Clubs
ACADEMIC BOWL
Middle School academic team that participates in question-and-answer competition against other school teams in a playoff series of district, regional, area and state tournaments. Knowledge tested includes math, science, social studies, literature, humanities, history and pop culture.
5th/6th Grade Team placed 2nd Place at Area
Grades Eligible: 5th-8th grades
Sign-ups in September determine how teams form (one per grade or mixed grad teams). Practice on Tuesday afternoons until tournaments end (usually March).
Contact: Mrs. Boyer, sboyer@spxtulsa.org
LIBRARY CLUB
A service learning opportunity that allows students to assist with library duties, help implement themes for the younger students, and prepare for and/or work special events.
Grades Eligible: 4th & 5th grades, limited to 18 students
Sign-ups in September. Meetings every other Thursday, October through April.
Contact: Ms. Therese Iten, Librarian, titen@spxtulsa.org
ROBOTICS
Students work as a team to build a robot, run simulations and create a presentation on the Lego League division challenge presented each season.
Grades Eligible: 6th-8th grade boys and girls
There is a limit of 10 students (FIRST Lego League team max is 10 students).
Applications will be accepted in the school office to Principal McCoy - Monday, August 5th thru Friday, August 9th.
The first 10 respondents will be will be considered for the team.
Applicants will be notified by Tuesday, August 13th, if they have been put on the team.
The robotics team is a commitment starting in mid-August through late November 2019.
If a team advances to additional competitions we will have meetings & competitions going into the spring of 2020.
St. Pius X participates in the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Robotics Program.
Please visit http://www.firstlegoleague.org for more information.
This year’s FLL theme is City Shapers - Teams will explore city life through the architecture theme & create new,
innovative solutions to improve our communities for the future.
Applications turned in with missing parts may not be considered.
Contact: Nancy Carlile, ncarl615@gmail.com
MATHCOUNTS
A national club that encourages students to use different math techniques to solve math problems. The problems written are made to be difficult for 7th and 8th grade students. Grades Eligible: 5th-8th grade (5th can only compete in the Catholic Schools competition). Meetings held on Mondays after school starting after Labor Day through the end of February.
Contact: Mrs. Cathie Kinnaman, ckinnaman@spxtulsa.org
2019-2020 Awards:
Catholic Schools Competition
- 7th Graders Individual: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places
- 8th Graders Individual: 1st & 3rd places
- Individuals Competition: 1st place overall
- Team Competition: 1st & 3rd places
- Mixed Team: SPX students on the 1st place, 2nd place, & 3rd place teams
Northwestern Regional: 5th place and State Qualifier
State Competition: 8th place
CUB SCOUTS
Cub Scouts learn about respect, nature, God and country. We go camping and hiking, make pinewood derby cars, build regatta boats and have a lot of fun while doing it.
Awards: Each rank has many different awards that the boys can earn. The top Cub Scout award is the Arrow of Light.
Grades Eligible: 1st-5th grade boys
Sign up at any time during the year. We meet 2 to 3 times a month, typically on Monday evenings. Cub Scouts is a year round program, however, most activities are during the school year.
Contact: Scott Johnson, Cubmaster, 918-605-9811, cubmaster58@yahoo.com
GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scouts is a leadership and community service organization for girls in grades K-12 to develop new skills, talents, and friendships through troop activities, camps and community service. The girls learn about leadership, build confidence and character, and take action in their community.
Grades Eligible: K-8th grade girls
Troops meet during the school year, but can extend to meet year round. Our St. Pius X troops are typically one per grade. The meeting day, time, and location are determined by the adult leaders.
Contact: Monique Francois, route66su@gmail.com
The students of St. Pius X Middle School must complete service hours as a part of their religion requirement. On the St. Pius X School website a form can be found which must be submitted for each service activity that the child has completed. Go to the top line and click parents, scroll down to parent resources and click, scroll down to MS service-hour-form and print the form. For each activity, the student completes a form must be filled out and can be turned in anytime between now and May 1st. Please read further information about this on the MS syllabus found on the SPX website by clicking on the staff directory and selecting Cecilia Fincher. Forms do not have to be turned in for service club activities, as I record that information during the meeting.
Service Club meetings will be held on Tuesdays throughout the year from 3:00-4:15. The specific Tuesdays will be announced each month since we do projects as they come up and need to be done. There will be two Tuesdays a month for activities, students must select to be in group 1 or group 2.
RUNNING & FITNESS CLUB
Running & Fitness Club will meet on Monday and Friday afternoon's, 3:15 - 4:00pm beginning on Friday, September 8th in the Middle School Commons area. We'll run and exercise to maintain physical fitness year round, weather permitting.
Grades eligible: K - 8th
Contact: Mrs. Lynn Glover, lglover@spxtulsa.org
This club will be responsible for putting out a school newspaper that is student written and designed, including news articles, comics, crossword puzzles, and more! Additionally, club members will enter monthly creative writing submissions to local, regional, and national student contests. This will be a one semester club; students may join each semester.