“Let Your Light Shine” was the message Fr. Craig delivered in his homily at our first all school mass of the year. So, we must be “shining lights” for those around us.
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” ~Matthew 5:16
Ready for School!
August 17, 2022
Dear Parents,
Thank you for attending Open House. I enjoyed meeting you and your children. I am excited and ready to begin our 4th grade year. Thank you also for having their supplies ready to go and for donating extra supplies to us teachers to help us do our best job teaching. Please look for an email soon regarding the upcoming 4th Grade Parent Meeting. Sincerely, Mrs. Holtmeyer
Mission Day!
May 16, 2022
Our Mission Statement: St. Pius X/St. Leo School is a diverse community forming students in the Catholic Faith to excel in academics and service to others.
On Mission Day, the whole school focuses on serving others, as stated in our Mission Statement. The 4th graders and PreKindergarteners collected donations for refugees from Afghanistan. They listened to Tom and Margaret Hoarty teach them about what refugees are, the struggles they face, and how we can be of service to them to follow Jesus when he said, “When I was a stranger, you welcomed me.”
The two grade levels then got together to draw and color “Welcoming Cards” for the refugees from Afghanistan. After school the cards and donations were delivered for those refugees in need.
Holy Week: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16
April 11, 2022
The Study of Exodus and the 10 Commandments
February 13, 2022
“Now therefore go,
and I will be with thy mouth,
and teach thee what thou shalt say.“
~ Exodus 4:12
4th graders begin their study of the 10 Commandments by learning what the Israelites and Moses endured and how they escaped slavery. They made “burning bushes” as a fun religion art activity.
Happy Catholic Schools Week!
February 1, 2022
Happy New Year! Have a blessed 2022!🥳
January 1, 2022
This student’s parents won the highest bid at our fall fundraiser to have their daughter be the “Teacher for a Day.” What fun we both had that day. Here she sits at her “teacher desk” putting stickers on a word search that she made and asked the class to complete. She’ll be an excellent teacher one day!
Donation Opportunity: Siena Francis House Stocking Project
November 29, 2021
Please help donate items for the Siena Francis House Stocking Project this year! Please bring in new men’s and women’s crew and tube socks, new women’s and kids’ stretch gloves, toothbrushes, boxes of mini candy canes and boxes of hot cocoa packets to give to residents of the Siena Francis House. There will be a box for drop off of items located in the kindergarten hallway. This will run until Wednesday, December 8th. THANK YOU!
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
October 25, 2021
Let’s Build Each Other Up. ~Romans 14
October 18, 2021
October is about trees revealing colors they’ve hidden all year. People have an October as well.
October 11, 2021
Our 4th graders studied the Blessed Trinity! “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” 2 Corinthians 13: 14
October 3, 2021
✞ We come together to celebrate the mass each week. ✞
“A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help all its students to become saints.” ~Pope Benedict XVI
April 25, 2021
Happy Easter Season!
April 7, 2021
“He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.” ~Matthew 28:6
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring.
March 22, 2021
Goodbye February!
February 28, 2021
Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. – Pope Francis
Lent 2021
February 21, 2021
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Keep Calm and Love Winter.
February 14, 2021
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” ~Dalai Lama
February 7, 2021
Happy New Year! Welcome 2021!
January 5, 2021
A Peek into our Last Week Before Christmas Break….
December 13, 2020
Happy Advent: What’s coming this week?
December 5, 2020
November 16, 2020
Here’s a Peek into our Week…
November 9, 2020
Peeking into November! Give Thanks!
November 1, 2020
It’s a Spooky Week, but let’s take a peek…
October 26, 2020
Our Weekly Peek!
October 18, 2020
It’s a shorter week, but let’s peek….
October 12, 2020
A Week in a Peek…
October 6, 2020
A Week in a Peek…
Peek in as September turns into October!
September 27, 2020
Looking forward to the coming week…
September 20, 2020
“Positive Posting” by Skyler :)
September 18, 2020
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for This….
September 13, 2020
Peeking into September…
September 7, 2020
Our upcoming week…in a peek…
August 31, 2020
Please glance to see what we’ll be studying and other important notes.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no…it’s the Super Students of 4D!
August 16, 2020
Let’s Close the Year in Prayer and with Thanks.
May 21, 2020
Thank you students, who worked so hard this year and adapted to a new way of learning. Thanks to parents who turned into teachers! Thank you co-workers for collaborating with me to create a new learning platform. Thank you administration for terrific guidance, work, and your ear. Thanks to my own family, for your patience as being a teacher became a “home thing” more than it normally is. Have a safe and happy summer!
“Don’t worry about anything, but in your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking Him with a thankful heart. And God’s peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Jesus Christ.” ~Philippians 4: 6-7
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ~Albert Einstein
April 22, 2020
Here are some ways our students have been putting their intelligence “to fun” during distance learning!
~Thomas writes his spelling words in flour….ooooh, the texture helps the brain to learn with those “ie” or “ei” vowel spellings.
~In learning about the 5th Commandment: You shall not kill, Hailey learns more about life! She values her life as a gift from God. Hailey learns how everyone has human dignity, and we need to value that in all people. Hailey notes gifts that people have given her with gift tags, saying who they were from. Then, she puts a gift tag on herself to remind herself that she is a gift from God.
Holy Week
April 5, 2020
A Distance Learning Activity to keep our students happy, creative, and well-rounded last week was making a Stain Glass Window on the Driveway! Check out one family’s masterpiece!
This week’s distance learning objectives:
Math: Equivalent Fractions
Spelling: Patterns with /ei/, /ie/, and /eigh/
English: Capitalization and Punctuation with Quotations; Introduction to Adverbs
Reading: Literature Circles with Novels: Hatchet, Stone Fox, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, and Riding Freedom
Religion: Holy Week
SPSL Book Fair Time!
February 11, 2020
This year is my 31st year of teaching at SPSL, initially teaching 6th grade for 5 years, and now teaching 4th grade for 26 years. The whole experience has flown by!
I initially graduated from UNL with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and my teaching certificate. I have earned my master's degree in Reading from UNO and was awarded the Archdiocesan Educator of the Year in 2014. Welcome to my website. It's a window into the fun and learning that occurs in 4D.
