Mark Your Calendar 1/16 School Mass 8:15am 1/21 No School MLK Day 1/23 100th day of school (PreK-3 to 4th grade) School Mass 8:15am 1/26 Khaki & Plaid presents The Royal Ball 6:00pm Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 1/28 Catholic Schools Week Begins 1/29 Spelling Bee 2:00pm SPX Gym 1/30 School Mass 8:15am 2/1 Storybook Parade 8:30am in SPX Gym PreK-3—5th grades 2/6 School Mass 8:15am 2/8 First Friday Mass & Adoration 8:15am Noon Dismissal/ Teacher Professional Development Day Bunco/Poker Night 7:00pm—10:00pm

January 11, 2019

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

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Active learning in 1st Grade

Some learn best by sitting in a desk, some get their wiggles out on a bouncy ball while they work, and some students learn best sitting on the

carpet. Our students are actively learning throughout the day!

Offertory time during our School Mass

St. Pius X Catholic School celebrates Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools: Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed Calendar of Events

Sunday, January 27, 2019 School Choir performs at the 10:15am Mass All students who wear their Full Dress Uniform to the 10:15am Mass will receive a FREE DRESS Day on Tuesday, January 29th. Open House from 11:15am—12:30pm Monday, January 28, 2019 Thank you to our Parish Staff Teachers and students honor our parish staff with cards and breakfast 80’s Day, students may dress up in 80’s styles

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Thank you to our Teachers Teachers may wear jeans today 2pm spelling bee in the SPX Gym, 1st-3rd, 4th-5th, 6th-8th will be competing

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Thank you to our Community School Mass at 8:15am, Blessing of the teachers Crazy sock day, students may wear crazy socks to school with their uniforms. Crazy hat day, students may wear a crazy hat with their uniforms after Mass

Thursday, January 31, 2019 Thank you to our Parents Planning for your future, all students may wear a college shirt/jeans

Friday, February 1, 2019 Thank you to our Students Storybook Parade in Gym at 8:30am (PreK-3 to 5th grades) 6th—8th grades may dress as their favorite novel character 8th grade CO2 car races after Storybook Parade

MY NAILS

MY NAILS (located next to Twin Sisters on N. New Braunfels) is having a fundraiser

for St. Pius X Catholic School.

10% of your purchases during the month of January will be donated to our school.

Please make sure to sign the log in sheet at MY NAILS.

Are you selling your Catholic Life Raffle tickets?

Fr. Pat has given permission for your students to sell after any and all of the weekend Masses.

Also, every school is guaranteed to have a $1000 winner that will be drawn from our tickets, plus you have the

potential to win one of the AMAZING prizes.

Much better odds than the lottery AND you are helping OUR SCHOOL!

All families must sell at least $100 worth of raffle tickets.

Tickets are due by January 31, 2019 Help us reach our goal!

Hope for the Future for the 2019-2020 School

year is NOW OPEN!

The Hope for the Future link can be found on our school website:

https://school.stpiusxsa.org/tuition-assistance

Seen in the Middle School hallway

Welcome to the Catholic Faith! Congratulations to Aaliyah L. who made her

First Communion this week during our School Mass.

8th grade American History

Our 8th grade students are discussing History. They are describing major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic, listen closely and you will hear discussions of the

XYZ Affair, the Election of 1800 and Jefferson's Policies, American settlers moving West , the Louisiana Purchase , and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Second Grade Resolutions

Our Second Graders made resolutions for 2019. Here are a few: “I want to wake up early for school so I won’t be late.” “...to try to not eat candy and to do better on tests” “to do my chores without being

asked” “helping my mom and dad do the dishes”.

The St. Pius X Stephen Ministers are ready to serve. If you come across an adult who is hurting for any reason (grief, job loss, illness, caregiver stress, move, etc.) and could use some-one outside of their family and friends just to listen, please let us know. The person does not have to be Catholic and does not have to be a parishioner. Even if they are outside of our geo-graphic area, we can refer them to another Stephen Ministry church. For more information, please see our website: https://stpiusxsa.org/stephen-ministry

PreK-3

Our PreK-3 students are enjoying their morning centers

time. They are learning communication skills and

social interaction.

Children in our ELC program are able to seamlessly continue their Catholic education from

our ELC program into the first grade through

eighth grade at St. Pius X Catholic School.

In fact, life-long friendships have been

established and continue well beyond the years spent at

St. Pius X.

https://school.stpiusxsa.org/pre-k

St. Pius X Annual Parish Retreat February 22 - 24, 2019

Fr. Pat invites you and your family to our Annual Parish Retreat at the beautiful H-E-B Foundation Camp in Leakey, Texas. Don't miss this opportunity to

spend a relaxing weekend in the Texas Hill Country with family and friends of our Parish.

The retreat begins Friday evening and we return Sunday morning (transportation on your own). Private accommodations are available for each family, couple or individual at this amazing camp site at the Foundation Camps. Cost is: $80 per family, $40 per couple or $20 per individual. Registration forms are available on line and in the church office. Registration and payment must be received in

the Parish office by February 8, 2019.

For additional information, please contact: Tammy Martin, (210) 551-9284 or tmartin-coco@satx.rr.com

Lost & Found

We have moved the Lost & Found to the classroom across from the Art room.

Please remember to put your child’s name in all items.

Thank you!

Third Grade STREAM projects!

Our third grade students had a BLAST doing their volcano demonstration this week! They have inquisitive minds!

Library Time

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” -Pablo Picasso

Athletic Fundraiser

Thank you to Mrs. Ussery for purchasing the first snacks

during lunch! She treated her entire 2nd grade class!

Snacks are always available for purchase during lunchtime for $1.00 (you must send money

with your children to purchase these snacks)

• Chips • Cheez-Its • Muffins • Donuts • Fruit Snacks • Popcorn • Rice Krispie Treats • Gardetto's

Prayer has a huge ebb and flow. When we try to pray, sometimes we walk on water and sometimes

we sink like a stone. Sometimes we have a deep sense of God’s reality and sometimes we can’t

even imagine that God exists. Sometimes we have deep feelings about God’s goodness and love,

and sometimes we feel only boredom and distraction. Sometimes our eyes fill with tears and we

wish we could stay in our prayer-place forever, and sometimes our eyes wander furtively to our

wristwatches to see how much time we still need to spend in prayer. —from Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

Our 3rd graders enjoyed their library class this week. A quiet corner to enjoy a new book is always a fun treat!

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