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School Office 3030 Gus Thomasson Rd., Dallas, TX 75228 Office Hours on School Days 7:25 am to 3:30 pm 972-279-2339 WWW.SPXDallasSchool.org
School Staff Principal Tana Scott ext. 326 [email protected] Assistant Principal Stephanie Wahlstrom ext. 126 [email protected] Administrative Asst. Margaret White ext. 122 [email protected]
Parish Office 3030 Gus Thomasson Rd., Dallas, TX 75228 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm 972-279-6155 FAX 972-686-7510 WWW.SPXDallas.org
Safe Environment Ginger Farrell ext.146 [email protected]
Virtue of the month:
Prayer of the month:
Dear SPX Family- Today, our students in grades 5-8 participated in our
annual Vocations Day. It was a great day and the stu-
dents had an opportunity to hear testimonies from
many of our own SPX family members. I want thank
our own Father Sal, Father Patrick and Ryan Buchanan .
I also want to thank and recognize Father Larry, who
served as our Pastor of SPX from 2001-2009. Special
thanks and appreciation to Sr. Mary Paul, Sr. Josephine, Sr. Maria
Gomez, Tammy Grady and very special recognition to Katie Rinehart,
who was our 6th grade teacher last year, as she is now in her first year
of becoming a consecrated woman. The girls were able to visit with her
through skype. It was so good to see and hear from her!
I want to thank the vocations committee for all of their time and ef-
forts to make this a special and very meaningful day for our students.
Next week, we will have our PTO meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Our
band will be performing, so I ask that you come to support our PTO
and learn how you can serve our school and support our wonderful
band students. In addition, next week, our annual Spelling Bee will
take place on Thursday, Nov. 16 @ 1:30 in Parish Hall.
Next week too, is our last week before we are out for Thanksgiving Break. This year, we will be out a full week. (Nov. 20-24). There is NO early release day in the month of November.
Have a wonderful Weekend- Putting HIS Children First, Tana Scott, Principal
Charity
Act of
Faith
ISEE PREP-INFO In preparation for your students taking the ISEE Test, Bishop Dunn High School is offering multiple test dates on our campus for the ISEE: December 9, January 13 and 27, February 17, March 24, and April 28. In order to assist your students in a successful taking of the ISEE, we are again offering an ISEE Prep Course beginning on November 7 and running through January 11, 2018. For only $50, your students will receive 12 one-hour sessions of prepa-ration for the ISEE test from qualified Bishop Dunne teachers. www.bdcs.org
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Hello parents – a huge thank you to those who have signed up and using our new Sangha app! I spoke with the support team earlier this week and they were so complimentary of our school. They were pleased with how quickly our parents joined the app. We are almost at 100% participation – thank you parents! For those that are hesitant or who still haven’t joined, I encourage you to download the app. Sangha (means community) is a tool used to connect and simplify interactions between parents, teachers, and schools. This new communication tool brings our school messages, calendars, events, consent forms, and volunteering right to our parents’ fingertips. Just download the app – it’s free! If you haven’t received an invitation, please let me know, I will make sure information is sent to you. An invitation was sent out Thursday evening, only those who have not signed up should have received the invitation. You will need to turn on the push notifications on your phone so you are able to receive the alerts. If you have questions or problems, contact [email protected], make sure to tell them you are a St. Pius parent. To learn more about Sangha, check out these resources: Overview Video: https://vimeo.com/117935889 Sangha Website: www.sanghapp.com
DPL VOLLEYBALL
ALL-STARS
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CLASSROOM
SPOTLIGHT: KINDERGARTEN’S FIRST FIELD TRIP
with Mrs. Salazar & Ms. Vasquez
Dallas Arboretum and
Botanical Garden
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November 13-November 18
Tuesday, November 14-Mass Day 8th Grade Visit-Bishop Lynch 6:30pm PTO Meeting-Parish Hall Thursday, November 16– Progress Reports Friday, November 17-Bake Sale Kinder Feast-Communion Hall
November 20-November 24 Thanksgiving Break
Fifth Grade Service:
Volleyball:
Congratulations to all of our teams that compet-
ed this year, Thank you for representing Tiger
Athletics!
