“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
In this newsletter you can read all about playground angels, device-use at school, a welcome to new families, EDP (after school program), summer reading treat, