Parent-Teacher Conferences Sign Up Link Closes at Midnight Tonight
Reminder that Parent-Teacher Conferences for Quarter 1 will be held virtually via Zoom meetings on Thursday, October 22nd from 6pm to 8pm. Please utilize the Sign Up Genius link below to establish meetings with your son or daughter’s teachers. Sign ups close at midnight tonight. You will receive a confirmation email from Sign Up Genius for each scheduled conference, then receive an email with the Zoom Meeting link from your child's teacher(s).
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Electronic Signature Required for Mid-Term Grades
Parents - If you have not submitted your electronic signature in your PowerSchool Parent Portal after reviewing your child's grades for Quarter 1, we ask that you do so asap. To add your electronic signature, please click on the Forms tab on the left navigation menu in your PowerSchool Parent Portal. Under 'Report Card Signature' you will click on M1 Progress Report. Please follow the instructions.
Parents are required to submit a signature for all SFD students in their family.
If you have any questions regarding this process or need your password reset, please email powerschool@desales.co.
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Stallions in the Spotlight |
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Congratulations to our boys and girls cross country teams on winning the CCL Championships on Saturday. 1st Team All-League honors go to Mary McAllister (1st), Gracey Wilson (4th), Josie Dages (5th) and Adam Weithman (6th). |
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Congratulations to the following Varsity Girls Tennis players for earning Academic All-Ohio honors from the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association: seniors Evie Brainard and Amelia Zaremba, and juniors Molly Ballard, Kat Jolley, and Pascaline Ndayishimye. |
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Nurse's Notes
October 24 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Get rid of unused and expired medications! Here’s why:
- The most common way young people get their hands on prescription medications for misuse is to simply reach into their home or a grandparent’s medicine cabinet.
- Prescription medicines are one of the top drugs of choice among high school students, following alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco.
- Youth who misuse prescription drugs are also more likely to smoke cigarettes, engage in heavy drinking, and use illicit drugs, including marijuana and cocaine.
It is also a good idea to keep these numbers handy: Poison Control (1-800-222-1222), and, if you have pets in your home, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (1-888-426-4435). For more information visit takebackday.dea.gov.
COVID-19 Symptoms to Watch for:
- Fever > 100℉
- New or worsened cough
- Loss of taste or smell
- Nasal congestion or runny nose
- Headache
- Body aches
- New or worsened fatigue
- Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
Please keep your child home if they present with any of the above symptoms and contact the School Nurse, Kelli Fitzpatrick at (614) 267-7808 ext. 435 or email fitzpatrick@desales.co.
If a household member is being tested for COVID-19, students and siblings must stay home until results are received.
Keep your child at home until the following criteria are met:
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Invite up to 10 of your close friends and family for a socially distant, fabulous experience! Join us for the annual Friends in the Courtyard, this year being live streamed to the Stallion community on Saturday, November 7 at 6:00pm. You can purchase different packages of fine wines and delicious Carfagna’s Italian food with homemade desserts from Jennifer Kreuzer that you can enjoy in the comfort of your home.
During the live stream event will be special guest appearances by our MC, former SFD principal, Mr. Pat Rossetti ’66; a presentation of fabulous live auction items by Sam ’74 and Dino ’73 Carfagna; Chef Sal Carfagna ’08 showing “How to Cook an Italian favorite; and most importantly a showcasing of our remarkable students!
Silent auction online bidding begins Thursday, November 5 at noon and closes on Saturday, November 7 at midnight. This is open to all in the community!
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While buying your tickets you can purchase a limited edition wine tumbler and/or purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a tuition grant up to $2,500! |
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FRIENDS IN THE COURTYARD AUCTION DONATION TURN-IN INFORMATION
The winner of our last incentive drawing for $250 was Cross County. Our next drawing is on Monday, October 26. All baskets/donations for the live or silent auction must be turned in by Wednesday, October 28. If you would like your item to possibly be in the Live Auction on Saturday, November 7 you need to email Michele Moriarty at moriarty@desales.co.
