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News by Rachel Wulff, CBS13

St. Francis aims to further STEM education with new robotics lab

Sacramento high school aims to further STEM education with new robotics lab. St. Francis Catholic High School Sacramento, CA.

SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento high school girls robotics team is fresh off their trip to the championships, placing fifth internationally. The St. Francis High School Team was excited to return home to a new robotics lab on campus.

Robotics advisor Marcus Grindstaff went over the 4,000-square-foot hands-on discovery and learning STEM zone at St. Francis.

News West Sacramento News Ledger

St. Francis Social Studies Department Chair Promoted to Assistant Principal

Julie Van Houten. St. Francis Catholic High School.

EAST SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - St. Francis Catholic High School is proud to announce Julie Van Houten as its new assistant principal. Van Houten, who holds a Master of Arts in education, is a member of the executive staff and has been serving as the social studies department chair for the past two years.  She will assume her new role effective July 1.

News By Julie Sly, Catholic Herald

Teens talking with teens about mental health

As mental health challenges faced by teens are growing worse – heightened by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased social media use – high schools around the country have pursued new strategies to help students cope.

In February 2023, a Centers for Disease Control report found that 57% of U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021. That was double the rate among boys and a nearly 60 percent increase from 2011, and the highest level in the past decade.