Although Rory Ryan earned the individual honors one would expect of a HOF member, his defining trait was an insatiable desire to win. On Coach Aylward’s first state-championship team, he was named Class B Offensive Player of the Year, City Offensive All-Class Captain, and Superstate. When he graduated, only he and his Brother Bill (HOF […]
John McLaughlin lettered twice in Football, Basketball and Track; and once in both Golf and Tennis. He was a starter in Football and Basketball in his Junior and Senior years. In track, he ran the 440, high jumped and was a member of the mile relay team. He played “Doubles” in Tennis; and qualified to
Melynda (Lynde) Thelen was born in Brookings South Dakota but raised in Lincoln Nebraska. During her four years at Pius X high school, she was honored to participate on the cross country, basketball, and track teams. She graduated from Pius X high school in 1992 and during her junior year was recruited to the South
Coach Ray Forycki was born and raised in South Bend Indiana, coming to Nebraska in 1972. He graduated from Millard High School in 1973 and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1978. He began his teaching and coaching career at Cathedral of the Risen Christ in1979, teaching science and PE, coaching Boys Soccer, Boys
On August 11, 1975 Pius X High School began its football practice for the coming season. In the four previous years Pius had won three mythical Class B State Football Championships. On that sultry Monday morning in August of 1975, 41 young men assembled on the hardscrabble practice field east of the stadium. These young
Pius X students in Intro to Culinary Arts with teacher Amy Shonka hosted a Food Truck Competition, complete with creating a business plan, model food truck, menu, and 40 food samples as part of the competition. Staff were invited throughout a day last week to taste test and vote with ‘money.’ First place went to
Students in various PE/Health classes have been rotating through lessons on CPR, complete with a manikin to practice form and timing. Latest Stories
Our seniors processed in with flowers today to begin our annual May Crowning Mass. Fr. Schwenka’s homily spoke about the many crowns, big and little, we may seek throughout our life. You may listen to the homily below, view our photos, or watch the video of the entire procession above.
A social media post last month about our speech team at state prompted this memory from Jill Setzer ‘88: My friend Kara Foster & I begged to have a speech team back in ‘87. Dorothy (Brady), our theatre teacher, was willing to be our sponsor. So, off to the Debate competition in our second semester
Make two different paper airplanes, toss them each 30 times, mark the distance of each throw, then use the data for analysis.
Paul Jablonski (Pius X High School class of ’72), passed away January 23, 2021 in Overland Park, KS at the age of 67. Paul and his wife Patti proudly raised five children and were foster parents for 25 years. Paul’s life was centered around faith and service to others. He enjoyed woodworking and used his
Students in a few French classes went into the dark to learn about historical French people, with the dark classrooms simulating a catacomb (sort of an underground cemetery). Biography information was posted on walls around the classroom, and students used flashlights to read and take notes. This class is taught by Mandi Barker.
Spanish IV students created and read books in Spanish, with students voting for their favorites. Those students (Elle, Paul and Gemma) read to St. John the Apostle School kindergarten students via Zoom, continuing a slightly different annual tradition but making it work. The younger students sent thank you notes and pictures back to the Pius
The Vince Aldrich Memorial fund was established in 2009 to help support teachers like Vince Aldrich who involve themselves as mentors to youth through their involvement in extracurricular activities.
A fund was established as the Lawrence J. Arth endowment fund to support the Pius X football program. Funds are used to purchase additional equipment, uniforms and other items or repairs that are needed that exceed the cost of the football team’s annual budget.
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