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Calendar of Events
Benediction
Friday, May 4
2:15 PM
First Communion
Sat. and Sun.,
May 5 and 6
Play Day
Friday, May 11
11:00 - 2:00 PM
Note: If anyone witnessed an accicdent at the corner of Central and Secor on Wed., morning, May 2, please contact the school office.
A special THANK YOU to the 'friend of St. Pius X' who remembered our secretaries with flowers this past week!
From the 2 Mrs. J's
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Sock Collection
by Ryan Bee and Tate Johnson
The 2nd and 3rd grade classes are collecting socks for Hannah's Socks. All grades are asked to start bringing in socks, any size, any color. If we meet our goal, we will play sock dodgeball. It will be Pre-K vs. K, grade s1 vs. 2, grades 3 vs. 4, grades 5 vs. 6 and grades 7 vs. 8. This game will only happen if we reach our goal of 1,000 socks. Grade 3 will be teaching the little ones how to play and refereeing all the games. |
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Student Advidsory Council is Looking for New Memebers
The St. Pius x School Advisory Council is looking for new members. The Student Advisory Council (SAC) is a dedicated group of parents who serve is an advisory capacity to the school Pastor and Principal. They represent the people of our school and parish community. SAC board members serve for three years. Scheduled meetings are held once a month on Tuesdays, except during the months of December, June and July. If you would be interested in sharing your talent and serving on this committee, pleaase submit your letter of intent to Mrs. Richardson in the school office.
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Play Day
by Sydney Enck and Kalie Heaton
This year, Play Day is on Friday, May 11, and as in the past, the 8th graders will be in charge of this fun-filled event. The games that have been planned are fish pond, cake walk, theater, Just Dance, fortune telling, basketball, face painting, video games, Guitar-Hero, and Casino. Raffle tickets will be sold next week for 25 cents each or 5 for a $1. Game cards will also be sold for $1 each. If you buy raffle tickets, you will have the chance to win some awesome prizes that our wonderful families of SPX have donated. As in the past, there will also be a variety of food items in the lunchroom like, pizza, walking tacos, nachos etc. At the end of the day, there will be a rally in the gym where all of the prize winners will be announced. Be sure to bring in your money and plan to have a great day! |
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Stock Competition
by Alan Fahoury and Gabe Barrow
The Blade's Stock Competition is when the Toledo Blade gives your team 4 stocks each with a $10,000 in imaginery money to buy shares. You put that $40,000 of imaginery money into the stock market and who ever goes up the most in the 12 weeks wins. First place prize is $250 for the classroom and $250 for the school. Second place wins $250 for the classroom and third place wins $100 for the classroom.
Our boy's team, the Stocker, came in fourth place our of 153 teams at the end of the stock competition. The Stocket portfolio was made up of Apple, Nike, Under Armour, and Fusion Io. Until the middle of the competition, we were allowed to trade any of our stocks if we thought they weren't doing well. We did changed Nike to Dick's Sproting Goods because we thought they were going to go up because of spring sports. At the end of the competition, our ending value was $49,368.96. We were only $86.16 away from third place. However, 4th our of 153 teams is great and we are proud of our accomplishment.
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May Crowning
by Abbi Weber, Tvisha Martin and Briana Palmer
In celebration of the holy life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and as part of our traditional honoring of Mary during the month of May, the eighth grade class took part in the crowning of Mary with a crown of flowers. The crowning of Mary is a privilege given to an eighth grade student and it is based on an essay with the topic "What Does the Blessed Virgin Mary Means to Me." The essays are then given to the faculty and staff to judge. The person with the winning essay gets the honor of crowning Mary and the second place writer gets to carry the crown. This year the court consists of Ema Fish, Gregory Fretti, Tvisha Martin, Briana Palmer and Abbi Weber. Tvisha Martin crowned Mary and Abbi Weber carried the crown.
