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Thursday, September 28
MAP Testing 2nd Grade
Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 Virtual Gathering with Ms. Gillespie 5:00 pm
Friday, September 29
MAP Testing Middle School
Family Bingo Night 6:30 pm Nelson Hall -- Doors open at 6:00 pm
Monday, October 2
MAP Testing 2nd Grade
Tuesday, October 3
MAP Testing 3rd Grade
Wednesday, October 4
MAP Testing 4th Grade
Pet Blessing 2:30 pm
Thursday, October 5
MAP Testing Middle School
K-2 Virtual Gathering with Ms. Gillespie 5:00 pm
Friday, October 6
$1 Tag Day to Benefit Hawaiian Relief Efforts
MAP Testing 5th Grade
EARLY DISMISSAL
11:30 am Pre K
12:00 pm K - 8th Grade
--NO ESP
NEW TARDY POLICY
FEES WILL BEGIN BEING ACCRUED MONDAY, OCTOBER 2
NEW THIS SCHOOL YEAR-- Please note our new late arrival (tardy) policy which can be found in our handbook - "Each student will be allowed 5 unexcused tardies each quarter, after the 5th tardy, parents will be charged a $10.00 fee per family for each time their child is late. This fee will be charged through TADS."
PICKING UP ITEMS
Friendly Reminder
Once a child has been dismissed from the classroom, he or she is NOT permitted to return to the classroom for forgotten items.
Student supervision can not be guaranteed after 3:30pm as faculty and staff have other duties and may not be available to accompany students. Because many of the classrooms are used for other purposes they should not be interrupted. We strive to provide students with responsibility opportunities and a forgotten item is a great lesson to learn.
NEW ATTENDANCE POLICY
NEW THIS SCHOOL YEAR-- All absences must be reported to the school by 8 am. If your student is absent you MUST call the school and/or email Mrs. Fay at pfay@stpiusbowie.org. Any non confirmed absences will be verified by phone from the office. If a student is absent for 3 or more consecutive days a doctor's note is required for the student to return to school.
PET BLESSING AT SPX
Pet Blessing:
On Wednesday October 4 (in honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi), we will be having a Pet blessing at 2:30 PM. Parents are invited to bring the family pet and park for afternoon carpool as usual. Parents will walk around the side of the church building (with their leashed or caged pets) to meet their students on the back field. Fr. Mike Jones will bless the pets in a very short ceremony (a few words and sprinkling them with holy water). By 2:45 students will head back to their homerooms for dismissal, and parents can return to their cars with the pets..
If a parent is unable to bring a pet, students are invited to bring a picture of their pet to be blessed. Students without pets may also bring a stuffed animal to be blessed.
On Wednesday October 4 (in honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi), we will be having a Pet blessing at 2:30 PM. Parents are invited to bring the family pet and park for afternoon carpool as usual. Parents will walk around the side of the church building (with their leashed or caged pets) to meet their students on the back field. Fr. Mike Jones will bless the pets in a very short ceremony (a few words and sprinkling them with holy water). By 2:45 students will head back to their homerooms for dismissal, and parents can return to their cars with the pets..
If a parent is unable to bring a pet, students are invited to bring a picture of their pet to be blessed. Students without pets may also bring a stuffed animal to be blessed.
SPECIAL TAG DAY
On Friday, October 6, 2023, SPX students and faculty will be allowed a "Hawaiian" Tag Day. For a dollar (or more) donation, students and faculty will wear Hawaiian attire (Flowered dresses, Hawaiian shirts, etc) in honor of the island of Maui, and the town of Lahaina, which was devastated during the wild fires in early September. Our donations will be sent to Sacred Heart School in Lahaina, Hawaii. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Sullivan at ksullivan@stpiusbowie.org for any further information or visit https://www.shsmaui.org/
CAVALIER HOUSE UNO TOURNAMENT
This semester the Cavalier Houses will have an Uno Tournament. To help make this happen we are asking for donations of new packs of classic Uno cards. Anyone may donate and receive 1 VSP hour for each pack of cards donated. However, if you have a middle school student please tape a note to the pack with your student’s name and House so they can earn House Points as well. All packs of cards should go to Mrs. D’Angelo in the front office. We would like cards by Tuesday, October 10th so we can begin the preliminary rounds for the Tournament in our Houses. Feel free to send cards in before that date. Thank you.
MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE
Come join us on our First Middle School Dance this school year!
The dance is dependent on your attendance! Inbite your ghoulish friends! The more the merrier!! Let's have a wicked good time. Beware though, its a ghostly affair! Come dressed in your favorite Halloween Costume!
Sign up and Bring $10 dollars cash or check to school by next Friday 9/29! Tickets are $15 dollars at the door!
Theme: Halloween
Attire: Your Favorite Halloween Costume
When: October 13, 2023
Time: 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Where: Nelson Hall
St. Pius X Regional School
DJ, Selfie Booth and Costume Prizes Awaits!
Drinks, Chips, Treats!!!
Please RSVP and sign up on the link below:
All SPX Regional School Families are invited to join us for a Family Bingo Night on Friday, September 29 in Nelson Hall. Prizes include gift cards, family-themed baskets and more!
The doors open at 6 pm with Bingo beginning at 6:30 pm.
