We're pleased our progress reports rolled out more smoothly this second quarter after working a few kinks out of the system!   

 

I hope you've had a chance to share and discuss grades, comments, and effort/behavior marks with your children. And progress reports mean it is Effort Honor Roll time of course!

 

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY for this fiery event!

 

Get your tickets now to join us on Friday, January 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the Henry Clay for this year's Imagine! Art Auction and Scholarship Fundraiser.

100% of the funds raised go directly toward the School's need-based scholarships.
Click IMAGINE! to get your tickets, preview the art, make a donation, and even purchase a VIP raffle ticket.  

 

Only 25 tickets will be sold for a chance to win a week at the Maison Rose, an incredible French villa.  We sold out last year, so get yours now!

 

And we still need a few live auction items and some volunteers for the event.
So if you have any travel destinations or tickets to great events you are willing to part with OR if you have some time you can donate on Wednesday (1/29), Thursday (1/30), or Friday (1/31), please email Emily ASAP. Thank you! 

First Lego League is a robotics program for 9- to 14-year-olds that is designed to get children excited about science and technology -- and teach them valuable employment and life skills. 

Started in 1998, founders have "a shared belief that FLL inspires teams to research, build, and experiment, and by doing so, they live the entire process of creating ideas, solving problems, and overcoming obstacles, while gaining confidence in their abilities to positively    use technology."

During the holiday break, our team competed in the regional FLL event. This is our second year of participation in this experience. Our team performed well with our highest score achieved by a presentation of how we used the FLL core values throughout our process.

I want to especially thank John Naber for bringing this project to our school and working with the team, as well as all the parents who contributed with their financial and hands-on support. 

A special thanks goes to Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe for all her hard work to make the competition happen!

And of course, kudos to all our team members: Kyle Chandler, Matthew Isham, Chris Scott, Eli Jaffe, Caleb Hennessey, Matt Kurtz, Nico Orthober, Jack Plaxe, Theron Varda and Nate Waggener

For further information about FLL, visit their website.

Last week, 7th grader Olivia Zimmerman participated in the KMEA Fifth District Honor Band. 

Olivia is our first-ever Middle School student to audition into this prestigious group which features some of the finest musicians from this part of the state.  

The band was conducted by Joseph Witkowski, music professor from Akron University, and they performed a fantastic program Saturday at at Martha Layne Collins High School. 

St. Francis 9th grader Andrew Swan was also present as he auditioned into the high school All-District Symphonic Band.
 

Inaugural LISBL begins
St. Francis hosted the very first Louisville Independent School Basketball League games this past weekend at St. Stephen's Family Life Center. The league is a continuation of the Whitefield League that our SFS teams from 4th-6th grade participated in earlier this season. The boys' 6th grade team got off to a hot start, winning both of their games by double digits against dePaul and Portland Christian. The boys' 4th and 5th grade team lost to dePaul in their only game of the weekend, 21-16. In girls' 4th-6th grade action, the Wyverns were grinning ear to ear as they picked up their first win of the season, defeating Meredith Dunn 28-10. Games take place each Saturday with start times from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. please stop by and root on the Wyverns!

Girls' 7th & 8th Grade Basketball

The girls are improving by leaps and bounds. They are scoring more points per game and are beginning to play tough defense. In their last game, against Anchorage, led by the hot shooting of Meredith Fleming, the Wyverns led for the majority of the game. The shooting cooled off a bit and Anchorage tied things up and began to pull away late in the fourth quarter.

Boys' 7th & 8th Grade Basketball
Over the holiday break, the boys took on St. Athanasius and captured a nail-biting
15-13 victory at the Mid-America Sports Center. Since then, the boys have faced strong competition from Anchorage and Collegiate. They have continued to give their best effort and are preparing for the final games and tournaments of the season.

MS Spring Sport Offerings and Sign-ups
The Athletic Department would like to get a head start on spring sports - lacrosse, track, and tennis - and wants to start compiling names of those students who may have an interest in participating. We would like to offer lacrosse to boys grades 4 and up. There will need to be at least 13-15 players to have a team. We have plans to fill two separate teams - one for 4th and 5th graders and the other for 6th-8th grade players, pending sufficient interest. The season should begin in early March. We did not get much interest on the summer participation forms, so we need to know now if there is indeed sufficient interest to have these teams.

