The architecture class built a timber frame stable for Christmas in the Courtyard this year. The structure was designed to mimic a structure built with no hardware, just as it may have been built when Jesus was born. Special kudos to juniors Ryan Destefanis and Joey Harrington for taking the lead on this project.

Last Friday the SFD Run the Race club hosted several young "racers" from the inner city of Columbus at the DeSales Boys Basketball game vs Johnstown. The racers enjoyed some basketball, camaraderie, activities, and refreshments while they were on campus.

Congratulations to senior Natalie Schwartz for being selected as the Westerville Rotary student of the month for December.

The Innovation, Engineering and Architecture lab has been busy again this year. In conjunction with IC3D, based in Hilliard, our 3D printers have been working to produce 358 toys that will be distributed throughout the region by the Marine Corps. Over 55,000 toys have been made by elves across the nation!

Congratulations to the following members of the SFD Fishing Club who were this past weekend's tournament winners: Colin Meyer, Sam Marchio, and Colton Yochus.

Junior Elie Bogue was one of 25 Knights of Columbus scholarship winners; she was selected from hundreds of applicants across the state. Congrats Elie!

The Intro to CADD students participated in The Center for Architecture and Design (CFAD) 2021 Orange Line, an annual holiday tradition featuring a Legos®-inspired holiday train window display. Students from three different classes participated in the build titled, Rise Up! In a Post-Pandemic World. The 31" tall structure can be seen in the windows of the Lazarus Department building at 50 W Town Street, Columbus through the month of December.

Good luck to the following students who are in the production of Christmas For The Generations: A Holiday Spectacular this coming weekend at Otterbein University: Jillian Green, Anna Blubaugh, Norah Gustafson, Katie Cavanaugh, Stella Abad, and Daniella Pallaci. For more information and tickets, please visit https://buy.tututix.com/genpac.

We also wish good luck to Arabelle Gilmartin and Grace Castellano who are in the production of the New Albany Ballet Company's The Nutcracker at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts this weekend. For more information and tickets, please visit https://newalbanyballet.com/performances/the-nutcracker/.

Thank you to all who assisted with our annual Canned Food drive to benefit the Saint James the Less Food Pantry and the Saint Stephen's Community House. We surpassed our school goal, tallying 22,402 points (points are given for non-perishable goods turned in), and raised $2,784 in cash donations. Special shout out to Theology teacher Mrs. Madeline Brobst for holding a personal fundraiser this past weekend, raising $1,138 for this drive!

Students from the National Honor Society Red Team, plus the winners of the Canstruction competition and the top 15 student can contributors delivered the donations today.

Francis the Elf had a little fun with our students while they enjoyed our annual Saint Nicholas Day ice cream treats yesterday. A special thanks to members of our Parent Advisory Board for serving ice cream to all our appreciative students! Check out more photos of our students enjoying this annual treat on our school's Facebook page.

For more information about the traffic flow on our new Stallion Way, please watch this instructional video.

Don’t miss out: The deadline for students to register for the Saint Francis DeSales March for Life Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. January 20-21, 2022 is this Friday! Pending diocesan approval based on Covid conditions, the two-day trip will include the Life is VERY Good events sponsored by the Diocese of Arlington (Thursday night Evening of Prayer and Friday morning rally and Mass) and the March for Life. The cost will be $150 person (which includes bus transportation, event tickets, dinner Thursday, January 20, breakfast and lunch Friday, January 21, and a one-night hotel stay). Please make your $100 fully refundable deposit no later than this Friday, December 10 to reserve your seat on the bus. We will make a final decision regarding the trip by December 13. Checks are payable to Saint Francis DeSales High School and should be returned to the main office with the registration form: https://forms.gle/HW3LYjSjsSCwowAB6. Registration forms will also be available for students in all Theology classes. 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.

St. Francis DeSales High School seeks a full-time Director of Alumni, Events and Family Engagement. This position is responsible for the strategy, planning, and implementation of events, programs and projects that engage alumni and parents of alumni with one another and current DeSales students and families. Serving as an ambassador for the school, the Director of Alumni, Events and Family Engagement is charged with motivating alumni, current parents, and parents of alumni to be engaged and involved in a variety of ways. The Director will report to the Director of Advancement and will be an integral member of the Advancement team. The Director will work collaboratively with the Principal, the Alumni Board and Council, and the school’s administrative team and faculty to develop and execute programs of a local, regional and national interest to the school’s 10,000 plus alumni.

To view the complete Director of Alumni, Events and Family Engagement job description, as well as other job opportunities at St. Francis DeSales High School, please visit www.sfdstallions.org/jobpostings.

The 2021-2022 Winter Sports program is now available online! Click here to view program. A link will also be on stallionpride.com throughout the entire winter season.

Close Contacts (exposed in the classroom or school- related activities) may remain in the classroom if they:

Asymptomatic contacts may continue to participate in extracurricular activities if they do the

following:

Applies regardless of vaccination or masking status.

All At-Home COVID tests must be proctored through https://www.emed.com/.

Daily Screening Tool can be found here.

Ohio Department of Health testing locations: https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/other-resources/testing-ch-centers

Please upload a copy of your student's COVID vaccination card. This information will go directly to our school nurse. Click here to upload photo of documentation.

Please reach out to our School Nurse, Kelli Fitzpatrick, BSN, RN, LSN with any questions or concerns.

Phone: (614) 267-7808 Ext. 435

Email: fitzpatrick@desales.co

School Fax: (614) 265-3375

Students are asked to bring a copy of each scholarship awarded to them (even if they do not plan to attend the institution) to their Guidance Counselor or Mrs. Hoyer in the Student Service Center. We will list the college to which they were awarded a scholarship and the scholarship name in our Graduation Program.