Quote of the Week: "I can no other
answer make, but, thanks, and thanks." ~ William Shakespeare
Congratulations Miss Lipskis on being awarded
"The Rising Star Award" by the Mathematics
Teacher's Association of Chicago and Vicinity! The
selection committee noted that they "were most
impressed with the heartfelt and enthusiastic
praise that her colleagues and students
poured out in recognition of her value in their
lives." The award will be presented on
Monday, March 22 at the MTA
dinner.
Thanks to all who were involved in the
Ensuring Our Future
Auction this past Saturday. It was great to
have the event back at the school
and see everyone enjoying themselves and
supporting St. Francis at the same time. A
special thank you to Debbie Quirk who coordinated
the event along with the event chairs Mary Murphy
and Rita Lusk.
Raeann
Huhn
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Parents'
Organization
Thank You!
We asked you to Ensure our Future and
ensure it you did. We are happy to report a
profit to the school of $146,000 and
counting. Sure this event was about closing
the gap between tuition and operating expenses,
but it was about so much more. It was about
community, building new relationships or
rekindling old, being in an environment that
supports our children on a daily basis and
confirming our decision to provide our children
with a Catholic education. We cannot
express the gratitude we feel to all those who
helped to make this event a success. Whether
you were a volunteer, a sponsor, an advertiser,
donated an item or cash or made a purchase at the
event, you have our heartfelt appreciation.
We understand that the Sign-Up Parties were
hard to find and while most were sold out, we
still have about 50 spaces for the viewing of
Shawshank Redemption on Sunday, April 18th at 4:00
pm in the Spartan Theater. The price is $20
per person and this is meant for adults
only. It was item 9500 in your program if you
still have it. Please let Mary know if you
would like to attend by emailing mary.murph@sbcglobal.net. For
those of you who were unable to attend, we missed
you and you missed a wonderful evening, we
hope you will be with us next year. Mary
Murphy and Rita Lusk, Event
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IHSA
Solo/Ensemble Contest
Results
Congratulations to all of the students who
competed in the IHSA Solo/Ensemble contest at
Downers Grove North last Saturday. I am
pleased to announce the unofficial results of
soloists and ensembles who received a Division I
rating, the highest rating
possible.
Michael Ferraro (Male
Soloist)
Becky Solomon (Female
Soloist)
Caitlin Mackey, Samantha Mascari,
& Katie Hugar (Treble Ensemble)
Katie
French & Allison Slattery (Treble
Ensemble)
Becky Solomon, Jackie Saland, &
Katie French (Treble Ensemble)
Taylor
Brysiewicz (Tuba Solo)
The following
soloists and ensembles received a Division II
rating, the second highest
possible.
Kaley Valker & Kevin
Lusk (Mixed Ensemble)
Ali Mesenbrink, Kevin
Lusk, & Ryan Hamman (Mixed
Ensemble)
Samantha Ramos (Treble
Solo)
Caroline Berg (Treble Solo)
Karen Duke
(Treble Solo)
Sara Francesconi (Treble
Solo)
It is an impressive showing,
and all should be proud! All of the soloists
and ensembles who competed will be performing
their competition pieces on Thursday, March 18 at
6:30pm in the Kuhn Theater.
Mrs. Nina Schroeder
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A
New Way to Give
As
we continually explore alternatives for
fundraising in support of our mission, we are
delighted to announce that we've joined Tix4Cause.com. Tix4Cause is a
ticket exchange website founded on an innovative
yet simple concept-ticketholders sell their
unwanted tickets, and can donate 100% of the
proceeds to our cause.
Tix4Cause is
a novel way to donate, where:
- Ticketholders turn their unwanted seats over
to St. Francis High School, and qualify for a
tax deduction.
- Ticket purchasers choose from these great
seats, and receive reasonable pricing (tickets
are offered at fair market prices).
- 100% of ticket proceeds are given to St.
Francis High School
The success of our partnership with Tix4Cause
depends on you. I know many of you have tickets
that, for various reasons, cannot be used. To
ensure we hit the ground running with this
program, I'm requesting your unwanted sporting,
theater, or music event tickets.
Don't let a single ticket go to
waste-instead, place them for sale on Tix4Cause.
We are truly excited about this opportunity, and
look forward to this great, new way to help
support our mission.
We currently have tickets for sale, please
visit our page on the Tix4Cause site.
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From June
13th to June 22nd of 2011, a group of St. Francis
students and faculty will be taking the trip of a
lifetime to Spain. This structured program
includes sightseeing trips, excursions, walking
tours and many exciting local activities. A
full-time, specially selected tour manager for
ACIS (www.acis.com) will accompany us on all of
our educational excursions and assist us in making
the most of our free time. Some of the trip
highlights are hands on workshops involving the
cultural aspects of food, art, dance, and pastimes
in Spain as well as getting to know the cities of
Granada, Córdoba, Barcelona, Montserrat, Madrid,
Toledo, and Segovia. Please join us in an
informational meeting Monday, March 15th at 7:00
p.m. in the Spartan Theater. Interested
students are required to bring a parent. It
is highly recommended that the students interested
in the trip have two years of Spanish classes at
St. Francis. With any questions, please contact
Profe Brand.
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2010
Travelers to France and England- Meeting
Schedule
Schedule of Meetings for the
2010 Travelers to France and England:
Mar.24
Apr. 07
Apr.21
May
5
May 19
All meetings start at 6:50am on
Wednesday in classroom
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St.
Francis Spirit & Pride Golf Outing
Save the Date
St. Francis Spirit
& Pride Golf Outing
May 24, 2010
at the
White Eagle Country Club
For more information
contact Dan Donati
Golf Outing Chair, at
630-330-5142 |
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Looking
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Upcoming
Events:
Spring Musical Secret Garden Ticket
Sales at door more info
3-12 Spirit & Pride Dress
Day
3-15 Spain Trip 2011 Meeting
- 7pm - Spartan Theater
3-15 Last day to enroll in summer course,
"Intensive English and Math"
3-16 McDonald's Night
(2-8pm) link to coupons
3-16 Senior Celebration
Meeting at Wheaton Community Center @
7PM
3-16 Parent Program on College
and Financial Aid Planning Presented by Bill
Timmons of College Planners of America, Inc.
7-8pm
3-17 Happy St.
Patrick's Day
3-17 Parents'
Organization Meeting - Faculty Lounge
3-18 Choir
Solo/Ensemble Concert, Kuhn Theatre, 6:30pm
3-18 Student/Faculty basketball game
7:30pm
3-19 Boston Market
Night (2pm-close) link to coupons
3-19 Jazz
Showcase and Swing Night -"Dancing With The
Spartans"
All
Volunteers are encouraged to log in their
volunteer hours on our website at http://www.sfhsonline.org/volunteer.html | | |
