Announcements
Administrative Assistant in Front Office
Lincoln Pius X High School has an opening for an administrative assistant in the front office. Successful applicants will be welcoming, service-oriented people who will contribute to the effective operations of the school through a wide variety of tasks. This full time position includes working with databases, calendars, schedules, and clerical duties for the Principal and Chief Administrative Officer. Essential Job Functions• Greet guests and direct them to the appropriate school personnel.• Compile necessary information from the Student Information System (SIS) to support the work of administration and staff, employing Excel as needed.• Communicate with parents and students regarding attendance.• Perform clerical duties for other administrators, as requested. This may include developing reports, filing information, creating mailings, and typing correspondence.• In cooperation with other administrative assistants, make copies/scan and send documents as needed for administration and staff members.• File records of teachers, as needed.• Make and receive calls, take messages,
Summer workout times
Males: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (Meet at Tennis courts) Senior/Juniors: 7am-8:15am – Senior/Juniors start at 7 am go till 8:15am Sophomores: 7:15am-8:30am Freshman: 8:15am-9:30am Females: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (meet at Tennis Courts) 9:30-10:45 No Workouts on Memorial Day or July 4th
Summer food service program locations
Check out Nebraska’s Summer Food Service Program. The program which provides free summer meals to kids and teens (ages 1 – 18) may be available in your area at select locations. The meals help ensure children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is out for the summer. There are many open summer meal sites throughout the state of Nebraska. Text FOOD or COMID to 304-304. Visit this USDA webpage for details of locations in the Lincoln area after May 26.
Volunteer Opportunity
We are looking for a few volunteers to help give tours of Pius X High School and to help with cleaning up after the Reunion party on August 5th, 2023. This will be a fun event for all reunion years ending in 3 or 8 and for all who have previously celebrated their 50th class reunion as well as all Cathedral High School graduates. Alumni Host Couple/Friends from 4:00-7 p.m. to set up food while Mass is happening and restock throughout the night. School tours from 5-7 p.m. of the new addition/and or entire school. This would be a great senior service opportunity! Clean up from 7 -8 p.m. would be a great service hour opportunity for incoming seniors wanting to get a head start on service hours! Thank you for your consideration in volunteering just a few hours of your time to help make this reunion night the best
Volunteer Opportunity
We are looking for volunteers to help with the 12th Annual ThunderBOLT Fun Run! If you do not plan on participating in the Fun Run on August 5, 2023 at Holmes Lake Park- we could sure use your help from 7 a.m. – 10a.m.! Please check your calendar and save the date to volunteer for this fun family friendly event! We need all kinds of help, but mostly for the start/finish line, recording results, directing people on the course to medics. Please choose your preference from the selection. We could use alumni, parents and students needing service hours to help us out. This would be a great opportunity for the incoming seniors to get a start on their service hours 🙂 Thank you for your consideration! Sign up at ~ https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e45abae28a64-12th#/ Questions? Contact Mrs. Heath in the Alumni/Foundation Office or e-mail – kristin.heath@piusx.net.
Work Ethic Grant for 2023-24 school year
After a pilot year for the Work Ethic Grant, Tom and Rhonda Peed have generously decided to continue the program for Pius X students that will be seniors and juniors in the Fall of 2023. This is a matching grant of up to $1,000 per student ($5 per hour for up to 200 hours maximum) applied to the student’s tuition. If the tuition has already been paid, a reimbursement will be issued to the student’s family. Hours worked from May 1, 2023 through August 15, 2023 are eligible for this grant. Learn more about the Work Ethic Grant on our website – PiusX.net/workethicgrant.
Summer Uniform Try & Buy Event
A uniform sale will be held Saturday, June 17th from noon to 4 pm. New uniforms, gently used uniforms from the Thrifty Thunderbolts, and Pius X gear sold by the Booster Club will all be available. Uniform items can also be requested through this webpage – https://www.piusx.net/students/uniforms/request-form/.
About end of year balances for school meals
The automatic funding of lunch accounts via the myschoolbucks website will be disabled on May 16. Be sure that your student’s lunch account has a positive (or zero) balance at the end of the school year. Negative account balances will delay grades and schedules.
