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WEEKLY UPDATEWEEKLY UPDATE

PRINCIPAL'S LETTERMay 26, 2020

Dear St. Pius X School Families & Community,

The School Commission is a consultative body established to advise and support the Pastorand Principal. The School Commission helps develop and de�ne policies affecting theoperation of the school and governs the school's �nancial status. The Commission consistsof the Pastor, or his delegate, the Principal, and nine members, six selected and threeappointed positions. Members must belong to the St. Pius X Parish or have children in theschool. Members serve a three year term but no more than two consecutive terms.

We have three School Commission members whose terms have ended. I have had theimmense privilege of working with the following dedicated and experienced people: TessTiosejo, Kim Clark, and Denise Farmer. Thank you for your good counsel, especially these pastfew years.

All three open positions are up for election by the members of our parish school community.The nominating committee has accepted the following three candidates for consideration:Mrs. Anna Kaminski, Ms. Amy Kunkel, and Mr. Duy Le. Please read their bios below and thenvote using the following link by Friday, May 29. Thank you.

Additional, there is one sta�ng update to bring to your attention. After 20 years of service toCatholic education, our phenomenal PE teacher, Mr. Tim Feeney, will not be returning to St.Pius X this fall and instead, begin phasing into retirement. This was a di�cult decision for him,but as he eases into retirement, it means more time with his family. I've included Mr. Feeney'sgood bye letter to all of you below.

Final Notes:

End of Year Dates & Highlights are listed under "Important Information" below.

Don't forget our Spring Talent Show is going LIVE--online! Information �yer is postedbelow. Please note all submissions must be turned in by May 28th. Our Talent Show will

be published on our Pius Eagles youtube channel for subscribers only, so now is the timeto subscribe to our channel too!

The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Fundraiser dinner (grilling hamburgers/hotdogsto go by Drive-Thru this Friday, 5/29, beginning at 5:30PM-(until sold out). Please see the�yer for information and pics of the delicious food.

News You Can Use:

Follow us on Facebook or Instagram (@stpxschool).

Continue to follow our parish Facebook as Fr. Cal posts Mass as well as updates andmessages: https://www.facebook.com/stpxchurch/ https://stpxparish.com/ and alsoinformation on the revamped parish website https://stpxparish.com

All School Prayer on our mainpage www.stpx.org or on our youtube channelhttps://tinyurl.com/vo9dmqy

Peace and blessings,Mrs. Farewell

SCHOOL COMMISSION CANDIDATE BIOSMy name is Anna Kaminski. I grew up and attended Catholic school in Poland. I am mom of2nd grade St. Pius X student, Malina. Having been part of the St. Pius X School family for 3years, we value and appreciate the dedication of the administration, faculty, and staff to striveto offer the best combination of religious and academic education for our daughter. I amlooking forward and blessed to be a part of the School Commission to serve as a consultativebody to advise and support the St. Pius X School.

Hi, my name is Amy, and this would be my �rst year with the St. Pius X School Commission.Last year I helped with the 2020 school auction. I'm hoping to bring what I learned during thattime to help contribute to this committee. I believe that school is a good place where childrenlearn how to get along with others and make safe choices along with important goals for theirfuture. I have worked at UWNW for 12 years. Also, during my free time, I do outreach forhomeless families with a local organization.

My name is Duy Le, parent of St. Pius X School 7th grade student Grace Le, and 3rd gradestudent Nathan Le. I was born in Vietnam 50 years ago. I am the oldest in a Catholic family offour boys. Both of our children have been to St. Pius X School since Pre-K. I am a parentvolunteer and have had the opportunity to be involved at St. Pius’ school activities. I certainlylook forward to inserting myself where I am needed. I would like to engage myself in theSchool Commission as I want to know the happenings of our school faith community, and tocontribute my knowledge and experience. I believe as a Catholic, it is important that wecontinue to give our time, talent, and treasure to our school and church as our children’s faith,academic, social, and emotional successes are strongly dependent on the incredible worksthat we, their parents, collaboratively produce and bring to the table for their future.

Thank you for voting using the following link by Friday, May 29.

EAGLE PRIDE!Anyone for Eagle Pride?

Ms. Rash would like to recognize her entire PreK class for being fabulous!Mrs. Murphy would like to recognize my whole class for spelling all of their wordscorrectly on last week's spelling tests.Miss Bucy's Eagle Pride this week goes to Robbie and Chelsie for working super hard andcatching up on all of their work. Also the whole �rst grade class for being polite duringthe class meetup calls.Miss Creighton would like to recognize all of my 2nd graders for their fun participation onour class calls! They are also continuing to do amazing work and staying so positiveduring distance learning!Ms. Michaels' Eagle Pride goes to the 3rd graders who came by the school last Friday forthe curbside pick up.Mrs. Castillo would like to thank all of the 4th graders for continuing with their positiveattitudes through these 10 weeks of distance learning. She would especially like toacknowledge the hard work of the following students who completed the MarshmallowChallenge: Molly McB, Rachel B, Natan M, Calleigh T, and Jordan C.Ms. Melton's Eagle Pride goes to the whole 5th grade for thriving with Distance Learning.Turning things in on time and turning in quality work. Way to go!Mrs. Poteet would like Eagle Pride to go to all 7th graders for their hard work on theirMissionary Discipleship projects.Ms. Yim's Eagle Pride goes to Eagle pride to Alex, Sophie J, Sophia F, Bernie, Isabella, andTanu for staying motivated and engaged in their learning.Mrs. Fox would like to give Eagle Pride to Leona T (6th) and Sophia S (3rd) for working ontheir coding skills by both designing games in Hour of Code. And Maddison R (4th) formaking a very creative and fun PowerPoint.

