Parent Letter
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April 16, 2019
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday, April 17 All School Mass – 9:00 AM, Full Uniform
Rice Bowls are due
Thursday, April 18 Holy Thursday Reflection Lunch – 11:30 AM (*note time change)
Tentative – Volunteers needed
Friday, April 19 Good Friday
Passion of Our Lord Play Stations of the Cross – 10:30 AM
NOON DISMISSAL – NO AFTERNOON ESS
Sunday, April 21 Happy Easter!
Monday, April 22 - NO SCHOOL – EASTER BREAK
Friday, April 26
Monday, April 29 School Resumes
2:00 PM Dismissal
School Commission Meeting – 6:00 PM
Tuesday, April 30 Track & Field begins – 3:30 – 4:45 PM
Wednesday, May 1 All School Mass – 9:00 AM, Full Uniform
May Crowning
Spanish Ambassador Meeting – 5:30 PM
Friday, May 3 Auction Event – Bunco with St. Pius X teachers and staff –
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 4 International Dinner – 6:00 – 7:30 PM – Jocson-Arata Family Gym
2019-20 Registration Contract – We are looking forward to having your child/ren attend St. Pius X School for the next school year (2019-20). If you have not re-enrolled yet please submit your registration contract by Friday, April 12, 2019. If you would like to make any changes to your FACTS Payment Plan please contact Mary Brown at mbrown@stpx.org or at 425-778-9861.
Rice Bowl – Please turn in your child/ren’s Rice Bowl to their class by Wednesday, April 17th. We wish to thank the students who have collected money for Catholic Relief Services through the Rice Bowl. It will be combined with the parish Rice Bowl collection.
Holy Thursday Reflection Day – On Holy Thursday, April 18th at 11:30 AM (*note time change) all students will participate in a Holy Thursday Reflection lunch. The purpose of the day is for us to be aware of the number of people including children that do not have enough to eat every day. Please do not bring outside lunches for your child/ren on this day. Volunteer parents will prepare chicken noodle soup, a roll and milk for lunch. The entire student body eats quietly Please have your child/ren bring $$ to be donated to our local St. Vincent de Paul Society. We encourage you to pack a healthy snack for first recess. Volunteers are needed.
Good Friday – On Good Friday, April 19th Mrs. Van Hollebeke and the 8 th Grade class will present the Passion of Our Lord Stations of the Cross at 10:30 AM in the Church. Please join us.
CYO Track & Field – Practice will be on Tuesdays and Thursday from 3:30 – 4:45 PM beginning on Tuesday, April 30. If your child is in Grades 3-8 we encourage them to come out for track. It is a great community building CYO event that unites all the St. Pius X population across all the grades.
NOTE: 3 rd Grade participation will be based on the size of the 4 th Grade boys and girls teams. With 3 rd Grade participants each team would be allowed a maximum of 8 members for a meet. It has never been an issue in the past as we have always been able to have people participate so if they want to participate I encourage them to sign up.
We will be having meets on the following dates: (times to be posted later).- Preliminary: Saturday, May 4, 2019 (Renton Stadium)
- Relay: Saturday, May 11, 2019 (Renton Stadium)
- 8th Grade Pentathlon: Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 12:30pm (West Seattle Stadium)
- Qualifying: Saturday, May 18, 2019 (Highline Stadium)
- Championship: Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 10:00am (All-Comers) & 12:00pm (Highline Stadium)
Carpool Exchange for 2019-20 School year – A new family is looking for someone to drop their children off after school in exchange for them bringing your children to school. Their location is in the 176 th & Highway 99 area. Please contact Mary at 425-778-9861 if you are interested in doing this.
**VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES**
Thank you to all you awesome volunteers who have been making a difference at our school!
FUNDRAISING HOURS:
SCRIP Coordinator – The SCRIP program is in need of a Coordinator to organize, order and do the bank deposits for the SCRIP gift cards. Some of these hours can be done at home. Mrs. Hilerio will train.
Pizza & Juice Coordinator – In order to continue having monthly Pizza & Juice we need a coordinator to organize and run this fund raiser.
GENERAL HOURS:
**Holy Thursday Lunchroom Helpers –Volunteer parents are needed to prepare chicken noodle soup for our traditional Holy Thursday lunch, and help distribute a roll and milk. Hours are from 11am to 1pm; please sign up with Mary in the front office.
Lunch Recess Monitors – Volunteers are needed daily during the lunch recess from 12:20 – 1:00 PM to help Mrs. Raney and Mrs. Keenan with playground duty. These hours would go towards your general hours. Please sign in at the front desk.