Honor’s Night Awards
Knights of Columbus Honor Graduate Sydney AldrichElizabeth AldridgeJackson AldridgeCatherine BarryClare BaumanMason BeckWilliam BlatchfordClaire BousquetCorbin BrandlMichaela BunzMcKenna CallahanRuth CunninghamTyler DiedrichsenQuan DoJared DodsonEmma EasleyAndrew FurasekMackenzi HarrelAva HoffschneiderHaley HolmesChau HongLillian JohnsonJustin KerkmanHailey KobzaMariah KringsSarah LangNicholas McGahanCambree MeyerAlexis MontecuolloLuke NebelAnthony NguyenGabrielle NguyenHong Anh NguyenBridget NickmanCecilia NickmanAlex OdgaardDominic OldenburgLucia RutledgeSydney SchmidtBrooklyn ShotkoskiSarah SindelarNathan SochaLucas SteuterConnor TheisenSophia TimmermanHannah TlamkaWhitney TomesJacey TranMaria TranVi TranMatthew VuMadison WestbrookSimon Willis 4.0 GPA for Seven Semesters Sydney AldrichElizabeth AldridgeJackson AldridgeCatherine BarryClare BaumanMason BeckWilliam BlatchfordClaire BousquetCorbin BrandlMichaela BunzMcKenna CallahanRuth CunninghamTyler DiedrichsenQuan DoJared DodsonEmma EasleyAndrew FurasekMackenzi HarrelAva HoffschneiderHaley HolmesChau HongLillian JohnsonJustin KerkmanHailey KobzaMariah KringsSarah LangNicholas McGahanCambree MeyerAlexis MontecuolloLuke NebelAnthony NguyenGabrielle NguyenHong Anh NguyenBridget NickmanCecilia NickmanAlex OdgaardDominic OldenburgLucia RutledgeSydney SchmidtBrooklyn ShotkoskiSarah SindelarNathan SochaLucas SteuterConnor TheisenSophia TimmermanHannah TlamkaWhitney TomesJacey TranMaria TranVi TranMatthew VuMadison WestbrookSimon Willis 4.0 GPA for Five Semesters Ryan AschoffSamuel BeckerCharles BudellAnna Maria ButlerNoah CaoAvery CarrElise ChadwickAndrew DeterJadyn DoddAshlee DudekJaden EppLivia FarmerRandi FurasekJocelyn GrenemeierAmanda GutierrezSidda HagedornCora HalversonStevie Kay HansenDavid HeimbrechtJacob HugginsGeorge KaneMakenna KramerAlexander
Student Council 2023-2024
President: Noah CaoVice President: Charlie Budell Class of 2024:Avery CarrJacob HugginsOwen JakubWasuk KoseAva McCoyAn NinhJack SchafersAudrey SrbKate VacekZach Woosley Class of 2025:Brayden ArmagostIsabel BussEaston GubbelsDrew HughesNatalie OorlogLily RussmanAvery ThomsenJamie TranYen TranLucy Willis Class of 2026:Jesse AndresJackson FroeschlBrynn HartAlyssa MontecuolloCael MorrisFrances NebelLibby PreisterMarcus RobertsKatelyn TranBrynn Ulrich Class of 2027:Leah KorusCharlie MatternCharles MatthesMaily NguyenThanh NinhMaria RiordinNoah RussellGisella RutledgeSam SchauerMalia Woosley
STEM Summer Camp-South Dakota School of Mines
South Dakota School of Mines is offering a variety of STEM summer camps for grades 8-12. There are also virtual camps for grades 5-7. Details can be found at: https://www.sdsmt.edu/summercamps/
Qualia Global Scholars Program Summer 2023
Qualia Global Scholars is a selective, four-week, online academic enrichment summer program organized by Stanford University undergraduate and graduate students for talented pre-college students from around the world with diverse interests and backgrounds. Students are admitted through a competitive application process and placed into cohorts based on their experience and interests. Application link:www.qualiahq.com Need based financial aid is available. Based on our learnings from prestigious institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and Yale, this program is designed to inspire and empower pre-collegiate students by connecting them with world-class mentors from Stanford University who have a strong track record of succeeding at top institutions and working on some of the most pressing problems of our world. Under the direct mentorship of Stanford students, students learn, grow, innovate, and form a close-knit community as they work to transcend the frontiers of innovation and impact.
