Below are the dates for the upcoming MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) Assessments.  MAP Assessments (standardized tests) are given three (3) times each school year.  

Oct. 8th: -  Math 8:30-10 AM
Oct. 9th: -  Reading 8:30-10 AM
Oct 10th: - Language Usage 8:30-10 AM

Grades 2 and 3

Oct. 15th:-  Math 8:30-10 AM
Oct 16th:  - Reading  8:30-10 AM
Oct 17th: -  Language Usage 8:30-10 AM

Grade 1-Computer Lab

Oct. 7th:  -   Reading - 1A  at 8:15 AM
                    Reading - 1B  at 9:15 AM

                  Tuesday, October 8, 2024 between 3 pm and 8:30 pm

Please attend the Spirit Night at Blaze Pizza on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 anytime between 3 pm and 8:30 pm and show your school spirit.  Blaze Pizza is located at the Bowie Town Center, 15431 Excelsior Drive, Bowie, MD 20716.  Blaze Pizza will donate 20% of the proceeds back to our school.  If you attend the event in person, please either bring the flyer or show the flyer on your phone before paying.  The online ordering instructions (online promo code 1424A at blazepizza.com) are outlined in the flyer below.  Thank you in advance for your support of our wonderful school community!

To celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, we will be having a Pet blessing at 11:30 AM on October 4th after our school Mass.  You are invited to bring the family pets to have them blessed before the noon dismissal.

Please park for carpool as usual, and walk around the middle school wing of the school with your leashed or caged pets to meet the students in the back field. Fr.Tim Daniel will bless the pets in a very short ceremony (a few words and sprinkling them with holy water). By 11:45 students will head back to their homerooms for dismissal, and parents can return to their cars with the pets. Pets must remain in cars when students exit the building at noon.

If a parent is unable to bring a pet, students are invited to either bring a picture of their pet or a stuffed animal to be blessed.

Jen Mayer

Campus Minister
St. Pius X Regional School

Our October tag day (Friday, October 11, 2024) will go to support a local nonprofit organization near and dear to our school.  Mrs. Norris, one of our second-grade teachers, was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2016 at just 34 years old. While fighting her own battle, she decided she wanted to do something impactful to support her fellow fighters.  Since 2017, she has provided comfort and support to nearly a thousand men and women facing various cancer diagnosis, including many in our SPX CommUNITY.  She can't continue this mission alone!  She uses funds to provide bags containing high-quality, non-toxic items to aid fighters through their treatments and surgeries.  She delivers bags locally and ships them all over the country.  Additionally, as a Maryland Certified Community Health Worker, she provides the option of peer support to every fighter she connects with.  She is a fierce warrior with a big heart!  Learn more about Mrs. Norris, her charity, and additional ways to give back here:  https://linktree/chemocarebags

Shannon's Comfy Chemo Care Bag Project Inc.

#NoOneFightsAlone #TheirFightIsOurFight

501(c)(3)

83-4614162

Join us on Friday, October 18, 2024, 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 Regional School at 14710 Annapolis Road in Bowie, MD.  
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM BINGO BEGINS AT 7:00 PMThere are only 200 spots available! Pre-purchase your spot today to ensure entry into the event.

Admission is $25.  Each admission includes one multi-game card. Additional cards and Bingo daubers can be purchased at the event. BYO food, wine or spirits.
Please note this is an event for adults 18 years and older.
Questions, email: katie.mason.summers@gmail.comGet your tickets at: Purse Bingo 
Looking to get your VSP Hours?  Sign-up to help at Purse Bingo here: Purse Bingo Volunteer 

Please purchase tickets here:

7th and 8th Grade Parents--Please volunteer to support the 7th and 8th grade dance

Coming up on Friday, October 11th, our 7th and 8th Graders are invited to our Halloween Dance in the Hall. The Dance begins at 7PM, and you can find all the ticket info above. This email is to recruit all of our family volunteers. We can't make the dance happen without the right number of volunteers, so please take a look at the following Sign-Up Genius and be a part of the fun.

If you have any questions you can ask me, or contact our Dance Chairperson Mrs. Nena Banks: nena.email@yahoo.com

Thank you for your support!

To honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and highlight his accomplishments and the continued need for social justice work, the City of Bowie Diversity Committee is sponsoring an annual art contest for Bowie students in grades K-12. The theme for the 2024-2025 contest is "Keeping The Dream Alive.”  Students can express their creativity through either performing or visual arts.

Entries must be submitted online, and the deadline to enter is December 5 at 5 p.m.  More information is available on our webpage and attached for your reference.  We look forward to seeing the wonderful talent from our Bowie students.

SPX CYO is conducting registration for its winter 2024-2025 Basketball program that the Archdiocese of Washington CYO (ADW CYO) operates. The ADW CYO program aims to help boys and girls foster strong principles of teamwork and sportsmanship both on and off the court, all while developing their physical talents, learning to play fairly and enthusiastically, and appreciating Christ’s presence in their opponents. The SPX CYO program is open for ages 10U - 14U. Please see the attached flyer for more details.

NOTE: 

Registration link: SportsPilot User Login for Registration

THE FOOTBALL MANIA FUNDRAISER IS BACK!

***Please see the attached flyer for more detailed information***

Do you have a favorite NFL Football team? Or do you just like to watch the NFL games?  Purchase a Football Mania e-ticket in support of the SPX CYO fundraiser.
Each game card has three randomly generated teams listed per week (weeks 9-18). Each week, 30 winners will be selected.

Use the link below to email your friends and family who live out of the area.   The possibilities of selling e-tickets are endless! Just make sure they put your child’s name in the seller box so they receive proper credit. This is important, as the class that sells the most tickets will receive a pizza party from the SPX CYO board.

https://www.charitymania.com/register/GE076

For each $20 ticket sold, $14 will go back to SPX CYO for its fundraising goals: (1) maintain the SPX field for our 8U soccer program; (2) purchase new equipment for its sports programs; and (3) lower registration costs for upcoming sports seasons.

Important Dates:
1) Ticket Sales end: Monday, 01 NOV 2024.
2) The fundraiser begins during week 9 of the NFL regular season, starting on 31 OCT 2024.
3) Football Mania will conclude on ~ 05 JAN 2025.
If you have any questions throughout the fundraiser, please email us at:
spx.cyosports@gmail.com

The retake photo day is scheduled for Tuesday, October 29, 2024.  Only students who are having photos retaken that day may wear tag day clothes (but the Tag Day dress code must be followed).  All other students who are not having photos retaken that day must report to school in the regular school uniform.  The parent contact for questions is customercare@legacystudios.com.  The SPX School code to order photos is 4594F25 (shop/legacystudios.com).

The weekly Newsnotes newsletter is emailed to school parents, faculty, and staff Thursday mornings after 10 am.  Event chairs should email any paragraphs explaining the event, photos, event flyers, section headers, etc. to Mrs. Reimer in the front office at preimer@stpiusbowie.org.   Newsnotes submissions are due by 12 noon on Monday for publication that Thursday.   All items (including links) should be proofread prior to submission; entries are subject to editing.   Thank you for your cooperation as we work together to keep the school community informed.