On Wednesday, 22 seniors were honored at the spring athletic signing, involving 12 sports. Each athlete had the opportunity to invite their families, friends, coaches or trainers on stage while they gave a speech and officially signed. Brayden Matulka signed with Hastings College to further his athletic career playing football. He started playing in flag […]
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Students of Jeremy Scheffler’s Accelerated Physics class were recently assigned an “egg artillery” project. They were able to group up to four people and were tasked to launch an egg as far as possible using any contraption they decided to build. “We could’ve done it a variety of ways, but we chose to use a
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Every year, students in Spanish IV create children’s books written in Spanish, and the best books from each class are voted on to be read to young Spanish learners. The students visited elementary schools to read their projects to the young students on Friday, March 15. “Students have to use ten vocab words from Spanish
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The varsity boys soccer team competed against the Norfolk Panthers for their first game of the season on Thursday night. In the “thunder dome” locker room before the game, the seniors had the opportunity to sign their name and number, following the tradition held for seniors each year, before their first game. Even though the
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The first week’s results of the library’s annual March Book Madness came in on Thursday, March 7, creating excitement in the book lovers’ community. This year’s theme is YA Series Tour, created by senior Clairvaux Villa with help from some friends. “Because of all the Taylor Swift Tours this year, we thought it would be
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After getting a permanent bracelet last year, senior Hayley Lutjeharms decided to open her own small business. Learn more about it in Libby’s video!
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Students in Spanish IV have begun working on their final project in Spanish class, making a movie entirely in Spanish. The project is to make a five to ten minute movie and show off the Spanish these students have learned in their time at Pius X. “My movie is about Lovers of Teruey,” senior Ellie
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Special visitors joined the Pius X theology classes on Wednesday, March 4. The guests were Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, who were visiting far from their home of New York. The friars went around to theology classes with the goal of helping students have a personal encounter with Jesus. “All of us are from a
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The Pius X Thunderettes hosted their annual junior high dance team clinic on Saturday, March 2. “I love the clinic because I get to meet a bunch of new dancers,” senior Alison Rempe said. The goal of this clinic is to prepare incoming freshmen and other junior high students for dance team, and to have
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Pius X yearbook has been working hard to produce the 2023-24 yearbook. This year’s theme is “Light up the dark.” Learn more about how to reserve your copy in the video.
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As graduation grows closer, many seniors have been writing essays to win scholarships. Learn the tips from the Pius X counselors in Grace’s video.
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Senior Owen Minchow has been bowling since his sophomore year of high school. Learn more about his bowling journey in this video.
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Senior David Hatt won first place at Nebraska State Dive on Feb. 22. This is Hatt’s second time winning gold, having won the championship his junior year as well. Hatt sustained an ankle injury just two weeks before state, which at first caused concern because he didn’t know if it was broken or not. After
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BOLT is the largest fundraiser for Pius X each year. Students are asked to sell lottery tickets for the event. Learn more in Grace’s video!
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Spanish Club is a unique club where Spanish III and IV students can play games, socialize and eat snacks all while practicing their Spanish speaking. Learn more about Spanish Club in Easton and Roxie’s video!
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Students in AP Environmental Science took a tour around Pius X. Facilities manager Matt Schafers helped the students learn about the school’s heating and cooling systems. Learn more in Cassie’s video!
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Pius X students can get free admission to this weekend’s district basketball games. Take a look at Blair’s video to learn how.
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“Ember can’t comprehend why this is happening, but a boy with bleach-blonde hair explains ‘Dexter wants friends.’” Grace Arrigo began her work on writing a psychological thriller in seventh grade. Now she is in the editing stage and plans to publish her book through Amazon KDP. “I’m most proud of myself for just getting to
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Spectrum show choir went on a middle school tour around Lincoln with various other groups of the Pius X music department on Feb. 15. They went to schools such as St. John’s, Blessed Sacrament, St. Teresa’s and more. The younger students got to see a few numbers from Spectrum’s show and were able to gain
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Pius X is holding its first ever Overtime event, open to all Pius X students. The event is Friday, Feb. 9 from 9-11:30 pm. Dodgeball, a dance with a DJ, guest appearances and games will be held in both gyms. Learn more by watching the full video!
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The Pius X show choir department has been preparing for months for the competition season. Spectrum, the advanced mixed group, and Prism, the all girls group, are directed by Edgar Estrada, Ian Mitchell and Austin Oltman.
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Senior Brandon Sumner taught himself five different instruments his freshman year after hearing his favorite musicians and deciding he wanted to imitate them. “I started making music my freshman year when I wanted to replicate a bunch of the musicians I heard,” Sumner said. “I had an old drum kit and started playing that which
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From Jan. 8-16, Lincoln schools called four snow days and only had two days of classes. In Nebraska, snow days in January are far from uncommon, but having so many in such a short time frame is a new experience for our schools.
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The Pius X swim and dive teams competed against Southwest high school on Wednesday night to mark the team’s senior night. This year there are 15 senior swimmers and divers who had the opportunity to celebrate their senior night with their parents and coaches. The underclassmen on the team huddled up to form a tunnel
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