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St. Francis High School

12/3/09

SFHS Principal's eNews

Quote of the Week: "Don't count the days, make the days count." ~Muhammad Ali

Congratulations to Jim Wall and the cast and crew of Auschwitz Lullaby which was selected to perform at the Illinois State Theater Fest. This is only the 3rd time in the history of SFHS that we are taking a show downstate. Auschwitz Lullaby will be performed in the PAC building (new Theatre) at ISU at 10:30AM on Saturday the 9th of January.

Congratulations to Kelsey Robinson on winning the Athlete of the Month sponsored by Athletics 2000. Kelsey receives a plaque and the school receives $500. Thanks to all who voted for Kelsey.

Raeann Huhn

Principal

Alumni in the Arts

St. Francis High School presents:
Alumni in the Arts: A Recital
December 19, 2009
7 p.m.
Kuhn Cultural Arts Center
2130 W. Roosevelt Rd.

$25.00 adults
$10.00 students and seniors

Order Tickets Online

The St. Francis community will gather to celebrate the
accomplishments and successes of our alumni in the arts.

Featuring: Jim Perona '02, Sean Roschman '02, Amy Malouf '03, Mike Lynch '05, Jake Szczepaniak '05, Heather Sweeney '05, Blair Conner '06, Jaclyn Sirotek '06 and alumni associated with Cirque du Soleil, New England Conservatory and more.
Tickets are also available at the door.
Reception to follow

All proceeds benefit the Mary Feltes Memorial Building Fund

Holiday Service Opportunities

Coat Drive
The Boys' Basketball Team announces its annual Coat Drive. Please bring your used coats to the December 5th boys' home basketball game vs. Nazareth Academy.

Christmas Toy Drive
The 7th annual Christmas Toy Drive sponsored by the girls' volleyball team is underway. Any UNWRAPPED new toys by be brought to the school by 8:00 am Wed. Dec. 9th. These toys will be donated to the "Reach for the Moon" foundation which was founded by Jeff '85 and Shelley Sensale '86 Bruss, St. Francis alums. This foundation funds the basics needs of LOCAL children: medical, dental, food and clothing. At Christmas they collect toys and distribute food baskets. Please help the girls help children in need.

Hospice Cookie Baking with the Kids from Marian Park
Are you a baker? Or just like to hang around and eat the dough? We will be baking cookies in our café with the neighbor kids for Hospice. This is a great opportunity for us to spend time with the MP kids, our own students and bake cookies for families who would not be able to bake for themselves this year. Here's what we need help with:

3 adults to be present in the Café, Thursday, December 10th from 3-5pm
v Set-up and mix up the dough from 3-4pm
v MP kids come over at 4pm and decorate
v Clean up
Bakers to bring to school 4 batches of cut out cookies baked ready to decorate
v Make your favorite cut out sugar cookie recipe at
home and bring to school on the 10th
2 Spritzer cookie makers with the dough
v Make the dough at home and bring to school with
the Spritzers on the 10th

Adopt a Family
On Friday December 11th, immediately after school until 5:15pm, we will distributing all the gifts for the Adopt a Families in the first floor east wing classrooms. We will also have a table of baked goods available and Christmas trees too. We need:

3 adults to be present to pass out gifts to families and organize the student helpers
Bakers to bring a plate of cookies for our guests to take home
Do you have Christmas decorations that you are wanting to donate? Bring them in and we will offer them to the families.
Make a donation to our Adopt a Family program. Send your donation in an envelope marked Adopt a Family c/o Diane Mercadante. Deadline for gifts is December 10th.

Christmas Concert and Social with Faith and Fellowship
Do you love to attend the Christmas concert here? Are you willing to welcome our friends from Faith and Fellowship? On Sunday, Dec. 13th at 2:30 in the café, we will host a social with the partners from Faith and Fellowship, a ministry with the mentally ill. They are very excited about seeing our home and hearing their friends in the band and choir!

5 people to provide Christmas cookies and
2 people to provide juice or soda for our guests

All are welcome to sit with our guests and enjoy the concert!

Questions or to help with any of the above, please contact Diane Mercadante at dmercadante@sfhsnet.org or 630-668-5800 x148.

Please Participate in the U.S. Cellular Contest:

Think of all St. Francis High School could do with $100,000.

What you can do is simple. Go to any U.S. Cellular® store through 1/15/10 and get a code to use online to vote for St. Francis High School. The ten schools with the most votes will receive $100,000 each. That's a total of $1,000,000 in support of education.

As of November 23, 2009, the leading school in the country had 214 votes.

Avon
St. Francis will earn 20% of all online sales if you order avon products through one our alumna, Kathleen Lang '68 Ennis at http://kennis.avonrepresentative.com/. Click on Online Events and choose Shop My Online Event for St. Francis High School. Not only can you order for yourself and have products delivered directly to you, but you can do your shopping for out-of-town gifts, and have them delivered directly to the recipient with a personalized card. No trip to the mall, no packing and wrapping for mailing, no standing in line at the post office. All orders over $30 ship for free with no special code needed. All other orders ship for $3.00. Increase earnings for St. Francis by passing this information to your friends and family who shop online.

