Troubadour Tribune
February - March 2012
Dear Parents and Friends of St. Francis High School, Several years ago, I attended a workshop on Spirituality in the Workplace. I recently came across a single sentence from that workshop that continues to reverberate with me, one I think worth sharing with you. In its simplicity, this sentence offers a profound message: “The main thing is to keep the Main Thing the main thing.” In the busy St. Francis High School life, it could be the easiest thing to forget. It could be the thing that falls off the table, the thing that is relegated to the last point for discussion, the thing that becomes secondary to our teaching, the thing that seems the least important when preparing for the accreditation of our school. Keeping it central is, in fact, the most important and most difficult thing of all. It calls us to be more than we are. But when we pay attention to it, everything else falls into place.
St. Francis
5900 Elvas Avenue Sacramento, CA 95819 Phone: 916.452.3461 Fax: 916.452.1591 www.stfrancishs.org
Catholic High School
From the President
The Main Thing, of course, is our life in and for God— that God is the very reason for our being—the beginning and end of everything we do—even at school. In the final analysis, nothing else really matters but our life in God— not our success as parents, not where our daughters go to college, not how accomplished they are in athletics and the arts, but how they are connected to the Main Thing. The main thing at St. Francis High School is that we convincingly teach the young women here about this important truth in their lives. It is why we insist on participation in the school-wide liturgies, why we continue to develop our retreat program, why we introduce our students to different forms of prayer. It is the reason we keep a sacred place on our campus, a reminder of God in our midst. And it is the reason we — you and us—try to faithfully witness through our actions and demeanor that we believe God to be the Main Thing in our lives. Are teaching good academics of critical importance? Yes! Is providing a safe and nurturing experience on campus important? Yes! Should we continue to offer a plethora of art and athletic offerings? Absolutely! Are we striving for a stellar accreditation recommendation? Without a doubt! All that being said, the Main Thing is the real reason we come together on the St. Francis High School campus. Here we celebrate and place as our highest priority that the Main Thing is, indeed, our main thing. Wishing you God’s abundant blessings, Marion L. Bishop, President
Enrollment & Tuition Agreement for 2012-2013 Online! For the 2012-2013 school year, completion of Tuition Agreement Forms and payment of the $600 registration fee will be conducted online through a secure re-enrollment website. Log-in information and instructions will be mailed to returning families by March 1, 2012 and to incoming families with acceptance letters during the week of March 12, 2012. March 16, 2012 Returning student deadline for online submission of enrollment form and registration fee March 29, 2012 Class of 2016 deadline for online submission of enrollment form and registration fee Please see the Guidance Department information on page 3 regarding course scheduling.
Financial Aid Forms
The Financial Aid Application website, TADS - Tuition Aid Data Services, will go live on March 1, 2012 for returning students and March 12 for Class of 2016. Click here for a worksheet to help you prepare to fill out the TADS Application. The TADS application fee is $34. Applications must be submitted by April 20, 2012. Financial aid applicants will be informed by mail of their award amount beginning the week of June 1, 2012. Those wishing to apply late must receive permission from the SF Finance Office at (916) 737-5042.