January 10, 2019

#warriorproud

FROM THE OFFICE:
You may have already received or may be getting an email from
jmonachino@my.com. This is not a legitimate email please do not respond to to it. Ignore it or report it as spam.

Our web address (URL) has changed to a much shorter option!  

PLEASE CHECK THE URL WHEN MAKING PAYMENTS ONLINE AS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT URL!
The new URL is spxkc.org
Our website and all email addresses now have the domain spxkc.org (NO LONGER stpiusxhs-kc.com).  This includes staff and student emails.
We will have a transition period in which both email domains will accept incoming emails, however, if students are trying to sign into their account through gmail, they will need to use the new domain (emailaddress@spxkc.org).

In addition, the PowerSchool URL has changed.
The new link for parents and students is https://kcsjdh.powerschool.com/public/home.html 
The link can always be found under the quick links section on the front of our website as well.  The transition is happening in stages, currently all PS records can be accessed through a desktop computer using “old” logins.  The mobile aspect is transitioning to new district code and all logins will eventually work. Announcements are being made daily to students as the transition unfolds, thank you for your patience!

NIGHT AT THE IMPROV!
Are you ready for some Entertainment and some incredible items to bid on at the auction!!  
SPX Night will feature Dale Jones, semi-finalist on the NBC hit series, Last Comic Standing. Boasting over 20 years of television and live performances, Jones is sure to offer an an unforgettable night of laughter and fun.
Event date:  Saturday, February 2nd
Gold Level:  (VIP Seating for 8 – only a few left!!)$ 1000
Silver Level (VIP Seating for 4) $500
Individual tickets:
Premier Seating - $85 each
Middle Area - $75 each
Upper Tier - $65 each
**New Feature** Wristband for Draftcade after the Comedy Show - $5.00 – unlimited game play
5pm – Doors open
5:45 pm – Heavy Appetizers
7:00pm – Live Auction
7:45-9pm Dale Jones

Buy your tickets now at https://spxkc.org/improv

Enrollment is LIVE for the 2019-2020 school year!  You may begin anytime!  
To begin the Enrollment process for 2019-2020 please complete the Tuition Contract and submit with the Enrollment fee.  Once completed, you will be contacted by St. Pius X High School with information regarding the next step in the Enrollment process. Please follow the link below to begin.  https://stpiusxhs-kc.com/tuition-contract

Freshman Families:
We hope you will join us next Monday, January 14th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm as we welcome licensed professional counselor Michael Ciaccio from Center for Healing.  I invited Mr. Ciaccio and his team to work with our freshman class after learning about his program through the Diocese. He and his team will be visiting with your son or daughter during our seminar period on 1/17, 1/31, and 2/7 (males and females will be separated during these talks).  Before meeting with the students, the team likes to sit down with parents only in case you have any questions or concerns about the program. He will discuss the balance between the spiritual and mental life within the human person. Early in his career he discovered that people are hungry for human formation, a deeper healing of wounds, and sound Christian principles.  Please join us in the library, and if you'd like more info about Mr. Ciaccio or the Center for Healing please check the link. 
https://centerforhealingkc.com/

PARENTS ASSOCIATION:
The Parents Association meeting scheduled for Jan 8th has been rescheduled for Jan. 16th.  6:00 in the SPX Library. We hope to see you there!

Celebrating our WARRIORS!

Congratulations to the following students who earned a place on the Honor Roll for first semester 2018-2019.

