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School Office 3030 Gus Thomasson Rd., Dallas, TX 75228 Office Hours on School Days 7:25 am to 3:30 pm 972-279-2339 WWW.SPXDallasSchool.org

School Staff Principal Tana Scott ext. 326 tscott@spxdallas.org Assistant Principal Stephanie Wahlstrom ext. 126 swahlstrom@spxdallas.org Administrative Asst. Margaret White ext. 122 mwhite@spxdallas.org

Parish Office 3030 Gus Thomasson Rd., Dallas, TX 75228 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm 972-279-6155 FAX 972-686-7510 WWW.SPXDallas.org

Safe Environment Ginger Farrell ext.146 gfarrell@spxdallas.org

Virtue of the month:

Prayer of the month:

Dear SPX Family- I want to give a HUGE shout out to our amazing PTO. Our Fall Carnival and Trunk or Treat was so much fun! Everyone seemed to enjoy time with family and friends. I loved see-ing all the cute “ghosts and goblins”! Trunk or Treat was a great turn out-Thank you all who participated in it. There was so much creativity in decorating the cars! Very impres-sive. I am so appreciative of all who put in their time and talents to make our carnival a success and a happy memory for our students. Next week, kicks off our Vocational Awareness Week. Our committee has several things planned for our 5th-8th grade students on Friday, Nov. 10th. We will start the day with Mass, so I invite all to attend Mass with us if your schedule allows. In addition, next week, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, we will have our school Mass at 8am and honor too, our Veterans of SPX. Following Mass, there will be our traditional reception for our Veterans. This is always a special time, hosted by our seventh grade class. If you are a parent of an 8th grader, please plan to attend a parent meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 7 to learn information about Cristo Rey High School. This will be an informational meeting about the requirements, admission process, and how the school is aligned. It is very interesting and informative. SPX cur-rently has students at Cristo Rey in all grades. We are extremely proud of these students and their accomplishments at CRHS. Last, I want to again thank all the parents and volunteers for your continued support of SPX and your willingness to help make SPX a safe, happy place for our children. Keeping our school safe for all is a priority and I appreciate all who work along with me to make sure that policies and procedures are re-spected and followed. Have a wonderful weekend! Tana Scott, Principal

Charity

Act of

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ISEE PREP-INFO In preparation for your students taking the ISEE Test, Bishop Dunn High School is offering multiple test dates on our campus for the ISEE: December 9, January 13 and 27, February 17, March 24, and April 28. In order to assist your students in a successful taking of the ISEE, we are again offering an ISEE Prep Course beginning on November 7 and running through January 11, 2018. For only $50, your students will receive 12 one-hour sessions of prepa-ration for the ISEE test from qualified Bishop Dunne teachers. www.bdcs.org

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With November here, many of us take this time to give thanks to all the things we are grateful for. Technology probably doesn’t come to mind, but it has become so much a part of our lives, it would be hard to imagine life without it. To keep in the spirit of thanks, this week I thought I would leave you with a few points why we should be thankful for technology and all the things it does for us. Improves our Lives – Technology advances have touched so many aspects of our world from im-provements in medicine to automation and communication. Technology has created jobs, enhanced our safety and intensified the sense of community by making our world more connected Enhances our Creativity – We have more sophisticated tools, thanks to technology, to express ourselves and share these expressions to an even bigger audience. We can edit our own music, publish our own artwork, and even produce our own videos, all with technology. Things are More Accessible – Technology has made us more connected to those not only near our home, but also, around the world. It provides us with a wealth of information that is right at our fingertips. Technology is responsible for linking us to family and friends, new places in the world, even educational opportunities and much, much more just in the matter of minutes.

It’s Fun – The “fun” aspect of technology is probably the biggest reason

we are all so addicted to it. Technology adds new and interesting dimen-sion to things we already and makes them even more enjoyable. Who

doesn’t love instantly communicating face-to-face with friends or family a

world away or taking our love for scrapbooking to Pinterest posting?

TRUNK OR TREAT WINNERS!

First Place: Demetria Pulido

Second Place: Rosalinda Sauceda

Third Place: Johana Garza

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8th Grade Science with Mrs. Gaudet!

CLASSROOM

SPOTLIGHT:

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Thursday, November 2-Two week grade check Friday, November 3-Rosary Club Meeting 2:15pm Mrs. Merkel’s rm. #209 Monday, November 6-Vocation Awareness Week Begins CiCi’s Day after school-$5 Pizza Tuesday, November 7-Mass Day 8:00am Mass uniform Veterans Day Celebration Communion Hall 8th Grade Cristo Rey Meeting 6:30-Media Center Tuesday, November 14-Mass Day 8:00am Mass Uniform 6:30pm PTO Meeting Thursday, November 16– Progress Reports Friday, November 17-Bake Sale Kinder Feast-Communion Hall

Volleyball:

Congratulations to all of our teams

that competed this year, Thank you

for representing Tiger Athletics!

