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Congratulations St. Francis Community. The
Volley for the Cure girls volleyball match versus
Immaculate Conception High School raised $6,533
which will go directly to the Breast Cancer
Research Foundation.
Good luck this weekend to Sectional Cross
Country Qualifiers: Courtney Trunk, Alyssa
Robinson, Joe Giamberdino, and Matt Denny as
they run in the IHSA Sectional meet at Belvidere
High School. Girls race is at 10:00 am and the
boys start at 11:00 am.
Michael Segneri has been named one of twenty
State Finalists in the Wendy's High School Heisman
Scholar Athlete Award program. Mike and
Jennifer Eldridge were named the School Winners
among candidates from St. Francis High School and
Mike has advanced to the State competition.
On November 7, Wendy's will announce the names of
the two State Winners. Look for this future
announcement at www.wendysheisman.comRaeann
Huhn -
Principal |
2008 Advanced Placement
Program®
Scholar Awards
Announced
College Board's Advanced Placement
Program® (AP®) provides motivated and academically
prepared students with the opportunity to take
rigorous college-level courses while still in high
school, and to earn college credit, advanced
placement, or both for successful performance on
the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the 1.6
million students worldwide who took AP Exams
performed at a sufficiently high level to also
earn an AP Scholar Award.
Congratulations to the following St.
Francis students recently designated to receive AP
Awards for their performance on Advanced
Placements exams in spring of 2008.
AP Scholar: These
students have received grades of at least 3 or
better on three or more AP Exams
Class of 2009:
Matthew DeAngelo, Matthew Novack, Michael Novack,
Nathan Olver
Class of 2008: Patrick Buranicz,
Peter Byrnes, Mary Kate Murray, Joseph Rysavy,
Brian Scanlon, Drew Vachon, and Colleen
White
AP Scholar with Honor:
These students have received an average grade of
at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and grades of
3 or higher on four or more exams-Class of 2008:
Amy Feehan and Arianna Rubio
AP
Scholar with Distinction: These students
have received an average grade of 3.5 on all AP
Exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or
more exams-Class of 2008: Caitlin Hamrin, Jami
Jurich, Thomas Kenealy, Eric McKee, Lindsay
Pyrcik, Alexander Serphin, and Daniel
Sufranski
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Parent / Teacher
Conferences
Parents can register online for
Parent-Teacher Conferences anytime between 8:00 am
October 21, 2008 and 4:00 pm November 3, 2008.
- Click the PT Conference Maker link (http://www.ptconferencemaker.com/stfrancis)
- Logon to PT Conference Maker by using your
child's 8-digit Student ID Number and the
4-digit password/pin provided in the recent
Quarter One Report Card mailing. (Note:
non-custodial parents will use a 10-digit
Student ID Number, also provided in the
mailing.)
If you encounter any difficulties, please leave
a message on the Parent-Teacher Conference hotline
extension
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| Fall Play -
Parlor Games
November 7th -
9th
Our Fall Play, Parlor Games, written
and directed by Mr. Jim Wall opens on Friday,
November 7. Parlor Games is the story of
Mort McNulty, a die hard practical joker, who
decides to host his own wake before he's dead, so
he can hear what people will say about him after
he's dead. He drags his poor wife Tricia
into this joke and all kinds of interesting people
show up in person as well as those driving thru
the funeral parlor's newly installed (and not
quite fully operational yet) Drive Thru Video.
There are eight other productions of Parlor
Games being shown around the country this fall.
For more details, please go to
Student Activities/Fall
Play
Click here to order tickets
online |
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Mock Elections at
St.
Francis!
Students
will have the opportunity to be a part of the
election process right at St. Francis! On
Monday, November 3rd, students will have the
ability to go online all day long and vote for one
of the two Presidential candidates, John McCain or
Barack Obama. Results of this election will
be announced on the real election day! The
social studies department has worked to campaign
equally for both candidates around the school.
