From senior art project to French class ceiling
For her final senior project, Christine Fortenberry painted a reproduction of Pierre Auguste Renoir’s ‘In the Meadow’ onto a ceiling tile that will live in her now-former French classroom. Fortenberry asked her teacher, Laurence Mills, if she had a preference, and Mills choose this particular artwork, but hadn’t seen Fortenberry’s final work until last Friday,
Mapping out the finer points of classic book
English II students in Nolan DeWispelare’s class made maps of Maycomb to review the unit on the book, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Students used context clues from the book to determine where different parts of the town are located in relation to each other.
Rory Ryan
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
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
Lynde Thelen
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
Ray Forycki
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
1975 Football Team
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
Students cook up plans for Food Truck activity
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
CPR classes teach basics of important live-saving skill
Students in various PE/Health classes have been rotating through lessons on CPR, complete with a manikin to practice form and timing. Latest Stories
May Crowning Mass 2021
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.
Spring 2021 Student-Athlete Signing Ceremony
Thunderbolt student-athletes from were honored this year for having committed and signed to play a sport in college. More student-athletes in the Class of 2021 were honored at a similar ceremony last fall. Alex Becker Parents – Scott & Amy Becker Collegiate Sport – Swimming College Choice – University of Nebraska-Omaha – Omaha, Nebraska Conference
Alumni share memories of the first speech and debate event for Pius X
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
