Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Greetings St. Pius X School Community,

We are pleased to welcome two new members to our staff: Mrs. Ellie Osburn as our Preschool/PreK PM Aide and Miss Kelsey Kirkpatrick as our new Intervention Specialist. Please read their bios below.

Quick reminder that on Thursday, October 10, we will be celebrating our first Community Day from 11-11:45AM. Students should wear their class colors. It is also a half day, noon dismissal. No school on Friday, October 11.

Tomorrow's all school Mass will be celebrated in the School gym at 9AM. You are always welcome to join us!

Peace,

Mrs. Farewell

Reminders 

• Open House has been CANCELLED for this coming Wednesday.
• Grandparent Day! Invite grandparents to join us on Wednesday, October 16th for mass at 9AM, refreshments, a tour of their grandchild's classroom, and book fair visit! We are still looking for Parent Volunteers to help with tours. Please sign up here: https://signup.com/group/10111637880110

Talent Show Auditions This Week!

Calling all Kindergarten – 8th Grade students!

Selected acts will perform live at the Annual Fund Dinner on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Additional acts will be featured in a special video showcase.

Auditions:

• When: Thursday, October 10th at 12:15 PM
• Where: Bring your lunch and be ready with your act and music selections!

Guidelines:

• Acts must be 2 minutes or less.
• Content must be G-rated and stage-appropriate.
• Bring your own props; a keyboard will be available.

How to Sign Up:

• Sign up in the office by Wednesday, October 9th.
• Submit completed permission slips by the same date.

For more information, contact the Talent Show Committee: Mrs. Litchfield, Ms. Bucy, & Ms. Melton.

Jog-a-thon Success & Gratitude!

A huge thank you to our Jog-a-thon Chair, Chelsea Meyers-Misko, the office team—Joan, Paris, and Gaby—Volunteer Coordinator Tina, Eleanor the Eagle, our Principal, Teachers, Parent Volunteers, Students, and all who generously donated to make the 2024 Jog-a-thon a success. Special appreciation to the ASB (Sophia, Eiffel, Samantha, Yosetena, Maya, and Vincent) for hosting the awards at Monday's assembly.

Lap Champions

• Preschool - 3rd Grade: Adrielle (2nd Grade) with an amazing 33 laps!
• 4th - 8th Grade: Logan (5th Grade) with 21 laps!

Top Fundraisers

• 1st Place: Dayton (Kindergarten) raised $937.91 and wins Custom Nike Shoes!
• 2nd Place: Romeo (Preschool) raised $790 and wins a Fujifilm Mini 9 Instant Camera!
• 3rd Place: Mia (Kindergarten) raised $700 and wins a $50 Movie Gift Card!

$200 Raffle Drawing

For every $50 raised, students were entered into a raffle for a $200 prize. We drew the name live during the assembly—congratulations to Archer (3rd Grade) for winning the raffle!

Free Dress Pass

For every $150 raised, students earned a Free Dress Pass! Many students from Preschool through 8th grade qualified. Enjoy your Jog-a-thon Free Dress Passes!

Classroom Champions

Congratulations to Kindergarten for raising $3,011.91—they’ve earned a Pizza Party!

Schoolwide Achievement

Our goal was $12,000, and we surpassed it by raising $14,730.91! To celebrate, everyone gets ice cream. Way to go!

SCRIP Gift Cards are available for almost all your needs!

Gas, Gifting, Groceries, Travel and More! Explore the 750+ brands that are available! Visit our website for more information: https://stpx.org/scrip-gift-cards

We still need SCRIP Volunteers to help out on Sundays after Mass! Please call our office at 425.778.9861 to sign up!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

Thank you to all the parents who came to the Parent Club Meeting last week! I did a quick tutorial on how to log your miscellaneous volunteer hours you have worked. This will be the new way to log your hours that are NOT specific to any event you sign up for. If you sign up for an event, your hours will automatically be logged when you check in for the event. 

