Halfway to unlocking our matching gifts! Every contribution, regardless of its size, plays a critical role in shaping the future of Saint Francis DeSales High School.

In case you haven't seen our SFD Advent Calendar, we invite you to visit our social media pages each day to see firsthand how your generosity fuels our mission of providing exceptional Catholic education for our students. This calendar is filled with many of our annual traditions that define who we are in this season of preparation. Click here to view or click on a social media icon below.

Long Term Substitute Position at SFD

We are currently looking for a long term substitute teacher for a part-time position in our Business Department to teach Accounting. If interested, please contact Vice Principal Jim Jones at jones@desales.co or 614-267-7808 ext. 409.

Stallions in the Spotlight

80 of our World Language NHS students participated in the Operation Christmas Child service project, putting together shoeboxes filled with goodies to be sent to children all over the world for Christmas.

Great job to the 2023-2024 participants in our Poetry Out Loud competition held last week: freshman Liliana Piliou, junior Alejandro Garcia, freshman Averie Gonya, freshman Ben Dougherty, freshman Donald Costello, freshman Nuha Ali, freshman Dera Hicks Prieto (Competition Runner up!), and sophomore Sarah Seidu (WINNER of the 2024 Poetry Out Loud Competition). Sarah will compete in the regional competition on December 12.

Students in the Concert Choir class attended Pentatonix "The Most Wonderful Tour of the Year" concert on Saturday at Nationwide Arena!

The Advanced Ceramics and Digital Photography students went on a field trip to experience the Winterfair Art Show and also the Pizzuti Gallery. Students enjoyed talking to the artists and being immersed in art for the day.

Congratulations to the SFD Choir who performed a beautiful Christmas concert last evening. All are invited to attend the Christmas Band Concert tomorrow as well! See details in the Upcoming Events section.

Thank you Fr. Crescensis for blessing our SFD Advent wreath this year!

College Credit Plus Information Session

All are welcome!

You are cordially invited to attend a College Credit Plus Information session. This information session is a collaboration between the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, Columbus State Community College, Franklin University, The Ohio State University, Central Ohio Technical College, and Otterbein University. The information session is scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 6:30 PM. The Zoom link may be found here: Information Session.

Mothers Club Christmas Bake Sale

Our Christmas Bake Sale is coming and we could use your help! The sale will be held during all lunch periods on Tuesday, December 12th. Popular treats are CAKE POPS, BROWNIES, RICE KRISPIE TREATS, COOKIES, and CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS. All Items are sold for $.25 or $.50.

We ask 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 to donate or work the sale!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080844AFA728A3F85-mothers1#/

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Karey Gabrielli (KareyGabrielli@yahoo.com) or Kristin Figliola (the3littlefigs@sbcglobal.net).

March for Life Trip

Sign up before December 8th!

Only 20 spots remain for the next March for Life Bus Trip to Washington, D.C. on January 18-19, 2024, so please register soon: 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. Students from other diocesan high schools can register after December 8th, so spots on the bus will fill quickly. 

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.

Swift K12 - School Notification System

We are using a school notification system called SwiftK12. To guarantee the notification system is used efficiently, we are asking our families to provide, at a minimum, one point of contact, preferably a text enabled device, to receive any urgent communications from SFD. SwiftK12 allows our school to send messages using phone, email and SMS text messaging.

Please note: this service will be a primary source to communicate school closings as schools in the Diocese of Columbus will not be included on news outlets moving forward.

A message with detailed directions on how to ensure you are signed up to receive messages via the Swift K12 system was sent last week. Click here to view the message.

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.