News Archive

Music to our ears! Thank you to Grade 1 students in Mrs. Dutka’s class who invited us in for a special performance! Such a beautiful symphony of bells! #STFLearning

Battle of the Books or Battle of Alberta? Maybe both! Grade 1 and Grade 5 buddies together for an afternoon of reading. “The more you read, the more you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go!” - Dr. Seuss #STFLiteracy #STFLearning

Congratulations to the Grade 7, 8, and 9 Band students who received an Excellent + Rating (SILVER) today at the Provincial Band Festival in Red Deer! We are so proud of you! Thank you to Mrs. Stearn for her passion and teaching of music and for providing students with this amazing opportunity! #STFArts #STFLearning

The Kindergarten class just LOVES their class t-shirts :D #stfspirit

Join us in praying and celebrating the great gift of publicly-funded Catholic education in the province of Alberta! #IBelieveinCatholicEd

Students competed in STF’s inaugural Track and Field Day at Holy Trinity Academy. 60 students qualified for the divisional meet on May 24. We would like to thank all the parents and volunteers who helped with the concession, and various other events throughout the day.

Have you ordered your yearbook yet? Go to https://www.schoolcashonline.com/ and order one today!

The Kindergarteners are learning all about community helpers. We have a class of doctors, nurses, chefs, vets, zoo keepers, farmers, teachers and coaches! #stflearning

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♥️ Happy Mother’s Day! ♥️

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Students from the Creative Writing option have been working hard on their story books. Today, they shared their master pieces with the Kinders. #STFLearning

Our Parent Council continues to provide wonderful treats for the staff for Teacher Appreciation week. Yesterday was lovely sweets! We are so blessed!

May 4th is also International Star Wars Day …. Tomorrow, wear a hat, or wear something Star Wars themed…. Let’s have some fun, St. Francis!

On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Albertans are invited to take part in Hats On! For Mental Health and wear a hat to raise awareness of the importance of positive mental health.

St. Francis parents are invited!!

Thank you so much to our Parent Council for the gift of a wonderful breakfast spread this morning. What a fantastic way to kick off Teacher Appreciation Week!

Grade 5TS did a great job participating in the Literacy Theme Day, where they got to dress up as their favourite characters from a book. Well done! 😊 #STFLiteracy

We are grateful for Mrs. Oginski and Mrs. Allen. They work so hard to support our school community! Thank you! ♥️♥️♥️

Still interested in playing some community baseball this spring? The Davisburg Sodbusters are looking for a few more 15U (born 2007-2008) baseball players to complete our 15U team. Please go to the Davisburg Community Association website www.Davisburg.ca for more information about the program at Davisburg Community Association and how to register. Registration is still open for this age group.

Congratulations to Miss Hall for her exemplary teaching and leadership at St. Francis! She is an amazing teacher! Congratulations! #STFLearning

The Power of One award goes to a support staff that goes to great lengths to support students, staff and parents of our STF school community. Thank you to Mrs. Oginski for always going to great lengths to help everyone at STF! Congratulations! #STFLearning

Thank you for always going above and beyond to serve our school community! You bring so much JOY to our school and have a true servant heart! Congratulations Mrs. Bruketa! #STFLEarning

Congratulations to Miss Leger for her nomination for the Edwin Parr Award, given to exemplary first year teachers! You have had an amazing journey this year! Congratulations! #STFLearning

Congratulations to STF students Mya and Ryley who won bronze at Volleyball Provincials today! We are so proud of you both!! 💕

Don't forget to support our Growing Smiles spring plant fundraiser. Deadline to order is May 4th and pickup is on May 20th. https://sfaa.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home

Congratulations to Presley and Skyla on receiving their sacraments of baptism and first communion! 💜 ✝️ 💜 May God continue to bless you on your faith journey! Thank you also to Mr. Gibbs for encouraging these amazing young ladies on their journey! #STFFaith #IBelieveinCatholicEd

Our Grade 5TS students reminded us about the true meaning of Easter with a very meaningful and special reenactment of the Stations of the Cross today. 💜✝️💜 #STFFaith

Grade 4 Last Supper recreation for Holy Thursday 💜 #STFFaith

Holy Week begins today ✝️

Grade 5TS had fun decorating Easter eggs today!

Davisburg Sodbuster Soccer 2022 Season Registration is open for Davisburg Sports and we have now added an option for Spring Soccer. We would love to have you come and join our community soccer and baseball programs. New this year we are offering soccer for ages 5-10 years. The program will run Thursday evenings starting May 5th until June 23rd from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Cost is $60 per player for the season. If you are registered in t-ball you receive a $10 discount. Please see www.davisburg.ca and follow the links to our online registration. Register soon our programs fill up quickly. Please contact our soccer co-ordinator Roxanne at rrpasternak@hotmail.com if you have any questions.

