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Congratulations to Coach Scott Nelson and our
Cross Country teams! This past weekend, led by
conference individual champion Courtney Trunk, our
Girls Varsity team won the Suburban Catholic
Conference Championship. With another strong
conference showing, our Boys Varsity team finished
in second place. Both teams are now off to the
IHSA Regional Race at Oakhurst Forest Preserve
(directions available on our school's website)
this Saturday. Good luck to both teams!
On October 9, twenty-five St. Francis
music students auditioned for the Illinois Music
Educator's Association District 9 honor ensembles
(Band, Choir, Orchestra, and Jazz Band).
These students prepared for weeks and auditioned
with thousands of other music students from
District 9. Four St. Francis students were
selected to participate in these prestigious
groups. Martha McDonnell ('10) was selected
for the All-District Orchestra, Lynn Dreisilker
('09) was selected for All-District Band, Collin
Moat ('09) was selected for the All-District
Choir, and Matt Novak ('09) was selected for the
All-District Jazz Band. These students will
participate in a District Festival in November and
perform a concert with their honor ensembles.
Congratulations to all!
Be sure to check out our new life-size
banners located on the light poles as you drive
into the school parking lot. They reflect the
values and aspirations we work to instill in our
students.
Raeann Huhn -
Principal
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Parent / Teacher
Conferences
Parents can register online for
Parent-Teacher Conferences anytime between 8:00 am
October 21, 2008 and 4:00 pm November 3, 2008.
- Click the PT Conference Maker link (http://www.ptconferencemaker.com/stfrancis)
- Logon to PT Conference Maker by using your
child's 8-digit Student ID Number and the
4-digit password/pin provided in the recent
Quarter One Report Card mailing. (Note:
non-custodial parents will use a 10-digit
Student ID Number, also provided in the
mailing.)
If you encounter any difficulties, please leave
a message on the Parent-Teacher Conference hotline
extension
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| Fall Play -
Parlor Games
November 7th -
9th
Our Fall Play, Parlor Games, written
and directed by Mr. Jim Wall opens on Friday,
November 7. Parlor Games is the story of
Mort McNulty, a die hard practical joker, who
decides to host his own wake before he's dead, so
he can hear what people will say about him after
he's dead. He drags his poor wife Tricia
into this joke and all kinds of interesting people
show up in person as well as those driving thru
the funeral parlor's newly installed (and not
quite fully operational yet) Drive Thru Video.
There are eight other productions of Parlor
Games being shown around the country this fall.
For more details, please go to
Student Activities/Fall
Play
Click here to order tickets
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| Notes from the The Wellness Center
Donna Hoscheit,
RN
It's
coming- the flu season and will be here before we
know it. This year, the CDC and federal officials
are urging flu vaccination for all children 6
months of age and older. Offering vaccines to
millions more children will hopefully make this
season less brutal than the last. When more
children, teens and adults are immunized the fewer
people we have who might spread the virus to those
most at risk for serious complications, such as
babies, toddlers and the elderly.
The flu is a contagious
respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses.
It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times
can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu
is by getting a flu vaccination each year. Every
year in the United States, on average: 5-10% of
the population gets the flu, more than 200,000 are
hospitalized and about 36,000 people die from the
flu.
Symptoms of the flu are; fever
(usually high), headache, runny or stuffy nose,
fatigue, sore throat, dry cough, muscle aches.
Stomach symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and
diarrhea also can occur, but are more common in
children.
Flu viruses spread mainly from person
to person through coughing or sneezing. People may
become infected by touching something with the flu
virus on it and then touch their mouth or
nose. Generally healthy adults may be able
to infect others one day before symptoms develop
and up to 5 days after becoming sick.
The best way to prevent the flu
is to get a flu vaccine every year. This vaccine
is an inactivated vaccine (containing the killed
virus). It is approved in people ages 6 months and
older. About two weeks after vaccination
antibodies develop that protect against the
influenza virus.
People with a severe egg allergy
and those who have had an allergic reaction to the
flu vaccine in the past should not receive the
vaccine. Those who have moderate to severe illness
with a fever should wait to be vaccinated until
the symptoms lessen.
Please talk to your healthcare
provider about the flu vaccine.
Source
CDC
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Autumn Fest
Our Peacebuilders, Bethany Nichols and Tessa
Morelli, are organizing an Autumn Fest
on Saturday, October 25th from 4:00-6:00 pm.
