1st Quarter

I cannot believe that we are wrapping up the 1st Quarter this week!  We have already accomplished so much since the beginning of school on August 24.  We spent the first week getting to know each other!  I have quite a talented bunch this year!  Football, Soccer, Sewing, Volleyball, and Track are just a few of the after school activities that the 4th graders are involved in!  In September, we had a visit from the Windy City Players that performed the "real" story of Sleeping Beauty!  We also participated in our first Student Council elections and Tyler R. was the victor!  All of the kids did a great job with posters and speeches; it was a very close race!  Austin, Chrystian, and Gabby participated in the All School Spelling Bee.  Chrystian is moving on to the K of C Bee in November! All of the spellers did  w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l!!  October 7 we had the annual Jog-A-Thon!  This is a very important fundraiser for our school!  Thank you to all of your friends and family for their generosity!!  We also had our first field trip in October.  We went to the Imagination Station (take a look at the video below this post).  The kids spent the day exploring different areas of science.  They all behaved very well and came back with many stories and information to share with the class!  We will round out the month with our Halloween Party!  Stay tuned for pics.....we are off to a great start!!!

Imagination Station Field Trip

Catholic Schools Week

3rd Quarter Happenings

Many exciting things have been happening at St. Pius School this quarter and the best is yet to come!  Our 3rd Quarter started off with the students learning to multiply larger numbers!  I think they amazed themselves at how quickly they caught on to this difficult concept!  We are now learning long division and, once again, the kids are tackling the challenge and doing a fantastic job!

We just ended an exciting Catholic Schools Week at St. Pius.  On Monday, the kids had pajama day and a read-in.  Building blanket forts in the classroom is always a ton of fun!  On Tuesday, we had Spirit Day and the kick-ball and volleyball competitions between the classes.  Room 4-11 beat us by one run!!  It was a very exciting game and the kids really exhibited great sportsmanship!  Wednesday was CRAZY day!  The kids had funky hair and clothes (so did Mrs. P!).  Thursday we celebrated Mass and our wonderful Priest, Deacon, Mr. Jerry, and Mrs. Seward.  In the evening we had a Book Bingo and yours truly was the MC (don't give me a microphone!!).  We wrapped up Catholic Schools Week with Camp Day!  The kids dressed in camp gear and we played camp games and had a sing-a-long with the entire school!  It was a fabulous way to wrap up a great week that celebrated Catholic Schools!!

Lent is beginning this Wednesday and we look forward to Stations of the Cross every Friday at 2:15. This is a wonderful way to walk with Jesus and remember the Passion of Jesus as a faith community.

There are a lot of exciting things still to come in the 3rd and 4th quarters...stay tuned!