At this point in time, 12:08pm, our county schools are closing early, except for Granville. Even though the Southwest Licking schools are closing early, the bus from that district is coming at the NORMAL TIME. Linda has been busy contacting parents of those students to find out if they are to ride the bus.
CHOIR PRACTICE HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR TODAY! Strings HAS NOT been cancelled.
It is very unlikely that Newark City Schools will close early because of the delayed opening today. What we will do here is have everyone prepared for dismissal by 2:30 and follow our plan that we used last week. All pick up students will be in the gym and we will open the gates at 2:30 to let cars into the lot. Please follow the directions of the staff. If anything changes I will post it here as soon as we become aware of changes. Thank you for your cooperation!
20 January 2011
Parish Festival Chair
We are looking for a volunteer/s to be involved with chairing the Parish Festival. This person will assist in organizing the parish festival for this year with the intent of leading the festival committee for the next two years. Interested parties should contact Derk Myers @ 403-4604 or Mike Windholtz @ 258.0643.
We are looking for a volunteer/s to be involved with chairing the Parish Festival. This person will assist in organizing the parish festival for this year with the intent of leading the festival committee for the next two years. Interested parties should contact Derk Myers @ 403-4604 or Mike Windholtz @ 258.0643.
19 January 2011
Elizabeth Ficocelli's books are on display in the school library. The order for her books will be placed on Thursday (January 20)afternoon to guarantee arrival prior to our author visit. We will place another order later, however, the books may not arrive in time to be autographed by the author.
Order Form
Book Flyer
Order Form
Book Flyer
18 January 2011
Welcome to two new families who have joined us in January. Christopher Rinderle is a fourth grade student, son of Christopher and Julie [Battat]Rinderle. We also welcome 3rd grader Alexandra [Alex] Powelson and her dad, Mark.
Just a reminder that progress reports will be distributed to students on Monday, January 24th, along with Terra Nova scores.
Just a reminder that progress reports will be distributed to students on Monday, January 24th, along with Terra Nova scores.
14 January 2011
Book orders for our visit by author Elizabeth Ficocelli,
on February 2, 2011 are due next Wednesday, January 19th.
Please make checks payable to St. Francis School.
Book Order Form
Book Flyer
on February 2, 2011 are due next Wednesday, January 19th.
Please make checks payable to St. Francis School.
Book Order Form
Book Flyer
13 January 2011
It's Parent-Teacher Conference time!
Our 2nd round conferences are not mandatory, but if you would like to see a teacher, you may begin scheduling now. Conferences are February 2nd from 3:30pm-7:30pm
Online Scheduling and Instructions
Permission forms for ice skating were sent home today to grades 2 -7. Please sign BOTH SIDES and return the form by Friday, January 21st.
Full Catholic Schools Week Schedule
Early Dismissal Procedure
Our 2nd round conferences are not mandatory, but if you would like to see a teacher, you may begin scheduling now. Conferences are February 2nd from 3:30pm-7:30pm
Online Scheduling and Instructions
Permission forms for ice skating were sent home today to grades 2 -7. Please sign BOTH SIDES and return the form by Friday, January 21st.
Full Catholic Schools Week Schedule
Early Dismissal Procedure
12 January 2011
Elizabeth Ficocelli is a best-selling, award-winning author of twelve books for adults and young people. Elizabeth will visit our school on February 2, 2011. Please see the attached flyers to pre-order her books, she will autograph them the day of her visit.
Please return the order forms with payment by January 19, 2011. The orders must be placed with the publishers on January 20 in order to receive them in time for Elizabeth's visit.
Book Flyer
Book Order Form
Please return the order forms with payment by January 19, 2011. The orders must be placed with the publishers on January 20 in order to receive them in time for Elizabeth's visit.
Book Flyer
Book Order Form
11 January 2011
06 January 2011
Corrected dates for national CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK: January 31 - February 5, 2011. The National Catholic Education Association sets the last Sunday in January every year as the beginning of this week to celebrate our Catholic Schools across the country. A list of events will be sent home next week.