We are also looking to judge interest in students playing tennis. The 7/8 graders will have the opportunity to play on the High School teams. Practice will be daily beginning in late February at Crescent Hill Park next to the Bubble. Students joining this team would ride Bus 1 after school to practices and may be picked up by parents after practices at the park. Practice times and schedule will be released soon, but team members should plan to practice until 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. daily.

We also need to gauge interest in track this year. Track is open primarily to 5th-8th graders, but also may be appropriate for some 4th graders. Practice will begin in mid-February and the meet schedule will be released soon.

If your child has any interest in participating on any of these teams, please email me and let me know. Thank you.

 

The Merit Scholarship Competition will be held on January 26th from 1:00-3:30 p.m.

 

Merit Scholarships are available for rising 6th and 9th graders. 

 

You can register for the competition by emailing us.

 

Find out more information about Merit Scholarships by visiting our website.    

 

8th Grade 

Olivia Bajandas 

Eva Borders 

Kyle Chandler 

Hanna Cobb 

Lillian Dine Young 

Christopher Jayes 

Shelly Lancaster 

Natalie McClain 

Adam Prys 

Nicholas Scarfe 

Thomas Simpson 

Theo Taylor 

Will Yelton 

 

7th Grade 

Lucy Biberman 

Evie Boland 

Colby Boyd 

Chloe Church 

Mary Claire Duncan 

Meredith Fleming 

Chris Hammond 

Jennifer Johnson 

Caden Kirby 

Sydney Lattis 

Erin Lyons 

Arabella Maki 

Maggie McGraw 

Delilah McMahan 

Angus Middleton 

Margaret Mundt 

Clay Smedley 

Sean Sullivan 

Reid Varda 

Abby Waggener 

Wyatt Ware 

Avery Wilson 

Alan Ziegler 

Olivia Zimmerman 

 

6th Grade 

Cloey Beardsley 

Aidan Campbell 

Will Cole 

Sean Denham 

Amelia Dimas 

Grace Donovan 

Thomas Fogarty 

Caroline Frederick 

Georges Ghali 

Connor Gordon 

Connor Gorman 

Emma Harvey 

Eli Jaffe 

Hayden Jones 

Ryane Jones 

Gary Jurige 

Natalie Lancaster 

Lorenzo Mahoney 

Grace Malone 

Eston McLeroy 

Ford Middendorf 

Izzy Payne 

Drew Perkins 

Sydney Ragland 

Carolyn Siegenthaler 

Ellie White 

Bradley Wilson 

Holly Yelton

5th Grade 

Owen Carey 

Jacob Chanda 

Lily Johnson 

Sophie Johnson 

Emma King 

Jimmy Lancaster 

Lake Mackin 

Audrey McClain 

Bennett Middendorf 

Stuart Middleton 

Teagan Morrison 

Nico Orthober 

Jack Plaxe 

Emery Richards 

Bentlea Schwartz 

Drew Siciliano 

Mellie Simpson 

Theron Varda 

Nate Waggener 

Parent Teacher Conferences are Friday, March 14th (no school).

Please make a note of this in your calendars too!

 

 

The St. Francis Athletic Committee is pleased to announce the creation of a brand-new book that will bring together the whole SFS community in support of our athletic programs! 

 

This attractive collection of recipes, artwork, and poetry that celebrates all things St. Francis is titled, appropriately,"A Taste of St. Francis!" 

 

We are now soliciting contributions for "A Taste of St. Francis" from everyone in the SFS community which will be sold to raise funds to benefit athletic programs on both campuses in the coming years.  

 

We need YOU! Please submit your family's favorite recipe, a drawing, or a poem to us for potential inclusion in the "Taste of St. Francis". We want students, parents, alumni, teachers, and friends of St. Francis to be represented!  

 

Submissions requested by January 31, 2014. 

 

Please send electronically to Cassandra Zimmerman.