Tickets are $10 each (adults and kids) and includes 12 rounds of Bingo plus a raffle ticket for a door prize. Additional raffle tickets will be on sale that evening - 1 for $2 or 3 for $5. CASH ONLY.
Families have the option of pre-purchasing pizzas for dinner ($12 each for large cheese or pepperoni - includes plates and napkins). Pizza is pre-order only and will not be on sale that evening. Pizza orders close Wednesday, September 27 at 11 pm.
You can also bring your own dinner, drinks or snacks! No alcoholic beverages as children are present.
Want to help make this event a success? Sign-up to volunteer at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944A4A82AA1FE3-44478159-family
Sign-up at bit.ly/spxfamilybingonight
SPX YEARBOOK CLUB
SPX Parents, Yearbook Needs Your Help!!!
Please share your photos taken from SPX events.
Directions:
1) Go to the following link: www.YBKpix.com
2) Log in either by using your own username & password or use:
username: spxyearbookparents@gmail.com
password: SPXYearbookParents. (Note the SPXY and P are all CAPS and the (.) on the end)
3)Click “SHARE YOUR PICTURES” on the upper Left corner
4)Tag your photo
5)Find the event folder or your child's grade level folder
5)Click or tap Upload your photo(s)
The photos you share may just end up in the yearbook!!
Join the School Band!
All students in grades 4-8 are invited to join our school band. Lessons are on Tuesdays during the school day. Students may choose to learn the flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone or the snare drum. The first day of band is Tuesday, September 26th. If you have questions about band or would like to sign your child up, please contact Kristin Maloney - krismaloney66@yahoo.com
All students in grades 4-8 are invited to join our school band. Lessons are on Tuesdays during the school day. Students may choose to learn the flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone or the snare drum. The first day of band is Tuesday, September 26th. If you have questions about band or would like to sign your child up, please contact Kristin Maloney - krismaloney66@yahoo.com
Chorus and Liturgical Choir for students in grades 3-8 starts the week of September 18th! You can find a copy of the permission slip in Google Classroom and at the link below. Please contact Ms. Massimini with any questions: gmassimini@stpiusbowie.org
Pack 730 is a family pack with boys and girls in grades Kindergarten through Fifth. We meet every other week in grade-based dens and a few times each month as an entire pack. We focus on citizenship, values, STEM, and love of the outdoors. Please contact Dan Summers, dan.summers1980@outlook.com to learn more!
Blanket Angels Club has begun. This club allows middle school students an opportunity to create no-sew blankets that are given to a local charity that directly gives back to those in the community affected by Cancer. The Blanket Angels Club is currently accepting donations of fleece fabric at least 2 yards in length, sewing scissors or monetary donations to help create as many comforting blankets as possible. Anyone interested in donating may send donations to the office. If you have any questions please email Mrs. Fay at pfay@stpiusbowie.org or Mrs. D'Angelo at kdangelo@stpiusbowie.org
FUN DAY 2024
The School Advisory Board and the Home School Association are looking for a group of dedicated parents to join the Fun Day committee. This event was previously held as a spring event but is transitioning to a fall theme and date for 2024. While the fall of 2024 is still a year away, there is a lot of planning and preparation that can be done early. This event has food, games, moon bounces, basket raffles, ticket sales, and t-shirt design/sales just to name a few. If you are interested in leading one of these areas, please contact Katie Summers at sabpresident@stpiusbowie.org.
ST. PIUS X CYO
Winter basketball registration is now open! Please see attached flyer for details.
- Registration Link (SportsPilot):https://backoffice.sportspilot.com/register/family/default.asp?asoid=106236
- Basketball Commissioner: Ron Thurston, (443) 506-4602,rt2016@yahoo.com
- High School students can play as long as they aren’t playing for their HS team (i.e. JV or Varsity Basketball)
SPX CYO Fundraiser: There’s still time to purchase your Football Mania tickets if you haven’t already done so. You can purchase through October 23rd. The class that sells the most tickets will win a pizza party (and) the individual / family that sells the most tickets will win a free CYO registration (family must sell a minimum of 15 tickets to qualify).
UNEARNED VSP HOURS
All unearned VSP hours from the 2022-2023 School year will be billed in your October tuition.
TUITION ASSISTANCE
- Important Dates:
- Tuition assistance applications open: October 2
- High School TA application closes: December 15 (Applies to 8th Grade Students Only)
- ADW Elementary/Middle Schools TA application closes: February 16
COVID- 19 INFORMATION
- If your child/ren are sick please stay home, if showing signs of COVID-19 please take a test. (please contact the school, we can send home a test with your child)
- If your child/ren tests positive please stay home, email your child’s teacher and the school nurse (mbenson@stpiusbowie.org)
- If your child is positive our protocol is to have them stay home for 5 days from the date they tested positive. The date of positivity is DAY 0. Upon the student’s return to school they may continue to mask until all symptoms have improved or until 10 days from positive test.
- If you have siblings who may be a close contact: test if they are negative they may continue to attend school. If they begin to show symptoms, students will be sent home and asked to retest.
- You may choose to send your child in with a mask at any time. Please supply extras in their bookbag and inform their teacher that you would like them to wear a mask.
More information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html
COVID-19 Symptoms :
cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell
