St. Pius X / St. Leo School Newsletter October 22, 2021
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, October 28. Conferences for students in Grades PK-5 were pre-scheduled and take place in your child's homeroom. Conferences for students in Grades 6-8 are unscheduled and also take place in the teacher's homeroom. Conference times for Grades 6-8 are from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 - 6:30 pm. Specialty teachers will be available for conferences in the library during these times.

At your child’s conference, you will be receiving a report called Star Reading and Star Math that will tell you how your child performed on the most recent assessment they completed in September. To help you understand more about Star testing, please read the attached document called, “Star Assessment FAQs for Parents”. Students will take this assessment again toward the end of the year, and you will receive results from that assessment in May.

As a reminder there is no school for students on Thursday, October 28, Friday, October 29, and Monday, November 1.
COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

As a reminder, every student should be entering the school building daily with a mask on, covering their nose and mouth. Parents should also ensure that each child has at least one extra mask in their child's backpack in the event it is needed. If you have extra masks you would be willing to donate to school, please send them to the school office. The school does not maintain an excess supply of masks and relies on parents to ensure their children have masks available. Parents are also required to have a mask on when in the school
building, including cafeteria volunteers. Thank you for your continued support.
St. Pius X / St. Leo School is a diverse community forming students in the Catholic faith to excel in academics and service to others.
HONOR CHOIR

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to participate in this year's Nebraska Middle School Honor Choir:
  • Claire Caskey
  • Liam Cowherd Richardson
  • Will Haynes
  • Anyah Samuels
  • Owen Taylor
  • Geoff ten Bensel
  • Chris Tollo
NON-SPSL OPPORTUNITIES

Parents, there are many opportunities for your child to participate in that are not sponsored or administered by St. Pius X / St. Leo School. A list of those outside 'Non-SPSL' opportunities can be found on the school website under
WEATHER REMINDER

As the weather gets colder, the staff at the entry doors will try their best to open doors right before 8:00 am to allow parents to beat the morning rush and also minimize the amount of time students stand outside. Please also send your child with a coat, hat, and gloves as most grade levels go outside for recess.
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 desktop computers, laptops, and Chromebooks with internet access, follow these steps:
Visit the LIBRARY page on the school website. View the SPSL LIBRARY BOOK REQUEST TUTORIAL to learn how to use the DESTINY CARD CATALOG.
 
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 Ms. Fosco at gina.fosco@spsl.net to request a student login and password.
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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