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Honors Night Awards 2025

Knights of Columbus Honor Graduates: Hector Barbosa Ramos, Kelly Dinh, John Donlan, Magdalen Driewer, Basil Fulton, Rebecca Furasek, Rachel Guinan, Patrick Gutierrez, David Heimbrecht, Tatum Heimes, George Ivanov, Maya Kane, Claire Kolbet, Ava Miller, Haley Minner, Zane Moore, Julian Morales, Matthew Nguyen, Natalie Oorlog, Jackson Roberts, Lily Russman, Isaac Rutledge, Brody Schnieders, Anna Sroczynski, Lauren […]

Student-journalists honored for leadership on school publications

Members of the Pius X Journalism and Yearbook staffs were recently recognized by the National Scholastic Press Association for serving with distinction on their school publication staffs for at least two years. They join 1,500 high school journalists from around the country in being recognized with the NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism. Journalism (pictured)

Psota named school’s next Director of Counseling

Jess Psota has been named the new Director of Counseling for Pius X Catholic High School, incoming CAO Jeremy Ekeler announced on Tuesday. A current school counselor at Pius X, Psota will take over for Shelly Pick, who is retiring at the end of this school year.  Psota has dedicated her entire professional life to

Tran named new principal at Pius X

Jeremy Ekeler, incoming CAO at Pius X High School, has announced Jennifer Tran as the next school principal.  Tran is a former English teacher at Pius X, and has served in Catholic school administration the past six years, the past four as principal at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School. She will officially begin this summer taking

Pius X names next CAO

The Diocese of Lincoln Catholic Schools has named Jeremy Ekeler as the new chief administrative officer of Pius X High School in Lincoln beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. Ekeler is a 1997 Pius graduate and former teacher and coach at the school who currently serves as executive director of Opportunity Scholarships of Nebraska. “The

2024-25 Fall Semester Honor Roll

Scroll below to view the Gold and Green honor rolls. The Gold Honor Roll indicates a student has earned a 3.75 to 4.0 grade point average in the semester, while the Green Honor Roll indicated a student has earned a 3.5 to 3.74 GPA. Gold Honor Roll Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Seniors Gabby AlatristeEstuardo Alfaro

Mock Trial team qualifies for state competition

The Mock Trial team is headed to the state competition! Pius X won its regional competition, earning its spot in the two-day final. Team members at the regional competition included Nicole O’Donnell, Maria Fix, Claire Kolbet, Isabel Buss, Aubrey Buckner, Jaxson Hanks, Jonah Meduna, Brody Schneiders, and Isabella Nemec. They are coached by Andy Barry,

The Masur family of educators at Pius X

Three members of the Masur family work at Pius X High School this year. Erin Masur (author of the cover letter for this month’s newsletter) is a former math teacher and current assistant principal; Danielle Karre is a math teacher and department chair, and Mark Masur is in his first year at Pius X as

Fall 2024 Student-Athlete Signings

Thunderbolt student-athletes were honored for having committed and signed to play a sport in college. More student-athletes in the Class of 2025 will be honored in the spring. Zachary Barnes Parents – Gary and Lisa Barnes Collegiate Sport – Football College Choice – Dordt University—Sioux Center, Iowa Conference Affiliation –Great Plains Athletic Conference Division –

Results from AcaDeca Scrimmage

The Academic Decathlon team competed in their first scrimmage of the season. Results: Caroline Fulkerson (Honors): Art: Bronze Jonah Meduna (Honors): Art: Silver; Literature: Bronze Kaily Wesely (Honors): Art: Gold; Literature: Gold; Math: Bronze Inara McArthur (Scholastic): Art: Bronze; Literature: Gold Malachi McArthur (Scholastic): Art: Silver; Literature: Silver Leo Werner (Scholastic): Art: Gold; Math: Bronze

Meet the Counseling Center Team

Connie Freudenberg is in her 14th year at Pius X High School. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Chadron State College. (Although some students are hesitant to believe this, Chadron is in the state of Nebraska.) Her first teaching position was on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at a Jesuit-Catholic school ~ Red

New hires for school and foundation

Tessa Contreras is from Lincoln, Nebraska. She grew up in St. Joseph Parish and is now a parishioner at St. Teresa’s. She graduated from Pius X High School in 2010. She holds a bachelor degree in Psychology and also studied Philosophy and Child, Youth, and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Tessa

Brown named head coach of Thunderettes

Riley Brown is the new head coach for the Thunderettes Dance Team at Pius X High School. “I have a passion of being there for young girls and pouring into them,” Brown said. “I know what it’s like to go through high school with social media and insecurities. I believe it really fills my own

New teachers this school year at Pius X

Fr. Dale Allder ’13 Fr. Dale Allder was born and raised in Lincoln. He was a member of St. Peter parish growing up, and attended school there through 8th grade. Afterward, he attended Pius X and graduated as part of the Class of 2013. Fr. Allder studied chemical engineering for a year at UNL and then

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

2023-24 Spring Semester Honor Roll

Scroll below to view the Gold and Green honor rolls. The Gold honor roll indicates a student has earned a 3.75 to 4.0 grade point average in the semester, while the Green honor roll indicated a student has earned a 3.5 to 3.74 GPA. Gold Honor Roll Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Seniors Elle AckermannGrace ArrigoRyan

Honors Night Awards 2024

Knights of Columbus Honor Graduate: Ryan Aschoff, Samuel Becker, Anna Maria Butler, Noah Cao, Avery Carr, Elise Chadwick, Andrew Deter, Cat Dinh, Jadyn Dodd, Ashlee Dudek, Jaden Epp, Randi Furasek, Jocelyn Grenemeier, Amanda Gutierrez, Cora Halverson, George Kane, Makenna Kramer, Alexander Krzycki, Skylar Mailander, Ava McCoy, Julius Meduna, McKenna Morris, Gretna Nguyen, Keighden Nguyen, An

Honor Roll – Spring Semester 2022-23

Gold Honor Roll Seniors – Class of 2023 Juniors – Class of 2024 Sophomores – Class of 2025 Freshmen – Class of 2026 Seniors – Class of 2023 Aldrich, Sydney NicoleAldridge, Elizabeth SueAldridge, Jackson RandallAlesch, Joseph HunterArmagost, Morgan WilliamArndt, Ayden AnthonyBarry, Catherine Alice CarterBauman, ClareBeck, Mason JeremyBecker, Samuel PatrickBlatchford, William GregoryBousquet, Claire OliviaBrandl, Corbin JosephBrott,

Students earning Regents Scholarships

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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

Masur named new assistant principal

Erin Masur will be the newest assistant principal at Pius X High School starting this summer! Erin has been a math teacher at Pius for the past seven years, and this past year served as the coordinator for our IEP and 504 accommodation plans. Her special education work and her knowledge of our school will