You can find the “SignUp” link on our school website: stpx.org under the Volunteer page. Click the button that says “choose a spot on SignUp” . Here you are able to log your hours per month or sign up for future volunteer events! Remember if you are logging past miscellaneous hours, each “spot” is equal to one hour worked, so please adjust the hours appropriately and leave an explanation of the hours worked in the comment area.

Please reach out to me at volunteercoord@stpx.org if you have any questions. I am also willing to meet you at school and help you in person!  

Spots for "Talent Show", and "Book Fair" are events happening this week that need more volunteer help. Please follow the link below to sign up for an event if you can!

Thank you, Tina Acevedo (206) 228-8462

Cross Country

That's a wrap!

CONGRATULATIONS to every member of the 2024 'More Pius' Cross Country Team!! Another successful season was completed over the weekend as our runners participated in the final CYO Championship Meet. Thanks for supporting our runners on the sidelines and volunteering with practices & meets. A very special THANK YOU to our dedicated coaches: Mrs. Melton & Ms. Vu who once again shared their time and enthusiasm for running and coaching. Looking ahead to Spring we have Track & Field on the horizon and we're excited to keep this momentum going. Please keep an eye out for announcements regarding early spring conditioning opportunities. 

Soccer

With 3 more games left to play in the season, there's still time to catch our youngest Eagles in action. Our fearless K/1st grade soccer team led by Coach Luis Vasconcelos play at Our Lady of Hope this Sunday, 10/13 at 1pm. Come support the squad! These budding athletes are sure to impress you with their positive attitudes, incredible hustle, stamina and endurance as well as their impressive ball handling & defensive skills. Let's Go Eagles!!

CYO Basketball Opportunities

If your child is interested in playing basketball this season and you missed last week's registration deadline, it's not too late! We are close to having enough athletes registered for a middle school boys' team and a possible combined younger boys' team (to be determined based on registration numbers). Come develop your shooting, ball handling and defensive skills all while having fun with your friends. Practices will be held at St. Pius X and are expected to start this month. Please register on TeamSideline by this Friday, 10/11.

Team Sideline Online Registration Made Easy!

 Follow these simple steps to register:

1. Visit Team Sideline.
2. Create an account if you don’t have one.
3. Add your child’s name to your account.
4. Click "Register Now" on the homepage.
5. Scroll down to select "Basketball".
6. Click "Enroll".
7. Choose your child’s name from the "Enrollee" tab.
8. For Enrollment Type, select "player".
9. Under the "Program" tab, choose "Basketball".
10. For "Offering", select "Basketball".
11. Add enrollment to your cart and proceed to checkout. The registration fee will be billed during the season once the team is confirmed.

For questions or to volunteer, please contact CYO Athletic Director ShawnTaylor at CYO@STPX.ORG.

Calendar Highlights

October 2024

• Wednesday, October 9: Fall Open House CANCELLED
• Thursday, October 10: Half Day, Noon dismissal
• Friday, October 11: No school
• Monday, October 14 - October 25: Scholastic Bookfair
• Wednesday, October 16: Grandparent Day
• Wednesday, October 23: Fall Conference Day
• Thursday, October 24: Fall Conference Day
• Friday, October 25: Fall Conference Day

The St. Pius X School's Full 2024-2025 pdf/printable calendar is here or on our website at www.stpx.org.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Fundraiser

Sunday, October 13th

12:00PM - 4:00PM

Our CDA ladies are putting on a FEAST in the form of a Spaghetti Feed. Take out will be available. This fundraiser benefits the SCHOOL as well as St. Vincent de Paul so it would be GREAT if parents came out to support it. Please see the flyer and menu details below!

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We look forward to keeping you informed! ✅

St. Pius X Catholic School is a diverse community providing a stellar academic education through Catholic discipleship and service.

Phone: 425.778.9861 | Email: Office@stpx.org