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 pm in the parish center to discuss the partnership between Madonna School and St. Pius X / St. Leo School. It will be a town hall style meeting. John Burt of Madonna School and Cory Sepich, SPSL principal, will discuss the partnership and field questions.
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TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY
Thursday, March 21 is Teacher Appreciation Day. We hope this is a special day for our teachers at SPSL. You can remember your child or children's teachers with a special note, letter, card, poster or prayer. Straight from the Heart will treat the teachers to a lunch on this day. We value our teachers and think they are the best!
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INTEREST IN SPSL?
Do you know parents of new families who are interested in sending their child/ren to our school for the 2019-20 school year? Please encourage them to call the school office at
402-551-6667 to arrange a tour.
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SUMMER SOLUTIONS
Summer learning loss puts students at a disadvantage. Summer Solutions books are available again to purchase for your children. Orders received by April 28, 2019 will be delivered to school before summer break begins. For more information on ordering the books, click
here
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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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For many years, SPSL has been fortunate to have parent volunteers step up to Chair our annual Fall Fundraiser - our biggest fundraiser of the year. The 2018 event was incredibly successful both with regard to attendance and funds raised, bringing in over $103,000.
Despite many attempts to secure Chairs for the next SPSL Fall Fundraiser, we do not currently have Chairs for 2019, and the success of our next fundraiser is in question unless we secure Chairs soon.
An army of amazing Committee Chair volunteers has already signed on to do their part for 2019; but we desperately need parents to answer the call to Chair the event. Chairs can be couples or groups of parents who would make a great team. Chairs will be provided a detailed outline of what needs to be done and when, and the SPSL Development Team is here to support the Chairs along the way. Please prayerfully consider helping SPSL by Chairing the 2019 Fall Fundraiser. Please contact Michaela Smith at
michaela.smith@spsl.net
or 402-551-6667.
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Many of you may be wondering about Hummel Day Camp for your child/ren this summer. Attached
here
is information on how the process will work regarding registration for Hummel. If you have questions regarding Hummel, please direct them to Jake Higgins at
jacob.higgins@cityofomaha.org.
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SPELLING BEE
On Friday, February 1, the 5th and 6th grade held their annual Spelling Bee. The following 5th and 6th graders participated – Koen Badalucco, Audrey Basham, Nathan Bluvas, Josie Gorczyca, Seamus Haney, Heidi Hans, Natalya Jones, Drew Monzu, Nandi Nyamatore, Rio O’Doherty, Austin Ramsey, Matthew Renfro, Xavier Sobetski, and Maeve Wharton. The winner was Maeve Wharton, and the runner-up was Josie Gorczyca.
On Tuesday, February 5, the 7th and 8th grade held their annual Spelling Bee. The following 7th and 8th graders participated – Lilly Risch Bakhit, Katie Coppard, Martha Engel, Trevor Gregg, Caleb Hans, Anderson Lopez, Charlie Mangan, Maggie Morris, Delaney O'Doherty, Gabe O'Doherty, Leo Ramsey, Alex ten Bensel, Sophia Tripp, and Scarlett Wharton. The winner was Gabe O’Doherty, and the runner-up was Delaney O’Doherty. Both Gabe and Delaney showed remarkable knowledge going back and forth for 26 rounds!
Maeve and Gabe represented SPSL at the Metro Catholic Spelling Bee held at St. Mary’s School in Bellevue on Saturday, February 10. Students from across the metro’s Catholic schools qualified to participate at this competition. Maeve advanced to the fourth round and ended in a tie for 14th place. Gabe advanced to the fifth round and ended in a tie for 10th place.
Congrats to our winners Maeve and Gabe, and thank you to both for being great representatives of our school!
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MICRO SOCCER
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The Spring Micro-Soccer season is still accepting registrations. If your Kindergarten or Pre-K child would like to spend an hour on Sunday afternoons learning the game and playing with their classmates, this program is a great way to start. Parents can still register their children for the upcoming season by visiting
www.spslsoccer.com
by the March 9 deadline.
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MATHCOUNTS
The 2019 Mathcounts Competition was held on Saturday, February 16, and the following SPSL students qualified to represent our school: Aiden Brink, Trevor Gregg, Caleb Hans, Patrick McMahon, Maggie Morris, Alex ten Bensel, Wil Strehle and Peter Sullivan.
Approximately 200 "mathletes" from 25 local schools competed, and in the team competition SPSL finished in the top half.
In the individual tests, Trevor placed in the top 20%, Peter in the top 25% and Caleb and Patrick were in the top 30%.
We thank our SPSL alumni who did a great job volunteering to help coach the Mathcounts team: Jon Schroeder, Connor Gregg, Rylee Gregg, and Will Brewster (8th grade student).
Congratulations to our coaches and students for their success with the Mathcounts program this year.
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BOOK BOWL
Congratulations to the following 7th and 8th graders who represented SPSL at the annual Book Bowl competition Friday, February 8 at St. Vincent de Paul School. Team I won three of their five rounds. Team members were Delaney O'Doherty, Sophie Owens, Kenadie Rudloff, and Scarlett Wharton. Team II advanced to the top four out of 32 teams at the competition by winning four of their six rounds. Team members were Trevor Gregg, Caitlyn Pierce, Martha Engel, Lilly Risch Bakhit, and Alex ten Bensel.
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DODGEBALL TOURNEY
Dive, Duck and Dodge! Sign-up now for the SPSL St. Patrick's Day Dodgeball Tournament!
- Saturday, March 16 in the SPSL gym
- Grades 3-6 from 4:00 - 6:30 pm
- Grade 7 to Adult from 7:00 - 9:30 pm
- Open to All. $5/player, six players/team
See the attached
flyer
for information and registration.
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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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