St. Francis De Sales School

The Main purpose of St. Francis De Sales School is to provide our students a Catholic Marionist tradition education which includes character development to be reverent and responsible citizens with academic and technological skills to be successful in the changing world.

St.Francis de Sales is a model school for BLENDED LEARNING, integrating the use of technology, individual instruction and teacher lead instruction. Benefits of Blended Learning: Direct instruction is given by teachers to small groups of students working at similar levelsThis means that each student receives more direct and appropriately leveled teacher attentionComputer-based work is adaptive and adjusts to deliver challenge, reinforcement, or remediation in real time based on student needThis benefits students who may need additional support or more challenging opportunities than what might typically be provided in a whole-class situationTeachers can assign computer-based lessons that reinforce key pieces of information and skillsTeachers have access to academic performance data that is updated daily--teachers can communicate precisely where your student performing relative to the beginning of the year and in comparison to national averagesAll students are eligible for awards and incentive programs based upon meeting or exceeding growth targetsThis focus on growth means that all students have the opportunity to be recognized for hard work, even if they start the year below grade level.