Students will see their classmates' campaign
posters hanging from the windows of the
social studies classrooms and in the cafe to help
them choose the right candidate for them. We
will use the computerized program EduBallot for
fast and accurate results - it should be
quite an historic
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St. Francis Commemorative
Bookplate
Design Competition
On Friday, October 24th, the St. Francis
Library launched its yearly Senior Bookplate
Design Competition which invites all seniors to
design an original bookplate. The theme for this
year's competition is St.FrancisHigh School: Where
Everyone Knows Your Name. The winning entry will
incorporate this theme into a design that typifies
and identifies the unique qualities and
characteristics of the Class of 2009.
The winner of the competition is
selected by a panel, comprised of representatives
from our school, business and civic communities,
who will judge each entry and select the top three
designs. The first place design is
reproduced and placed in each book donated during
the 2008-2009 school year as part of our Annual
Book Donation Program. The first place
winner is also awarded a $100.00 savings bond and
their original design is framed and displayed in
the library. Second and third place winners are
recognized with gift cards to the bookstore of
their choice.
For more information
and an entry form, seniors should see Mrs. Rath in
the Library. Entry forms are also available from
Mrs. Holinger, Mrs. Doane and Senior Homeroom
teachers. Contest winners will be announced
Tuesday, November
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Guidance
News
The November Guidance
Newsletter has been posted on our
site. Please note the section on "Seniors need to
have affordable colleges on their application
lists." In these uncertain economic times
that it is important that students and parents
plan ahead for all contingencies when it comes to
paying for college. The article simply
emphasizes the importance of having some
affordable options or back ups in case a family's
financial situation changes or they can't get the
loans they need.
Please also take a look the weekly bulletin. This
page lists general college information,
scholarship opportunities and available summer
programs. It is updated on a regular
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The Secret Life of
Bees
Freshman honors English classes
are currently reading Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret
Life of Bees. This award-winning novel is now
a major motion picture starring Queen Latifah and
Dakota Fanning. Freshman honors English
students are being asked to go to the movie after
reading the novel. Please consider having
your student see the movie on one of the half
days of November 5th or
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| IHSA Volleyball and
Football Updates
St. Francis is hosting the IHSA Girls
Volleyball Regional. The SCC Champion Spartans
will play the winner of Chicago Manley and Chicago
Clark at 7:30pm on Thursday, October 30th. If we
win, we will play in the Regional Championship
contest at 6pm on Saturday, November 1st at the
Spyglass Athletic Center.
Playoff Football is back at St. Francis. The
8-1 Spartans play their first round playoff game
versus Belvidere North High School at 1:00pm on
Saturday, November 1st on the St. Francis Game
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Looking Ahead . .
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Upcoming
Events:
10-30-08 Girls' Volleyball Regionals begin at
St. Francis vs. TBA
@ 7:30pm
11-1-08 Girls' Cross Country
runners
Courtney Trunk & Alyssa Robinson
competing @ 10:00 am
Boys running Joe
Giamberdino
& Matt Denny @ 11:00 am
in sectionals at Belvidere North
H.S.
11-1-08 Football Playoffs begin
St.
Francis vs. Belvidere North @ 1:00pm @ St.
Francis
11-1 to 11-2 Sleep Out Saturday
Peacebuilder Project more info 11-4-08
All School Liturgy - (AM Assembly
Schedule) Jostens Senior Cap, Gown &
Graduation Announce Orders Collection -
Lunch Market Day Pick-Up - 5:00 to 6:00pm
North Wing 11-5-08 Parent Teacher
Conferences Students Dismissed at 12:10pm
(Periods 1-4) Special Schedule
11-6-08 Parent Teacher Conferences -
Students Dismissed at 12:10 pm (Periods 5-8) Special
Schedule11-7 to 11-9 Fall
Play more
info
All Volunteers are encouraged to log in their
volunteer hours on our website at http://www.sfhsonline.org/volunteer.html
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