1 October 23, 2020 Newsletter St. Pius X Catholic School “Building Leaders for Christ” 7734 Robin Rest, San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 824-6431 ,(210) 824-7454 FAX www.stpiusxsa.org/school Fr. Pat O’Brien Pastor Jenny Kerr Principal Mark Your Calendar 10/23 LAST DAY TO ORDER SPIRIT SHIRTS! See website for details 10/24 5K Virtual Run 9am-11am SPX Campus 10/26-Literary Pumpkin Patch 10/30 10/27 Bike Rodeo 10/28 School Mass 8:15am Honors Assembly after Mass 10/30 Spirit Dress Students may wear their Spirit shirts and jeans to celebrate our school pride! Halloween Movie Night 11/1 All Saints Day Our 2nd graders will recite their saints bio during the 12pm Mass 11/4 Middle School Mass 8:15am Vision & Hearing Screening 11/6 First Friday Mass and Adoration 8:15am Our 2nd graders will recite their saints bio during Mass 11/9 No School (due to Assembly) Teacher-in-Service Day 11/11 Veteran’s Day Mass 8:15am https://school.stpiusxsa.org/ calendar. Congratulations! The relatively young SPX soccer team ended the season with a 4-0 win! Big highlights this season include Dominic‘s hattrick, Vicente scoring at least one goal at every game, Isaac’s return to the game, and SPX alumni cheering them on! Congratulations to Coach Christina for a great season!
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1 October 23, 2020 Newsletter
St. Pius X Catholic School
“Building Leaders for Christ” 7734 Robin Rest, San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 824-6431 ,(210) 824-7454 FAX
www.stpiusxsa.org/school
Fr. Pat O’Brien Pastor Jenny Kerr Principal
Mark Your Calendar 10/23 LAST DAY TO ORDER SPIRIT SHIRTS! See website for details 10/24 5K Virtual Run 9am-11am SPX Campus 10/26- Literary Pumpkin Patch 10/30 10/27 Bike Rodeo 10/28 School Mass 8:15am
Honors Assembly after Mass 10/30 Spirit Dress Students may wear their Spirit shirts and jeans to celebrate our school pride!
Halloween Movie Night 11/1 All Saints Day Our 2nd graders will recite their saints bio during the 12pm Mass 11/4 Middle School Mass 8:15am
Vision & Hearing Screening 11/6 First Friday Mass and Adoration 8:15am Our 2nd graders will recite their saints bio during Mass 11/9 No School (due to Assembly)
Teacher-in-Service Day 11/11 Veteran’s Day Mass 8:15am
https://school.stpiusxsa.org/calendar.
Congratulations!
The relatively young SPX soccer team ended the season with a 4-0 win! Big highlights this season include Dominic‘s hattrick, Vicente scoring at least one goal at every game, Isaac’s return to the game, and SPX alumni cheering them on! Congratulations to Coach Christina for a great season!
We are thankful for the St. Vincent DePaul volunteers who help support our local community. We are asking each student to bring the following items
to help St. Vincent DePaul create a Thanksgiving dinner for 100 families.
Please turn in all items to your homeroom by November 12, 2020.
Thank you for supporting our very own St. Vincent DePaul volunteers.
PreK-3 2 boxes of stuffing PreK-4 2 boxes of stuffing Kindergarten 3 boxes instant mashed potatoes First Grade 3 boxes instant mashed potatoes Second Grade 10 packets turkey gravy Third Grade 4 cans of cranberry sauce Fourth Grade 6 cans of chicken broth Fifth Grade 4 cans of fruit Sixth Grade 4 cans of fruit Seventh Grade 6 cans of corn Eighth Grade 6 cans of green beans
8th grade high school tours
Every year, our 8th grade students are invited to tour and learn about our Catholic high schools. This year is a little different, but our first virtual tours included lunch delivered for our 8th graders along with virtual visits from SPX alum now at Central and Incarnate Word. Upcoming tours include Antonian and St. Anthony’s, with more scheduled later during November. Click on the school logos to learn more about our Catholic high schools in San Antonio.
Our 4th grade class hamster, Nibbles, is a gift from SPX Middle School retired teacher Virginia Moreno.
The students help care for him and have used the chrome books to do hamster research and then created reports on their research. Nibbles and the 4th graders are very happy
together! Thank you Mrs. Marenco!
NJHS Sock Drive
Donations can be taken to your child’s
homeroom.
The class with the highest percentage
of packages of socks and underwear will
win an ice cream party.
Mask donations will
not be counted towards the contest,
but are greatly appreciated.
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Dear Parents,
The SPX Library is sponsoring the 1st annual Literary Pumpkin Patch for any students
who would like to participate. Pumpkin Patch rules will be explained to the students, but I
thought you’d like to have this information too, in case you have any question.
LITERARY PUMPKIN PATCH RULES
1. The theme of the pumpkin decorating is “My Favorite Storybook Character”.
2. Pumpkins can be painted or colored, but NOT carved. Acrylic paints or permanent
markers work best. Watercolors tend to run. Yarn, pipe cleaners, construction
paper, etc. may be used to decorate the pumpkin. Paste or glue may also be
used.
3. CARVED pumpkins will NOT be accepted.
4. Pumpkins cannot be bigger than a basketball!!
5. There may be only ONE (1) pumpkin character per student.
6. Each entry should be clearly identified with the following information:
a. Student’s name and class (teacher name/grade)
b. Storybook character the pumpkin represents
7. Please bring pumpkins to the library on Monday October 26, 2020-Wednesday
October 28, 2020.
8. There will be a Certificate of Participation awarded to each student. This event will
not be judged. We want to promote literacy with this fun family event. Each
student that participates will also receive a pass for Free Dress on Thursday,
October 29, 2020.
9. Pumpkins will be returned to the students on Friday, October 30. The pumpkins
MUST be taken home that day by 3:30pm, or they will be thrown away. Pumpkins
will be available for pick up at the students’ normal dismissal location or sent to
After School Care.
10. Participation is totally voluntary and should be done on the student’s own time.
It will be fun and exciting to see what literary characters are represented by the creative
minds at SPX. I hope that this will be a faBOOlous success this year and for years to
come! Please feel free to email or call me if you have any questions. Thanks for
All donations go to support our school, just select
St. Pius X when you sign up.
Thank you for supporting
Catholic Education!
Movie Night on Friday, October 30th
Join us for our Halloween Movie Night • 7pm • On the baseball field • Showing “Hocus Pocus” • Everyone come in costume • We’ll have hot dogs, drinks, chips, candy or bring your own snacks • Bring blankets • Invite your friends!
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Building Leaders for Christ!
5th Grade History Class
Our 5th grade students are making history come alive with their presentations. “Can’t you make them behave, King George?” by Jean Fritz was the topic of discussion this morning.