Happy Birthday to Loyd in preschool!

FROM MR. FEENEY

Dear Teachers, Parents and Students,

As we approach the end of this school year I am proud to have taught PE full time at twoCatholic schools for twenty years. I have achieved my goal of teaching twenty years in a row. Ifeel super emotional to tell you that I will not be returning to teach PE at St. Pius X schoolnext fall. I am happy to enter this new phase of my life, but I will miss all the teachers andstudents.

My plan is to still teach three days a week to “phase” into retirement. I am excited to be ableto have longer weekends at our home in Central Washington until my wife and I are ready forfull time retirement.

I feel proud of my work at St. Pius X. Arriving at school excited to provide my classes withnew activities and fun games has provided me with inner joy. I have felt genuinely appreciatedand that is the greatest feeling ever.

Sincerely,

Mr. Feeney

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONEnd of Year Dates & Highlights: MAY 26-JUNE 10

Tuesday-Friday, 5/26-5/29 Preschool celebration of learning (appointment)Wednesday, 5/27, 8th grade graduation pictures & school materials pickup & drop offThursday, 5/28, Spring Talent Show submission deadlineThursday-Friday, 5/28-5/29, Final 8th grade completed work dueMonday-Friday, 6/1-6/5, PreK celebration of learning (appointment)Monday, 6/1, Virtual Field Day in the afternoonTuesday, 6/2, 8th grade Multicultural Showcase via TeamsWednesday, 6/3, 8th grade Baccalaureate Mass, Facebook LIVE at 9am with Fr. CalWednesday, 6/3, All School Graduation Celebration Drive Thru Parade at 2:30pm in thechurch parking lotWednesday, 6/3, 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony to followThursday-Friday, 6/4-6/5, Final K-7 grades completed work dueMonday-Wednesday, 6/8-6/10, new & returning preK & K "meet your teacher" appointments,pick up/drop off school materials & end of year readiness assessments.

Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9 & 10 will be scheduled appointments for pick up/drop off ofmaterials (books, computers, etc) for students in grades 1-7. Sign ups will mirror how wecoordinate Fall Conference sign ups.

Final report cards will be mailed home on Friday, June 12.

REMINDER - 2020-21 Registration Contracts – We are looking forward to having yourchild/ren attend St. Pius X School for the next school year (2020-21). A onetime $50 FACTS

fee, tech fee and your registration fee (s) will be billed through FACTS Tuition ManagementSystem in June.

Tuition Discounts include:

$500 for referral of a new full time student5% off when you prepay tuition in fullSibling discount

We do not want �nances to hinder your child's access to a great Catholic education. Whenreturning your Enrollment document, please indicate if you are seeking tuition assistance in anemail or write this on your contract. Families will need to make sure all information in FACTSManagement is current.

Send completed documents to o�ce@stpx.org or place in an envelope and send via post toSt. Pius X School, Attention: Enrollment, 22105 58th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 ordrop in our mail slot under the main o�ce window on 58th Ave W.

First Day of School: Monday, August 31, 2020

Fall CYO Soccer & Cross Country--sign ups forms below.

SCRIP SALES on Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9am-1pm

Please read Important Information in the �yer below.

Sign up for online SCRIP by going to https://shop.shopwithscrip.com/Login/Enroll1. Setting up your online Scrip Account: Go to https://shop.shopwithscrip.com/Login/Enroll

and click Register, then click Join a Scrip Program. Enter our enrollment code: D167-D8F91-L712

2. Your account will be associated with our non-pro�t organization so you can begin earningrebates!

3. Fill in all required personal information and click “I Accept”. Choose two securitychallenge questions from the list and provide answers.

All School Drive-Thru Graduation Parade, June 3 at 2:30PM in the church parking lotWe will celebrate, honor, and graduate our Class of 2020 on June 3rd. We look forward to anAll-School Car Parade, much like our May Day parade held earlier this month, with familiesdriving thru and remaining in their cars while acknowledging and cheering on our graduates.Again, the parade will be on June 3rd at 2:30pm.

Congrats to all our Marshmallow Challengers!Thien (K), Gillian (K), Ryan (1st), & Serena (1st), Beatrice (1st), Gwenann (1st), Thien Kim (1st),Jacob (2), Molly (4th), Natan (4), Calleigh (4), Jordan (4), Ciara (7), Anbin (7), DaShawn (7), andGrace (7).

First Place goes to Thien in Kindergarten! He created a free standing structure followingall requirements of 40 inches. Way to go!

TEAM B LOOKINGGOOD!

TEAM MCB X 3

WAY TO GO! EXCELLENTENGINEERING

GREAT TEAMWORK!

Our Runner up is Jordan (4th) with a structure of 25 inches--nicely done Jordan.Honorable mentions go to Ciara and Anbin in 7th grade. Well done everyone!

Our top winners had structures too big for our picture gallery, so go to our website to see theirpictures and all our Marshmallow Towers: https://www.stpx.org/dl-showcase

Check out this follow up TED Talk:https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower_build_a_team/transcript?language=en#t-387371And here's the full link to this activity:https://tinkerlab.com/spaghetti-tower-marshmallow-challenge/

Thanks Mrs. Castillo for this STEM activity!! Science is COOL!

WOW! LOOK ATTHAT!

WELL DONE!

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