Check out our Easy Ways to Support St. Francis page on our website at http://www.sfhsnet.org/supportsfhs.html

From the Guidance Office

On Wednesday, December 9, parents of students who took the PSAT test in October may obtain the results of their sons' and daughters' tests by attending the parent information program at 6:30 PM in the Kuhn Cultural Arts Center. The program will interpret PSAT test scores and will also include information on the ACT/SAT tests and on the benefits of test prep programs. Mrs. Rigney will also meet with students in their English classes to provide test score information and interpretation directly to students.

Entrance Exam and Scholarship Info - Class of 2014

ENTRANCE EXAM
All 8th graders interested in attending St. Francis High School next year must take the entrance exam. The exam will be administered on Saturday, January 9 at 8 a.m. To register, please send a signed application form, a copy of 7th grade report cards and a $35 fee to the Admissions Office. You can find the form on our website at http://www.sfhsnet.org/pdfs/EntranceRegForm2010.pdf
(If you have already done this you should receive a confirmation letter in the mail.)

Spartan Scholars Award
The students who receive the top ten test scores on the St. Francis entrance exam will be awarded a $2,000 non-renewable tuition scholarship.

St. Francis High School Scholarship applications will be available on our website soon! This year there will be 12 scholarships available for incoming freshmen. All application packets are due by March 1, 2010.

The Kazma Family Foundation Scholarship is a four-year renewable scholarship awarded to students entering any of the Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Joliet. Thirty-five students will be selected based on financial need. All incoming freshmen are encouraged to apply. This scholarship is administered by the Catholic Education Foundation of the Diocese of Joliet. See the scholarship page on our website at www.sfhsnet.org or Contact: Jane Lagger, Catholic Education Foundation jlagger@dioceseofjoliet.org or call (815) 834-4033 with questions.

Barnes & Noble Book Fair - Saturday, December 12

St. Francis is having a BOOK FAIR! Bring your Christmas list and support the school when you shop at Barnes & Noble Naperville on Saturday, December 12th. Between 10:00am and 3:00pm St. Francis choir and band members will be present to sing and play CHRISTMAS MUSIC while you shop and our theatre students will read Christmas books to the young children while others gift wrap your holiday purchases. Your little ones will be thrilled to have their pictures taken with SANTA during the lunch hour. 15% of the proceeds from books, music, and café sales throughout the day will be used to purchase books for the new learning resource center.

Please print the attached voucher. A voucher must be presented with each purchase. Email this voucher to your family and friends and ask them to participate in the Book Fair on 12/12 at the Barnes & Noble, 47 E. Chicago Ave in Naperville. The voucher is valid ALL DAY from 9:00AM - 10:00PM. Please take this opportunity to help Complete the Dream for St. Francis High School during the holiday season.

Parents' Organization

On behalf of the Parents' Organization I would like to thank everyone who attended our Fashion Show, "Sunday in the Park". It was a huge success, and a good time was had by all. Once again, I would also like to personally thank our Chairpersons Debbie Bourne, Kimberly Mulcahy, Linda Krese, their committee chairpersons and the countless volunteers for the time and talent that it took to make the fashion show such a beautiful event. I would also like to thank our student models. They did a wonderful job, and seemed to really enjoy themselves out on the runway. Thank you again, this would not have been possible without all of you.

Crystal Baker

Parent's Organization President

Teacher Christmas Gift Fund Reminder from the Parents' Organization

Teacher Christmas Gift Fund gifts are due Monday Dec 7th!

Any questions.....Call Yvonne Scholl 630-848-0343

Parents' Organization

Saturday, March 6, 2010
St. Francis High School
For more information click here

3 months and counting until Auction 2010
and we need your support!

LADIES - Stop by for a little Christmas Cheer
at Nona Jo's in Naperville
Thursday - December 10th between 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Shop for Christmas gifts or Wish List items
while supporting the Auction
10% of purchases will benefit SFHS
We look forward to seeing you there!

DON'T FORGET - Any family selling $100 in Cash Raffle tickets by 12/15 will have the opportunity to win a $100 restaurant gift certificate or 2 tickets to the
Ensuring Our Future event.

Need more tickets to sell?
Contact: Yvonne Scholl byscholl@msn.com or Eileen Connolly at eileenc727@aol.com

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Sincerely,

Raeann Huhn - Principal

In This Issue

Alumni in the Arts

Holiday Service Opportunities

Please Participate in the U.S. Cellular Contest

From the Guidance Office

Entrance Exam and Scholarship Info

Barnes & Noble Book Fair - Saturday, December 12

Parents' Organization

Teacher Christmas Gift Fund Reminder

Ensuring Our Future