We teach what we believe...
and live what we teach.
Thursday, October 12
1A MAP Testing
3rd - 5th Grade Virtual Gathering with Ms. Gillespie 5:00 pm
Friday, October 13
7th and 8th Grade Halloween Dance Nelson Hall 7-10 pm
Monday, October 16
School Musical Auditions 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Tuesday, October 17
Whole School Mass 10:30 am
School Musical Auditions 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Thursday, October 19
School Musical Callbacks 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Friday, October 20
Tag Day
Picture Day Make-ups
Purse Bingo 7:00 pm Nelson Hall
NEW TARDY POLICY
FEES WILL BEGIN ACCRUING 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.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INTREST SURVEY
Please fill out the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Interest Survey! https://forms.gle/FHecrcYTPnDJTA3g8
SPECIAL TAG DAY
Thanks to your generous donations we raised $733.61 in honor of the island of Maui, and the town of Lahaina, which was devastated during the wild fires in early September. For any further information or visit https://www.shsmaui.org/
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 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 students in grades 2 - 8 are invited to audition to take part in our school musical, The People Garden. Performances will be February 9 - 11, 2024.
Auditions
Auditions
Monday, October 16 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm
OR
Tuesday, October 17 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
You only need to come to one or the other
Here's how auditions will work:
Arrive with a parent to fill out an audition sheet and have your picture taken.
When it's your turn, you'll go into the audition room by yourself and
1) Introduce yourself
2) Sing a song of your choice & 'Happy Birthday' - good song choices include songs from musicals, church, Disney, etc - sing what makes you happy!
Rehearsals
OR
Tuesday, October 17 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
You only need to come to one or the other
Here's how auditions will work:
Arrive with a parent to fill out an audition sheet and have your picture taken.
When it's your turn, you'll go into the audition room by yourself and
1) Introduce yourself
2) Sing a song of your choice & 'Happy Birthday' - good song choices include songs from musicals, church, Disney, etc - sing what makes you happy!
Rehearsals
Not everyone will be needed for every rehearsal, but generally here is when they will be scheduled:
Mondays, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
All Members of the Cast and 1 Parent must be present for a meeting on Monday, October 23 at 6:30 pm.
There is a $50 participation fee that includes all materials needed for the show, a cast t-shirt, a DVD of the performance, after show socials and the Cast Party.
PARENT HELP NEEDED
Mondays, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
All Members of the Cast and 1 Parent must be present for a meeting on Monday, October 23 at 6:30 pm.
There is a $50 participation fee that includes all materials needed for the show, a cast t-shirt, a DVD of the performance, after show socials and the Cast Party.
PARENT HELP NEEDED
This production will require the help of MANY parents. We are looking for parents to serve in all areas including supervising the kids, costumes, set construction, lighting, hallway decor, concessions, after show socials / cast party, ticketing, the program, ushers, etc.
Interested in helping? Questions? Contact Katie Skerpon at hsapresident1@stpiusbowie.org
Interested in helping? Questions? Contact Katie Skerpon at hsapresident1@stpiusbowie.org
PURSE BINGO
Join us for a Halloween-themed Purse Bingo! Best of luck!
RESERVE YOUR SPOT AT DESIGNER PURSE BINGO FOR ONLY $25
PURSE BINGO IS BACK AT ST. PIUS X! Join us on Friday, October 20, 2023, for a night of fun and games. This event will be held in-person at Nelson Hall, located on the campus of St. Pius X (SPX) Regional School at 14710 Annapolis Road in Bowie, MD.
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM
BINGO BEGINS AT 7:00 PM
There are only 200 spots available! Pre-purchase your spot today to ensure entry into the event.
Each admission includes one multi-game card. Additional cards and Bingo daubers can be purchased at the event.
BYO food, wine or spirits. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be for sale.
Purse Bingo is a fundraiser to support SPX and enhance learning opportunities for students.
Please note this is an event for adults 18 years and older.
Questions, email: Christina.Caron@gmail.com
Get your tickets at:
Volunteers are needed. Sign-up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944A4A82AA1FE3-44819000-purse
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
UNEARNED VSP HOURS
All unearned VSP hours from the 2022-2023 School year will be billed in your November tuition.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR’S SPONSORED
PATRIOT'S PEN ESSAY CONTEST FOR 6TH-8TH GRADERS
Conducted nationwide, this VFW-sponsored youth essay competition gives students an opportunity to write essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme. We invite you to join the more than 73,000 students in 6-8th grade who participated last year in this Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest. Prizes and scholarships will be awarded to winners at the Post, District, State and national level. Department (State) winners receive a portion of $55,000 in national awards. National Winners will receive at least $500. The first-place national award is currently $5,000. The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word
essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW
Commander-in-Chief. The 2023-24 theme is: “How are you inspired by America?”.
The entry deadline is October 31, 2023.
If you would like to apply, please contact Commander Megan Bogley, Bowie Memorial Post #8065, Bowie, MD 20715. Her email is m_bogley@hotmail.com or (301) 974-2676. She will provide the rules and eligibility requirements and the entry form.
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.
The SPX Green Team is back. The first virtual meeting with interested parents and faculty will be held at the end of October. If you would like to join, please contact Krystle Kime at krystle.behrns@gmail.com. The team looks forward in promoting environmental stewardship through educational awareness and eco-friendly initiatives at SPX.
Calling all needleworkers in Middle School: The Knitting and Crochet Club will start Wednesday, October 18 from 3:30 - 4:30. Bring your WIP (work-in-progress), a snack and a drink. If you want to learn bring a skein of 4/worsted weight yarn
and size 8 knitting needles or a size J-10 crochet hook.
and size 8 knitting needles or a size J-10 crochet hook.
Look for this image on your yarn label!
SANTA NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Our annual Christmas Bazaar is almost upon us. This year, the Bazaar will be held on December 4 and 5, in Father Nelson Hall. This very special event provides our children with the opportunity to do their holiday shopping for their families. More details to come.
In the meantime, to prepare for this wonderful event, several of Santa’s Shops need additional helpers. These helpers or table co-chairs are responsible for procuring inventory for their table, setting up their table for each day of the Bazaar and selling on the Bazaar days. Chairs must be VIRTUS certified since the bazaar takes place during school hours. If you would like to help, please send an email to spx.christmas.bazaar@gmail.com. Please see specific table requests below.
Raffle Ticket Table
Please reply to Chrystal Hunter at chrystalfhunter@gmail.com. Raffle Ticket Table needs:
- at-home assistance with organizing the tickets prior to filling raffle ticket orders. Organizing includes sorting tickets in quantities of 5, 10, 15, and 20 tickets. Definitely a task that can be done while home watching a good movie!
- volunteer(s) to help fill the raffle ticket pre-orders during school, between 1:30 and 3 p.m., a few days per week leading up to the event. This needs to be done at school, which requires the volunteer(s) to be VIRTUS certified.
Thumbprints Ornament Table
Please reply to slsweeney@kepro.com. Thumbprints Table needs:
- 2-3 volunteers to sand, drill, and paint the ornaments. At lease 5 VSP hours will be provided, this is dependent upon how many ornaments a volunteer completes.
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
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).
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
