Show Choirs wrap up an amazing season
Our Show Choirs had an amazing season! Thank you seniors for your hard work and leadership … and for sharing your God-given talents with us.
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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.
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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
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Maximizing volume with one piece of paper
Students in Mrs. Karre’s Pre-Calculus class have been calculating how to make an open box with the largest possible volume – all from one piece of paper.
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Erinn Maly on athletics and suffering and how they led her to Jesus
Erin Maly, Pius X campus minister, spoke to students at a Pius Fellowship of Athletes gathering.
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Freshmen theology students receive ‘Word on Fire’ bible
Fr. Asitha handed out Word on Fire Bibles Vol. 1 to his students today in Freshman Theology. The bibles are a donation (thank you!), and every student over the past few years has received one. What is special about these bibles? From the Word on Fire Catholic Ministries website … “The mission of this Bible
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Getting the right mix for Chemistry lab
It takes a lot of work to get a science lab to work just right. Using methods such as filtration and evaporation, students in Joanna Andrews’ Chemistry class were learning about different way to separate a mixture of salt, sand, iron filings and beads.
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Building and breaking bridges a classic Physics lesson
Building and breaking bridges is practically a right of passage in a Physics class, one remembered by many former students. Students in John Cox’s class tested their designs one scoopful of sand at a time. Here’s junior Preston Utemark talking about his design, which held 50 pounds of sand (and the bucket) before collapsing. At
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Graduation Ceremony 2022
Timeline Speech by Senior Anna Mai – 3:15 Choir Song 14:20 Bishop Conley’s Remarks – 18:10 Diplomas – 30:20 Tossing the Caps – 1:14:00 Outstanding Senior – 1:14:20 Final Remarks – 1:18:15
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Student earns honor for mapmaking skills on a topic close to his heart
Anthony Nguyen won a state-wide competition for a GIS map he created about heart disease in Nebraska, a disease that has impacted his family.
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Students perform ‘Quoth the Raven’ with page illustrations
While reading and studying ‘The Raven’ in English 1 taught by Jen Sander, students created their own pages to illustrate various parts of the story.
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Spelling, balance and the psychology of the two
Students in Psychology class taught by Susan Kelly participated in a brain lateralization lab involving balancing a dowel in one hand (timed) while spelling words given by a teammate. The lab illustrates how the two hemispheres of our brain perform different functions. Kelly further describes the activity (from video) It’s a brain lateralization lab so
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Rocket launches in AP Pace class
Senior students Kat Tvrdy and Thomas Greisen break down some of the process and the goal of their final launch day for this STEM-based project.
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Restore: School year begins with prayer for unity
We celebrated a ‘normal’ all-school Mass as part of our first day of this school year. Our theme for the year is RESTORE. Celebrant Fr. Joseph Bernardo, campus chaplain, reflected on his need to restore his body after last spring’s heart surgery, and said he knows many others at Pius X need their own restoration.
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From senior art project to French class ceiling
For her final senior project, Christine Fortenberry painted a reproduction of Pierre Auguste Renoir’s ‘In the Meadow’ onto a ceiling tile that will live in her now-former French classroom. Fortenberry asked her teacher, Laurence Mills, if she had a preference, and Mills choose this particular artwork, but hadn’t seen Fortenberry’s final work until last Friday,
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Students cook up plans for Food Truck activity
Pius X students in Intro to Culinary Arts with teacher Amy Shonka hosted a Food Truck Competition, complete with creating a business plan, model food truck, menu, and 40 food samples as part of the competition. Staff were invited throughout a day last week to taste test and vote with ‘money.’ First place went to
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May Crowning Mass 2021
Our seniors processed in with flowers today to begin our annual May Crowning Mass. Fr. Schwenka’s homily spoke about the many crowns, big and little, we may seek throughout our life. You may listen to the homily below, view our photos, or watch the video of the entire procession above. More Photo Galleries
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Airplanes and stats and analysis
Make two different paper airplanes, toss them each 30 times, mark the distance of each throw, then use the data for analysis.
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Epiphany Mass photos, homily and livestream
PODCAST “His light came not to shine on us, but to shine on the path that leads to him. How much less of a pressure that is. ‘I don’t have to perform. I don’t have to look good so that someone will love me, like me, retweet me.’ … He already loves us.” – Fr.
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Tableaus let students explain books in three key scenes
Students in some of Jennifer Sander’s English classes created tableaus to share key parts of the books they read in literature circles. The students ‘act’ out their chosen scenes by posing with little or no motion, and can only speak one word, if they choose to speak at all. Each group re-created three scenes to
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Constructing the processes in Building Construction class
Don McKee likes to keep his students busy with multiple projects taking place at once, and today’s Building Construction class was a perfect example. He takes time to teach the benefits of having a process to ensure items are cut, hammered, sawed and drilled correctly the first time.
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Culinary students crank out homemade pasta, pesto sauce
Homemade pasta with pesto sauce was on the lesson plan and the menu for students in Intro to Culinary Arts. Teacher Amy Shonka had students using hand-crank machines to flatten and splice the pasta, before returning the next day to finish cooking and enjoying their meal.
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Balancing right- and left-brain capacity in Psych class activity
How well do you balance your left brain and right brain capacities at the same time? Psychology classes taught by Susan Kelly participated in a brain lab, where the object was to use both sides of the brain simultaneously, seeing (based on handedness) how you do when balancing a dowel and spelling words. Does left-hand
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Paper rocket launches a product of physics, calculus, and student ingenuity
Students in the AP Physics (PACE) class designed and launched paper rockets as part of a class lesson. They considered design, weight, length, aerodynamics, and eventually the amount of air pressure needed to launch the rocket toward a target. In the designing stage, students also had the opportunity to conduct a video analysis of their
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Classroom addition namesakes Msgrs. Dawson and Vap visit new addition (with a surprise)
While they were touring, they were surprised by teacher Don McKee with a historical artifact, an old electric jig saw. In-scripted on the handle …
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