UNK Junior Day April 19th
University of Nebraska Kearney will be holding their Junior Day on April 19th from 12:45 to 4:00. Meet the deans, explore academics, student life, aid, resources, and take a campus tour. https://click.kearney.unk.edu/?qs=971c859c1cabbc240f51a5cc14288545f7428e3a8e33ae3ea130da292d2a565a9216c209ad2f736939a7a84351ec14f9aead8b379e456a56
AP Exam schedule
Tests will be held on the following days if you have signed up. You need to bring two #2 pencils, no mechanical pencils. Blue or black pen. A Calculator if allowed. Dress in layers as the testing rooms tend to be cool. Be on time for your test. Mon., May 1 – 12 pm ~ Chemistry Tue., May 2 – 8 am ~ ~ Environmental Science Wed., May 3 – 8 am ~ English Literature & Comp. Wed., May 3 – 12 pm ~ Computer Science Thur., May 4 – 8 am ~ Human Geography Thur., May 4 – 12 pm ~ Statistics Fri., May 5 – 8 am ~ ~ US History Mon., May 8 – 8 am ~ Calculus Tue., May 9 – 12 pm ~ Physics: Mechanics 2 pm ~ Physics: Elect. & Magnetism Wed., May 10 – 12 pm ~ Biology Fri., May 19 – 12
Junior and Senior Weekly Emails
The Counseling Center sends regular emails to junior and senior students and parents. Each email contains information such as: college rep visits, dual credit offerings, scholarships, financial aid, job opportunities, etc. Please be diligent about checking these Friday emails as there are opportunities and deadlines specific to our junior and senior students.
Scholarship available for students taking college courses while enrolled at Pius X
This scholarship is for financially needy students who desire to take college courses during high school. The UNL Nebraska Now Program, Nebraska Wesleyan Honors Academy, Southeast Community College classes (on campus, DC Advantage and The Career Academy), and regular on-campus UNL classes may be paid for through the ACE Scholarship if a student qualifies (financial need) and applies. The application for the ACE Scholarship is at: https://ccpe.nebraska.gov/ACE and click on Financial Aid. Students should visit their counselor for more information on any of these opportunities: – The Career Academy – https://piusx.net/tca – DC Advantage (Online) – NWU Honors Academy – Nebraska Now (Online)
NCAA/NAIA Eligibility
All students who want to participate in athletics after high school in any Division I, II, or NAIA college MUST register at the NCAA or NAIA Eligibility Center. Complete these online forms during the second semester of the junior year. For information, visit www.eligibilitycenter.org or www.playnaia.org. Use code 9999 for the NCAA and code 9876 for the NAIA to have your ACT scores sent to these organizations. Please be aware that the following courses are not accepted as core courses by the NCAA: College and Career Writing, Competitive Public Speaking, Algebra I Fundamentals, Geometry Fundamentals, Algebra II Fundamentals, Family Issues, Human Relations.
Eligibility information for hopeful NCAA/NAIA student-athletes
All students who want to participate in athletics after high school in any Division I, II, or NAIA college MUST register at the NCAA or NAIA Eligibility Center. Complete these online forms during the second semester of the junior year. For information, visit www.eligibilitycenter.org or www.playnaia.org. Use code 9999 for the NCAA and code 9876 for the NAIA to have your ACT scores sent to these organizations. Please be aware that the following courses are not accepted as core courses by the NCAA: College and Career Writing, Competitive Public Speaking, Algebra I Fundamentals, Geometry Fundamentals, Algebra II Fundamentals, Family Issues, Human Relations.
Drivers education courses
Pius X High School does not offer drivers education courses for teenagers, but we are aware of area businesses that provide this training. They include, but may not be limited to: All Metro Driving School Road Ready Southeast Community College