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St. Francis High School

9/24/09

SFHS Principal's eNews

Quote of the Week: Homecoming means coming home to what is in your heart. ~Author Unknown

There is a lot of excitement in anticipation of this weekend's homecoming events. A special "thank you" to everyone involved with the planning and participation in our Homecoming, 2009 celebration. Whether you are golfing in the Alumni Golf Classic, attending the Football Game, stopping by the Homecoming Social at Pal Joey's or preparing your students for the dance . . . the St. Francis Staff wish everyone a fun-filled and safe Homecoming weekend.

Go Spartans!

Raeann Huhn - Principal

Note from the Dean:

Remember students going to the dance must arrive at school no later than 8:20am on Friday and they must attend all classes. If they have a doctor's appointment they may only miss 90 minutes and must provide a doctor's note.

Students must arrive at the dance on Saturday between 7:30pm and 8:00pm with their current school ID. They are not permitted to leave the dance prior to 9:30pm.

Notes from the Nurse

H1N1 UPDATE
Keeping our students healthy is the responsibility of all. The
following include some of what we are doing here at school to try and prevent the spread of the flu:

In an effort to reach every student in the building, I addressed each Religion, PE, Intro to Computers and Health class about the H1N1 virus, how germs spread, basic health hygiene practices, signs and symptoms of flu, and when to stay home. We also talked about the vaccine.
We installed more hand sanitizers throughout the school.
We designed a website with links to updates from the CDC and other important information (click here to view our H1N1 site).
We changed our attendance line message requesting that parents inform us about their student's symptoms.
I report our absences and number of ILI (influenza like illness) daily to the Dupage County Health Department so that flu conditions can be monitored here and throughout the county.
We continue with frequent washing of high touch areas around the school.

Noteworthy are three things:

Twenty one states are reporting widespread flu activity which includes Illinois. Any reports of widespread flu activity in September are considered very unusual.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/updates/us/
There is updated information from the IDPH and the Governor about the delivery process of the vaccine to the Chicago suburbs.
http://www.idph.state.il.us/h1n1_flu/H1N1_Vaccine_
Delivery_Process.pdf
I encourage you to have your student vaccinated. Please talk to your healthcare provider about the vaccine. The CDC has an updated Q and A about the vaccine.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/public/vaccination
_qa_pub.htm

Donna Hoscheit RN

Notes from the Pastoral Ministry Department

Belize Spring Breakout!! There is still room available to come along with 20 St. Francis students and staff to serve in Belize this Spring Break, March 27th-April 3, 2010. Cost is approximately $1600 to be made in 3 payments (September, November, and January) with $600 due Friday, September 25. See Mrs. Mercadante for details.

"Week of Hope" St. Louis!!
Service Adventure
July 24- 30, 2010
Travel by SFHS vans to the site
Overnight Saturday at a hotel
$425 which includes camp, lodging, 4 meals and a t-shirt
Limited to 50 Students!
$50 deposit due Friday, Sept. 25th to hold your spot!

Junior Retreat assignments have been sent home and ALL permission slips are due to the Pastoral Ministry Department by Wednesday, September 30th! Questions? Contact Mrs. Mercadante at x148

St. Francis is participating in the 40 Day Prayer Vigil for Life, September 23-November 1st. As a community, we will pray daily for our nation to promote and respect life. For information on participating as a family, visit http://www.40daysforlife.com/glenellyn.

St. Francis will host Fr. Milota, from the Joliet Diocese Life Office on October 15th to promote the 2010 March for Life with Bishop Sartain, January 20-24th, 2010. Interested students can get more information from Mrs. Mercadante in the Pastoral Ministry Office.

Senior Boys' Kairos application packets are available in the Pastoral Ministry Office. The retreat is November 17-20, 2009. Sign up early! Questions? Contact Mr. Page or Ms. Pratscher.

Parents' Organization

Hello to ALL PARENTS!

Parents, alumni and friends of St. Francis are ALL invited to attend the Homecoming Social / All School Reunion at Pal Joey's after the Homecoming Football Game this Friday, September 25th, starting at 9:00 p.m. through 1:00 a.m. The cost is $25.00 per person and you may pay at the door. This includes unlimited food and drink. The entertainment for the evening will be our very own Tom Malouf and his band, "Chunky Monkey". This is a wonderful way for us as parents to get together to celebrate as a school community, as well as make new friends and catch up with old ones. So please plan on attending to what I am sure will be a memorable evening.

On a separate note, I hope everyone had a chance to see this year's directory. How exciting to have access to everyone's email addresses. This makes communication so much simpler for everyone. With that being said, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Denise Bacon for organizing the ordering and distribution of the directories and to Jeff Gerdeman for his countless hours of technological expertise which made all of it possible this year!

Thank you,

Crystal Baker
P.O. President

School Directory Corrections

School Directories were sent home last week with your oldest/only child. Please ask your child if you have not yet received it. If your information is incorrect, please email any corrections to jgerdeman@sfhsnet.org by Friday, October 9th. We will include an amended page with the 1st quarter report cards.

Library Card Sign-up Month 2009

Get the Smartest Card @ your library®

September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the St. Francis Library wants to make sure that all students and staff have the smartest card of all - a public library card.

Studies show that students who use the library perform better in school and are more likely to continue to use the library as a source of lifetime learning.

Any student or staff member who shows Mrs. Rath his or her public library during the week of September 28th will receive a reward.

Getting a library card is easy. All you have to do is go to your public library, with a parent if you're under 18, and you can walk out with your new public library card or check out your library online on the St. Francis Library website.

Remember a library card has always been the most important school supply of all. Students can go to the library to get homework help and check out books, but you can also play games, check out music, books and DVDs and use the Internet. There's a lot happening at your local public library and the best part is that it's all free with a library card.

Observed since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month is a time when the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.

For more information on how to sign up for a library card, visit your local public library.

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Sincerely,

Raeann Huhn - Principal

In This Issue

Notes from the Nurse

Pastoral Ministry Department

Parents' Organization

School Directory Corrections

Library Card Sign-up Month 2009

Looking Ahead ....Upcoming Events

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