The Grade threes have been working to understand fractions. Today they were able to share their learning by creating their own pizza fractions! 🍕 #stflearning #stfnumeracy

STF Sudents attended Camp Caroline this week and had an amazing time! Thank you to Mrs. Stearn and all of the teachers who organized the event as well to all the teachers and parents who volunteered their time to chaperone and provide our students with this amazing opportunity! #STFFineArts

There was excitement in grade 1 last week, as students learned about, and witnessed, chicks hatching in the classroom! You can see the joy and wonder it brought to so many faces. #STFLearning

Calling all STF artists!

♥️ Thank you to School Council and all of our parents for providing our teachers dinner for Parent/Teacher Interviews tonight. It was delicious and greatly appreciated! ♥️

Div. II students (Gr. 4-6) held a very successful bake sale today to contribute to our “Change for Chalice” fundraising initiative this week! We are so proud of your commitment to help those less fortunate than us! #STFFaith

Congratulations, Mrs. Avramovic! STF is blessed to have you join our school! ♥️

Grade 1’s prayed for families in the Ukraine and asked St. Francis of Assisi to watch over them. ♥️ #STFFaith

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Don't forget to order your Easter chocolate from our Purdy's Fundraiser! Deadline is this Sunday!

As the war in the Ukraine continues, St. Francis of Assisi Academy would like to take part in a school-wide Lenten Good Works Project. Change for Chalice is an opportunity for students to respond to a crisis and support humanitarian needs in the Ukraine. On Friday we held a whole school assembly explaining that St. Francis lived a life of service and love to people. He teaches us that we are blessed when we show our love to those who are far away from us, as much as we do for those that are near us. Change for Chalice Ukraine starts next week March 21st-March 24th. Monday, March 21st-Bring in Change $ Change for Chalice is an opportunity for students to give of their own savings (piggy bank change for younger kids. Maybe something more for older kids). Students can also work with parents to do something kind to earn change that they can donate. Please give what you can! Tuesday, March 22nd-Dress Up Theme Day Students are to Wear Yellow and Blue in support of Ukraine. Wednesday, March 23rd- Perogy Day/Bake Sale Perogy Day by Donation-School Council will be cooking up Ukrainian perogies for students to enjoy. Students are encouraged to donate what they can and enjoy this Ukrainian dish. Bake Sale-Students in Grades 4,5, and 6 will be hosting a bake sale. All proceeds will go to Change for Chalice Ukraine. Thursday, March 24th-Final Day to Bring in Change$ Classes will count their donations throughout the week as they listen to our St. Francis School Song: Make Me a Channel of Your Peace.

Mrs. Threlfall’s Kindergarten class has been having fun this week searching for leprechauns, learning about St. Patrick and other Irish traditions. 🌈☘️💚

St. Patrick’s Day was fun for all in Kindergarten! 💚🍀☘️💚🍀. Leo the Leprechaun strikes again!!!

The Kindergarten classes also had some silly leprechaun visitors! Good thing he left some footprints, which led Miss Leger and her students to the office, where they found a pot of gold with some gold chocolate coins! Lucky!!! ☘️💚☘️ 🌈 💚

More St. Patrick’s Day fun in Gr. 2 💚☘️🍀💚

Students in grade 2 learned about the life of St. Patrick and his teachings of the shamrock ☘️ which remind us of our Holy Trinity! They also met a real life Leprechaun Terry McGary over zoom! He shared about the real pot of gold, which is the gift of our spirit in our hearts ❤️ But the craziest time of all was this morning, after the leprechaun wreaked havoc in their classroom 😳. None of the traps managed to catch him!!!

