2020 Issue 4 Table of Contents FEatures Mitchem: Maximizing the Potential of Kids From Physics to the Priesthood for Fr. Hakeem ALUMNI In Memory Alumni Notes Reunions Support SPX Hensleys Continue Strong Support of SPX Clay Shootout Benefits St. Pius X Foundation How Can I Give to SPX? AROUND CAMPUS NHS Continues Community Service Efforts SPX …
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SPX Athletes Find Opportunity in 2020
St. Pius X High School senior student athletes made their commitments to play college sports on National Signing Day this fall. Six SPX Varsity Cheerleaders made the 2020 Universal Cheerleaders Association All-American team.
From Physics to the Priesthood for Fr. Hakeem
Focused on space, Philip Hakeem graduated from St. Pius X and began his degree in space physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. Throughout his rigorous four years of study, the priesthood found a way to enter his thoughts each year.
Mitchem: Maximizing the Potential of Kids
For Dr. James Mitchem ’75, developing an education system in which students who are deemed at-risk are positioned for post education success has been his life’s work. He states it comes down to what we truly believe about all kids.
NHS Continues Community Service Efforts
Letters to veterans and service members, a winter supplies drive and a children’s books drive are opportunities the officers of the St. Pius X High School Chapter of the National Honor Society have created to help NHS members serve their community despite the restrictions of COVID-19.
Alumni Notes – Winter 2020
Learn the latest on the Sartans! Send your notes to msais@spxabq.org!
In Memory – Winter 2020
Remembering alumni and family of alumni who have passed away in recent months. Please send your announcements to Jean Marie Skipp at jskipp@spxabq.org.
Around Campus – Winter 2020
Although St. Pius X High School students are not on campus for the fall 2020 semester and are meeting in virtual classrooms due to the effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, they continue to excel in academics, service and fine arts.
Hensleys Continue Strong Support of SPX
For St. Pius X High School Foundation Board Member Ron Hensley and his wife Cindy, commitment to Catholic education and to St. Pius X began well before their three children entered high school. Their love of the school community was solidified during their oldest son’s senior year.
Clay Shootout Benefits St. Pius X Foundation
Sporting clay enthusiasts took to the course at the Fourth Annual SPX Foundation Jamie Tinnin Memorial Clay Shootout to support the work of the St. Pius X Foundation in ensuring deserving students can receive a Catholic college-prep education.