2025-26 College Credit Plus Course Registration Deadline Reminder

If your student scheduled College Credit Plus (CCP) course(s) for the 2025-26 school year, you and your student need to complete the following steps by April 1:

• Students: Apply to the colleges offering the course you want to take
• Parents: Create your OH/ID and fill out the College Credit Plus Funding Application

Detailed instructions are linked here!

Teaching Positions for the 2025-26 School Year

St. Francis DeSales High School is seeking to fill teaching positions in the following departments for the 25-26 school year:

• Science
• Theology
• Spanish

Interested parties should contact Mr. Jones at jones@desales.co with their resume and/or questions.

Stallions in the Spotlight

Right before we dismissed for Spring Break, our student body gathered for our annual World Cultures Assembly, celebrating the incredible diversity that makes St. Francis DeSales so special! Check out our Instagram (@SFDStallions) for more photos!

Junior Cindy Li is being recognized this week by the Columbus Dispatch for Student of the Week. Please take a moment to vote for her today! Vote Here.

Congratulations to senior Evie Frazier who is a Westerville Rotary Student of the Month for March.

Junior Roselin Maldonado will compete in the Miss Ohio Latina pageant this Sunday at the Lincoln Theater as Miss Teen Columbus! There is one candidate from each city in Ohio, and she is representing Columbus. 

A group of Stallions attended the Salesian Leadership Retreat over Spring Break. Juniors were selected to attend this retreat based on their involvement in Campus Ministry and desire to pursue friendships centered on Christ. Student-leaders created a personal plan of action to integrate their faith into their numerous activities. They return to DeSales empowered to invite their classmates to participate more fully, actively, and consciously. Let’s support this desire of our young people with our prayers! 

A highlight of the trip was a special audience with His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Great job to the following student-athletes who competed at the beginning of Spring Break in post-season action:

Wrestling State Tournament

• The SFD Boys Wrestling Team finished as State Runner-Up in Division II (pictured in Photo of the Week!)
• Freshman Josh Sheets - 3rd place
• Sophomore Joel Welch - State Runner-Up
• Senior Andrew Barford - State Runner-Up
• Senior Lincoln Shulaw - 3rd place

Bowling State Tournament

• Junior Darren Thomas finished 29th out of 105 bowlers in Division I 

Indoor Track State Meet

• Averie Gonya - 5th place in the Triple Jump
• Jacob Reash - 8th place in the 1600m run
• Amelia Pusateri - 7th place in the 400m dash and 6th place in the 200m dash
• Lindsey Jewett - 5th place in the 200m dash

Chaplain's Corner

Praised be Jesus Christ! As we make our journey through Lent, the Church gives us a couple of days to celebrate. Many celebrated St. Patrick yesterday, but these two other days are to be celebrated with more fervor: March 19th is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and March 25th is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. We first celebrate the foster father of Jesus, who guides, protects, and raises the Word made Flesh. Then, on the 25th, we celebrate the Annunciation of the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin that she would bear the Word made Flesh. (BTW, what other event do we celebrate 9 months later?)

Through these celebrations, we are reminded that even in Lent, as we bear our struggles against sin and selfishness, there is a time to remember the goodness of the Lord - that He became a human like us and had human parents like us. Let us ask the Blessed Virgin Mary and her spouse, St. Joseph, for their prayers as we continue our Lenten journey.

~Father Johnstone

Career Fair at SFD

St. Francis DeSales will host a career fair for all students during the school day on Thursday, April 10th from 10 am - 1 pm. Alumni and parents are invited to share their experience and expertise in their respective professions with St. Francis DeSales students. 

Our community is blessed to have many successful leaders in our Stallion family. This in-person event allows our students to make connections as they begin to prepare for a future beyond SFD.  

If you would like to be a part of the 2025 career fair, please fill out the Google Form below. Director of Alumni, Events and Family Engagement, Sarah Evans-Jacobs, will follow up with more information.

Career Fair Parent/Alumni Participant Form