St. Francis in Regionals Tomorrow and 75th Gala Update

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Dear St. Francis Families, Friends and Alumni,

Varsity Boys Basketball in Regional Championship

The Varsity Boys Basketball Team beat Holy Trinity yesterday to make it to the Regional Championship Game on Friday at 7:00 pm.  Come one, Come all!  The game will be held at Holy Trinity located at 1443 W. Division Street in Chicago.  The boys made it to the finals by beating Holy Trinity 67-48.  Senior Tyler Streeter scored 27 points. 

Tyler Street Named CCL All Conference

Speaking of Tyler, Congratulations to him on being named to the CCL all conference team. He was recognized at DePaul University before the CCL championship.  We are very proud of Tyler and his accomplishments to date. We are truly honored to call him a pioneer!!!  See the photo below.

Parents, Alumni, and Friends: Please buy your Gala Tickets

Finally, we continue to plan for our 75th Gala Celebration on March 21st.  

Tickets and information on the event can be found on our homepage at www.sfdshs.org.  We hope you will purchase a ticket to attend the event and invite a friend by forwarding this email to other Pioneers. For your ease, we are attaching  information on the event here for you to open and forward to your friends from. St.Francis de Sales.
We are also looking for donations for our silent auction. Do you have game tickets to share? Gift Cards? Wine?  If so, please email me. We very much appreciate all your help. We look forward to celebrating next month.

And certainly, we hope you can join your fellow pioneers at the Regional Championship game!

Best,

Mary Kay Ramirez

75th Gala Event Chair and Director of Community Relations

mramirez@sfdshs.org

773-731-7272

 

 

 

75th Gala March 21st. Please join us. Find a letter from Host Committee and Event Chair here

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Dear St. Francis Families, Friends and Alumni,

We are writing to officially invite you to attend St. Francis de Sales 75th Anniversary Gala on March 21st from 6:00-11:30 pm at Chateau Bu-Sché.On behalf of the faculty and staff at St. Francis de Sales and our host committee, please join us at the celebration!

Santiago Botello '08

Joe Butcher '71

Shanetta Davis '02

Michael Galbreath '68

Tom Hincks '92

Shelli Kalemba '07

Katie Masterson '72

Mike Melendrez '90

Arlene Ramos '78

Tom Sullivan

Karen Vrdolyak '80

Tickets and information on the event can be found here:St. Francis 75th Anniversary Gala Celebration or on our website at www.sfdshs.org.  We hope you will purchase a ticket to attend the event and invite a friend by forwarding this email to other Pioneers.

Of course the evening will include fine food, good drinks, and lively dancing, all included in the ticket price of $75!  In addition, we will have a fun program looking back at St. Francis de Sales over the years and planning ahead to our future.  Most importantly, we will honor many long term faculty and staff.

For your ease, we are attaching  information on the event here for you to open and forward to your friends from. St.Francis de Sales. 

Please call me or email me with any questions and if you would like to be included on the host committee, please let me know.  It is not too late.

We look forward to seeing you next month!

Best,

Mary Kay Ramirez

75th Gala Event Chair and Director of Community Relations

mramirez@sfdshs.org

773-731-7272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three St. Francis Students perform at August Wilson Competition

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Press Release

February 12th 2015

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL-- St. Francis De Sales High School announced today that three of their students participated in the first round of the August Wilson Monologue Competition.  The three students, all part of the St. Francis de Sales’ Drama Team, are Juan Gonzalez, Olivia MacGowan, and Ivan Nunez. 

The National August Wilson Monologue Competition is open to high school students from participating cities, including Chicago. Students perform a two to three minute monologue from any of the plays in August Wilson's Century Cycle.  As the Competition Website states, “The competition gives students an opportunity to explore and share the richness of August Wilson's Century Cycle”.   

St. Francis de Sales’ Drama Team students acted out three different monologues from August Wilson’s Century Cycle.  Juan Gonzalez performed a monologue from the play "Seven Guitars," Olivia MacGowan performed a monologue from "The Piano Lesson," and Ivan Nunez performed a monologue from "Fences."

Students selected from the first round will participate next at semi-finals.  Those students that advance will then move on to the finals at the Goodman Theatre. “These three students have been working diligently with professional actors after school since early December and stand a good chance of moving on to the next level of competition.  They are a very talented group of young actors,” said Richard Pniewski Drama Director at St. Francis de Sales High School. 

About St. Francis de Sales

Founded in 1937 as the first co-educational Catholic high school in Chicago, St. Francis de Sales High School stands as an anchor to the city's East Side, Hegewisch and South Chicago, and draws students from numerous Chicago neighborhoods, as well as the South Suburbs and Northwest Indiana. True to the symbol of the phoenix on the school seal, and now celebrating 75 years in education, St. Francis de Sales rises from the industrial model of education to offer personalized learning plans, a 1:10 faculty mentoring program, and an education rooted in the Salesian virtues. St. Francis is committed to providing students with numerous opportunities for social, cultural, athletic, and spiritual growth to complement their academic achievement. Graduates of St. Francis are accepting, appreciative, collaborative, compassionate, confident, generous, hardworking, independent and intellectually inquisitive readers, writers and thinkers.

 

For more information about St. Francis de Sales, visit  www.sfdshs.org or "LIKE" them on Facebook at facebook.com/PioneerCountry.

 Contact: Mary Kay Ramirez

Phone: 773-731-7272

E-mail: mramirez@sfdshs.org