St Francis High School News

Browse past news stories for St Francis High School in La Canada Flintridge, CA.

• St. Francis Selected as Sportsmanship Award Winner
  posted on April 3, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
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• St. Francis Academic Decathlon Team Crowned State Medium School Champion
  posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
  This past weekend the St. Francis High School Academic Decathlon Team competed in the 33rd Annual California Academic Decathlon in Sacramento, California. The team earned a spot in this prestigious state competition by finishing first at the Southern California Private Schools Academic Decathlon (SCPAD) regional competition earlier in the year at Alemany High School. The California Academic Decathlon competition is a contest of academic strength and provides an environment that encourages, acknowledges and rewards academic excellence through teamwork among students of all ...
• Community rallies to fulfill bucketlist for El Monte 4-year-old
  posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
  That one, fulfilling Bucketlist #73, was courtesy of La Canada Flintridge's St. Francis High School. As honorary captain, he walked onto the field holding his fellow captains' hands to perform the coin toss before a ...
• Youthful Golden Knights best Harvard-Westlake, 185-196
  posted on March 13, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
  With virtually an all new lineup in play this season, the members of the St. Francis High golf team have an eye toward reaching the CIF playoffs for the first time since 2009. In trying to achieve that goal during the next two months, the ...
• More CIF magic for St. Francis
  posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
  No matter the final standing at the conclusion of Mission League play and no matter the CIF Southern Section Division I opponent, in recent seasons, St. Francis High's boys' soccer team has made a habit of playoff histrionics and postseason magic. It's a trend that's apparently maintained, as a chilly evening in Upland was further evidence to the ...
• Hospitals, ARC Benefit from Blood Drives
  posted on February 2, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
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• Foothill Schools Taking Hope to be FIRST
  posted on January 12, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
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• St. Francis HS Mountain Bike Team Ready for 2012 Season
  posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
  Since December 1st, the St. Francis High School Mountain Bike Team has been preparing for the upcoming 2012 SoCal League High School Mountain Bike series. As one of the first members of the SoCal league, the Golden Knights will be entering their 4th season racing against other Southern California high ...
• From La Canada to Italy: Brotherhood of Pilgrims
  posted on May 7, 2010 at 12:00:00 am
  Imagine 30 typical teenage boys from suburban Southern California with their cell phones, cameras and iPods. Now, picture them kneeling in prayer and contemplation --- unwired --- before the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi and other holy places in Rome's Eternal City. It was a poignant sight for the faculty chaperones of the St. Francis High School students who left Easter Sunday for a week-long pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome as part of an international celebration of the 100th ...

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