Calendar
11-20 Fashion Show sponsored by the St. Francis Parents'
Organization - Held at the Carlisle in Lombard - More Info
11-22 Market Day Pick-Up - Door #12 - 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
11-23,24,25 Thanksgiving Vacation - NO SCHOOL
11-25 Alumni Open House 1-3 PM Tour the New Addition
Nov. 29, 30
& Dec. 1, 2 Boy's Kairos
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 Junior Retreat
12-1 Time Out for Reading Day (See Bell Schedule)
Go Spartans!
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...and the winner of a $200 Dining Certificate is
Scott Kilrea, Alumni Parent and School Board member. Thank you
Scott for participating in the CASH Raffle. To date 193 families
(24%) have bought or sold $100 worth of CASH Raffle tickets and all
have an opportunity to win the Grand Prize of $10,000 at the annual
auction. The last incentive drawing will be held on January 20th. Sell
your tickets before this date for a chance to win two tickets to
the Auction ($150 value) along with two tickets to a Chicago
Blackhawks game. Remember, somebody's going to win; it might as
well be you!
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Register your
Volunteer Hours
As the busy
days of fall come to an end, please take a moment to log in your
volunteer hours. Working on a committee, keeping score at an
athletic event, monitoring a theatre rehearsal, or working in the
concession stand are all just a few of the many ways our parents
volunteer their time. Remember your volunteer hours can be
calculated and entered as a gift-in-kind which will be recorded for
grant writing purposes. You can record your volunteer hours at: http://www.sfhsonline.org/volunteer.html
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"Teachers for
Tomorrow" Conference
Has your son
or daughter ever considered being a teacher? If the answer to that
question is yes, please encourage your child to attend a conference
entitled TFT or "Teachers for Tomorrow." This conference,
on November 19, at Niles North High School, is hosted by the Golden
Apple Foundation and provides inspiring workshops on topics ranging
from "effective teaching strategies and classroom
management" to "applying for a Golden Apple Scholarship
and preparing for college." To obtain more information, please
ask your son/daughter to stop by Madame's room, 2308, for more
information.
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Note from the Principal
Congratulations to the Varsity Girls' Volleyball team and coaches on
their 3rd place finish at the IHSA State Final Tournament!
Twenty one St.
Francis students attended the Creative Writing Conference at the
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Wednesday, November 16.
Congratulations to the five students who won awards for their One Act
Plays. Chris Shearer placed 2nd in the Drama Category with his
play, Soldier's Games. Students receiving Honorable Mention were
Patrick Holman, Allison Furioso, Stephanie Passialis and Eric
Maurer.
As you enjoy
your Thanksgiving Holiday with friends and family, remember to
"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their
way." ~Native American Saying.
Raeann
Huhn
Principal
St.
Francis High School
630-668-5800
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Charitable Contributions for Certain IRA Owners
With passage of
the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job
Creation Act of 2010 (the Tax Act of 2010), Congress retroactively
reinstated the ability to make direct qualified charitable
distributions from your IRA account, in amounts up to $100,000, by
IRA owners who are at least 70-1/2 years of age. This provision
has been extended until December 31, 2011.
This provision
allows an IRA owner who is at least 70-1/2 years to make a transfer
to a qualified charitable organization (St. Francis High School would
qualify) without having to pay any tax on the amount contributed from
the IRA account. The transferred amounts are counted in
determining whether the owner of the IRA has met the IRA's required
minimum distribution rules. The amount contributed would
generally not qualify for a charitable contribution deduction because
there is no tax paid on the distribution.
This means that
prior to December 31, 2011, anyone who has an IRA account and who is
at least 70-1/2 years of age can make a direct contribution to St.
Francis High School (up to $100,000) and not have to pay any tax on
the amount of money taken out of the IRA account for such
contribution.
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New LRC Hours
The Learning
Resource Center expands its hours of operation to 7:00 p.m. every
Wednesday beginning November 30! This will allow students working on
a group project to have a place to meet and allow student-athletes a
place to study before or after practice. This is a pilot program to
help us determine the need for extending our library hours,
particularly during the winter months.
The after school LRC hours will remain at 3:30 p.m. for the remaining
days
of the week.
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Notes from the Nurse
Pertussis
(whooping cough) is an endemic (common) disease in the United States,
with periodic epidemics every 3 to 5 years and frequent outbreaks. In
2010, 27,550 cases of pertussis were reported in the US-and many more
cases go unreported. The primary goal of pertussis outbreak control
efforts is to decrease disease and death among infants; a secondary
goal is to decrease disease among persons of all ages.
Following increased disease activity from 2010 and early 2011, there
has been a continued increase in reported cases of pertussis
(whooping cough) throughout the summer and fall in DuPage County,
with the majority occurring in children and adolescents. Although no
localized outbreak activity has been reported yet this year, in
several recent cases, there have been two or more cases within a
household. Outbreaks at middle and high schools can occur as
protection from childhood vaccines fades.
Pertussis
outbreaks can be difficult to identify and manage. Other respiratory
pathogens (bacterial and viral) often cause clinical symptoms similar
to pertussis. Diagnosis of pertussis is based primarily on clinical
presentation (cough lasting at least 2 weeks with inspiratory
"whoop," and severe coughing attacks, without other apparent
cause). Vaccination is the most important preventive strategy against
pertussis. New booster Tdap vaccines became available in 2005 that
offer continued protection against pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus
for adolescents and adults.
NEW MANDATE for
2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR: Students entering grades seven through 12 who
have not already received Tdap are required to receive 1 Tdap dose
regardless of the interval since the last DTaP, DT or Td dose.
To read more about whooping cough click here.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pertussis/
Source: DuPage County Health Dept, Uptodate.com, CDC
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Fall Fashion Show and
Luncheon
Sponsored by the St. Francis Parents' Organization.
The SFHS annual Fashion Show & Luncheon,
From Paris with Love,
will be held Sunday, November 20, 2011 at The Carlisle in
Lombard
11:30 a.m. - Social Hour
12:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Lunch & Show
Thank you to all of you who placed
ads
or purchased tickets!
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Christmas Toy Drive
The 10th Annual Christmas Toy Drive sponsored by the Volleyball team
is underway at St. Francis. We ask each student to bring in an
UNWRAPPED toy, book, etc. to their homeroom. The collection
time will be short. The last date for returning gifts
is the Tues. after Thanksgiving. This includes all of the
Black Friday sale dates. We will join the "Reach for the
Moon" foundation, founded by two St. Francis alums, for
this project. Please bring the joy of the Christ child to
children of need in our immediate area. Thank you for your
thoughtfullness and generosity.
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