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Juniors create Wick and Wax candle company

A warm breakfast at IHOP helped ignite two students’ business idea. Wick and Wax Lincoln is a local candle business run by juniors Drew Hughes and Stephen Miriovsky. “Here at

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Katalenich recreates Last Supper in painting

Most students know Mike Katalenich as a Latin teacher and theater director, but fewer know him for his artistic skills. Starting in the summer of 2022, he has been putting

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Senior to publish psychological thriller novel

“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.

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Baking Club mixes up fun

Baking Club is sponsored by food and nutrition and culinary teacher Amy Shonka and led by juniors Kirsten Shaw and Vivian Nguyen. The group meets on the second Wednesday of

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AP Human Geography class enjoys FAC Fridays

In Shiela Sievert’s AP Human Geography class, students share facts and food from a chosen country every Friday. “I work my AP kids very hard Monday through Thursday, so I

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Nurse Holly making bright impact at Pius X

Holly Steinbach, or Nurse Holly, is one of the many wonderful faculty members at Pius X. Steinbach originally grew up on a farm in Wyoming before moving to North Carolina.

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Milk Enjoyers Club gets rolling

A new club has recently been established, and it’s different from other clubs: the Milk Enjoyers Club. “So this is the Milk Enjoyers Club, we love milk,” president and co-founder

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Class with the CAO

Having an administrator who also teaches an elective class is not something that happens every day, but that is exactly what Tom Korta’s role is this year. Korta is in

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CLM students learn through mock interviews

Students in Career and Life Management had their annual mock interviews on Wednesday, November 10. The event was held in the commons and was organized by teacher Ryan Psota. “The

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Mock Trial team recaps successful season

The Pius X Mock Trial team celebrated their successful season with a small awards ceremony that took place in the Pius X library after school on Tuesday, May 11. Team

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Machine Woodworking class builds night stands

Don McKee’s Machine Woodworking class is working on building different types of nightstands throughout the course of the year. “We usually work on the project four out of five days

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Anatomy classes use drawings to learn

A new project has been introduced in Jenna Steenson’s anatomy classes. Students were given the task to pick out a character from any Disney movie and to create a diagram

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Px Libris works to keep library nice

The Px Libris Library Club is made up of a group of students who all share a common interest in reading. They work to keep the library updated and clean.

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