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St. Francis de Sales is one of the top performing academic Ohio High Schools based on the percentage of students scoring proficient on all areas of the Ohio Graduation Test.
The Ohio Department of Education recently released the results of the March 2008 Ohio Graduation Test which is required of all 10th grade students in the state of Ohio. In Ohio, 983 schools had 143,917 students take the test. There are five sections to this test, Reading, Mathematics, Writing, Science and Social Studies. It was reported that in 2008 only 50 schools (5%) achieved a 93% passing rate or better including St. Francis de Sales High School. Having 93% of its sophomores passing all five sections of the test, St. Francis de Sales outperformed all other public and private catholic high schools in Lucas County.
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 Sue Conrad, Jonathan Niese, Senator Voinovich, Samuel Evola, and Cory Dippold in Washington, D.C.
St. Francis de Sales was recognized at the Jefferson Awards National Ceremony and Grand Gala at East Hall in Union Station by the Jefferson Awards for Public Service Youth Service
Initiative as the Toledo Recipient for Outstanding Service by a High School. St. Francis de Sales competed with 3 other high schools in the Toledo region for this prestigious honor and was chosen for best showcasing the programs’ seven goals in the Jefferson Awards Turnkey System and for their philanthropic contribution to the community and their school.
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The award to the Valedictorian of the Commencement Exercises
and for the Highest Grade Point Average of the Class of 2009 was
presented to DANIEL WILLIAMS
The award to the Salutatorian of the Commencement Exercises was presented to MICHAEL McNAMARA
Click below for the rest of the Graduation Awards for the class of 2009!
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 Dennis Marzec, 11 years as assistant at St. Francis de Sales, has been named the interim head wrestling coach for the Knights as they head into the 2009-2010 season. Marzec takes over following the retirement of long time coach Carl Janke. Marzec is very excited about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the Knight wrestling program. Marzec, a Captain for the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department, and his wife Dianna live in Rossford and have three sons all of whom have wrestled for the Knights including their son Alex who will be a senior wrestler.
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Kroger has a new fundraising program that will enable SFS family members, faculty members and alumni to earn money towards tuition or to be used as a donation to the school. If you are already a member of the Kroger Plus card program, go to the following website, http://www.krogercommunityrewards.com,
click on Ohio and continue with the easy-to-follow instructions. You have to shop in Ohio (or Lambertville, which is an Ohio store) in order for your earnings to go to St. Francis. If you
don’t have a Kroger Plus card, you can sign up for one online also. Our NPO number is 84077. Within 48 hours of signing up, a percentage of your purchases will go towards St. Francis de Sales High School. You will also notice on the bottom of your cash register tape, there will be a line stating this. If you have a family member (grandparent etc.) who wants to designate their contribution to your son’s tuition account we would need to know that so we can match up names
if they are not the same. Kroger will send us quarterly reports with the dollar value earned which will be applied to your account. No refunds will be made in case of withdrawal or graduation. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Meinzer via
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or at 419-531-1618 x304.
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 Click here for more pictures from graduation!
This year's graduation speaker was Michael Gallagher.
Michael entered the securities industry in 1985 as a Financial Consultant with Shearson Lehman
Brothers. He joined Smith Barney in 1990 and is currently a Director of Smith Barney's Corporate Client Group. Michael specializes in providing publicly traded companies with administrative and execution support services for equity compensation and equity benefit plans. His team is a recognized leader in handling sophisticated stock transactions for corporate clients and their concentrated stock holders, normally senior executives within those companies. He is a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) and is currently working towards his Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation. Michael graduated from the University of Dayton in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Marketing and currently serves on several not-for-profit boards including the Board of Trustees for Old St. Patrick's Church in downtown Chicago.
Michael has attained the level of Managing Director at Smith Barney, the highest designation recognized at his firm and bestowed on less than 100 Financial Advisors from a group of 12,000+ at Smith Barney. In addition, Michael was recently recognized by "Chicago Magazine" as
the #9 Financial Advisor in the Chicagoland area.
Click below for a transcript of his graduate address.
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