Tag Archives: St Francis de Sales

Sport Notes, UPDATED

By Chili Dog | Published October 18, 2011

UPDATE BELOW Congratulations to the cross country team from St Francis de Sales High School.  Both the Junior Varsity and the Varsity won the Three Rivers league championship this past Saturday at Pearson Park.  Son of Chili Dog placed second in the JV race (which would have placed him at least in the top 25 [...]

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Nitpicking High School Visitations

By Chili Dog | Published September 29, 2011

I read the story in today’s Toledo Blade regarding the visitations by 8th graders this week of all six Catholic high schools in metro Toledo.  My daughter is in 8th grade, and so I have a vested interest in the story.  Those of you who know this space certainly know where my allegiances lie and [...]

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Apple and Marketing High School

By Chili Dog | Published June 7, 2011

Image via Wikipedia This is a slightly different bend on the post directly below regarding St John Jesuit requiring its students to purchase Apple’s iPad. Still citing the same article, Though the school [St John Jesuit] is  Toledo’s first private school to implement the iPad 2 for all of its students, other private schools in [...]

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Looks More Like Cubic Zirconium to Me

By Chili Dog | Published April 29, 2011

Image by Getty Images via @daylife St John Jesuit High School in Toledo made two very important announcements yesterday that bears passing along in this space.  First is the ground-breaking for a $1.5 million renovation to its current track and field.  Basically the school is redoing the current track and installing field turf on the [...]

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A Noteworthy Student

By Chili Dog | Published January 17, 2011

Keon Pearson is a special individual. He is a senior at St Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, and he is the first black valedictorian in the school’s history. Someday we may even note accomplishments of students like Keon Pearson without referencing his race.

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Say It Ain’t So, Dick

By Chili Dog | Published February 9, 2010

Dick Cromwell announced his retirement as head coach of the St Francis de Sales High School varsity football team February 8, 2010. Cromwell’s football teams won many city championships and two state championships.  His success lies not in all those victories.  Cromwell is beloved by most of those who played for him and their parents.  [...]

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