Saint Francis High School (Calgary)

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Saint Francis High School
Location
Calgary, Alberta, T2L 0A3, Canada
Information
School board Calgary Catholic School District
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Principal John M. McFarland
Vice principal C. Brochu, B. Downey, F. Duffy, J. Wojtkiw
School type High School
Grades 10-12
Language English, Extended French
Mascot Bear named "Sicnarf"
Team name Browns
Colours Orange and Brown
Founded 1963
Enrollment 1700
Homepage http://www.stfrancishs.net

Saint Francis High School is a liberal arts Roman Catholic high school, and one of the largest in Calgary, serving just under 1700 students in the communities of northwest Calgary, Alberta.

The program offerings include all of the academic disciplines, an Advanced Placement (A.P.) program, an Extended French program, an Integrated Occupation program, a Registered Apprentice program, International Languages, an Active Life Skills physical education program, an Incentive program and an extensive Career and Technology Studies program.

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[edit] Incentive Program

Saint Francis High School initiated an Attendance Incentive program for students in 1991. The program allows students with outstanding attendance and who are passing their courses to opt out of a final examination. Students with less than three lates/absences per class may choose to not write one final exam. If a student qualifies for incentive and has raised their overall report card average 5% from the previous report card, the student may request a second incentive opportunity for the same semester. Additional benefits include priority registration day in August and many other "front of the line" opportunities such as parking passes.

[edit] Bus Routes

St. Francis High School has special transit buses provided by Calgary Transit for student bussing to and from the school. The school approximately has 14 bus routes that travels to various communities in the NW Calgary. The students are also provided student bus passes that can take them everywhere else served by Calgary Transit besides the school at a discounted price. Bus Service is not always available on Half Days or Exam Days.

[edit] Notre Dame H.S.

Due to the opening of the Notre Dame High School in NE Calgary in 2006, approximately 100 grade 10 and 11 students that live in the areas served by Notre Dame have been transferred to the new school.

[edit] NewsPaper Club

St. Francis High School has a NewsPaper Club. Any student or staff that has something to write about and wants to get it published, they can submit it to the teachers running the club. Members are free to join or leave any time. No restrictions on the number of articles that you have to write. However, the articles are subject to editing just to make sure the contents won't offend anyone and cause conflict within the school. It is published monthly. The name of the Newspaper is "Omnia". It was founded during the 2003-2004 school year.

[edit] Band Program

St. Francis High School has one of the largest High School band programs in the City of Calgary. It comprises over 100 students in the various grades of 10,11,12. The grade 10s have their own individual class and the grade 11s and 12s are combined together in one class. They practice together for morning rehearsals every Wednesday morning and participates in the Alberta International Band Festival every year. The band has played complex pieces like "Holst Suite in Eb" and sections of Holst's "Planets Suite."

[edit] Soccer Program

In 2004 the soccer team lead by Mr. Moretti and Mr. Oliverio won a Division 1 Soccer Championship defeating Western Canada High School 1-0 in the final. This was St. Francis's 3rd (1990 &1992) ever Soccer Championship and the first one in 12 years. The Browns finished 6th in the regular season a 1-1-4 record, 5GF and 6GA. They surprised many by beating the previously undefeated Redman.

  • MVP - Erik Kuhn
  • Top Offensive Player - Brandon
  • Top Defensive Player - Erik Kuhn & Evan Vincenzino
  • Top Scorer - Victor Silva
  • Captain - Erik Kuhn
  • Coaches - Mr. Frank Moretti and Mr. Vince Oliverio

2005 saw the defending champions St. Francis finish 4th in the season with a 4-3 record, with 16 GF and 9 A. With a large core of the championship winning team having graduated it was always going to be a challenge for the 2005 Browns to replicate that success. While they had a successful season and were confident going into the playoffs they unfortunately lost in the first round of the playoffs to William Aberhart High School who scored in the 85th minute of the match to win the game 1-0 and end the Browns chance of back-to-back titles.

  • MVP - Michael Zepeda
  • Top Offensive Player- Eric Emmerich
  • Top Defensive Player - Chris Lloyd
  • Top Scorer - Eric Emmerich
  • Captain - Michael Zepeda
  • Coaches - Mr. Frank Moretti and Mr. Vince Oliverio

2007 saw a remarkable turnaround for the St. Francis Browns. After a disastrous season a year earlier the team went onto finish the season in 4th place with a 3-3-1 record, 15GF and 14A. They played the defending champions Bishop Grandin Ghosts in the first round and lost 2-1 in a close match that could have easily gone the other way.

  • MVP - Ben Brenya & Mark Hayward
  • Top Offensive Player- Ben Brenya
  • Top Defensive Player - Mark Hayward
  • Top Scorer - Ben Brenya
  • Captain - Jomi Mathew
  • Coaches - Mr. Frank Moretti, Mr. Vince Olivero and Mr. Michael Zepeda

The 2008 season was full of unexpected achievements and events. The team came off an encouraging season in 2007 and with only two seniors on that team expectations were high for this years squad. A lot of promising rookies made the team and a City Championship was a realistic goal. Before the season even started injuries hit the Browns squad very hard. A squad of 24 turned into a squad of 15 in a matter of weeks and the depth that the Browns coaching staff was banking on was suddenly gone. They finished the season with a 2-3-2 recored with 13GF and 13GA. They were supposed to go into the playoffs ranked as the #5 team but because not every team played all of their matches due to the poor playing conditions the Browns finished in 6th place based on winning percentage and played the Bishop Grandin Ghosts for the 2nd year in a row. The Browns ended up losing to the Ghosts 3-1 but they did have their chances to win the game.

  • MVP - Karis Shiekh
  • Top Offensive Player- David Guzzardi
  • Top Defensive Player - Karis Shiekh
  • Top Scorer - Francis Landa
  • Captain - Mark Hayward and David Frias
  • Coaches - Mr. Frank Moretti, Mr. Vince Olivero and Mr. Michael Zepeda