We thank all our supporters who helped make the Alumni Raffle a success. The list of raffle winners can be found here. Thank you to the Kavanaugh, Keating and Weber families for starting the event many years ago and for your help in establishing the Kavanaugh, Keating and Weber Alumni Raffle Scholarship. Thank you to those who bought tickets, donated items to the evening, bought table sponsorships and came to the event. Thank you one and all! Go Pioneers!
UPDATE: Empower Illinois opens Tuesday February 27th at 7pm.
Read information on their new two step process here: https://empowerillinois.org/students/how-do-i-apply/ .
St. Francis de Sales will be open on Tuesday February 27th to help families register to apply. Doors open at 6:30pm and Empower Illinois starts accepting registration at 7pm in their new two step application process. Read more about the registration and application process here
Remember! Tax Credit Scholarships will offer many families scholarships to cover FULL tuition.
Empower Illinois, a scholarship granting organization (SGO), established to enact the Invest in Kids Act, will begin accepting registrations on Tuesday February 27th at 7pm. Tax Scholarships will be given on a first come, first serve basis so all families must reserve their spot to apply on Tuesday evening. Families will not receive any financial aid until they register and apply for Tax Scholarships.
The new process is a two step process. Step one is to register/reserve your spot on Tuesday at 7pm. Step two follows within a week or so when Empower Illinois sends you a link to fill in the full application. Once you receive the link, you have three days to apply providing all required materials. Link here to see step by step guide to the application.
See the Empower IL website - https://empowerillinois.org/students/how-do-i-apply/ - and read here for more information on the materials you will need to gather and information on how to apply:
If you have any questions, please email or call John Kimec at 773-731-7272, jkimec@sfdshs.org. We are excited about our future and about your student’s future. St. Francis de Sales is successful because of the support of and partnership with our families, our alumni, our staff and Big Shoulders Fund. Tax Credit Scholarships will help you and will help our school as we work together to serve our current generation of students.
We will be hosting another Information meeting for families interested in the Greece 2019 trip. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. in room 106.
Thank you
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I am excited to announce that we are launching a feasibility study to explore a possible new program here at de Sales! We are presently working with our partners and largest funder, Big Shoulders Fund and the Archdiocese of Chicago to determine the benefits of and potential for the possible addition of a Work-study model to our curriculum for the 2019-2020 School year...just in time for our 80th Anniversary! The Work Study model was pioneered 20 years ago in Chicago by the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.
We invite you to a community meeting on Tuesday February 6th at 6:00 pm in the Library to hear more about the Work-study model, to ask questions and to discuss the model with staff from St. Francis de Sales, the Archdiocese and the Big Shoulders Fund.
Please call John Kimec, Principal, if you have any questions. Otherwise, we hope to see everyone on the 6th! We will continue to update our process as we move through the process. Read more information on the Feasibility Study and the Work-Study model here.
Our mission is to build a Catholic educational community that allows for the uniqueness of each student, while fostering charity, tolerance and understanding through academic, social and spiritual development. Every St. Francis de Sales student deserves to have an education that strives toward academic excellence and allows for the acceptance of students with diverse social, intellectual, economic, cultural and religious backgrounds.
