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Reminder about Tuition Accounts
All tuition accounts must be current before May 9
All tuition accounts must be current before the start of final exams on May 9. You can view/pay your balance in your FACTS tuition account. You can also contact FACTS at 1.866.441.4637 to make a payment. The status of your tuition account could also affect your daughter receiving her report card, transcripts and/or diploma if all financial obligations to the school are not met. For Seniors, Cap and Gowns will not be given out until their tuition account is current.
At A Glance: 4/3 – 4/14
Easter Break: April 3-14 (No Classes)
Front Office will be open Mon, April 3 through Thurs, April 6. Campus will be closed Friday, April 7 through Friday, April 14 with classes resuming on Monday, April 17.
LIFT Applications Available Soon
LIFT (Leveraging Internships for Troubies), our summer internship program for rising juniors and seniors, goes out to sophomores and juniors next week. Students will have time over their Easter break to complete an application. There are internships in a variety of fields ranging from construction management and engineering to marketing and real estate.
Parent Survey – Please Complete
Last week we shared a link to an online survey for current parents here at St. Francis. For all who have responded to the survey – thank you! Across all four grades, your daughters averaged a 93% response rate! If you have not completed the survey, please complete the survey by Monday, March 27. Your perspective is an important part of our strategic planning process. Thank you for taking time to respond.
That’s a Wrap on Career Day 2023!
We welcomed 50 Troubie Alumnae back to campus today to provide your daughters with an opportunity to learn about their career and begin building her professional network.
St. Francis Stories: Emily Bradley
The gifts each St. Francis student possess are vast and can often go unrecognized, not for lack of caring or interest, but simply because there’s so much our students do outside of school time and walls. For example, participating in women’s youth bobsledding probably isn’t something one would equate with Sacramento or St. Francis. But sophomore Emily Bradley is doing just that! She recently returned from Austria and is now ranked #2 in the world! She appeared on Good Day Sacramento and is this week’s St. Francis Stories feature.
St. Francis Stories: Troubies dominate Holy Sticks matchup
Competition often inspires great stories and there’s certainly no shortage of competition this spring from our Troubadours! If you haven’t logged on to gotroubies.com lately or follow @SFHS.Athletics on social (HINT: some great moments are shared here), you’re missing out! It’s hard to choose just one headline to highlight: Troubies stun defending league, section champs or Miles, Hodge lead comeback in epic LAX battle.
Financial Re-enrollment Due Today
for the 2023 – 2024 School Year
An invitation email from FACTS was emailed March 14th to each returning student’s family to set-up their Financial Re-enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year. The due date is March 24th to submit your re-enrollment through FACTS. If your family did not receive a FACTS email, please contact Michael Gallo. The registration fee of $800 will be due at that time, along with a $350 graduation fee for Seniors.
TROUBIE TV Studio
Introduced at our 40th Annual Auction, this year’s Fund A Vision will equip our new Troubie TV Studio with the state-of-the-art equipment it needs to bring students tangible, real-world experience in broadcasting, podcasting, production, filmmaking, screenwriting, communication and storytelling. The studio is operated completely by students; what’s missing is the cutting-edge equipment needed to help our Troubies produce first-rate broadcasts and podcasts to showcase our students and alumnae.
St. Francis Stories: We are St. Francis
Each young woman at St. Francis is an individual, on her own journey, with her own talents, interests and aspirations. Together, WE are ST. FRANCIS ❤️
During Saturday’s 40th annual auction, we debuted this very special video, starring many of our Troubies. It was a labor of love inspired by our president, and realized by our digital media manager and friends at Univision. We want to make sure everyone sees it and feels free to share it far and wide. It’s the perfect installment for this week’s St. Francis Stories feature.
St. Francis Stories: Show Choir
Show Choir Performs at Disneyland's California Adventure.
The St. Francis visual and performing arts department is a haven for fantastic stories about St. Francis. We encourage you to follow @arts.sfhs on Facebook.
Today we share news about our show choir in our St. Francis Stories feature. Last weekend they headed back to Anaheim for the first time in four years to perform at Disneyland’s California Adventure. Right now, we have pre-trip photos and rehearsal videos posted. We’ll share images from Disneyland as soon as we can! What a great opportunity for our show choir students.
St. Francis Stories: SFHS Student Podcast Network
Teaghan Brostrom '23 Interviews SF alumna, Molly Riehl, a reporter for Good Day Sacramento
One of the easiest ways to enjoy St. Francis Stories is to listen to one of our podcasts. Did you know we have our very own Student Podcast Network? SFHS students host, interview, and edit a variety of shows covering topics across the board.
In our most recent episode of Troubie Throwbacks, SF alumna Molly Riehl, a reporter for Good Day Sacramento and the emcee of our upcoming Sip, Savor & Support auction event, talks with Teaghan Brostrom ‘23 about what a special place St. Francis truly is… and gets a little emotional as she recalls her favorite teacher.
New for Course Registration 2023-2024
To finalize their course registration, students need to bring in their Course Registration form signed by a parent to the Counseling Office on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of next week. They were emailed the form today and can find it in Schoology in the Counseling Folder.
Kairos Retreat – Open to the Class of 2024
Kairos Retreat sign-ups are now open to the Class of 2024. Juniors, now is the time to join the long tradition of attending Kairos. This is the same retreat your fellow Troubies have been attending all year, and what an amazing experience it has been. You don’t have to wait to have this experience. Sign up now, and start living in Kairos time. Use your CampBrain account to sign up. Limited space is available.
St. Francis Catholic High School Proudly Welcomes Dr. Felicia Haecker as its New Diversity Coordinator
St. Francis Catholic High School is proud to announce and welcome Dr. Felicia Haecker as its new diversity coordinator. Haecker will assume her new role on Tuesday, February 28. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Haecker to the St. Francis community.
St. Francis Stories
It’s championship season for winter sports and Troubies are representing!
As part of our weekly feature, St. Francis Stories, we encourage you to to check out all the amazing coverage of our talented athletes on gotroubies.com, because we simply can’t pick just one! But, the Sacramento Bee recently gave SFHS athletics a shout out for stressing the theme of TEAM! Check it out!
St. Francis Stories
St. Francis is featured on KFBK's Building a Better Sacramento segment
We’re launching a new feature in the Principal’s Newsletter called St. Francis Stories.
There are a lot of wonderful things happening on and around the St. Francis campus. We realize not everyone engages on social media (but we hope you follow us), watches local broadcasts or listens to the radio, so our hope is to make St. Francis stories as easily accessible as possible!
Summer School Offerings
Registration is open now
We are excited to offer a fun and enriched Summer Program for you this year. Summer School and Camps will start June 12th and will run through July 21st. All class and camp information is available here.
Athletics Update
The Sac-Joaquin Section soccer and basketball playoffs get underway this week, with the section to announce pairings over this weekend. Be sure to check GoTroubies.com or our athletics’ social media channels for game times, sites and opponents. Both of our winter varsity teams have been highly ranked throughout the season, with soccer even earning a national ranking by the United Soccer Coaches.
St. Francis High School Announces Partnership with American River College
St. Francis High School is excited to announce a new partnership with the Los Rios Community College District to provide select college courses to our students starting this fall. This is the first-of-its-kind partnership for private high schools in the greater Sacramento area.
Black History Month
A Celebration of Black Culture
Feb. 27 – Speaker Series #2 (For BSU and BPG Members)
Parent Night Presentations from Counseling
A big thank you to the freshman, sophomore, and junior parents that joined us for the virtual Parent Nights sponsored by the Counselors and College Advisors. We did not record the sessions; however, the presentations are attached.