Features

Spreading the love – and mulch – of service on their campus

Students in our National Honor Society really earned their service hours earlier this hot and humid week by pulling weeds, spreading mulch and much more on the grounds of our school. A huge thank you to the students (and the NHS sponsor and supporting staff) for keeping our campus beautiful!

Students receiving new scholarships, plus an update on OSN

Today is the official day the new Opportunity Scholarships Act (LB1402) becomes law! Much work has gone into this effort, building on the success of LB 753 from the 2023 session. Pius X has 44 students already receiving aid from Opportunity Scholarships Nebraska (OSN) to attend our school this upcoming year. There are still more

Finding clarity at a low point, with Charlie Budell

Senior Charlie Budell thought his life was full with all the right things. During his junior year, he said he was hitting a low and had an encounter with Christ at the Fall Retreat, giving him clarity on what more God was offering him.

New ‘beef to school’ option has benefits for students at Pius X  

Pius X is expanding its Farm to School Program, adding Nebraska-grown beef to its ingredients. Currently, the program features local farm fresh vegetables, melons, pumpkins and squash, eggs and bison for its students, of which about 600-800 eat the main entrée offered in the school’s breakfast and lunch menu.   This new initiative will provide beef

Machines that make sandwiches using 20 steps

The annual Machine Contest at Pius X – involving students in the AP Physics (PACE) and Accelerated Physics classes – featured six machines built over multiple weeks, with planning lasting more than two months.

Accelerated Physics students launch eggs

Students of Jeremy Scheffler’s Accelerated Physics class were recently assigned an “egg artillery” project. They were able to group up to four people and were tasked to launch an egg as far as possible using any contraption they decided to build. “We could’ve done it a variety of ways, but we chose to use a

Spanish IV students share books with elementary students

Every year, students in Spanish IV create children’s books written in Spanish, and the best books from each class are voted on to be read to young Spanish learners. The students visited elementary schools to read their projects to the young students on Friday, March 15. “Students have to use ten vocab words from Spanish