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Students are invited to stay after school to help with decorations, plan the skits, and practice the dances. This is a great opportunity to build friendships, and make memories with your Troubie sisters.

Schedule:

• October 29 – October 31, 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
• November 1, 3:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Run to Feed the Hungry is the largest Thanksgiving Day Race in the country.  St. Francis is helping to make it great by having a team, SFHS Troubies.  The Run to Feed the Hungry benefits the Sacramento Food Bank to ensure that everyone can get food when they need it. This year, invite your friends, family members, and of course your fellow Troubies to join our team.  Benefits to joining the SFHS Troubies Team: parking for the race at SF, a special location with coffee and donuts before the race for all Teams, and packet pick up at St. Francis the week before the race. Race registration for teams closes November 5th. Sign up now, and join us this Thanksgiving! Want to sleep in or plan to travel that week, sign up as a virtual runner. Remember, students can wear their Run to Feed the Hungry shirts on Fridays with their skirts. This year all team members get a special headband with their race shirt. Just follow the link below. During registration, make sure you join a team, follow the prompts, and click on SFHS Troubies. Register HERE.

• November 3rd, 2018
• 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
• Purchase tickets HERE
• Cost: Single $25, Couple $35

Please refer to the Handbook for Dress Code guidelines.

ALL students must bring a current student ID.

Please contact Mrs. McGreevy (cmcgreevy@stfrancishs.org) if financial aid is required.

On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, Dean, Cynthia Cost, in conjunction with the Wellness Counselors will host a Safety Assembly for the students.  In the assembly, we will be viewing, discussing, and practicing “RUN – HIDE – FIGHT – Surviving an Active Assailant” protocols.  In addition, Wellness Counselors will be discussing personal boundaries and grooming.  The students will be shown a video discussing the topic. This video is utilized in the Diocesan training of our teachers, staff, coaches, and volunteers.

Below are links to references for your review and discussion with your daughter.

Run Hide Fight – Quick Reference PDF

Grooming Behaviors – PDF

We believe these are very important and necessary topics of discussion.   However, we understand that it may be tough for some students.  If you daughter cannot participate, she must remain in the front office during the training.  Please contact the Dean of Students, Cynthia Cost, at CCost@stfrancishs.org if you wish to have her opt out of the training. Thank you.

Please save the date  for the 28th Annual International Night sponsored by the Modern and Classical Languages Department.  The date is Thursday, February 7th, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Parents volunteers are needed. If you are willing to help, click HERE to sign up.  If you have any questions, contact Corrine Littles at corrinelittles15@gmail.com.

St. Francis High School Math Department is excited to announce that we are transitioning to Integrated Math in the 2019-2020 school year! A summary of these changes is attached HERE. Please join us in November for our Parent Math Night, as we explain these changes, and how they will benefit our students.  

It’s time to disconnect and reconnect!

Our Community lunch on October 12 will be an electronic free day (no lap tops, no phones, no computers etc…).  This is the Friday before a homework free weekend, so we are taking this opportunity to have the students really personally connect with each other, by talking.  Who knew that communications didn’t have to include electronics? 

Have a wonderful weekend!

We will celebrate our Lady of Guadalupe this year with a Mass on Wednesday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m. We are interested in the idea of having a Mariachi band as part of our liturgy. If any Troubie family knows of anyone that could help us secure a Mariachi band, please contact Campus Ministry at stholcke@stfrancishs.org.   

Click HERE to learn more about our Parents’ Guild as well as the Parents’ Guild representatives.  Each class welcome letter is below.

• Class of 2019 Welcome Letter HERE.
• Class of 2020 Welcome Letter HERE.
• Class of 2021 Welcome Letter HERE.
• Class of 2022 Welcome Letter HERE.

We will be having a Big Sister/ Little Sister Gathering on Thursday, September 27 at 8:00 a.m. Thank you for continuing to support and encourage our Big Sister/Little Sister events, as they are created to foster sisterhood and inclusion among our Troubies.

We love having our grandparents involved. All grandparents of our students and alumnae are welcome!  Join us next Tuesday, September 25 at 9:30 a.m. for our next Grandparents’ Club Meeting. All are welcome to the Meet a Parent/Grandparent for Lunch event immediately following the meeting from 11:15-11:55 a.m. on campus. Parents and Grandparents can sign in by the front entrance upon arrival and either bring or purchase lunch in the dining hall.

Visit HERE to sign up, and learn more about future Grandparents’ Club events. For more information, please contact Ann Gregory at agregory@stfrancishs.org, 916-737-5016.

Do you want to help boost the camaraderie, community, fun, and spirit of our school through athletics? If so, the Booster Club is for you! The October Booster Club meeting will take place one week earlier next month. Please join us on Tuesday, October 2 from 5:45-7:00 p.m. in the faculty lounge adjacent to the Dining Hall. Come and share your ideas in a fun and casual atmosphere about how to strengthen our Troubie community! For more information, contact us atboosters@stfrancishs.org. We look forward to seeing you!

