About Us

About St. Francis de Sales Catholic School

Mission Statement

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School is dedicated to educating students of all faiths in a Catholic, Christ-centered environment through faith formation, rigorous academics, and service to others throughout our community.

Belief Statement

We believe that St. Francis de Sales Catholic School will:

Instill and nurture the development of Catholic values in its students, parents, and faculty.
Be an educational ministry and an integral part of the community.
Provide a safe environment for students, staff, and families.
Provide a comprehensive academic program that is both rigorous and challenging.
Prepare the students academically and morally to succeed in today’s society.
Foster emotional, social, and physical development.
Have facilities and equipment that are current and prepare students for a technologically oriented world.

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School is fully accredited by Middle States.

Serving Students From Pre-K To Eighth Grade

Serving Students From Pre-K 3 To Eighth Grade

At St. Francis, we offer a complete academic program for students, beginning with our pre-kindergarten program for three- and four-year-olds. Our primary school program covers kindergarten through second grade, and our intermediate school program includes third through fifth grade. Our middle school program covers sixth through eighth grades. Daily religion classes are part of every program, starting with our pre-kindergarten classes. We also celebrate Mass weekly with the students. Each month, we highlight a different virtue and share this with our school families in our weekly Wednesday eFolder. This helps our parents share in our spiritual lessons as well.

A Proud Part Of The Eastern Shore Community

We’re located in Salisbury, Md., and we serve students from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset and Dorchester counties in Maryland and Sussex County in Delaware. We value our place in the Eastern Shore community and want to be a safe, inviting place for our students, staff and their families.

A Proud Part Of The Eastern Shore Community

Creating A Strong, Faith-Based School

We welcome students from all faiths, knowing that each student’s unique background helps us broaden our knowledge and understanding of each other and create a well-rounded student body.

Remembering Our Namesake

St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622, was a Bishop of Geneva and known for working to resolve religious divisions in France after the Protestant Reformation. His writings on spiritual direction and spiritual formation remain well-known, especially his “Introduction to the Devout Life” and the “Treatise on the Love of God.”

St. Francis is the patron of Catholic writers, the Catholic press, the deaf, journalists and adult education. He was beatified on Jan. 8, 1661, and canonized on April 19, 1665, both by Pope Alexander VII. His feast day is Jan. 24.

Remembering Our Namesake

A Vibrant History Of Service

St. Francis de Sales was founded in 1949 by five Sisters of Mercy, at the invitation of Monsignor Eugene Stout. The school opened with 105 students in 1950, and expanded the next year to serve students in kindergarten through eighth grade.