The St. Francis Diamond Club and the St. Francis Baseball Coaching Staff are hosting a "Chip’s Nation Day" at St. Francis: Saturday, February 25, 2012. As many of you know the Madren family has been dealt a tremendous challenge that has caused a drastic change in their lives. Chip Madren is a current student at the middle school, and attends with his two brothers Jack and Brett. Chip was diagnosed on Aug 17th, 2010 and was at Children’s HealthCare that night where his medical team began initial planning steps for saving him. His life has been impacted in the most profound ways. He is recovering from a difficult surgery where a tumor was removed from his brain. The proposal is to have a full day of games (Varsity, JV, and Middle School) with Chip and his family as guests of honor. We will be having a cook-out and BBQ throughout the day, and all proceeds will be donated to “Chip’s Nation”, the fund set up to defray medical costs for Chip and his family. We will also be looking at other avenues for fundraising during the day. This will be a great day of family fun and support!

The St. Francis High School One Act play "Comic Book Artist" was awarded 1st place at the Region 5A/9A Competition on Saturday, October 29th. The cast will travel to Warner Robbins on Saturday, November 5th to participate in the State Competition. Congratulations to Spencer Orr for being named Top Male Actor and Claire Simms for being named to the All-Star Cast. Hannah Mills won best character for her portrayal of Wombat Woman. GOOD LUCK !!

Construction has begun for a new, state-of-the art weight room on the Alpharetta Campus. The high school Booster Club is currently fundraising to help equip this new weight room. For more information and to make your donation, please contact 770-641-8257 x19.

After receiving a very generous grant from The Tomlinson Family, the varsity baseball facility has undergone a renovation and named Tomlinson Stadium. Renovations include a new Press Box and Storage area underneath, Replaced Fencing behind home plate with netting, Concrete pad and seating areas for both Home fans and visitors, Graveled and widened the walk way, Steps leading to both visitors and home seating areas, Landscaping around both seating areas. Additional work through parent donation and Booster Club funding are refurbished and widened the batting cages. Thank You to our families for their hard work!

Over Christmas break the St. Francis Lady Knights were busy down in Naples, taking on top ranked teams. In the first match-up, the Knights beat Christian Academy from Kentucky, 56-31. In their second game they put up a fight against the number 44th ranked team in the country, Edgewater from Orlando, but fell short, 40-53. In the final two games the Knights came up big defeating SACA, a local Atlanta team 54-29 and The Community School of Naples 61-28. The Knights finished in 5th place overall and Senior Keyona Hayes was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Knights’ current record is 10-2-0. (Crissy Song) Upcoming games: Friday, January 6 vs East Hall at St. Francis at 6:00 pm Saturday, January 7 @ Stephenson at 6:00 pm

WRESTLERS ON THE WAY TO STATE FINALS The following wrestlers have qualified for the State Finals to be held at the Gwinnett Arena on Friday, February 17th and Saturday, February 18th. They each finished in the top four of their weight class at the Sectionals this past weekend. Thomas Coffee finished 4th in 106 lbs class. Joe Rollins finished 2nd in the 145 lbs class. Julian Karlin finished 2nd in the 195 lbs class. Mark Mongell finished 1st in the 220 lbs class. In addition, Nick Crevar finished 5th in his weight class and will be an alternate. Congratulations and good luck wrestlers!