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Upcoming Events
Stallion Card App Fundraiser
When: Now through October 30
Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences
When: October 22 from 6pm to 8pm
Canned Food Drive Kickoff
When: October 22 and 23
Halloween Dress Up Day and Pumpkin Carving Contest
When: October 27 and 28
Grandparents Day Mass
When: October 29 and 30 at 9:45am
Picture Retake Days
When: November 3 and 4 during lunch periods
Where: Little Theater
Friends in the Courtyard
When: November 5 - November 7
See more information in section above or click here.
Deadline to Order Fall Sports Program
When: November 6
Freshman Class Retreat
When: November 9
Where: Northland Performing Arts Center
See section below for more information.
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Freshman Retreat
This retreat is for ALL freshmen students, so freshmen from both Purple and White groups will come to school at the regular time (7:47am) on Monday, November 9.
IMPORTANT DEADLINE: October 23 -- This Friday!
Parents must fill out and turn in the following forms before Friday, October 23; without these forms, we will not be able to take students.
The Freshman Retreat Coronavirus Waiver is a fillable pdf. After reading the document, please sign and date the copy, save and email it back to campusministry@desales.co. You may also print a copy and turn in to the Campus Ministry Office.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How will transportation work? Students should be dropped off to school by 7:47am. They will come to the gym for Mass and get on buses right after Mass at approximately 8:30am to drive over together. On the Columbus City School Buses MASKS are REQUIRED and they only allow one person per seat. Students will return to school by bus at approximately 2:45pm.
- Can I drop off students at the center instead? No
- Do they need to bring anything? Extra personal hand-sanitizer and mask
- What will they eat? Boxed lunch (sandwich or wrap, chips, cookie, water)
- What should they wear? Masks and dress down following the SFD Spirit Day Out-of-Uniform Policy
Please email or call Rebecca Metzger, Director of Campus Ministry with any concerns or questions (metzger@desales.co - 614-267-7808 ext 424).
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Fall ACT Prep Course
To Prepare for December 12th Test
We are offering an ACT prep course to sophomores, juniors, and seniors to help them prepare for the December 12th ACT test. Please fill out the registration form, then return the form with the payment ($145) by this Friday, October 23 to Mrs. Garrick in Room 114.
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It's time for another SFD Mothers Club Bake Sale!
The first SFD Mothers Club Bake Sale will be Halloween themed held during all lunch periods on October 27th and 28th, and we need your baked goods! Popular treats continue to be CAKE POPS, BROWNIES, BARS, CUPCAKES, RICE KRISPIE TREATS, COOKIES, and CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS.
With new COVID precautions, we ask this year that treats be individually wrapped and dropped off by you or your student on the cart in the front lobby the morning of the sale. Please use the link below to sign up.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Karey Gabrielli (KareyGabrielli@yahoo.com) or Kristin Figliola (the3littlefigs@sbcglobal.net).
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The New Albany Lecture Series is proud to present the second Conversations on Social Justice program on October 21, 2020. The program begins at 5:45 p.m. but the pre-show starts at 5:30 p.m. If interested in listening to this important conversation, please register at www.newalbanyfoundation.org. |
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Amazon Makes Us Smile
When you shop on Amazon, AmazonSmile will donate to St. Francis DeSales High School! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible smile.amazon.com purchases. Click the button included today...all you need is 10 seconds!
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Cbus Top Picks
St. Francis DeSales was nominated as one of the 2020 Best Private Schools in Columbus as a part of the Dispatch Cbus Top Picks program! You can vote once every day starting today through October 31st. Vote here (under Kids and Education). |
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Compared to what you have done for me, Abba, everything I can do for others is a mere pittance. Yet it means so much to you, and does so much in bringing about the fullness of your Kingdom. I ask of your Spirit this day the grace to “wait on someone.”
A smile, a kind word, yielding on the street or in the meeting room, making peace with someone whom I’ve been holding at arm’s length, forgiving someone who has hurt me – whatever you ask me to do, may I have the grace to do it.
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