Principal's Honor Roll:
Abbott, JoAnna Marie          
Brogoto, Annaliese
Bryant, Sara Nicole          
Cherrito, Mia Nicole
Dailey, Reagan Myra
DeMayo, Sydney Marie
DeVreugd, Lindsey Cathleen
Ervie, Olivia
Glorioso, Angelina Marie
Kalaiwaa, Logan Mahana
Kenney, Maria Alexis          
Klingenberg, Samuel
Krueger, Olivia Jean
Liberto, John Joseph
Malott, Alaina Marie
Maruco, Benjamin
McCoy, Blaise
Noutoua, Kheana Raelle
Ott, Gavin
Ringel, Thomas
Ross, Thomas
Schiesl, Jonathan L.
Taylor, Kathrynne          
Taylor, Kyle
Taylor, Peyton A.
Tomc, Genevieve Celia
Torres, Sofia Irene
Tran, Kevin D.
Wilcox, Jake
Winkeljohn, Kelsey L.
Wright, Joshua          
Anderson, Mary Elizabeth
Aspiazu, Mark              
Brogoto, Isabelle Christine
Cascone, Nathaniel Michael
Chirpich, Emerson Marcella
Ewing, Amanda E.          
Gehrke, Leah
Hansen, Erik William           
Hughes, Auburn Rose
King, Jenna Lorraine          
Martin, Daly Tanner
Omecene, Edward Joseph Blackshere
Parrish, Catherine Ann
Pollina, Anthony John
Power, Kaleb Michael
Truong, Yen Hai                
Vu, Steven Ngo
Widman, Lauren Ashley 
Witherow, Elizabeth Suzanne
Bednar, Kayleigh                
Bohr, Kathryn
Bohr, Lauren                    
Cernich, Anna
Elliott, Gabe Robert
Grothaus, Chloe
Hall, Alyssa                    
Harms, Cole    
Johnson, Olivia                
Racy, Tyler Brett
Ross, Anthony Michael            
Schmidt, Joanna Kathleen
Still, Madeline Nicole                
Anderson, Hannah
Anikwe, Adanna                
Anikwe, Uchenna
Garza, Austin                    
Giffin, Megan
Hall, Ashley                    
Lim, Joanne
Melton, Madison                
Mosh, Jack
Pham, Andrew                
Pitluck, Natalie
Weiner, Allison                
Young, Samantha

A Honor Roll:
Anderberg, Noah John            
Anikwe, Chiekezie Gerald
Aretakis, Sean E.                
Bonadonna, Nicholas
Boos, Nathaniel J.                
Calcara, Anthony James
Comer, Daniel William            
Cox, Brayden Douglas
Dunn, Nathan Michael            
Elling, Cole Michael
Feagles, Caroline Eloise            
Garcia, Katelyn Nicole
Gernigin, Taylor Anne                
Jones, Annie
Kremer, Lillian Marjorie            
Melcher, Kennedy R.
Monachino, Gino Joseph            
Monge, Andrea Fiorella
Nguyen, An Nhat Khanh            
O'Brien, Dylan Michael
Perlik, Elizabeth                
Pham, Amy Vy
Schmidt, Rachel                
Simone, Hope Alana
Sims, Elizabeth Frances            
Storm, Nathan Patrick
Tang, Jessy Bao Nhi                
Wade, Ben C.
Weiers, Meredith Suzanne            
Baddoo, Lawrence Leonard
Beardman, Liliana Elizabeth            
Brockman, Grace Ann
Brull, Ted                    
Calandrino, Lilyan Marie
Cangelosi, Charles Vincent            
Carr, Makayla Jordan
Drake, Avery                    
Emmons, Finoula Ann
Epperson, Alexis Marie            
Epperson, Joe Edmond
Finazzo, Alex Anthony            
Finazzo, Magen Joann
Hayes, Erica                    
Hess, Eleanor Rose
Hoffman, Lilly Irene                
McKellar, Anna Catherine Maria
Nguyen, Diana Na                
Pellumbi, Peter Tonin
Pham, Serena Phuong My            
Pittman, Ellie Marie
Rupnow, Blair Josephine            
Sarmiento, Erica Galang
Torres-Bowlin, Brooke Ashley            
Tran, Lam-Quynh Vo
VanWinkle, Jenna Nichole            
Voss, Nickolas Michael
Anyanike, Nnamdi                
Bonadonna, Charles
Cagakit, Lara Angeli                
Calcara, Isabella
Carr, Grace                    
Cascone, Emma
Chirpich, John                    
Conroy, Angelina
Cummings, Courtney                
Dailey, Connor
DeFabio, Anna Noelle                
Deters, David J.
Ervie, Samuel Thomas            
Fierro-Cheda, Paola
Gengler, Charlie                
Grable, Rachel
Hennen, Grant                
Inman, Kathryn
Kirk, Sarah Ann                
Marshall, Maggie
Nguyen, Thuyvy Taylor            
Passantino, Nina Marie
Pham, Steven                    
Rippy, Natalie Michelle
Rodriguez, Isabella Valencia            
Rodriguez, Lucas Joachim
Sarmiento, Emmanuel Galang        
Scott, Ryan Alan
Simone, Mia Gabrielle            
Summers, William Benjamin
Weiers, Regen Louise                
Arnold, Jack
Caime, John                    
Cherrito, Ava
Cherrito, Frankie John            
Corrigan, Megan
DeFeo, Karlie                    
Dickey, Adriana
Elliott, Eli                    
Fox, Brityn
Hamann, Danielle                
Hess, Benjamin
Holden, Lillian                    
Ladenthin, Lucas
Mange, Nina                    
Martin, Luke
Maruco, Zachary                
McClenney, Allie
McLain, Connor                
McNeil, Gabriella
Meneses, Juliana                
Monge, Adrianna
Muck, Karter                    
Nelson, Ford
Nelson, Matthew                
Nguyen, Tuyen
Nguyen, Viet                    
Orness, Mercedes
Palma, Frank                    
Paul, Francis
Sansone, Nicolette                
Sharp, Robert
Solomon, Hannah                
Strahm, Nicole
Toney, Alexander                
Truong, Nathaniel
Wagner, Kintzli                
Waldron, Matthew
Wendel, Maria                    
Wendel, Pamela
Wilcox, Chase                    
Worboys, Emma

B Honor Roll:
Bonadonna, Anthony Michael            
Brady, Christopher Todd
Deister, Sophie Elizabeth            
Dobbs, Brenden A.
Ferrara, Andrew James            
Gardner, Vincent I.
Hoffman, Molly E.                
Kalaiwaa, Luke Aukai
Kallenberger, Katie Nicole            
Lofland, George Bailey
Lopez-Ortiz, Alexandra            
Ludwig-Whipple, David Patrick
McCallister, Jillian Elizabeth            
McClenney, Aiden Christopher
Pham, Huy (Kevin)                
Ragusa, Joseph
Ross, Dominic Michael            
Rupp, James Patrick
Schiesl, Brian L.                
Scola, Annamarie
Tomes, Samuel Joseph            
Tran, David Truong
Webb, Aliyah Nicole                
Adams, Olivia E.
Baldwin, Fletcher Allen            
Bauer, Patrick-Michael Thomas
Cissell, Sophia Ireland            
Granado, Michael X.
Koll, Michael Gerard                
Leggio, Marissa Michelle
Leighty, Cheyenne Elizabeth            
Palmentere, Baldasaro (Nick) Nicholas
Sizemore, Nickolas Clay            
Valderrama, Cesar A.
Valenciano, Anthony Michael            
Abbott, Alayna
Beck, Killian William                
Birchmier, Joel Wesley
Bjork, Dominic                    
Bonadonna, Nina
Dang, Nhat My (Lisa)                
Feucht, Luke
Janning, Thomas                
Ludwig-Whipple, Veronica
Markowitz, Maisie                
Melcher, Stella Carol
Merriman, Marcus Russell            
Miceli, Vincent
Palmentere, Charles Anthony            
Sanchez, Anastasia Noemi
Schneidewind, Pierce Kingsley        
St. John, Philip Edward
Torres, Gabriela Josephine          
 Boatright, Matthew
Comer, Crystal                
Davis, Tristan
Ebert, Savannah                
Giordano, Ana Grace
Hernandez, Cecilia                
Lanio, Londyn
McCarthy, Sean                
Mitchell, Zachary
Pernice, Aramas                
Ragusa, Carl
Rock, Gretchen                
Wilson, Joseph

