The High School Science Olympiad team competed in the Regional Invitational Competition at North Oldham High School on Saturday, March 19. The team produced solid results, including a 4th place finish in the Bridge Building event, a 5th place finish in the Write-It Do-It event, and a 6th place finish in Rocks and Minerals. Team members included 10th graders Nora Bendl, Mireia Cecil, Elliott Loewy, Edward Ruzicka, AJ Stevenson, and El Willey.
Senior Ellie Westfall was recently honored as one of 39 city-wide Rotary Club Unsung Heroes. This award is based on the principle of service above self and honors high school students who have given much to their community and never sought the limelight. Ellie has focused on social justice throughout her time at SFS and is particularly passionate about reproductive rights and education, serving on the Planned Parenthood Teen Council. In that role, she has visited 5th through 9th grade classes as part of the Healthy Choices program. She is president of the SFS Gender Rights and Equity Club and the Environmental Club, as well. Congratulations, Ellie!
The High School delegation recently represented both Sweden and the United Kingdom at the Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA). Emilia Garibay Romero, Sheridan Oller, Jackson Sleadd, and Mae Wilson wrote a proposal for Sweden advocating for the admission and fair treatment of climate refugees. Lillie Hale and Zelda Wheeler wrote a proposal on behalf of Great Britain regarding the voting rights of incarcerated persons. Lillie won the Outstanding Delegate Award and our delegation took home the Premier Delegation Award. Congratulations to our full delegation: 11th graders Amelia Gorman, Alex Horner, Aidan Keegan, Ava Kurtz, Jane McLeroy, Alex Miguel, Sheridan Oller, Xavier Shelley, Jackson Sleadd, and Emma Todd; 10th graders Emilia Garibay-Romero, Isabella Iweimrin, Ronnie Oller, Jack Scantland, Jakobi Vaughters, and Mae Wilson; and 9th graders Lillie Hale, Brinn Ishmael, Nola Melhuish, Maya Rawlins, Alice Vella, and Zelda Wheeler.
This is the second article in a four-part series on Progressive education at St. Francis School. By Suzanne Gorman, Associate Head of School - Downtown Campus As a Progressive school, we place a particular emphasis on student voice, believing that from the earliest ages, students should be advocates for themselves, respected for their opinions, and heard on school matters that affect them. At the High School, our teenagers (naturally) have no shortage of things to say, and we welcome and take their input seriously, both in and out of the classroom. Students weigh in on academic issues ranging from what kinds of electives they'd like to take to choices on projects within a given class. Frequently, teachers survey or speak with students to find out what they'd most like to see offered in the coming semester's course catalog. For instance, this is how our Babylonian Language elective this year came to pass and is often how various focus areas within Film Studies are chosen. On an individual level, each spring, 11th graders choose areas to study for their Senior Projects, topics that can really be just about anything they are interested in pursuing and researching for the coming year. Even the existence of supervised study periods (to help student-athletes stay caught up on coursework instead of taking Fitness class when they are in season on a sport) is owed to a student idea from a decade or so ago. Students also participate in decision-making on all kinds of major school matters. There were High School (and Middle School) students [...]
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PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS TODAY! Join us in supporting Our Good Earth, a scholarship fundraiser for students Preschool - 12th Grade. **Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fields of our Goshen Campus** ___________________ Our Good Earth will be an exclamation of joy, where there is a place for everyone. This event brings together the St. Francis community to raise money for our students. There will be balloon rides over our beautiful Goshen fields, a variety of fun raffles and games, an exciting culinary experience with a curated menu by a world-renowned chef, live music and entertainment, and, of course, our silent and live auctions. At St. Francis School, over 50% of the student population attends with the help of need-based financial aid. All proceeds from Our Good Earth will go to directly support scholarships and financial aid opportunities to students attending St. Francis School. Scholarships can be need-based or merit-based. Last year St. Francis School awarded over $3.8 million dollars in scholarship, of which, approximately 270 awards were made.
Preschoolers demonstrate curiosity every day in everything they do, as their parents can well appreciate ("Why?" "But why?"). But, St. Francis teenagers are their rival in this quest for answers, in the most delightful way. Our Senior Projects are a perfect example. Each spring, the 11th graders choose a topic they want to focus on for nearly a year and the Project includes a research component and annotated bibliography, a written component, and it culminates in the winter/spring of their 12th grade year with a presentation. There is of course a great deal of critical thinking going on during this Project, as seniors synthesize all the skills they've acquired during their St. Francis education, but it all starts with their subjects -- with the things they are most curious about. Topics can range from creation of an aquaponics system to designing a Craftsman-style house to fashioning an authentic upcycled denim clothing line to writing children's stories to illustrate the intricacies of Chinese grammar. One of the most hallowed objects in the High School is a hand-carved Wyvern skeleton that hangs in the Atrium -- a Senior Project from over a decade ago that combined research on dinosaurs and birds and some serious artistic talent, but began with curiosity: what would a Wyvern skeleton look like if Wyverns were real? Just as adolescents are curious, so too are their younger compatriots adept in critical thinking. Earlier this week in the Preschool, a group had to figure out what to do when one child had all the marbles and wanted to [...]
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