We will still host our OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, January 23rd to celebrate the feast of St. Francis de Sales.
A message from our school nurse, Mrs. Spangler: I have been seeing students that are presenting with complaints of stomach ache, headache and general malaise. I find the common denominator is that many of these children have not had breakfast.
Why Eat Breakfast?
A Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital study of children in Philadelphia and Baltimore schools discovered that students who usually ate breakfast had improved math grades, reduced hyperactivity, decreased absence and tardy rates, and improved psycho-social behaviors compared with children who rarely ate breakfast.
Please be sure your child has enough time in the morning to eat something before coming to school!
Attention Middle School BOYS and parents!
Registration is open for Boys Discover...Engineering!
COSI's premier science career exploration program for middle-school boys (grades 6-8) is Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 9:00 am to 3:15 pm at COSI in Columbus. The cost for this exciting day-long STEM program is $40 per student and includes workshops, lunch, and admission to COSI’s exhibitions after the program. Scholarship funding is available to cover all but $5 of the cost.
Middle-school boys will meet engineers and will participate in hands-on activities and workshops led by engineers and engineering students. Advance registration is required. Go to www.cosi.org/educators/mentoring/boys-discover/ to learn more and print out the application and financial aid forms.
COSI's Girls Discover...Engineering program will return in the fall of 2011.
We will still host our OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, January 23rd to celebrate the feast of St. Francis de Sales.
A message from our school nurse, Mrs. Spangler: I have been seeing students that are presenting with complaints of stomach ache, headache and general malaise. I find the common denominator is that many of these children have not had breakfast.
Why Eat Breakfast?
A Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital study of children in Philadelphia and Baltimore schools discovered that students who usually ate breakfast had improved math grades, reduced hyperactivity, decreased absence and tardy rates, and improved psycho-social behaviors compared with children who rarely ate breakfast.
Please be sure your child has enough time in the morning to eat something before coming to school!
Attention Middle School BOYS and parents!
Registration is open for Boys Discover...Engineering!
COSI's premier science career exploration program for middle-school boys (grades 6-8) is Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 9:00 am to 3:15 pm at COSI in Columbus. The cost for this exciting day-long STEM program is $40 per student and includes workshops, lunch, and admission to COSI’s exhibitions after the program. Scholarship funding is available to cover all but $5 of the cost.
Middle-school boys will meet engineers and will participate in hands-on activities and workshops led by engineers and engineering students. Advance registration is required. Go to www.cosi.org/educators/mentoring/boys-discover/ to learn more and print out the application and financial aid forms.
COSI's Girls Discover...Engineering program will return in the fall of 2011.
05 January 2011
Happy New Year to all of our families!
Many thanks to those who have participated in the Box Tops for Education program. Just by collecting those box tops, our school received a check for $503.50! And thank you to Mrs. Beth Pintz for coordinating this program, as well as to the volunteers who cut and count. Please continue to send in your box tops/labels. It does pay off!!
Our next Prospective Parents Day will be held on Friday, January 14th from 9am - 2pm. If you know of a family who may be considering our school, please invite them to stop in that day. Registration packets will be available for Kindergarten children. Remember: any current family who brings a new family into our school will receive 35 FREE volunteer hours after the second quarter of the new family's attendance at St. Francis.
Mark your calendar for our annual OPEN HOUSE - Sunday, January 23rd - 11:30am - 1:30pm. Registration packets for Preschool and Kindergarten students and for new families will be available at the open house. We will also be celebrating the national CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK from Sunday, January 30th through Friday, February 4th. A list of events for the week will be sent home shortly.
Friday, January 14th marks the end of the second quarter.
Blessed Sacrament is hosting a Protecting God’s Children Seminar on Saturday, January 29th at 9am. This session will be held in the school cafeteria. In keeping with VIRTUS policy, no one will be admitted to this session after the first video has started. Go to www.virtus.org to register for the session. Please remember that in order to work with or volunteer around children of our Diocese, you must attend a session of Protecting God’s Children and have a background check on file with the School and/or Parish Office.
