SPX Activities
The TIARA is the student-produced yearbook of St. Pius X High School. This is an extracurricular activity that freshmen through seniors are eligible to join. The editor is a junior or senior who has shown a great degree of dedication to the staff for at least one year. Yearbook meets after school two to three nights per week. Duties consist of taking photos, writing captions, designing page layouts, etc.
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SPX Ambassadors are student leaders who represent St. Pius X within our school, in our local grade schools and out in our community. They participate in tours, parish visits, pep rallies and various other campus events. They enthusiastically share about their experience at St. Pius X, are knowledgeable about the workings of our school, lead in faith and welcome prospective students and families. The Ambassador program seeks to assist students in growing interpersonal skills, especially in the areas of communication, networking and public speaking.
Offered as a course, X-Factor Broadcasting provides students with the skills and knowledge to be informed consumers of media in a technological society. Our main responsibility is to produce the daily announcements (the X-Factor), cover school events, and learn the purpose and skills of journalism. The course provides the opportunity for students to learn basic journalistic and technological skills used in a career of radio, digital, and television production.
Students will research, gather, and analyze information to create audio & video productions for broadcast to a variety of audiences. In this course, students will work with sensitive equipment, so they must be responsible and trustworthy. In addition, students must be self-motivated, dependable, and able to work well as a team. Student tasks include script writing, video recording, and video editing.
They will also assist the St. Pius X community and staff on video projects, as needed. Students will gain an understanding of preproduction, on-air, and post-production roles and responsibilities of news broadcasting. Outside work is expected.
(Students Against Destructive Decisions formerly known as Students Against Drunk Driving) SADD has become a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and teen depression and suicide. All students are welcome to join. SADD meets monthly depending on various planned activities.