Davisburg Sodbusters 2022 Baseball and Soccer Season Sodbusters Baseball program: With Spring right around the corner, the 2022 Davisburg Baseball season comes to mind. We are planning to have a full season of practices and games this year. We will be following any public health guidelines set out by the Government of Alberta that may still be in place and will adjust accordingly Registration will be open Feb 15 - March 31 2022. Please visit the Davisburg Community Association website at https://www.davisburg.ca/ for more information and follow the links to our online registration http://davisburgsports.rampregistrations.com/ We are planning to have teams in the following divisions this year. (This will be dependent on having sufficient registration numbers) T-Ball -Wednesdays May 4 to June 22 (6-7pm) • Rally Cap (T-Ball) -under 7 years of age as of Dec 31 of current season (2015-2016). (Davisburg Community ball diamonds) Fee $90 • Developmental Program Baseball - May 2 to June 30 (approximately 6-8pm) • 9U Rookie- under 9 Years of age as of Dec 31 of the current season (2013 – 2014) Tuesday and Thursday Fee $120 • 11U - under 11 Years of age as of Dec 31 of the current season (2011 – 2012) Monday and Wednesday Fee $120 • 13U- under 13 Years of age as of Dec 31 of the current season (2009 – 2010) Tuesday and Thursday Fee $120 • 15U - under 15 Years of age as of Dec 31 of the current season (2007 – 2008) Schedule to be determined Fee $120 • 18U under 18 Years of age as of Dec 31 of the current season (2004 – 2006) Schedule to be determined Fee $200 • 21U under 21 Years of age as of Dec 31 of the current season (2001 – 2003) Schedule to be determined Fee $200 Important Information: • All players must be active 2022 Davisburg Community Association (DCA) members (family membership $20). Please go to www.davisburg.ca to purchase a membership before registering in Baseball. A family membership covers multiple players from the same family. Recurring Memberships are also available. • Baseball fees include baseball hat and t-shirt (jersey for U18/21), insurance, team equipment, team photos (no photos for U18/21), and basic umpire fees. Davisburg Community Association membership fee is not included. Extra tournament, umpire or league fees will be the responsibility of individual teams. • Players will need to supply their own baseball glove and must come to practice and games with closed toe shoes (runners or baseball shoes), protective athletic cups, and long pants (baseball pants or other). DCA has a supply of helmets and bats for everyone to use, but players are welcome to bring their own helmets and bats as desired. • Baseball practices may alternate between Davisburg Community Association ball diamonds and Heritage Pointe ball diamond. • Games for 9U-15U will be played at various locations within the MD of Foothills including High River, Nanton, Millarville, Black Diamond, Heritage Pointe and Davisburg. A detailed schedule and further information will be provided by your coach at a later date (note: start dates and times are weather dependent). The Davisburg community is strong because so many community members pitch in by coaching, coordinating , helping at workbees, field set up etc. We will be needing volunteer coaches again for the 2022 Spring season. Please email sports@davisburg.ca or contact our coach manager, Rob Kotello directly at rkkotello@gmail.com if you are able to help out. We would love to have you come and join our community baseball program. Sodbusters Soccer Program: At this time we are looking for volunteers to help coordinate the Sodbusters Soccer program for 2022. If you have some ideas about how to manage a soccer program for the spring 2022 program and are willing to be part of the coordinating effort, please contact George Kohn president@davisburg.ca or Diana Froc vicepresident@davisburg.ca If no volunteers step up to help coordinate the soccer program, we will unfortunately not be able to offer a spring soccer program. We would love to have you come out and join our community soccer program. Please contact sports@davisburg.ca for more information.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 💚🍀☘️

Congratulations to all of our grade four students who completed their Recorder Karate levels in music. These students have been working very hard on this unit since January! Our amazing black belt winners this year are Josiah, Hayden, Orianna, Nicholas, Alexis and Charlee.

Gr. 1 JD were busy making Leprechaun traps this morning 💚💚💚

On Monday, students in grade 2 spent the morning with Father Vincent learning about Lent and how to prepare for God’s greatest gift of eternal life 💜 #STFFaith #STFLearning

This opportunity is open to all STF parents! Thank you to the St. Mary’s School Council for providing this information to our community!

Congratulations, Mr. Leidl! Our St. Francis of Assisi Academy is excited to welcome you to our school!

We are so excited!!! St. Francis Book Fair Is Coming April 25th-29th More details coming soon! #STFLiteracy

This week is substitute teacher appreciation week! We ♥️ you and we are so grateful for all you do to help support our staff and students! Thank You!

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Congratulations to our Junior High Band students! Today they were a part of an in-school workshop through the Alberta International Band Association. We were very lucky to have esteemed music educator, Dr. Wendy McCallum from the University of Brandon working with our students today. Our St Francis students were models of excellent behavior, and they learned a lot during the one-hour workshop. #STFLearning #STFFineArts #STFBand

The Kindergartens had a wonderful time meeting their Grade 5 reading buddies yesterday! #stflearning

PURCHASE YOUR YEARBOOK FOR THIS YEAR! Once again, the opportunity to purchase a yearbook for your children is available. We have posted the optional $27 dollar charge to each child's School Cash Online account where you can opt to purchase it. Yearbooks will be available for pick-up in early September, we will deliver the Grade 9 orders to HTA if that is where your Grade 9 child attends high school, or mail them to you if they attend high school elsewhere. Our Yearbook Advisors are working very hard to include all the amazing memories from this year. Purchase yours today! 🥰 https://christtheredeemer.schoolcashonline.com

Mrs. Bilawchuk’s Grade 4 students worked hard to learn about Inclined Planes and Levers in Science, and they got to showcase the pinball machines they built with their Grade 1 learning buddies as well as Mrs. Atkinson and Mr. Schreiber. So much learning and joy! 🤩 #STFLearning

Mrs. Sziva’s Grade 5’s worked very hard during their Science Electricity unit and were excited to showcase their electricity games to their Gr. 2 friends. As well as Mr. Schreiber and Mrs. Atkinson. Learning is fun! #STFLearning

Congratulations to our Jr. A Girls basketball team on their 3rd place finish at zones tonight! We are so proud of you!! #STFAthletics

Congratulations to Mrs. Diana Atkinson, our beloved Principal, who will be dearly missed as she takes on her new assignment of Principal at Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks. We're pleased to know that our students will be reunited with a familiar face when they finish Gr. 9 and move on to High School!

The Kindergarteners are celebrating Lent by praying with their gifted Prayer Bears! They have named their bears after Saints and are excited to use these prayer bears at home to bring Lent alive by praying for others in need ♥️ #STFFaith