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A total amount of $1,148.80 was raised during the last day of school on 16^th of August this year.  Three to four teachers with no forms joined with Form Teachers of the 8 classes of Forms 4,5 and 6 to raise funds towards a school truck. Form 5B with Moanibou Ngaruenga, their form teacher, raised the highest sum of money and will be given a reward of $100.00. More details as follow:

Form 4A - $159.50

Form 4B - $159.50

Form 4C - $110.50

Form 5A - $215.00

Form 5B - $240.20

Form 5C - $131.00

Form 6S - $65

Form 6A&C - $68.10

Total - $1148.80

Some highlights and positive takeaways of the fun day was exposure of many students to entrepreneurship. Some brave Form 4A girls picked up business skills through serving a $5.00 meal in foils and reached out to secure their customers in the nearby clinic and men working on the construction of new school toilets near the Japanese funded classroom block. Ritia and class gathering under the Form 5 block verandah secured customers by visiting stalls selling ice-cream to staff and students who did not serve this product. They also made some earnings from their PA system by charging everybody who wished to make any announcement and play karaoke. Form 4B teachers, Ueanterube and Alice were doing car and motor-bike wash.  Principal Adrian and team brought a computer game to a classroom and they started calling customers walking by their classroom. Sister Lucy and Kaburoro whose stall was under the breadfruit tree far from everybody also did some good advertising by informing the crowd that they had plenty delicious food to sell. What a closing of Term 2! Everybody was ’money minded' as they all wished to raise the highest. 

Principal expressed gratitude to all staff and students because all classes surpassed the minimum target of $50.00. The half fun day was well enjoyed by everybody. Previous fundraisings held at Ronton secured more funds but due to heavy schedules of staff, the venue for fundraising remained in school bounds. Like all schools, end of term is time for report entry which deadline has been scheduled to 20^th of August during vacation week.   

St.Francis High School received a total prize of $1673.00 for its great achievement in the following competitions during the 45th Independence celebrations. The following were the competitions that it entered and judged against its fellow senior secondary schools on the island :   

Inter-school sports (intermediate and senior division) - 1st place  - $650.00

March at Independence Parade:  1st place (competed only with LPSSS, IMHS, KAJSS)   - $500

Academic Quiz - $523.00

Form 5 English Speech and Quiz:  2nd Place (2 schools tie at 1st place) 

Form 4 Kiribati Speech and Quiz:  1st place (3 schools tie including St.Francis) 

As an observer for the school e-newsletter, I commend the performance of our academic team because they were the only school whose participants always said something with confidence before they answered in English. Even Aritaake from Form 5C received the Kiribati question but she responded with confidence in English saying............."the answer to this question is" ...and she gave the correct letter. Wow! Her response landed me over the moon!  

Our school administration office is well-decorated with your shields.   

Your e-newsletter is more than proud of your confidence and let's keep it up that way dear students. Go the extra mile...You can do it!     

 

Exams kick start today on 8^th August 2024 and the school compound is dead silent as everybody is occupied attempting to answer their question papers in their assigned rooms.  To allow comfort with space and privacy, all classes are using their homerooms for their exam from today until next Thursday 15th August when exams are to end. During the break, everybody is encouraged to wait within the school compound but far from the classrooms. Many students are waiting in the Mwaneaba and under the shade of te Kanawa/ te Bero trees before their afternoon papers commence.  The weather today is at 32 degrees Celsius. It’s quite warm and sometimes the students find the tree shades and the Poverello mwaneaba as ideal waiting sites because they are cool.

 

Teachers’ deadline for report entry is on the 20^th of August. The holiday program has also been set for a two-day workshop on the school’s vision and mission formulation as the school’s way forward to fulfil its plans in establishing its Form 7 in the coming year. The principal and deputy will at the same time carry out the Staff Performance Appraisal (SPA) which the School Board will peruse during its next meeting. On Friday 16^th August, the school will close with a “fun fundraising day” by form with their form teachers and assigned staff. A minimum target of $50.00 is to be raised by each class. The highest-class fundraiser, however, will be awarded a prize by the school. These raised funds will go towards the cost of a truck which is a great need for the school. Students and staff are encouraged to bring their picnic lunch on that day to mark the end of the term.