Cross Country:
The following athletes have been recognized by MTCCCA as academic all-state.  Requirement- participate in district or state and have 3.6 cumulative GPA or 26 on the ACT.Congratulations!
Boys
Gavin Ott                    
Josh Wright
Austin Garza
Girls
Courtney Cummings                
Olivia Johnson
Anna Cernich                    
Kate Bohr
Lauren Bohr                    
Kate Parrish
Sara Bryant
 

Scholar Bowl:
The St. Pius X Scholar Bowl Team competed Saturday at the Lakeland Winter Invitational. The B team went 3-5 and had the best performances of the year from Ashley Hall, Anna McKellar, and Erica Sarmiento. The A team went 7-1 and finished in 1st place in their best tournament of the year. Charlie Gengler was the third highest individual scorer and he was joined by Anna Cernich. Alyssa Hall,  and Cole Harms in a balanced team effort.

FROM THE CAFETERIA:
Students - a friendly reminder from the cafeteria:
#1 - If you do not have your ID/demerit card, please wait until the end of the lunch line
#2 - If your lunch account is > $-10.00......you will be locked out of PowerSchool
#3 - If your lunch account is > $-20.00......you CANNOT charge

Information on Snow Day Communication
We use an automated telephone broadcasting system to communicate School Closings to you. For snow days, the call will be launched between 5:30 - 6:30 a.m., or the night before if we know ahead of time. The Caller ID will display 816-453-3450, which is the main number for SPX.  All parent phone numbers that are in PowerSchool have been uploaded into this system.  We will also post message on our Social Media and Website. If you would like to opt into text messages from this system, please text the word ALERT to 22300

 

FYI The Sweetheart/Winter Dance is Feb 9th.  

 

USED BASKETBALL SHOES/CLOTHES FOR NEEDY CHILDREN:
We love to see how God continues to work through our alumni!  Please help SPX Alum Natalie Denzer touch the lives of kids in Zambia by donating! There is a collection tub outside the main gym--it will be here for a short two weeks!  Feel free to check out the flyer on the tub for lots of information about the ministry.

• All shoes (with good tread and few to no holes… we can work with smelly shoes!!)
• Any old, retired, extra, or lost/unclaimed practice or uniform shorts.
• Really, anything basketball related that isn’t being used or that would later be thrown away, they would gladly take!

FROM THE COUNSELING OFFICE:
Applications for the CAPS program for next year have opened.  See Mr Murphy about this.
The Newman Society just announced its Essay Scholarship Contest for high school seniors! The winner will receive $5,000 towards the cost of attending one of the colleges or universities recommended in The Newman Guide for the fall of 2019. Students can learn more at this link: www.NewmanSoc.org/EssayContest

Rotary Exchange Programs
Rotary is  currently looking for 2 to 3 families willing to host a high school student for next year's academic year. Additionally, we are hoping to sponsor a student to travel abroad for either a long or a short term exchange program.   Please contact Mr Murphy if you are interested.

Service Hour Opportunity
Our Lady of Mercy Country Home -- Tighe Hall
2019 SENIOR PROM
Saturday, January 19th, 2019      6:30 – 9:00 P.M.  (Great music and refreshments)
We request male volunteer/attendees who will dance with our senior residents.
As in all senior residential facilities, our women far outnumber our men.  We would so appreciate male volunteers to assist in making this a fun and memorable event.
To RSVP or have any questions, please call Carmella, Volunteer Coordinator, @ (816) 781-5711, EXT. 4103 or e-mail:  olmchdevelopment@ourladyofmercy.net

All Parents:     Meeting at 6 pm Wed, Feb 6th in library for those whose kids are planning on taking AP or ACCP classes next year.  If you have attended before, no need to attend again.

