Saint Francis High School is a Catholic, private college preparatory high school for young men that operates under the administration of Our Lady of the Angels Province of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Athol Springs, New York within the Diocese of Buffalo.

Justin Figas, OFM Conv., wished to establish a secondary school for young men of the Polish-American immigrant community in the Niagara Frontier area in Western New York.

The Conventual Franciscans of the Saint Anthony of Padua Province already owned a 32-acre (130,000 m2) parcel of land on the shore of Lake Erie in Athol Springs just outside Buffalo.

In December 1924 Father Justin assembled a group of Polish-American businessmen and professionals from Buffalo, New York to help raise funds and support for the construction of the school.

Renovations were done to the chapel, science labs, student dining room, residence facilities, offices, and gymnasium in the 1960s and 70s.

The building was constructed adjacent to Justin Hall and includes a thrust stage with an orchestra pit in an 800-seat auditorium, a campus book store, a fitness center, and a boardroom.

In late 2005 construction was completed and the new facility included additional classrooms; separate locker-rooms for gym classes, home teams, opposing teams, and referees; an additional gym floor, and an athletic trainer's room.

In 2007, construction began on the new Mary Schneider Visual Arts Center located in the lower floor of Friar's Hall.

[2] 2010 saw an update of the school's athletic facilities with the addition of new bleachers as well as a new press box on the football field.

In 2015 a multi-sport synthetic turf playing surface (Polian Family Field) was installed along with a new eight lane track.

Improvements include the addition of dugouts, a new playing surface, fencing, bullpens, storage and a scoreboard.