For those students who rely on busing after school, please note the following: Columbus Busing will pick up at the early dismissal time (1pm)
this Friday. Gahanna and New Albany Busing will not pick up early; however, they will still pick up at the normal
time (3:06pm).
Mother-Son Dance: January 22
We will host our annual Mother-Son Dance on Sunday, January 22 from 5pm to 8pm at Villa Milano. Online registration is now open! Don't miss out on a wonderful night of dinner and dancing.
On December 20, Bishop Rosecrans High School in Zanesville retired English teacher and SFD Head Boys Basketball Coach Joe Bills' jersey at Rogge Gymnasium, making him the first Bishop basketball player to receive the honor. A three-year starter and first-team All-Ohioan, Coach Bills helped lead the Bishops to the D-IV state championship during his sophomore season and graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,601 points. He went on to play four years at Division I Wright State University. Congratulations Coach Bills!
Host Families Needed
Each year we participate in the French Exchange program with Bishop Watterson, where French students from LeHavre, France visit Columbus and live with a family of a current DeSales or Watterson student in order to experience family life in the US. The students will be here February 4-18 this year and we are still in need of families to host these students during that two week span. The host family is responsible for housing, meals and transportation. The student will need to be transported each day to DeSales with your own student, then some days they will stay here at school with their host student and some days they will participate is trips around Columbus, but will be transported back to DeSales by the end of the school day. It is not necessary that your family speak French as all students have studied English and have sufficient skills to communicate in English. Please contact Heather Evans at
evans@desales.co ASAP if you are interested.
If you are interested in applying for a SFD Scholarship (awarded for next school year), the application is now online. Please select the appropriate grade level below to view our scholarship opportunities.
Reminder: you must also have an online recommendation completed by a non-family member. Please use the following link:
Scholarship Recommendation Form.
Watch 20 of SFDHS finest 9-12th graders in this national poetry recitation competition. The winner will move on to the state of Ohio district qualifying round. All are welcome! Admission is free.
We are grateful for the countless benefactors - alumni, current and past parents - for their contributions which allowed us to purchase new chairs and kneelers for our chapel!