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Will YOU be a Winner? Playday, the annual carnival sponsored by the 8th grade, is fast approaching. Next Friday, May 11th, this always fun event will run from 11:00 until 2:00 followed by the drawing for the raffle prizes. Among the many great prizes are numerous gift cards from iTunes to Sonic to Target to Coldstone Creamery and more. There are passes to Splash Bay Waterpark and countless other items. Tickets are $.25 each or 5 for $1.00 and will go on sale next Monday, May 7th. The day would not be complete without games and food. Game cards are $1.00 for 10 games. Watch for a BRIGHTLY colored flyer to come home today with a complete menu and all the details. If you can volunteer to help on May 11th, please see the request from Amy Allen enclosed in this newsletter. Thank you in advance from the Class of 2012 for your support of Playday which will fund our class trip to Columbus. |
Stock Update
by Laura Mosler and Aubrey Self
Since February, the boys and girls of the sixth grade have been competing in the Toledo Blade Stock Contest. The girls placed between 120th to the 130th range throughout the competition. For the first half of the competition, the girls' stocks were Libby Glass, Vera Bradley, Starbucks and Coach. For the second half, they switched to Costco, Macy's and Bank of America. The girls decided to keep Coach because it was doing so well. Overall, the sixth grade girls team, "Sparkle" had two stocks that made an overall profit of $2,000 which isn't as much as the boys, but it is enough for us to feel good about ourselves and it was a great experience. |
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Year Long Research Project
by Skylar Jolly and Spring Baumann
As an eighth grade student at St. Pius X, your Language Arts class is devoted to a research project that spans the entire year. The culmination of this project is our individual presentations at the end of the year. Each student gets to pick their own topic. This needs to be a topic that you are interested in and something that will also hold your interest for the entire year. After you pick your topic, then you are required to send out at least ten letters to different contacts requesting information and anything that will help you get a better understanding of your topic. Notebooks, binders and journals are also part of this project. Some of the YLRP topics this year include photography, NYC, honey, Candy, airlines, roller coasters around the world, Korea, and space aeronautics, to name a few.
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8th High Schools
by Gregory Fretti and Hunter
The 8th grade class has made their final decisions about hwere to go for high school. This year the class has chosen a veriety of public and catholic schools. The class will graduate on May 31 and begin their high school careers at the end of the summer.
Central Catholic High School Taylor Rhoades Briana Palmer Ramey Daiber Cardinal Stritch High School Cody Iwinski
St. Francis deDales High School Gregory Fretti Nik Miller Braden Ramirez Daniel Kim Francis Keller Andrew Deller
St. John's Jesuit Sebastien Johnson Evan Allen
St. Ursula Academy Kalie Heaton Sydney Enck Tvisha Martin Abbi Weber Spring Baumann Skylar Jolly
Southview Cullen Platz
Toledo School for the Arts Ema Fish
UT Early College Hunter Pierce |
PLAY DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
SPX Play Day 2012 will be held on Friday, May 11 from 11:00-2:00. This day is sponsored by the 8th grade. All proceeds will go towards their class trip to Columbus in May.
Many volunteers are needed. If you still need volunteer hours, this would be a great way to get them in before the end of the year!
If you are able to help, please RSVP by:
returning this form to Amy Allen at amy.allen@bex.net<mailto:amy.allen@bex.net>
returning this form to school, marked "play day"
calling Amy Allen at 419-215-4483
Thanks for any help you are able to give!
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_____ 11:00-12:00 _____ 12:00-1:00 ____ 1:00-2:00
I would be willing to help:
____with classroom games _____ in the Family Life Center
____ in the kitchen _____with the raffle
____ where ever needed
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name phone or email.
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Congratulations SPX!
Our clothing drive has finished and we are very proud to report that the total number of pounds collected was 1120. This exceeds our goal of 1000 pounds, thanks to you and your effort!
Kindergarten was the winner with 311 pounds. Congratualtions to all our kindergarten students on a job well done!
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Blue Jug Basketball Game
by Cullen Platz and Sung-Dae (Daniel) Kim
On April 20th the annual Blue Jug basketball game between our 7th and 8th grade students took place at St. Francis deSales High School. As part of the tradition, each team picks their team names and colors. Also, each player can decide their own nick names for this game. The 8th graders were the Gladiators and the 7th grade team picked the name of The Lucky Ducks. In the boys game, it came down to the very end as the game was filled with tension and the score going back anfd forth, not knowing which team was going to win. In the end, the 8th grade boys pulled it out by a score of 42-40. Unfortunately, the girls game was a bit different and everyone still had fun but The Lucky Ducks were crushed by the Gladiators with a score of 28-8. All in all, the Blue Jug was a fun game and fun time for all. |
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