2009-2010 St. Pius X School Yearly Calendar
The Mission of St. Pius X is to provide a welcoming, happy, Catholic, family
environment for learning.
August 31: Mass at 8:30, Prayer retreat and teacher meeting. Luncheon
followed by Professional Development
September 3: Opening Business Day – Orientation. Mandatory come in/pay
dues. NOT a school day.
September 8: School starts. Full day/full dress code. Kindergarten
transition dismiss at 11:00.Back to school Parent Meeting at
7:00 in then parents visit classes.
September 9: Kindergarten transition dismissal at 11:00.
September 10: Kindergarten transition dismissal at 11:00.
September 11: Patriot Day. Kindergarten begins full day.
September 14: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
September 17: Home School Council welcome back pizza party at 6:00
September 17: Constitution Day- Prayer around flagpole
September 23: Student Picture Day
September 25: Reading Celebration… if summer reading goal is reached
October 9: Midterms
October 5: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
October 18-24: Safe Schools Week
October 24: Fall harvest Trunk-or-Treat sponsored by the Home School
Council
October 25: All Saints Parade @ 11:30 Mass after communion
October 26-31: Red Ribbon Week, Drug awareness
October 28: All Saints Day celebrated at Mass
October 28: Home School Council sponsored Halloween party
October 29: NO SCHOOL- Teacher Professional Development
October 30: NO SCHOOL- Teacher Professional Development
November 1: First Reconciliation Rite at 11:30 Mass, Reconciliation
retreat following Mass. All Saints Day. Youth Ministry
Jamboree.
November 2: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
November 6: End of the 1st quarter & report cards (one week later)
November 10: College Night Sponsored by the Home School Council
November 19: Parent/Teacher Conferences, ½ day of class, dismissal at 11:30
November 20: No classes
November 25: ½ day, Thanksgiving vacation begins, dismissal at 11:30
November 26-27: No classes
December 5: Breakfast with Santa sponsored by the Home School Council
December 7: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
December 11: Midterms
December 12: Barnes and Noble’s St. Pius X Book Fair and Community School
Fund Raiser
December 12: A Night in Bethlehem after 4:30 Mass in the community room
December 12 Sacrament of Reconciliation at 2:00
December 13: Christmas Cantata- Family Christmas Caroling @ 6:30 in Church
December 15: Christmas Music Program at 1:00 and 7:00
December 18: School Family Day, HALF day of school. Christmas vacation
begins after school
December 21: No school, Christmas vacation from December 21 to January 3
January 4: Classes resume
January 4: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
January 12: Home school council sponsored Math & Science Night
January 18: Martin Luther King Day, no classes
January 22: End of the 2nd quarter & report cards (one week later)
January 23: Mass to honor military men and women
January 26: Powers Catholic High School all School Mass
January 27: Friendship Games at Powers Catholic High School
January 31: Catholic Schools Week celebration @ 11:30 Mass. This is a
children's mass and kids should wear their orange t-shirts
February 1-5: Catholic Schools Week 2010 Celebration at St. Pius X School
February 1: 8th grade Mass at the Cathedral in Lansing
February 1: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
February 2 Ground Hog Day
February 5: Home School Council sponsored teacher appreciation day,
parent subs for teachers are needed!
February 7: First Eucharistic Rite at 11:30 Mass
February 7: Youth Ministry Super Bowl of Caring
February 10: Home School Sponsored: Get Movin’/Crim night
February 11: Valentines Day party/dance during the school day
February 12-15: No classes, President’s Weekend
February 17: Ash Wednesday
February 25: Midterms. Parent/Teacher Conferences. ½ day of class,
February 26: No School
February 27-28: St. Pius X Science Fair after Masses, Mass with the Children
at 11:30, St. Pius X Science Fair after Masses
March 1: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
March 5: Family Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m.
March 6: ST.PIUS X SCHOOL AUCTION
March 13: Middle School Youth Rally
March 19: St. Francis Stations of the Cross w/Mr. Kaplan at 7:00 p.m.
March 21: Eucharistic Retreat at 10:00. First Eucharistic Rite at 11:30.
March 26: Parish Choir’s Lenten Spring Cantata
April 1: End of the 3rd quarter & report cards go home on 4/12/09
April 2: Good Friday. No school.
April 5-9: Easter vacation, No classes
April 12: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
April 27: First Communion pictures taken individually at 6:00, group
photo at 6:45
May 1: First Communion practice at 2:00
May 2: First Communion at 11:30 Mass (meet in library at 11:00)
May 3: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
May 4: May The 4th Be With You. (Star Wars Day)
May 6: National Day of Prayer, prayer around flagpole after mass
May 7: May Crowning, ½ day, Mass at 10:00 and dismissal at 11:30.
Midterms
May 24: End of the Year Pizza Party sponsored by the Home School
Council & HSC election @ 6:00
May 31: Memorial Day, no classes
June 3: Holy Redeemer Festival (tentative)
June 4: 8th grade final day
June 7: Home School Council Meeting 6:00 PM in the library
June 7: Field Day sponsored by the Home School Council
June 8: Cedar Point tip for 8th grade
June 9: 8th Grade Graduation, Kindergarten Graduation
June 10: Last Mass and last day, ½ day, awards at 10:30 for
grades 4-7, report cards 11:25 followed by dismissal.