Football:
Thank you for representing our SPX Tigers at
the respective DPL schools you participated
with!
Fifth grade performed service at the North Texas Food Bank. They worked for a program called, “Food 4 Kids”. This program provides hungry children in Dallas with food for the weekend when they are not able to have free breakfast and lunch at school. The students worked hard and pack-aged 4,688 meals which was 5,625 pounds of food. All the students thought the work was fun and many commented they wanted to come back and do this again. The employee from the Food Bank who worked with the students commented that they were invited back anytime. She has never had a group of students work so hard and follow directions so well. She said this is one of the best groups of school students she has ever seen. Way to represent your school well FIFTH GRADE!
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This year’s theme is “Family” honoring the St. Pius X Families. Drawings must be made on an 8”x11” paper …. Portrait style.
Color is better and make it dark enough to copy.
Rough Draft is due to Ms. Donahue by Monday, November 27th. Final Entry is due to Mrs. Huggins Monday, December 11th
Entries will be judged by your teachers with the winning picture featured on the Cover!!!
Runner up pictures will be published on the back cover.
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Safe Environment Info: If you are already a ‘cleared, active volunteer in our parish/school please ensure you have signed off on the “most current” Safe Environment poli-cies & procedures and the Social Media Policy; both forms must be signed for your status to remain cleared and active. Current SE Forms can be found at the school/church office, on the Church website under Safe Environment, or by contacting Ginger Farrell at [email protected]. As always, to remain an active volunteer an annual training is required – please use this link to update your training on-line; note – this link is for current/active vol-unteers only: http://dallas.setanet.org/obligations.php. New Volunteer Trainings are listed below – the on-line screening form must be sub-mitted prior to attending the training, use this link to complete the form: http://dallas.setanet.org/index.php Safe Environment Training in English – Family of Faith (New Volunteer Training) * Options: November 16, 2017 – Media Center English: (i.e. School Parents, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ministry Leadership, and Ush-ers etc.) 6:30pm – Interviews and photo IDs taken; there is a $5 fee for anyone that may need a replacement. Training begins at 7:15pm.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Información Segura sobre el Medio Ambiente: Si usted ya es un "voluntario vol-untario y despejado en nuestra parroquia / escuela, asegúrese de haber firmado las" más ac-tuales "políticas y procedimientos de Medio Ambiente Seguro y la Política de Medios Sociales; Ambos formularios deben estar firmados para que su estado permanezca desactivado y activo. Las formas actuales de SE se pueden encontrar en la oficina de la escuela / iglesia, en el sitio web de la Iglesia bajo Ambiente Seguro, o contactando a Ginger Farrell en [email protected]. Como siempre, para seguir siendo un voluntario activo se requiere un en-trenamiento anual - utilice este enlace para actualizar su capacitación en línea; Nota - este en-lace es solo para voluntarios actuales / activos: http://dallas.setanet.org/obligations.php .
Nuevos cursos de formación de voluntarios se enum eran a continuación: el formulario de evaluación en línea debe ser presentada antes de asistir al curso de for-mación, utilice este enlace para rellenar el formulario: http://dallas.setanet.org/index.php Entorno seguro en Español- Familia de Fe (nueva formación de voluntarios) * Opciones: Noviembre 15, 2017 - Media Center Español: (es decir Los Padres de la Escuela, lectores, Ministros de la Eucaristía, ujieres, etc. ) 6:30pm - Entrevistas y fotos id, ya que es una tarifa de 5 dólares a cualquiera que necesite un reemplazo. Comienza la formación de 7:30pm.
For Safe Environment Questions or Concerns, contact: Ginger Farrell
St. Pius X Catholic Church Safe Environment Director
972-279-6155 ext. 146
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