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3.22.16 Faculty & Staff Service Day SFHS faculty and staff offered 386 hours of service to nine local organizations. Projects included gardening, cleaning, organizing, painting, food packing, and ministries of hospitality.
3.24.16 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition Team 692: The Fembots headed to the 2016 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition in the ARC Pavilion at UC Davis. The Fembots co-captains are Danielle( Kiki) Velez’ 17 & Allison Oliveros’ 17.
4.5.16 Robots for Good At the Sacramento Kings game, SFHS and Jesuit officially announced our project partnership in Robots for Good. The Robots for Good Project will help hospitalized children experience the sights and sounds of a Kings game. Kids in the hospital can control the movements of the robot using a controller or their movements with an Xbox Kinect! Both of our Robotics teams will be lead builders for the project over the course of the next year.
4.5.16 Vic Pitton: Girls Coach of the Year Head Basketball Coach Vic Pitton was named the Sacramento Bee Girls Coach of the Year for the 2015-16 season. Pitton was also the Delta League Coach of the Year, and celebrated his 14th season at St. Francis as the varsity basketball coach.
4.6.16 Easter Celebration Mass The St. Francis community celebrated Easter and was blessed to be joined by the Jesuit Liturgy Workshop and St. Rose Catholic School( Roseville) bell choir.
4.8.16 2nd Annual Valley View S. T. E. M. Expo Four members of the Robotics team, along with their coach Mr. Strawn, attended the S. T. E. M. Expo at Valley View Elementary School in Rocklin, CA. The robot drive team, comprised of Melanie Gustafson’ 17, Allison Oliveros’ 17, Jessica Oloriz’ 18, and Nicole Danuwidjaja’ 18, demonstrated the robot’ s capabilities by driving it over a competition obstacle and gathering and shooting a game“ boulder.”
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4.14.16 NLI Signing Day Seven student-athletes signed or committed to plays sports at collegiate programs across the nation in conjunction with the third NCAA National Signing Day. The signees included Ashlynn Fresques( Point Loma Nazarene, Volleyball), Maggie Anderson( Walsh University, Lacrosse), McKenna Peterson( St. Catherine, Swimming), Shelby Tevis( La Verne University, Softball), Kiani Reyna( Sacramento State, Track and Field), Chase Worthen( Cal Poly, Cross Country / Track & Field) and Meredith Cook( Occidental College, Soccer).
3.28.16- 4.5.16 Costa Rica Immersion Trip During Easter vacation, seven students and two teachers traveled to Costa Rica for a language and culture immersion experience which highlighted the unique flora and fauna of this beautiful Central American country.
4.15.16- 4.17.16 State Championships Speech Tournament The Speech Team sent Isabelle Bauman’ 17, Mia Bonini’ 16, Julia Cannon’ 17, Tessa Crouch’ 19, Sophia Fox’ 16, Olivia Fu’ 18, Yukta Gutta’ 19, Alexandra Retodo’ 17 to the State Championships at Mission College in Santa Clara, CA. It was an exciting event where all of the top Speech students throughout California competed.
April 8, 2016 | Mom Prom
St. Francis hosted our very first Mom Prom on April 8th in the SF Gym. The SBO leadership transformed the gym with lanterns, twinkle lights, and delicious mini bundt cakes. Prizes were awarded for“ best twin with your mom,”“ best throwback” and“ best representation of theme.” There was even a spirited dance competition! This new event is sure to become a favorite for Troubies and Moms alike!