St. Pius X / St. Leo School Newsletter
March 9, 2018
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14TH ANNUAL RACE FOR EDUCATION - April 20, 2018
The 14th Annual
RACE FOR EDUCATION
will be held on
Friday,
April 20, 2018.
Our pre-kindergarten to 8th grade students will walk or jog on school grounds at a designated time during the school day. Last week your child(ren) brought home the
RACE FOR EDUCATION
Kick-Off Packet, which contained instructions and details of the event. Students bring back mailing label sheets with the names and addresses of potential sponsors (friends and family), and then students will write a short note at school asking their sponsors to contribute a tax-deductible gift for our school.
Our school goal is to bring in a total of
5,000 labels or 7 labels per student.
Student who return at least 14 labels will earn a
Dress Down Day
designated by the school! We appreciate your help in returning the completed mailing label sheets by March 15. Additional packets and labels are available in the school office.
Donations for Race for Education fund an important part of the education SPSL students receive. These gifts are used for Star Math Tests, Accelerated Reading Programs, and needed textbooks and technology in our classrooms. Last year we raised almost $47,000 after expenses and our goal this year is to raise at least
$50,000
! Thank you for your help with this fundraiser!
GO PANTHERS!
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A lot of fun was had at the Scholastic Book Fair, including a visit by some therapy dogs.
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The musical 'It's a Hit! was performed this week by our 1st and 3rd grade students.
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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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INTEREST IN SPSL?
Do you know parents of new families who are interested in sending their child/ren to our school for the 2018-19 school year? They should call the school office at (402) 551-6667 to arrange a tour.
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LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE
Congratulations to seventh grader Caleb Hans who won first place in Nebraska in the Letters About Literature writing contest. Caleb, along with the winners in the elementary and high school levels, will be honored in April in Lincoln.
As part of Literature class, all seventh graders selected a book that affected their lives in some way and wrote a reflective letter to the author of that book. They then had the option of entering the contest. All entries were sent to the national judging committee first. The top ones were sent back to the individual states where the first and second place letters in each category were selected. This year, there were 215 entries in the 7th/8th grade category in Nebraska.
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SPELLING BEE
On Monday, January 29th, the 5th and 6th grade held their annual Spelling Bee. The following 5th and 6th graders participated – Brooke Banker, Audrey Basham, Olivia Camerer, Martha Engel, Johanna Fillmore, Josie Gorczyca, Ava Hayes, Natalya Jones, Avi Kampe, Tommy Novotny, Delaney O'Doherty, Gabe O'Doherty, Lilly Risch-Bakhit, Connor Smith, Reily Welsh, and Scarlett Wharton. The winner was Gabe O'Doherty, and the runner-up was Natalya Jones.
On Wednesday, January 31st, the 7th and 8th grade held their annual Spelling Bee. The following 7th and 8th graders participated – Katie Coppard, Jack Drew, Audrey Ehlers, Trevor Gregg, Ben Howard, Cameron James, Anderson Lopez, Patrick McMahon, Elizabeth Monzu, Maggie Morris, Ethan Noon, Meg Raabe, Wyatt Walters, Abby Wessling, Will Wharton, and Andrew Yochum. The winner was Wyatt Walters, and the runners-up were Meg Raabe and Abby Wessling.
Gabe O'Doherty and Wyatt Walters represented SPSL at the Metro Catholic Spelling Bee held at St. Mary’s School in Bellevue on Saturday, February 10th. Gabe and Wyatt both advanced to the second round before they were eliminated.
Congrats to our winners Gabe and Wyatt and thank you to both for being great representatives of our school!
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Although tuition for the 2018-2019 school year has not yet been determined, we are sharing information about tuition assistance at this time because of application deadlines for Gr K-8 tuition assistance. If you feel that you will be in need of assistance with tuition costs for your child/ren in grades K-8 for the next school year, please read the following information. Applications will be sent home to families who qualify for the free or reduced lunch program and to families who received financial assistance for this year today. To be considered for tuition assistance you
must apply each year. If you do not receive a financial assistance application and wish to apply, please call the school office at (402) 551-6667 to request an application.
(Click
here for more information on tuition assistance.)
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BIBLE BOWL
The Bible Bowl was held this past Saturday at St. Thomas More. The Bible Bowl tests student's knowledge of the bible in a fun, interactive competition. St. Pius X / St. Leo School sent six representatives to the competition. Our competitors were 4th graders Cohen Senkbile and Emily Berthelsen, 5th graders Olive Peaslee and Xavier Sobetski and 6th graders Gabe O'Doherty and Simon Goitom.
St. Pius X / St. Leo School had four competitors finish in the top 10 of the individual competition.
Cohen Senkbille finished in 9th place.
Simon Goitom finished in 7th place.
Emily Berthelsen finished in 6th place.
Gabe O'Doherty won the individual competition.
St. Pius X / St. Leo School won the team competition, making it a clean sweep in the individual and team competitions. Great job Panthers!
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QUIZ BOWL
Congratulations to the 7th & 8th grade quiz bowl teams who competed in the Brownell Talbot Brain Twister Competition on Saturday, March 3. The team of Wistrom Herfordt, Jack Drew, Will Wharton, Jacob Dasher and Cameron James finished in 5th place and the team of Ethan Noon, Erin Lemar, Wyatt Walters and Trevor Gregg finished in 1st place. We are proud of your accomplishments!
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SUMMER SOLUTIONS
Summer learning loss puts students at a disadvantage, causing them to move backwards instead of progressing. Summer Solutions books are available again this school year to purchase. Ordering information can be found
here
. Orders must be submitted by April 29, 2018. The orders will be shipped free to school before school dismisses for the summer in May.
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BOOK BOWL
Congratulations to the 7th and 8th graders who represented St. Pius X / St. Leo School at the annual St. Vincent de Paul Book Bowl on Friday, February 9. The two teams who competed were:
Team 1--Trevor Gregg, Vince Grenier, Sam Kastl, Caitlyn Pierce and Adrianna Webster
Team 2--Grace Ridgley, John Burns, Fiona Gautschi, Wistrom Herfordt, Ethan Noon and Josephine Romano
During the rounds, teams answered questions about details from each of the books on the reading list. Each team competed in three rounds.
Students began preparing for the competition in August when they received the reading list. Team members not only read the 12 books, but they also wrote study cards. Many of the students read several of the books twice or even three times. As the competition neared, they they quizzed one another using their study cards and met during lunch to practice. To see a list of the Book Bowl books, go to the Book Bowl link on Mrs. Rix’s
classroom page.
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HOW TO HOLD A PENCIL?
Taylor Menolascino, an occupational therapy student from Creighton University, continues to work with SPSL students in our school in conjunction with her practicum.
The following is an article she wrote on how to hold a pencil. Click
here
to view the article.
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ESTATE PLANNING SEMINARS
The St. Pius X / St. Leo School Office of Development is offering free "awareness seminars' on wills and trusts. The dates of the free seminars are Sunday, March 18 at 10:45 a.m. in the school library and Tuesday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. at St. Leo Church. For more information on the seminars, click
here
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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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Parents - Panther Logo Uniform Sweatshirts are now available for $10.00 on a first come, first served basis. Please see the attached order
form
for details.
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p:402.551.6667
f:402.551.8123
6905 Blondo St, Omaha, NE 68104
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