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Click here for the 2013-14 SFS All-Campus Calendar at a Glance
Saturday, November 2nd
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Film Consortium
7:00 p.m. Improv Performance at The Bard's Town
Monday, November 4th
7:00 p.m. Financial Aid Seminar at Walden School
Tuesday, November 5th
4:00 p.m. Girls' and Boys' Bowling vs. Manual @ AMF Rose Bowl
Thursday, November 7th
3:45 p.m. Quick Recall Match @ CAL
Friday, November 8th
Makeup Picture Day (for all students who did not have their photo taken yet)
Looking ahead...
Friday, November 15th
5:00 p.m. Taste of St. Francis and Senior Auction - Evites have been sent to your inbox.
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Head of Downtown Campus
Thank you for joining us for Parent-Teacher Conferences last week! While these are our only formally scheduled conferences, please know that we are always glad to hear from you with a concern or question.
One general pedagogical question that a couple of our math teachers have been addressing with parents is in regards to the "flipped classroom," and I thought all parents might be interested in learning more about that. The concept of a flipped classroom has been gaining traction in educational circles, and is being utilized in some math classes here at St. Francis. The idea simply "flips" what the students do at school and what they do at home. In a traditional model, during school time, a teacher explains concepts and demonstrates concepts, and then students practice these (homework) at home. In a flipped classroom, the explanation and demonstration is done via videos, which students watch online. Then during class, they practice what they've learned, with the teacher there to hone in on problems and provide further explanations and assistance. It's a simple theory, and, I think, not too dissimilar to when students read an English or history assignment so that they can come into class and discuss ("practice") it to solidify their understanding. As a school, we do not hop on the latest and greatest pedagogical approach, preferring instead to trust our fabulous faculty to evaluate the ways in which they might teach and choose the one they think will best serve our students. At the moment, in several math classes, the flipped approach is just that.
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This Week in Wyvern Athletics
Fall Sports Wrap-Up
The Athletic Department celebrated the fall sports season on Tuesday night. The event is a general recognition of all team members, special recognition for some, and dinner for the parents and athletes. This year the department honored four teams - soccer, field hockey, golf and cross country.
The following awards were given by the coaches:
 Soccer Most Outstanding Player - Abas Isgowe Unsung Hero - Kenny Gray Wyvern Award - Cole Von Feldt Top Defender - Jose Zapata Most Improved - Joe Harlan Field Hockey  Most Outstanding Player - Page Dabney Wyvern Award - Kinsey Morrison Most Improved - Tinsley Nugent Hustle Award - Jillian Morrison Newcomer - Madeline Case
Golf Most Outstanding Player - Emerson Mudd
Congratulations to all fall sports athletes! And good luck to our remaining competitor, Chris McDearman, as he runs in the regional meet this weekend.
Basketball The boys' and girls' basketball teams are preparing to begin competition this month. Each team will compete in the Wyvern Shootout, a multi-team event hosted by the Athletic Department. The Wyvern Shootout will be held Saturday, November 16th with the boys' session beginning at 11:00 a.m. and the girls' competition at 3:00 p.m. The boys also have a season-opening scrimmage against Fern Creek on Saturday, November 9th.
Bowling The boys' and girls' bowling teams' season has begun. The teams kicked off the season with a scrimmage against downtown rival Brown on Monday evening. The season officially begins next week when both teams travel to AMF Rose Bowl to take on Manual.
*Complete schedules and rosters will be available on the school website soon.
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China: Beijing, Xi'an, Jiujiang, Shanghai
A Student Travel Tour May 31-June 11, 2014
St Francis School/Louisville Collegiate School
We invite students and faculty to join us on this adventure to see some of China's most exciting sites: in Beijing, we will tour the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, climb the Great Wall at Jinshanling, enjoy home stays with Chinese families, behold the Terra Cotta Army, and bike Xi'an's City Wall. Learn martial arts, visit local markets, meet Chinese high school students, try the regional culinary tastes of China, and be dazzled by the Shanghai Acrobats. These are among the many exciting happenings on the St Francis and Collegiate student tour of China, May 31 to June 11, 2014.
