Senior Alex Foos was selected as the December Westerville Rotary Club Student of the Month. She was honored at a luncheon for this award.
Congratulations and good luck to sophomore Frankie Bonte who is dancing in the BalletMet's Nutcracker downtown at the Ohio Theatre.
Seniors celebrated with the children from St. Stephen's Community House during our annual Christmas in the Courtyard last week. And, even in the midst of preparing for exam week, our students found time to serve others, helping with a Christmas party for the children of the Haitian Community on Sunday. SFD also donated gifts to the Haitian Christmas initiative.
The SFDHS 7th annual Poetry Out Loud finals competition was held last Thursday. 271 students competed this fall through their English classes and twelve students competed in the finals. Freshman Adina Beaufort was the runner-up and junior Isaac Steiger was the winner. Isaac will move on to the state competition held at Ohio Dominican University in March. If he wins the state competition, he will move on to the national competition in Washington D.C. in April to compete for a $20,000 prize.
Important PowerSchool Updates
Parents: In an effort to improve communications as well as efficiently bundle paperwork collection, we are updating our Parent Portal on PowerSchool. St. Francis DeSales High School is excited to announce these updates will be available for Spring of 2018.
Starting this spring, your PowerSchool Parent Portal will offer the convenience of completing tasks such as:
SFDHS Scholarship Applications
SFDHS Tuition Assistance Applications
Transportation Requests
School Choice Applications
Athletic Form Turn-In
Handbook Compliance Form Turn-in
and much more!
One key feature will be a NEW Registration Form! This Registration form will allow families to register their student for the following academic year and apply for tuition assistance including work study and SFDHS scholarships.
Updates to the Family Portal will be implemented by
February 1, 2018.
The Registration Form will need to be completed between February 1 and March 15, 2018 for every student enrolling for the 2018-2019 school year.
We are very excited about this feature and we hope it makes your interaction with SFDHS easier than ever before. Stay tuned for details regarding updates to the Parent Portal as well as directions for the 2018-2019 Registration Form.
Congratulations to Brian Asamoah (University of Oklahoma) and Ty Van Fossen (University of Cincinnati) who will be signing their letters of intent.
Christmas Break
When: December 22 - January 7 (Classes resume January 8)
Boys Soccer State Championship Assembly
When: January 10 at 8am
Where: SFD Gymnasium
Save the Date!Winter Semi-Formal
When: (Sunday) January 14 from 7pm to 10pm
Where: SFD Gymnasium
$5 Admission
*Please note this dance is for DeSales students only.
Also, New Scholarship Application Timeline!
Students currently in grades 9, 10 and 11 are welcome to apply for SFDHS Scholarships for the 2018-2019 school year during the scholarship application period which will run from February 1 through March 15, 2018. The Scholarship Application and essay prompts will be included in the students 2018-2019 Registration Form (see PowerSchool Updates above). For a complete listing of scholarships, please visit
http://www.sfdstallions.org/sfdscholarships.
Spirit Shop Hours this Week
The Spirit Shop will be open Wednesday and Thursday this week (Dec. 20-21) from 9:30am until 11:30am.
Students will have an opportunity to register for the next session of our ACT Prep Course the week we return from Christmas break. These classes are designed to help prepare students for the March and April tests. Look for an informational flyer given in homeroom and a link in the Weekly DeTales the week of January 8th.
PARENTS OF SFD ALUMNI: To view issues of our Alumni Weekly DeTales, click here.
Students Celebrate This Joyous Season
Daily Reflection
"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love." Saint Teresa of Calcutta
