Parent Newsletter Archives
Principal’s Newsletter 2/3/23
Dear St. Francis Families,
One of my favorite things about our students is their ability to work hard and play hard. This shined through during our week-long celebration of Catholic education for Pax et Bonum Week, where treats and creative dress-up days were in abundance. Our Troubies brought their energy, enthusiasm and school spirit every single day this week. Several members of our Board of Trustees witnessed our festivities firsthand when they joined us to celebrate mass, share in community lunch, and visit classrooms and departments.
It was a fitting week to launch the official start of our Strategic Planning work with the first visit from our team of consultants from Meitler, who have a 50-year history of serving Catholic schools across the nation. The visionary, mission-driven, long range planning that takes place during the process aims to provide a clear vision for the future, define our key priorities for the medium to long term, and set out strategies for achieving goals and defined objectives. We are blessed to have a dedicated Strategic Planning Committee comprised of school affiliates, diocesan partners and community members. All of our parents/guardians will be asked to participate in a survey in March as part of our Strategic Planning work. We encourage and welcome your insights and input.
We also cap the week off with an exciting announcement that we will formally share next week. St. Francis will be piloting a new program in fall bringing two college courses right here to our SFHS campus. This new partnership with the Los Rios Community College District will allow St. Francis students the chance to complete college credits without ever leaving our campus. We are grateful to American River College and the two professors who will be teaching the courses. We promise to share more details with all of you soon including course offerings, registration, and schedules.
We hope your daughters enjoyed celebrating the blessings of a St. Francis education with us!
In the spirit of Pax et Bonum,
Fadia Desmond
President
Principal’s Newsletter 1/27/23
Dear St. Francis Families,
It was a pleasure seeing so many parents and grandparents at today’s Switch with a Parent (SWAP) Day. It was great to see the enthusiasm of parents getting involved, experiencing their daughter’s classes in a fun and memorable way. Hopefully your daughters got to sleep in and enjoy the day off from school.
We look forward to seeing you again next year and appreciate those parents that were able to spend half of their day with us.
Next week is Pax et Bonum week, in which we recognize and celebrate the value of Catholic education. If you’re available, please join us for our Pax et Bonum Mass on Wednesday, February 1 from 10:00 – 11:10am.
Lastly, I hope to see some of you tomorrow evening at our sold-out Crab Feed! Cocktail hour begins at 5:30pm, followed by dinner at 7:00pm.
May God continue to bless our school community.
St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us!
Pax et Bonum (peace and goodness),
Elias Mendoza
Principal
Principal’s Newsletter 1/20/23
Dear St. Francis Families,
We are anticipating a fun week ahead as we resume our annual SWAP (Switch With a Parent) Day on Friday, January 27, and our always fun-filled (and sold out!) Crab Feed on Saturday, January 28. I look forward to seeing you at one or both of these events. The week after is Pax et Bonum Week, in which we celebrate the gift of Catholic education.
In the spirit of the upcoming weeks, I offer this reflective prayer:
Loving God,
We give you thanks for the many blessings you have given us through our families: through our parents, our primary educators in the faith; through our siblings, who walk with us on our earthly journey; and through all who guard and guide us in your light and in your truth.
We pray you will continue to inspire our families, so that our devotion to you and our care for one another may be a visible sign of your conditional love. We ask this through Christ, our Lord.
St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us!
Pax et Bonum (peace and goodness),
Elias Mendoza
Principal
Principal’s Newsletter 1/13/23
Dear St. Francis Families,
We had another fantastic week at St. Francis, barring the ongoing winter storms. Your daughters are tackling the new year with positive energy and optimism. While looking ahead to the remaining months of this semester, your daughters have begun to hear about course registration for the upcoming school year. Obviously, our seniors are slowly starting to realize their time at St. Francis is quickly coming to an end, and anxiously looking ahead to new experiences and adventures.
In the weeks ahead, we have several important events taking place, and ask that you monitor your email and our social media sites, so you can stay connected with all of the fun and exciting community events we’ll be celebrating.
- January 16th – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (School Closed)
- January 27th – SWAP Day
- January 28th – Crab Feed Dinner & Dance
- January 30 – Feb. 3rd – Pax et Bonum Week
As we close out another week of this new year, I extend a heartfelt and sincere thank you to all of you for choosing St. Francis Catholic High School and, more importantly, for supporting Catholic education and allowing us to be your educational partners.
St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us!
Pax et Bonum (peace and goodness),
Elias Mendoza
Principal
Principal’s Newsletter 1/6/23
Dear St. Francis Families,
Welcome back and Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that we are in the second-half of the 2022-2023 academic year. I know the two weeks of Christmas break probably moved at a different pace, but now that school is back in session, a sense of normalcy should return to your households. The remaining months of this semester are going to move quite rapidly, and it’s important that we remind our students to plan ahead, stay on target, and not procrastinate.
As the pace of the semester picks-up, we also want to ensure that our Troubies utilize the various support systems we have in place at St. Francis, such as asking teachers for assistance, signing up for tutoring, working with Counseling and/or Wellness counselors to decrease some of the inherent anxiety that happens toward the end of the semester.
St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us!
Pax et Bonum (peace and goodness).
Elias Mendoza
Principal