It’s that time of the year again when we host our Open House for prospective families. This year, Open House will be on Sunday, October 14th, and we are in need of your help. We have volunteer shifts starting on Friday, October 12th in the afternoon, Saturday, October 13th in the morning, and various shifts on Sunday, October 14th. If you can spare the time on any of these days, we would love to have your help. Thank you in advance for volunteering for Open House.

• Click HERE to sign into MVP.
• Click HERE for Parent Volunteer Opportunities.

Once again, our used uniform closet is full to the top.  We will hold a used uniform sale for STUDENTS ONLY on September 20, 2018.  The sale will be held during the lunch period, and proceeds benefit the scholarship fund.  This will be a great opportunity to get uniform items at fire-sale prices.  Shirts will be $1.00, all other items will be $5.  Please bring cash or a check.

Parents, if you have not done so already, please take time this weekend to sign up your senior daughter for her Kairos Retreat. We still have space on the November Kairos. This would be a great Kairos to attend, as it is also followed up by the Thanksgiving break, which gives her a chance to catch up.

There is still spaces left in the March and April Kairos retreats as well. January is full, and there is a waiting list!

Kairos is a trans-formative experience. It is an experience your daughter will remember for the rest of her life. Don’t let your senior daughter miss this life-changing experience. She may regret not taking part of it while at St. Francis.

For security purposes, we are no longer able to accept fax orders that contain credit card information on them. You may mail in an order form with a personal check or have your daughter drop it off in the front office, with attention: Troubie Store.  NO CASH, please!  Remember, orders are only filled on Tuesdays when the store is open, and will be available for pickup by your daughter at 3:00 p.m. in the front office.

Parents, thank you for your patience while we resolved the issues transitioning from our previous Student Information System (SIS) to our new PowerSchool platform.  Yesterday afternoon, you should have received an email from PowerSchool Learning. In that communication, you were provided with instructions on how to create your parent account for PowerSchool Learning.  Follow the specific instructions, and you should have access to your daughter’s assignments, schedule, and grades.  

If you need assistance with this process, please contact the school at support@stfrancishs.org.

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to have lunch with your daughter or granddaughter on the school campus.  It is a great way to meet up and have time to visit in the school setting.  You may even be able to include one or more of your daughter or granddaughter’s friends who may not have anyone coming.

Parents and Grandparents can sign in by the front entrance, and bring lunch or purchase food in the dining hall to eat with your daughter or granddaughter on campus.

The Epicurean Staff wants to ensure the safety of every guest in our Café. Please be advised that we use ingredients that are common allergens or may be exposed to common allergens while manufacturing such as wheat, tree nuts, dairy, corn, soy, as well as various fruits and proteins. If you are concerned about ingredients, please do not hesitate to ask our dining staff questions. We’ll suggest proper options for individual dietary needs.

Meet a Parent/Grandparent for Lunch, 11:15-11:55 a.m. (for last names A-L) is September 25th and Meet a Parent/Grandparent for Lunch,11:45-12:35 p.m. (for last names M-Z) is September 27th. Parents or Grandparents can sign in by the front entrance and bring lunch or buy in the dining hall to eat with you on campus these days.

Parent Driving Safety

Thank you for your assistance this week with the traffic flow.  We will be closing the 58th Street and M Street entrances effective 8/31/18.

The driveway/frontage road into the cell phone lot is ONE WAY ONLY.  Please do not attempt to drive or reverse backwards down the driveway/frontage road, so we may avoid any accidents.

Dropping off/picking up your student directly on Elvas Avenue can be very dangerous.  Please use the drop off/pick up zones provided. Those extra few minutes in line may save your child’s life.

M street parent volunteers

We are looking for parents to work the M Street door from 7:15 to 8:15 a.m. or 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. for parent hours.  If you are interested in working one or more shifts on one or more days, please contact CCost@stfrancishs.org.  

Labeling Personal Items

It may not be cool to label your daughter’s items (jackets, blazers, hydro flasks, books etc..) but she will have a much better chance of having her items returned to her if her name is on her items.

Robotics will be having a student/parent information meeting on August 28th at 5:30 p.m. in the Dining Hall.  All students interested in joining the team this year should attend with their parent/s. Any inquiries should be directed to Coach Isaacs at lmisaacs@stfrancishs.org.

Starting Tuesday (8/21) after school in Serra Court, we will have Troubie Taco Tuesdays! Chef Manager, Roberto, will be serving up delicious carñitas tacos and hot tortas.  Your choice of carñitas tacos or hot tortas comes with Spanish rice, chips, salsa, and Agua Fresca for $6.00.