Football:

Sunday, November 5

JV Football-12pm Vs. Rita-Bishop Lynch

Varsity Football-12pm at St. Monica

Fifth Grade Service: The fifth grade helped the Saint Vincent de Paul Society on Monday

morning sort and organize canned food! This volunteer organization assists the poor in our community with food and financial assistance. This past weekend there was a parish wide food drive and help was

needed to get the food ready to distribute to needy families.

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This year’s theme is “Family” honoring the St. Pius X Families. Drawings must be made on an 8”x11” paper …. Portrait style.

Color is better and make it dark enough to copy.

Rough Draft is due to Ms. Donahue by Monday, November 27th. Final Entry is due to Mrs. Huggins Monday, December 11th

Entries will be judged by your teachers with the winning picture featured on the Cover!!!

Runner up pictures will be published on the back cover.

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Safe Environment Info: If you are already a ‘cleared, active volunteer in our parish/school please ensure you have signed off on the “most current” Safe Environment poli-cies & procedures and the Social Media Policy; both forms must be signed for your status to remain cleared and active. Current SE Forms can be found at the school/church office, on the Church website under Safe Environment, or by contacting Ginger Farrell at gfar-rell@spxdallas.org. As always, to remain an active volunteer an annual training is required – please use this link to update your training on-line; note – this link is for current/active vol-unteers only: http://dallas.setanet.org/obligations.php. New Volunteer Trainings are listed below – the on-line screening form must be sub-mitted prior to attending the training, use this link to complete the form: http://dallas.setanet.org/index.php Safe Environment Training in English – Family of Faith (New Volunteer Training) * Options: November 16, 2017 – Media Center English: (i.e. School Parents, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ministry Leadership, and Ush-ers etc.) 6:30pm – Interviews and photo IDs taken; there is a $5 fee for anyone that may need a replacement. Training begins at 7:15pm.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Información Segura sobre el Medio Ambiente: Si usted ya es un "voluntario vol-untario y despejado en nuestra parroquia / escuela, asegúrese de haber firmado las" más ac-tuales "políticas y procedimientos de Medio Ambiente Seguro y la Política de Medios Sociales; Ambos formularios deben estar firmados para que su estado permanezca desactivado y activo. Las formas actuales de SE se pueden encontrar en la oficina de la escuela / iglesia, en el sitio web de la Iglesia bajo Ambiente Seguro, o contactando a Ginger Farrell en gfar-rell@spxdallas.org. Como siempre, para seguir siendo un voluntario activo se requiere un en-trenamiento anual - utilice este enlace para actualizar su capacitación en línea; Nota - este en-lace es solo para voluntarios actuales / activos: http://dallas.setanet.org/obligations.php .

Nuevos cursos de formación de voluntarios se enum eran a continuación: el formulario de evaluación en línea debe ser presentada antes de asistir al curso de for-mación, utilice este enlace para rellenar el formulario: http://dallas.setanet.org/index.php Entorno seguro en Español- Familia de Fe (nueva formación de voluntarios) * Opciones: Noviembre 15, 2017 - Media Center Español: (es decir Los Padres de la Escuela, lectores, Ministros de la Eucaristía, ujieres, etc. ) 6:30pm - Entrevistas y fotos id, ya que es una tarifa de 5 dólares a cualquiera que necesite un reemplazo. Comienza la formación de 7:30pm.

For Safe Environment Questions or Concerns, contact: Ginger Farrell

St. Pius X Catholic Church Safe Environment Director

972-279-6155 ext. 146

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Please come join The Pines Catholic Camp for a night of food, silent and live auctions, fel-

lowship, and music for the 3rd annual Pours and S’mores event. Pours and S’mores is an an-

nual fundraiser to help The Pines Catholic Camp continue to bring youth across the country

together for a week of fun while making new friends and growing closer to the Lord. Pours

and S’mores is a great opportunity to connect with alumni, new staff, camper families, and

supporters of The Pines mission. The night will be one to remember, full of fellowship and a

chance to reminisce of good times out at The Pines and look forward to the future of the

camp.

Listed below are more details about this spectacular event and our organization:

When: November 11, 2017

Where: 2616 Commerce Event Center

2616 Commerce Street

Dallas, TX 75226

Time: 6:00 pm -- Cocktail Hour

7:00 pm -- Dinner

Tickets: Tickets are $100 per person or $50 for young adults (aged 35 and

younger) and can be purchased online

Sponsorships: Opportunities are still available.

Visit www.thepines.org/pours-and-smores for more details.