Many thanks to those who have participated in the Box Tops for Education program. Just by collecting those box tops, our school received a check for $503.50! And thank you to Mrs. Beth Pintz for coordinating this program, as well as to the volunteers who cut and count. Please continue to send in your box tops/labels. It does pay off!!
Our next Prospective Parents Day will be held on Friday, January 14th from 9am - 2pm. If you know of a family who may be considering our school, please invite them to stop in that day. Registration packets will be available for Kindergarten children. Remember: any current family who brings a new family into our school will receive 35 FREE volunteer hours after the second quarter of the new family's attendance at St. Francis.
Mark your calendar for our annual OPEN HOUSE - Sunday, January 23rd - 11:30am - 1:30pm. Registration packets for Preschool and Kindergarten students and for new families will be available at the open house. We will also be celebrating the national CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK from Sunday, January 30th through Friday, February 4th. A list of events for the week will be sent home shortly.
Friday, January 14th marks the end of the second quarter.
Blessed Sacrament is hosting a Protecting God’s Children Seminar on Saturday, January 29th at 9am. This session will be held in the school cafeteria. In keeping with VIRTUS policy, no one will be admitted to this session after the first video has started. Go to www.virtus.org to register for the session. Please remember that in order to work with or volunteer around children of our Diocese, you must attend a session of Protecting God’s Children and have a background check on file with the School and/or Parish Office.
04 January 2011
PROSPECTIVE PARENT VISIT DAY January 14 ~ 9:00am-2:00pm
St. Francis de Sales is now registering new students for the 2011-2012 school year.
We will be hosting an:
Open House January 23rd 11:30 am-1:30 pm
St. Francis de Sales is now registering new students for the 2011-2012 school year.
We will be hosting an:
Open House January 23rd 11:30 am-1:30 pm
03 January 2011
Youth Ministry Events
Jr. High KICK-OFF!
Dodgeball and Pizza
All 7th & 8th Graders Welcome!
• Wed. Jan. 5th (and every Wednesday!)
• 6:00-7:30 pm
• Pizza & Salad Dinner!
• St. Francis Johnson Hall
• FOOD, FUN, FAITH!
• Friends welcome!
• $3 at the door
• QUESTIONS??? Bob Moraine bmoraine@stfrancisparish.net
Dodgeball Flier
28th Annual March for Life!
St. Francis Youth Ministry together with St. Catharine Columbus is sponsoring a multi-generational Pilgrimage to Washington, DC to participate in the 28th Annual March for Life! January 23rd – 24th Please join us as we put our faith into action in support of the sanctity of human life.
March for Life Flier
Jr. High KICK-OFF!
Dodgeball and Pizza
All 7th & 8th Graders Welcome!
• Wed. Jan. 5th (and every Wednesday!)
• 6:00-7:30 pm
• Pizza & Salad Dinner!
• St. Francis Johnson Hall
• FOOD, FUN, FAITH!
• Friends welcome!
• $3 at the door
• QUESTIONS??? Bob Moraine bmoraine@stfrancisparish.net
Dodgeball Flier
28th Annual March for Life!
St. Francis Youth Ministry together with St. Catharine Columbus is sponsoring a multi-generational Pilgrimage to Washington, DC to participate in the 28th Annual March for Life! January 23rd – 24th Please join us as we put our faith into action in support of the sanctity of human life.
March for Life Flier
17 December 2010
Here are some interesting stats from our food drive.
Goal: 3500 items
Actual Total: 4568 items
Number of days: 17 school days – from Nov. 15th – Dec. 15th
Number of food pick-ups by St. Vincent De Paul: 9
We got food to those in need for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Classes with the most number of items:
Winner of November's "Scoopin' Out the Bounty" ice cream party: 4B
Winner of December's "Takin' Out the Chill" party with Christmas cookies and hot chocolate: 1B
Grand Prize Winner of "Movie Madness" with pizza, popcorn, soda & a movie: 4B
Top Five Classes:
1B: 496
4B: 496 These two classes did a "number guess" to see who won the grand prize.
