2023-24 Registration is OPEN!

To confirm enrollment for the 2023-24 school year, please complete a 2023-24 Registration Form (located in your MySFD Account) by March 10, 2023. Note: Students have met or *are meeting with their School Counselors to discuss their schedules for next school year. *Freshmen: one-on-one scheduling meetings with your School Counselor will continue to take place until Tuesday, March 7. Scheduling sheets are due by Friday, March 10.

2023-24 Registration must be completed in your MySFD Account. 

Link: stfrancisdesaleshs.myschoolapp.com

Username: If you have not accessed your MySFD Account in the past six months, your username and password are no longer valid. An automatically generated email was sent on February 22nd from St. Francis DeSales High School with directions on how to reset your password by completing setup for Blackbaud Services. This needs to be completed to access your account.

Stallions in the Spotlight

The students and faculty of SFD were blessed to welcome back alumnus Father Jerry Rodenfels at our Ash Wednesday Mass. Please take a moment to read his beautiful homily (click here). 

We also had Family Homeroom time last Wednesday, where all students received a Lenten journal and learned more about the service opportunity that our school community is participating in throughout Lent. During these 40 days of service and reflection, students are collecting donations in homerooms for different organizations in Columbus with high needs. Below are links with more information on the needs of the four organizations we are supporting. Ask your child what organization their Family Homeroom is assisting as a part of their Lenten journey. You may also send donations to the school via Amazon, Attn: Christina Johns; we ask that you also send an email to Mrs. Johns at johns@desales.co so she can be sure to get the donation to the correct Homeroom if sent through Amazon.

Saint Vincent de Paul Free Clothing Center: Giving those in need access to free clothing and more.

Star House: Star House Columbus provides local youth experiencing homelessness with a safe respite and the crucial connections to stabilizing resources.

Shining Starz: Provides immediate relief to women in the city of Columbus caught in the vicious cycle of human trafficking, addiction and homelessness.

Canine Collective: Ohio's no kill animal shelter, providing rescued dogs another chance to find their forever homes.

Senior Alex Herrmann has been named a National Merit Finalist. Of the 1.5 million National Merit Scholarship Program entrants, 50,000 with the highest PSAT/NMSQT® Selection Index scores qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. From this group of 50,000 high scorers, approximately 15,000 advance to finalist standing. Congrats Alex!

The SFD Snow Sports Club, along with support/sponsorship from Schneider’s Bakery of Westerville and the DeSales community, has raised another $2,000 for the Adaptive Sports Connection Center at Snow Trails (2nd year in a row!). Alex and Austin Rush along with Mrs. Sharritts presented the donation to the ASC at Snow Trails on Saturday.

SFD’s senior Student Council members and the Winter Formal Committee worked diligently to hold a winter dance earlier this year. The dance was a great success, and as promised, they chose to donate half of the dance's net proceeds to Star House, Ohio’s only drop-in center for youth experiencing homelessness. They are also excited to announce that the other half of net proceeds will be used to slightly offset the cost students will pay for Prom tickets this year. They would like to thank everyone that attended the Winter Formal for their support, smiles, and fun dance moves, and for this opportunity to use the profits for two great causes in our community.

We held our annual Black History Month assembly last Friday, honoring Black History and culture through poetry, music, and dance. Thank you to the students and staff who participated in this inspiring assembly.

Congratulations to senior Gino Solazzo for receiving the Abruzzi Club annual scholarship. Gino was recognized at the club's banquet on February 17th held at Villa Milano. This scholarship goes to a child or grandchild of a member of the Abruzzi Club who attends a local Catholic high school.

Winter Sports in Postseason Play

Congratulations to our wrestling team for finishing in 1st place in Sectionals on Saturday. The following District Qualifiers will compete this Friday and Saturday: Braden Schrein - 4th, David McClelland - 1st, Aidan Rush - 1st, Zack Lopez - 1st, Owen Eagan - 1st, Andrew Barford - 1st, Lincoln Shulaw - 1st, Marshall Froehlich - 1st, Max Shulaw - 1st, and Raesean Betton - 2nd.

