St. Francis de Sales School is on a 2-hour delay today due to weather.

Families interested in visiting St. Francis de Sales School are invited to attend our Open House on Sunday, Jan. 25 from 12:00-3:00.

We are currently accepting acts for the Crusaders Talent Show, which will be held on Jan. 30. Any individuals or groups interested in performing, should turn in the required form - found in the Nov. 21st Family Update.

We have begun a new service project to assist Matthew 25 Ministries in collecting empty pill bottles. Once you have emptied any size pill bottles with/without child protection lids, please remove any identifying labels, rinse them out, and send them to school. We'll keep the bottles out of the landfills and help Matthew 25 Ministries improve the quality of health care in developing countries.

Make sure you know your 50 states! Take the test as much as you want, but the person with the fastest time and 100% accuracy will win a homework pass on Friday.

Click on the word geography to go to the map games. Our challenge this week: The person with the fastest time at 100% on the US map wins a homework pass. Results must be printed or emailed to Mrs. Dukes. Good Luck.

We will be studying Central and South American Geography. Please click on this news item to go to the study link.

This week we are discovering the ancient Americas beginning with the Inca, Maya and Aztecs of South America. Please explore the videos in the subpages listed under 5th Grade Social Studies.