The 2024-25 school year has begun! It's been fun having the students back on campus for classes, co-curriculars, and athletics. The activities here are never-ending and I love seeing our students engaged, excited, and ready for another great year.

Speaking of fun, I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at our Spartan Classic on Friday, September 20. This popular event once again sold out quickly on the day ticket sales opened. Thank you to everyone who is joining us or supporting the event through sponsorships! We're ready to raise even more funds for tuition assistance and we'll share some photos and our grand total after the event. If you're interested in sponsoring, just click here.

Homecoming is also right around the corner, with our home football game on Friday, September 27, against Providence Catholic High School. Homecoming is the perfect time to reconnect with old friends, relive those high school days, and cheer on our Spartans. Whether you're thinking about returning for the first time in years or a regular attendee, I hope you'll swing by and celebrate with us.

There will be an alumni tent at the Homecoming Game, and if you RSVP, you'll receive a complimentary T-shirt, $10 food voucher, and free entry to the game! RSVP here - I look forward to seeing you there!

Todd Shaw '89

Alumni Relations

tshaw@

sfhscollegeprep.org

(630) 668-5800 x1143

Fall 2024

Focus Magazine

Have a story for us to feature in our upcoming Focus magazine? Email me with the details!

Calling all Classes from ‘4 and ‘9 – it's time to organize your next reunion! We're here to help, please reach out to start planning your event.

Pictured: A few snapshots from the start of the school year!

Send us your updates and photos for our next newsletter and fall issue of Focus Magazine! Careers, marriages, new babies, and more - we want to hear from you!

Lauren Rayburn ’23 dropped a new single in June. Listen to it on YouTube here.

Meggan Denny ‘83, Adrian Danaher ‘84, Bobbi Bergeron ’62, Heidi Schultz 'XX ran into each other at the Illinois VFW State Convention in Springfield.

Class of 1974 - 50th Reunion: Friday, October 4 - Golf outing, details coming via email soon! Saturday, October 5: 3:00 p.m. SFHS Tour and 5:00 p.m. dinner at Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton. If you have not received any emails or have questions, please email Maureen Schmidt at Shaughno0718@gmail.com.

Class of 1979 - 45th Reunion: 6:00 p.m. Saturday, September 21, at Loiacono's, 6N742 Palomino Drive, St. Charles. RSVP to Michele Danaher at (608) 215-8946.

Class of 1984 - 40th Reunion: Weekend of September 21. Golfers, plan to attend the Spartan Classic Golf Outing on Friday, September 20, followed by 5:00 p.m. dinner and drinks (pay your own way) at Reserve 22 at the course and the 7:00 p.m. SFHS home football game. 

The "official" reunion is 7:00-11:00 p.m. Saturday, September 21, in the Atrium at SFHS. Cost is $50 per person and includes food and drinks. Venmo @Tracey-Kozak using the QR Code or Zelle Shannon Pierce-Denny at (630) 803-9550. You may also send a check payable to Tracey Kozak at 911 Campbell Court, Batavia IL, 60510. Questions? Contact Tracey Morris-Kozak (630-248-2672), Shannon Pierce-Denny (630-803-9550), or Dave Kimball (630-826-9992).

We're working on a big (and important!) history project: digitizing our yearbooks! Stay tuned for more information and a sneak peek at our new Hall of Honor and Distinguished Alumni display.

We're in search of a 1972 Yearbook...if you have one, please email tshaw@sfhscollegeprep.org to let me know!

These stories were recently featured on our social media pages and website. In case you missed it...check it out below!

We are so proud of our three alums who competed in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics - Jeff Jendryk '14 (Men's Volleyball); Kelsey Robinson ‘10 Cook (Women’s Volleyball); and Erin Virtue '01 (Women's Volleyball Coach).

Congratulations to the Men's team on their bronze medal and the women's team on their silver medal! Our watch party celebrating them was featured on NBC5 Chicago and in the Daily Herald.

Stephanie McCleary ‘13 knew she wanted to be a teacher when she was young. She’s now living her dream as a kindergarten teacher at Briar Glen School in Community Consolidated District 89.

Stephanie recently received the District's “Empowers 89” Award, which recognizes “those who do quiet, generous, and extraordinary work.” Congrats, Stephanie!

Justine Izewski ’13 is more than a triple threat: she’s a singer, actor, model – and a teacher.

Recently, she won the title of Miss Metro Chicago and competed in the Miss Illinois USA pageant in May, the preliminaries to Miss USA.

Though she never participated in pageants before, she was drawn to them for the opportunity to advocate for causes she cares about.

Big things are happening at SFHS! We're grateful to everyone who has contributed to our Capital Campaign to support our first summer of construction.

Check out the virtual tour of our Showcase Classroom if you haven't already!

The Showcase Classroom is the first of 18 classrooms to be updated - as you can see, these updates to college preparatory standards are greatly needed! There's more work to be done and we are continuing to raise funds and awareness - see how you can keep the momentum going at sfhscollegeprep.org/progress!

Tim Reist, recently retired social studies teacher at St. Francis High School, passed away on Monday, August 19.

Tim was a member of the SFHS community for 21 years and impacted countless students with his dynamic teaching style, positive attitude, and faith.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the Reists. Read more here.

Join members of the SFHS Community on the 9-day trip of a lifetime to Greece! Trip dates are May 31-June 8, 2025, and all alumni are invited to join. This could be a great opportunity for you to reconnect with a group of high school friends - and is perfect for alumni who have multiple generations of Spartans! Travelers must be 18+ unless accompanied by an adult.

Limited spots remain! Join us for an informational meeting at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, in the Rosmonowski Room or contact Peg Kopec at pkopec@sfhscollegeprep.org or Sue Harsa at sueharsa@icloud.com with questions.