They have invited our neighbors from Marian Park
to enjoy an afternoon of activities and food
sponsored by our Peacebuilders and the students at
SF. For older children, there will be a
Haunted House sponsored by SADD from 7:30 to 9:30
pm. The cost is $5.
Those who
attended last year can attest to the great time we
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Red Ribbon Week - October
26 - 31
Next Week is Red Ribbon Week. SADD
(Students Against Destructive Decisions)
has been busy planning Theme Days for the week.
Students are encouraged to follow the
dress codes listed.
Monday, October 27nd
"Be a Good Sport-
Don't Do Drugs!"
Out of uniform rules apply
Students may wear their favorite sports team
t-shirt
Tuesday, October
28rd
"Drinking and Driving Don't Mix"
Out of
uniform rules apply Students may mix and match
clothing Students obviously may not match: i.e.
plaid and stripes, opposite colors, etc.
Wednesday, October 29th
"Have some
class-Don't drink!"
Out of uniform rules apply
Students may wear their class color Freshmen-
Yellow Sophomores- Red Juniors- Green Seniors-
Blue Faculty- Black
Thursday, October
30th
"Drugs aren't my style. Wear
Red!"
Out of uniform rules apply Students must
wear red shirts Students may wear jeans, modest
skirts, modest shorts, etc. SADD members may wear
SADD t-shirts
Friday, October
31th
"Drugs and Drinking are Scary!"
Out of
uniform rules apply Students may wear a Halloween
T-shirt Students may wear black and/or
orange
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St. Francis Parents'
Organization News
- Casino Night Meeting 10/28
- Fashion Show Invites have been
mailed!
An invitation to get involved! The
Parents' Organization Casino Night meeting will be
held on Tuesday, October 28th at 7:00pm in the
Library. Learn about the variety of
committees that can use your time and talents.
Bring a friend and sign on to help make this PO
major fundraiser a success.
Join us as we celebrate at the annual St.
Francis Fashion Show "Diamonds are a Girl's Best
Friend."
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrance. 11:30AM -
Social Hour 12:30 - 3:30 Luncheon & Fashion
Show Invite your daughters, mothers,
grandmothers, aunts and friends to share an
afternoon of fun, food, fashion and exciting
raffle prizes. Our own St. Francis students,
along with professional models will model the
latest fall fashions. This is a special
occasion you won't want to miss! Invitations have
been mailed. For further information contact
Gayann Pfeiffer at 469-4748. Link to Fashion Show Info on our
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The Secret Life of
Bees
Freshman honors English classes
are currently reading Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret
Life of Bees. This award-winning novel is now
a major motion picture starring Queen Latifah and
Dakota Fanning. Freshman honors English
students are being asked to go to the movie after
reading the novel. Please consider having
your student see the movie on one of the half
days of November 5th or
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Blood
Drive
Our Annual Blood Drive will take place on
Tuesday, October 28. Students 16 and older
are eligible to donate. Permission
forms for students were due yesterday
10/22.
Parents are also welcomed to donate. If you
are interested, please contact Peter Shaughnessy
at PShaughnessy@sfhsnet.org |
"Jeepers Creepers"- St. Francis is
Collecting
Old
Peepers!
Do you have any unused
eyeglasses or sunglasses around the house? If so,
donate your old eyeglasses and sunglasses to a
good cause. This year St.Francis High School will
again collect old glasses for "Sight Night".
Volunteers will then repair and classify the
collected eyeglasses by prescription and hand
deliver them to people in developing countries who
need eyeglasses but cannot afford them.
Also, we are again inviting St.
Francis students to collect old eyeglasses in
their neighborhoods on Halloween while they are
"trick-or-treating". Please talk with your child
about this opportunity to collect more than just
candy this Halloween. Free Trick-or Treat
collection kits and a drop-off box for old glasses
will be available in the Guidance & Counseling
Department. For more info, please contact Mrs.
Rupp at extension 104. Please drop off any
eyeglasses by the end of
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Looking Ahead . .
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Upcoming
Events:
10-25-08 Autumn Festival with
Haunted House 7:30-9:30 pm
Halloween Party
with
Marian Park 4:00-6:00
pm
10-26 to 10-31
Red Ribbon
Week
10-26-08
SFSO Mass &
Brunch
10-28-08 Blood Drive
10-28-08 Parents'
Organization
Casino Night Meeting
7:00 pm
in the Library
All Volunteers are encouraged to log in their
volunteer hours on our website at http://www.sfhsonline.org/volunteer.html
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