Good luck to our competition cheer squad as they compete in the State Championships on Saturday, March 4 at Big Walnut High School.

Good luck to our girls wrestling team as they compete in Regionals on Sunday at Olentangy Orange High School beginning at 10am.

Congratulations to our boys basketball team, our boys and girls bowling teams and our boys swim and dive team on great seasons and thank you to our seniors. A special congratulations to senior bowler Caden Lester and junior bowler Mercedes Bassitt for competing in the District tournament today, and to freshman Luke DeFrancisco on finishing in 12th place in the Swim State Meet in the 200 IM last Friday.

Please visit https://www.stallionpride.com/announcements/2022-23-winter-postseason-information for all tournament information.

Continued Prayers

We will be selling candles (image seen here; prayer below printed on reverse side) beginning next Monday, March 6 with the suggested minimum donation of $10, and all proceeds going to the Moran family. They will be available in the main office and in the Spirit Shop.

Prayer for Healing

Lord, look upon Liam with eyes of mercy, may your healing hand rest upon Liam, may your life giving powers flow into every cell of his body and into the depths of his soul, cleansing, purifying, restoring him to wholeness and strength for service in your Kingdom. Amen.

We invite you to join us next Wednesday, March 8 beginning at 6:30pm as we gather together to pray the Rosary in our school chapel.

You are also invited to lift Liam in prayer by signing up for an available time spot in the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Please click here to sign up.

2023 Stallion WishBook Starts Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the day to support Stallion Pride in Athletics, Service, Performing Arts and more. The Stallion WishBook -- open March 1st through March 14th -- is your chance to get behind the programs and co-curriculars you value, helping fund exactly what each program needs most. In 2022, we raised over $146,000, which directly benefited our co-curricular programs. The 2023 Stallion WishBook goal is $175,000! Let's go Stallions! Click here for a sneak peek.

Men and Women of DeSales Mass and Speaker

Join us for a morning of faith, family and tradition on Saturday, March 4. Mass begins at 9am, followed by an opportunity for our community to hear from keynote speaker Mr. Joe Geig, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Owner and Executive Director of Spirit of Peace Clinical Counseling. Mr. Geig will speak about a healthy balance through faith. Light refreshments will also be available after Mass.

Class of 2027 New Student Welcome Night 

March 6th or March 7th

Session I: 5:30pm Check-in and Reception

Session II: 6:30pm Check-in and Reception

This exclusive event for newly admitted students and their parents provides an opportunity for you to meet future classmates, schedule classes with your school counselor and much more! To provide a personalized experience and allow for smaller numbers, we are offering four (4) sessions. Attendance is mandatory for only one evening and one session, therefore we ask that you pre-register indicating your preferred date and time.

Please RSVP for the evening that best fits your schedule at bit.ly/newstudentnight.

Ohio Senate Bill SB11

Parents are encouraged to review Ohio Senate Bill SB11. It would expand the financial support for all Ohio families to have school choice with the support of scholarship money. SB11 is a “backpack bill” meaning it would enable state funding to follow Ohio students to private schools, regardless of income level or public school performance criteria. This funding would become part of an updated EdChoice scholarship program as currently written. Here is a link to send a message of support to your state representatives for SB11: Contact your State Reps. You may also look up your representatives and contact them directly: Find my Representative.

Additionally, hearings on SB 11 are anticipated to happen on March 7 and 14. If you are interested in testifying in support of SB11 contact Phil Kraker at kraker@desales.co. The Education Committee meets on Tuesdays at 3:00 pm at the Statehouse.

Statehouse Parent Advocacy Day

The Diocese of Columbus is hosting a Statehouse Parent Advocacy Day on March 29th to create awareness with legislators via personal meetings to support Catholic Education and what various support mechanisms mean to families.  Topics include Educational Choice Scholarships, Jon Peterson Scholarships, Religious Freedom, Scholarship Granting Organizations and more.  Meetings will take place at the Statehouse with morning and afternoon times available.  Sign up by clicking here, choose morning or afternoon and you will be contacted by Diocesan representatives.

Sign up to Advocate

Nurse's Notes

SICK POLICY: Please click here to review the guidelines we have in place to help keep our school safe and healthy.