Parents’ Guild will be hosting desserts during Back to School Night.  Please check the Volunteer Opportunity website to sign-up to donate desserts for this important SF event.  We will also have a booth there, so please stop by, and find out how you can get involved.   We look forward to meeting all of our new Troubie Parents.

Parents’ Guild will also be holding their first meeting on Tuesday, August 21^st at 8:15 a.m.  We still have some leadership opportunities available,  Please join us to learn more about what we do for our girls, parents, and staff.

There are links below to learn how to sign up for our volunteer program, log into your account, and view the volunteer opportunities available.

• Click HERE to learn how to sign up for MVP. 
• Click HERE to log into MVP.
• Click HERE to view the Volunteer Opportunities available.

Our Welcome Mass is on Wednesday, August 22nd at 10:00 a.m. All are welcomed to attend the Mass. Please sign in at the front office before joining us in the Gym.

The offertory collection at the Welcome Mass) will benefit Mercy Pedalers. Donations will be collected during Mass. Cash or check is accepted. As expressed on their mission statement, “Mercy Pedalers is a ministry of presence based on the Works of Mercy and powered by people like you and me, who pedal through the streets of Sacramento connecting with men and women who are experiencing homelessness.”

Donations will be used to help purchase everyday necessities for the homeless in the streets of Sacramento, such as food, sanitary essentials, etc.   

Thank you! Have a great weekend.

We have received questions about the painting day tomorrow (Saturday, 8/11/18).  At this point, we are moving forward tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  However, we strongly suggest that you consider stopping no later than 1:00 p.m. as as the afternoon air quality deteriorates.  There is an additional parking painting day on Monday, August 13 from 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (same situation).  We do not know when the air quality will improve (it may be several weeks) so coming earlier and leaving early is the best.  If we need to open an one additional painting day, it will be towards the end of September.    

We do not want to have students with health issues to feel they have to paint at this time. If you need to move to the end of September, please let me know.  Parents, you should discuss if it is safe for your daughter to participate. Participate only if you both agree that it is safe.  If you cannot stay the entire time to paint tomorrow, but you feel you can come to pick your space and paint your name, feel free to do so.

We look forward to seeing you bright and early tomorrow morning, Mrs. Cost

Athletic Registration on Final Forms

We are very excited to announce that St. Francis Catholic High School has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service. FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students. The most exciting news is that FinalForms saves data from season-to-season and year-to-year, meaning that you will never need to enter the same information twice! FinalForms also pre-populates information wherever possible, for each of your students, saving you time. For more information, click HERE.

Fall Adidas Athletic Spirit Gear Available

Support your daughter’s team with official St. Francis Adidas spirit gear from Athletics Unlimited. Each fall sport has team-specific gear available online. There are no exceptions to the deadlines and all proceeds from the sales benefit the St. Francis Athletics Department. For more information, click HERE.

St. Francis Wins First Delta League All-Sports Title

The St. Francis Athletics Department won the 2017-18 Delta League All-Sports title for the first time in the three-year history of the award. The Troubadours won or tied for five league titles during the year and recorded two second-place finishes. The Troubies captured team titles in cross country, golf, tennis and volleyball, while sharing the basketball title with Davis. St. Francis, which also finished second in water polo, swimming, and diving, tallied 64.5 points to Davis’ 64 to edge the Blue Devils. Pleasant Grove and Elk Grove were tied for third with 42 points. Click HERE to read the release.

Get a head start on your family Revelry Donations!  Come visit the Advancement table to drop off your wine donations.  We’ll be in Serra Court at Back to School Night on Thursday, August 23rd! Bottles should have a value of at least $25 and will be used in our Silent Auction section at the Revelry Gala and Auction on March 9th, 2019. Please be sure to sign up on our MVP website before donating.

• Tuesday 7/31/18 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Wednesday 8/1/18 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Thursday 8/2/18 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
• Friday 8/10/18 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Freshmen Overnight Retreat & Family Mass: Check in at the CLC at 4:45 p.m. Retreat begins on August 10th at 6:30 p.m. and goes to August 11th at 9:00 a.m.  

The first day of classes for all students is August 14th. Uniforms and books (hard copy and digital) are required.

Homeroom: 8:00-8:20
A - 8:25-8:55
B - 9:00-9:30
C - 9:35- 10:05
D - 10:10-10:40
Class meetings and Assembly- 10:45-11:55
Lunch - 11:55-12:40
E - 12:45-1:15
F - 1:20-1:50 
G - 1:55-2:25
H - 2:30-3:00

The Junior Commissioning Mass will be on Wednesday, May 16, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., where we will officially bless and commission the Class of 2019 to be the seniors and leaders of the 2018-2019 school year.  The girls will also receive a special Four Pillars Pin that represents the foundation and mission of St. Francis. All family and friends are invited to attend. Any questions, please contact Maggie Murray in Campus Ministry at mmurray@stfrancishs.org.