Stallions in the Spotlight

We celebrated the feast of the Solemnity of All the Saints last week as a school community. A special thanks to the following students who shared facts about the lives of a few special saints before Mass: Maya Ball -- St. Maria Goretti, Blake Carawan -- St. Paul, Milton Medina Acosta -- St. Joseph Cupertino, Adonai Adae-Adusei -- Josephine Bakhita, Paula Gyamfi -- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Dasia Jones -- Bl. Laura Vicuña, Cindy Li -- St. Andrew Kim Taegon, Vincent Potina -- Pope St. John Paul II, Jozie Syroka -- St. Teresa of Calcutta, and Lily Verne -- St. Gianna Mola. And thank you to Sister Guerline for helping to put it all together.

This year's Can-struction design/build team consisted of SFD Architecture students. They used approximately 1,500 cans to build the "Autumn Harvest," which took three weeks to plan, buy food, and assemble the final design.

Thank you to SFD alumna and current parent, Karen D'Angelo Jewett '89, MD, an Associate Program Director of the OBGYN Residency Program at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, for speaking to our Child Development classes last week.

The St. Francis DeSales Run the Race Club traveled to the Run The Race Farm to have a Halloween party with the Racers. Trunk or Treat, spooky games, pumpkin painting, feats of speed and strength, and a haunted barn were part of the fun had by all. SFD is proud to support the mission of the Brian Muha Foundation.  

SFD students from AP Physics, Anatomy & Physiology, and Physics I attended a STEM event at Columbus State Community College where they got to build electric motors, diagnose a patient based on a saliva and blood sample, make lava lamps, work with robotic arms and practice VR aerospace engineering. See more photos from their day on our school's social media pages @SFDstallions.

On Friday, members of the DeSales band, flag corps, and dance team traveled to The Ohio State University to see the Ohio State Marching Band in concert! Students had the opportunity to hear music from the band's halftime performances and some Buckeye classics.

Italian III students had their first Zoom meeting with their pen pals from Liceo Andrea Maffei High School in Italy. They have been matched up with partners and will be communicating monthly via zoom and weekly via email.

Members of the DeSales boys lacrosse program volunteered recently at Heinzerling Community, participating in activities with the residents.

Stallion Spirit Shop 

The Entrepreneurship SFD Spirit Shop is NOW OPEN! A new class offered at DeSales is Entrepreneurship. The students in the class have been working on the Spirit Shop and have come up with the designs for the Entrepreneurship SFD Spirit Shop website. All proceeds from the website will go to the SFD Canned Food Drive and a new scholarship for juniors or seniors that are involved in entrepreneurship. The website is open now and runs through November 19th; you can get the items delivered to your home or pick it up at school. Since Christmas is nearly here, why not purchase gifts for your favorite Stallion? This would be great for moms, dads, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, and of course the grandparents! It would be a shame if you left a family member out. The Stallion Spirit Shop is a perfect way to purchase and wear Stallion colors with pride!

Entrepreneurship SFD Spirit Shop

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March for Life Trip

Registration is officially open for the March for Life Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. on January 18-19, 2024: March for Life 2024. The trip includes tickets to the two-day Life is VERY Good events sponsored by the Diocese of Arlington, dinner Thursday evening, breakfast and lunch Friday and a one-night hotel stay. The registration fee for the trip is $180 and is non-refundable. While registration for St. Francis DeSales students is now open, students from other diocesan high schools can register after December 8th, so please register as soon as possible because spots on the bus will fill quickly. As a reminder, any parents interested in assisting us as a chaperone for the trip must have completed Protecting God's Children and an FBI/BCI background check: https://columbuscatholic.org/protecting-gods-children. Contact Molly Kraker at (614) 353-5686 or mollykraker@columbus.rr.com or Colleen Mascarin at 614-378-7266 or mascarin@desales.co with any questions regarding the trip.

Tickets for this year’s Father/Daughter Dance are on sale now. Click here to purchase your tickets today!

Nurse's Notes

2023-2024 Sick Policy 

Sick children often expose other students and school staff members to illnesses and germs. These illnesses are disruptive to the educational process and to other children and their families. Students who are ill should be kept home to help control the spread of germs. Please follow the guidelines linked here to help keep our school safe and healthy.