St. Pius X / St. Leo School Newsletter
October 26, 2018
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REMINDER - PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
Conferences will be held from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 - 6:30 pm on Thursday, November 1. 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. Wilson (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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(Eighth grade students working in the science lab.)
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(We celebrated our Community of One last weekend at the fundraiser held 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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COMMON SENSE EDUCATION AT SPSL
Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship curriculum covers six topics: Media Balance & Well Being, Digital Footprint & Identity, Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech, Privacy & Security, Relationships & Communication, and News & Media Literacy. Each grade level will have one lesson that addresses these topics over the course of the school year. Mrs. Preston presents the topics to the grade levels in the students' classrooms. So far, sixth graders have learned about the place of digital media in their lives, looking for balance in how they use their time. Seventh graders had a lesson about how to handle inappropriate online talk and eighth graders have discussed digital footprints and cyberbullying. More information about what lessons all kindergarten through eighth grade students have had so far this year can be found
here
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The following are some helpful links for parents:
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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
* Chromebooks
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.
- PowerSchool 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 PowerSchool, please contact Mary Kay Nelson at
powerschool@spsl.net
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SCHOOL UNIFORM VENDOR
As many of you may be aware, Educational Outfitters in Omaha, who has been a school uniform provider, is closing at the end of October. DiGiorgio's Sportswear will be offering our school uniform products similar to what Educational Outfitters provided in the past. DiGiorgio's Sportswear is located at 14111 Q Street. For the store announcement, 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 - Lilly Hanna, Mary Matuella, Gabe O'Doherty, Damien Peteler and Daniel Rusch
8th graders - Wosuk Ando, Manuelli Bakou, Trevor Gregg, Ben Howard and Paul Matthews.
This is the second time 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 11th and then perform a concert later that day.
Congratulations to these students!
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BAND OLYMPICS
Tuesday, October 16th, the Music in Catholic Schools (MCS) Beginning Band Olympics were held at Christ the King School.
The following students were medal winners:
Ashlyn Morrow - bronze medalist, flute
Charlotte Holcomb - gold medalist, clarinet
Helen Christen - gold medalist, horn in f
Blake Leach - bronze medalist, trumpet
Thomas Walsh - gold medalist, trombones/baritones
Thomas Moseman - silver medalist, percussion
Congratulations on a job well done!
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SCHOOL DIRECTORIES
School Directories are now available for purchase. You can purchase the directory in the school office for $5.00. Thank you.
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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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