Junior Parents:   Wed, Feb 6th, at 7pm, SPX will be having an evening in which you learn all about the College Application process--applying, transcripts, financial aid, visits, etc.  Mr Murphy and Macenzie Schoenfelt from University of Missouri will be presenting this. Location: in school library. Highly recommended for parents of oldest students in the family.

Mr Murphy's Weekly Counseling Newsletter has an important ACT section for all parents to keep you abreast of current information. ACT Corner  Be advised--it is highly recommended that each student have a genuine ACT score on file by the end of sophomore year.  FYI--any student interested in ACCP PreCalculus or ACCP College Algebra will need a genuine 21 Math score prior to enrollment.

KC Scholars Information Session:  Information Night with a presentation on Tuesday, January 15th at Gladstone Community Center that will begin at 5:30 pm.
UMKC Chancellor Agrawal has announced that UMKC is committing $10 million to KC Scholars to provide up to 400 additional Traditional Scholarships.
ALSO,  the University of Missouri is committing $20 million dollars to the KC Scholars fund to provide an additional 800 traditional scholarships for students (these are the ones for juniors).
These scholarships will operate like all KC Scholars’ scholarships and under the same guidelines, with the only exception being that this scholarship will be available for use only at UMKC.   See KC Scholars.

KC Scholars Information for Junior Parents and Freshmen Parents-Important!
There are 2 scholarships involved here that could assist you as your child continues at SPX.  Go to this website for initial information:

• KC Scholars
• Do the FAFSA4lCaster to see if you are eligible FAFSA4Caster
• If eligible, have your son / daughter prepare to ask for recommenders, whether they be teachers, counselors, coaches, youth ministers, or others as defined by the KC Scholars program; these are part of the application process
• Ask your junior or freshman to pick up an information tag in the hallway or a printed flyer from Mr. Murphy
• The application opens January 1, 2019.  Deadline is 1 March 2019.
• Session dates are:  
  • Saturday, January 12 - 10:00-11:30am Kansas City Kansas Public Library - West Wyandotte Branch
  • Monday, January 14 - 6:30-8:00pm Mid-Continent Public Library - North Independence Branch
  • Tuesday, January 15 - 6:30-8:00pm Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
  • Wednesday, January 23 - 6:30-8:00pm Johnson County Public Library - Central Resource Branch
• What Do You Need to Bring? Laptop/tablet (if you have one) & parent & student 2017 tax forms or 2017 W-2 to complete the FAFSA4caster to determine income eligibility.
• Applicants will need to know that there are two essays involved and these are significantly important.

 

ACT Prep Class
Mr. Murphy will offer an ACT prep class for the February test starting Jan 12  at 11 am. Each session goes 2.5 hours -- there are 4 of them on consecutive Saturdays; in addition, there is a final review during seminar Jan 7th.  If interested, email Mr. Murphy to get on the list, and then pay either by check or online. Fee is $65.

JOB OPENING
The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has an opening for a full-time Director of Hispanic Ministry. This position promotes the full participation and integration of Hispanics in the life of the Church, and will collaborate with other chancery offices to provide consultation, expertise and support to parishes, schools and other apostolates. An undergraduate degree in Theology or related field is required, Graduate degree is preferred. A minimum five (5) years in Hispanic ministry or related field, with fluency (written and verbal) in Spanish and English is also required. The Diocese offers a comprehensive benefits program, generous paid time off and a defined benefit pension plan. Go to www.diocese-kcsj.org to apply.

Photo Sharing Opportunity at SPX
Do you take photos at sporting events and other extra-curricular activities?  Are you willing to share them with our community? If so, we encourage you to upload them to our photo sharing site. The photos can be viewed, downloaded and printed by anyone with the password (information below).
If you are willing to share your photos, email Melanie Martin at mmartin@stpiusxhs-kc.com to receive an upload link.
To view the photos others have added, go to:
spxkc.smugmug.com
password: warriors
Thank you to all who share their photography skills with our community. Please feel free to contact Melanie Martin if you have any questions.