4A: 380
5B: 359
7B: 313
Number of Student Council Members who collected food each day: 13
Special thanks to the 7th and 8th grade Student Council members who counted and kept the daily totals, and who kept the school informed on a daily basis, helping to "pump up" the enthusiasm for the drive throughout its run.
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES FOR YOUR SUPPORT! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
Goal: 3500 items
Actual Total: 4568 items
Number of days: 17 school days – from Nov. 15th – Dec. 15th
Number of food pick-ups by St. Vincent De Paul: 9
We got food to those in need for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Classes with the most number of items:
Winner of November's "Scoopin' Out the Bounty" ice cream party: 4B
Winner of December's "Takin' Out the Chill" party with Christmas cookies and hot chocolate: 1B
Grand Prize Winner of "Movie Madness" with pizza, popcorn, soda & a movie: 4B
Top Five Classes:
1B: 496
4B: 496 These two classes did a "number guess" to see who won the grand prize.
4A: 380
5B: 359
7B: 313
Number of Student Council Members who collected food each day: 13
Special thanks to the 7th and 8th grade Student Council members who counted and kept the daily totals, and who kept the school informed on a daily basis, helping to "pump up" the enthusiasm for the drive throughout its run.
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES FOR YOUR SUPPORT! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
16 December 2010
Tomorrow, December 17th, is a CHRISTMAS CASUAL DAY for staff and students. Please follow the guidelines in the handbook for dressing down.
Friday, 12/17, is our last day of classes before Christmas vacation. Classes will resume on Monday, January 3rd.
Each family will receive a small token of our appreciation for all you do for your children and our school. Please look for the green bookmark in your youngest child's bookbag. On behalf of the staff of St. Francis de Sales School, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! Mrs. Walsh
Friday, 12/17, is our last day of classes before Christmas vacation. Classes will resume on Monday, January 3rd.
Each family will receive a small token of our appreciation for all you do for your children and our school. Please look for the green bookmark in your youngest child's bookbag. On behalf of the staff of St. Francis de Sales School, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! Mrs. Walsh
14 December 2010
Hopefully you are all staying warm! Due to this being such a busy
time of year for all of us we are going to cancel the Mother/Daughter Tea meeting that was scheduled for this Thursday, December 16th, at Agnes Windholtz's house. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at 7 PM. Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Agnes Windholtz and Cindy Myers
The St. Francis de Sales 2010-2011 yearbook is in need of photos from ROPES, Confirmation, and Pray and Play. Please contact Gretchen Bjornson at 964-3685 or gabjorn@embarqmail.com as soon as possible if you have any pictures to share from these or any other events.
time of year for all of us we are going to cancel the Mother/Daughter Tea meeting that was scheduled for this Thursday, December 16th, at Agnes Windholtz's house. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at 7 PM. Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Agnes Windholtz and Cindy Myers
The St. Francis de Sales 2010-2011 yearbook is in need of photos from ROPES, Confirmation, and Pray and Play. Please contact Gretchen Bjornson at 964-3685 or gabjorn@embarqmail.com as soon as possible if you have any pictures to share from these or any other events.
09 December 2010
08 December 2010
Thursday is a LATE START Day!
Please be sure your child is dressed for the weather - jacket [zipped up], hat, gloves!
The Drama Club Kick-Off Meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7:00pm in the school cafeteria. Students will find out which play they will be in and
lots of other information will be handed out.
Please be sure your child is dressed for the weather - jacket [zipped up], hat, gloves!
The Drama Club Kick-Off Meeting will be Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7:00pm in the school cafeteria. Students will find out which play they will be in and
lots of other information will be handed out.
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