St. Pius X / St. Leo School Newsletter February 9, 2024 | |
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
We thank our teachers, staff, students, priests, and parishioners for another wonderful Catholic Schools Week! We appreciate your support and are thankful you chose our Catholic School!
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HONOR ROLL
We are thrilled to announce the 2nd Quarter Honor Roll! Please click the links below to view a list of these students.
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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | To finish off Catholic Schools Week, 51 Drama Club students presented Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Every student performed in two shows and worked backstage for two shows. The SWEET and SALTY casts are pictured here as well as a picture of the entire Drama Club. | |
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SPELLING BEE
During Catholic Schools Week, 5th-8th grade held their annual Spelling Bees. We are proud of all our students for studying hard to qualify for this exciting competition. Congratulations to 5th-6th grade winner Vivian Beninato and runner up Nora Fillmore. The winner of the 7th-8th grade Bee was Elijah Laywah with Jonathan Walker in second place.
Congratulations to our winners Vivian and Elijah, and best of luck as they move on to represent SPSL at the Metro Catholic Spelling Bee!
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8TH GRADE SCHOLARSHIP REVEAL
This week, SPSL hosted reveals for nine of our 8th graders who were awarded scholarships to local high schools. Congratulations to the following students who received these scholarships:
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Creighton Prep: Bronson Chapeau
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Roncalli: Henry Drexel, Declan Fillmore, Kathryn Novotny
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Duchesne: Saron Goitom, Anna McCreery
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Marian: Helen Coyle
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Mount Michael: Thomas Smith
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Brownell Talbot: Jonathan Walker
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20th ANNUAL SPSL RACE FOR EDUCATION
Race for Education is an annual fundraiser at SPSL where students are actively involved! SPSL students will bring a Race packet home on Monday, Feb 19. Please return the mailing labels with names and addresses for prospective sponsors for your student(s) in the timeframe of Feb 20 - March 1. If we reach our school-wide goal of collecting at least 6,500 labels, the students and staff will earn a day off school on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The Race for Education will take place on the SPSL soccer fields on Friday, May 10, 2024. To learn more, click here.
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WE NEED YOUR VOTES!
SPSL has been nominated to receive free Tiny Saints charms of our patron for all the students and free custom t-shirts for all the staff. Cast your vote by February 22 to keep SPSL in the running for this awesome opportunity! Be sure to enter "St Pius X / St Leo School - Omaha NE" -- vote here!
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QUIZ BOWL NEWS
Congratulations to both Quiz Bowl teams who competed at Concordia this Saturday, their first event of the year. SPSL Black had a great run, advancing all the way to the quarterfinals. Team members include: Declan Fillmore, Jonah Risch Bakhit, Judah Lynch, Henry Drexel, and Rok Slater.
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FACILITIES REMINDER REGARDING ASBESTOS
As most of you are aware, we have removed all of the friable asbestos in our school many years ago. We do have some non-friable asbestos in the floor tiles of a few of our rooms. We also have two cubbyholes with locked doors that have asbestos on the heating coils. These are located on the second and third floors of the main building. We are not required to remove these tiles or the asbestos on the coils but to inform you that we do have a management plan available in our office concerning the care of these tiles and coils if you wish to inspect the plan.
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JOIN BOY SCOUTS
Boy Scout Troop 570 will be holding an information meeting February 19 at 7:30 pm in the SPSL gym for interested families. Boy Scouts is open to boys 5th grade and older. Parents and their sons are invited to attend and learn about Troop 570. (Cub Scouts is for Kindergarten through 4th grade boys). Boy Scouts teaches important life skills, including citizenship, camping and other outdoor skills, teamwork, service, and leadership, just to name a few. Troop 570 regularly camps in the Omaha area and takes a high adventure trip every summer. Past destinations have included Tennessee, Wyoming, and New Mexico. Please contact Matt Rusch at 402-980-9131 or mrusc@eslaw.com if you have any questions.
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MICRO SOCCER REGISTRATION
Micro soccer registration for the Spring 2024 Soccer Season is now open with a deadline of March 9. Micro soccer is often a good fit for children ages 4-6. Soccer is a parish sponsored activity operated by the SPSL Soccer Club. Contact spslsoccerclub@gmail.com with any questions.
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SPSL TRACK REGISTRATION
Registration for the SPSL Track 2024 is now open. Deadline for registration and uniform orders is February 25. Contact spsltrack@spsl.net with questions.
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SPIRIT WEAR STORE OPEN!
It's not too late to purchase Spirit Wear! The St. Pius X / St. Leo School Spirit Wear Store will remain open through February 11. Visit the Spirit Wear store here to purchase SPSL shirts, hats, bags, and more!
As a reminder, school spirit wear is not part of the regular school uniform.
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ST. LEO THE GREAT
PARISH NEWS
The St. Leo Knights of Columbus soda bread fundraiser is in full swing! They are in need of volunteers to help wrap soda bread Saturday mornings through March 11th. This program greatly benefits our school's tuition assistance program, so please consider signing up for a shift using the link below. Children are welcome to join their adult.
SODA BREAD SIGN UP HERE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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February 14: Ash Wednesday - all grades celebrate Mass
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February 15: Noon Dismissal - Parent Teacher Conferences
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February 16: No School - CSO Faculty Development
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February 18: Kindergarten and 5th grade led Masses
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February 20: Soda Bread Day
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February 20: Restaurant Night - Godfather's Pizza (120th & Maple)
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February 21: Wax Museum
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February 23: Dress Down Day to benefit Book Fair
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February 25 - March 1: Scholastic Book Fair
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February 25: Book Fair Family Shopping
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February 27: Book Fair Planetarium Presentation and Family Night
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March 4 - 8: No School - Spring Break
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March 11: Students return from Spring Break
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