St Pius X Regional School, Bowie

St. Pius X Regional School

2016 Blue Ribbon School

Building Faith, Values, Service, and Academic Excellence since 1962

Providing Catholic Education for Pre-K - 8th grade.

Proud member of the Archdiocese of Washington.

St. Pius X Regional School was founded in 1962 as a parish school and designated a regional school in 1990. St. Pius X Regional School now serves the registered, practicing, and contributing parishioners of Ascension, St. Edwards, Sacred Heart, and St. Pius X parishes.

Principal: Ms. Ann Gillespie Pastoral Administrator: Fr. Jones

Since Spring 2023, BSU has been proudly partnered with St. Pius, extending a warm welcome to them into our COE (College of Education) program.

FINGERPRINTING 

BACKGROUND CHECK

BSU students must obtain their background check with The Archdiocese of Washington through Virtus Training. 

You must arrange an appointment with Ms. Gillespie at agillespie@stpiusbowie.org to complete the required fingerprints at St. Pius and complete the volunteer application.

1. Go to www.virtus.org

2. Select your Organization - Washington, DC (Archdiocese)

3. Create a User ID and Password

4. Complete the Registration Screens

5. Primary Location for Volunteering- St. Pius X (329) Bowie

6. Continue answering questions

7. Schedule your training session

8. Schedule your fingerprinting screening.  A fee maybe required

9. After you have attended the training session, please sign, and return the Acknowledgement form, page 56 of the booklet you will be given to Patty Bechtel at the front desk. Also, bring the Certificate of Training Attendance, and we will make a copy, and you will keep the original for your files.

Once you have completed the process, you will be cleared to perform all volunteer duties within the Archdiocese of Washington.