Also in the itinerary: Enjoy a Peking Duck Dinner, visit the Temple of Heaven and Tian'anmen Square, make dumplings at a rural village, enjoy a pedicab tour of Old Beijing, visit a cave village in Shaanxi Province, tour the Bell Tower, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque, enjoy a dumpling banquet and puppet show in Xi'an, and teach Chinese students English as part of service activity in our sister city Jiujiang.
The cost, including land and airfare, is $4,225 per participant, based on double occupancy and a minimum group of 12 participants. This does not include passport or visa fees or supplemental medical or evacuation insurance.
To book a student on a tour, a deposit of $1,000 is required. You will need to book your air as early as possible, since airfares prices are notoriously fickle. For questions about the tour, please contact Chinese teacher Bob Jones at 502-736-1018 or email him.
Included in This Tour:
- International airfare Louisville-Shanghai and Beijing-Louisville
- Hotel accommodations on twin sharing basis
- One English-speaking tour guide for each destination visited (except for Jiujiang)
- A bus and driver for all land transfers indicated in the itinerary
- Overnight soft sleeper train from Xi'an to Beijing
- Economy one-way flight from Nanchang to Xi'an
- Economy flight from Shanghai to Nanchang
- Shanghai maglev train ticket with luggage transfer to hotel
- Airfare and tax as indicated in the itinerary
- Admissions fees to all places and for all activities mentioned in the itinerary
- All meals indicated on the itinerary
- All gratuities for drivers, guides and local support staff
- All relevant trip taxes, local duties and surcharges
- Water and tea during meals
Not Included in This Tour:
- United States passport fees
- Chinese tourist visa fee
- Personal communication and laundry charges
- Travel insurance
- International SOS Emergency Medical Evacuation Insurance
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Order School Portraits
School portraits are now available online for purchase for the duration of the 2013-14 school year. To access your child's images, please visit www.littlefacephotography.com and click on the VIEW & ORDER link on the upper right hand corner. Choose your gallery and enter the access code (see below). If you have children on multiple campuses, you will still be able to place one order. GALLERY ACCESS CODE: SFS2014 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!! All orders placed before NOVEMBER 18, 2013 will receive 15% off EARLY BIRD E-CERTIFICATE CODE: QGRDYJP MAKE-UP DAYS If your child needs to make up picture day please sign up with the school staff member below and plan on the dates below. Preschool - November 6 Goshen - November 5 Downtown - November 8 |
Attention Parents of Juniors and Seniors:
St. Francis School and Walden School will be co-hosting our annual Financial Aid Seminar on Monday, November 4 at 7:00 p.m. at Walden School (located at 4238 Westport Rd.). Come hear Heather Boutell from Bellarmine University give you hints and strategies on how to complete the FAFSA and financial aid-related forms for the college admissions process. Please RSVP to Kit Llewellyn. See you there! |
Parents of Art Students:
Don't forget to sign up for a conference with Gaela Erwin by clicking here if you wish to meet with her on November 4th. |
Message from the
PA President
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Sarah Harlan, PA President
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Be on the lookout for your PA dues invoice--coming soon to a mailbox/inbox near you!! Don't sell wrapping paper--pay dues instead!!
Also recently arrived in your inbox: your personal invitation to A Taste of St. Francis!! This scrumptious annual tradition is a potluck dinner combined with a low-key silent auction that is designed to help raise money for Prom. Bring your family's favorite dish to share and mark your calendars for Friday, November 15th at 5:00 p.m. You'll get to sample all the fabulously unique culinary creations whipped up by your fellow Downtown Campus parents. And you won't have to cook dinner that night!
Parents of seniors: Make sure you've got Saturday, November 23rd marked on your calendar--our last parent gathering, which will be graciously hosted by the Cotes. You won't want to miss it! |
Happenings at the Downtown Campus
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Halloween Costume Contest
 
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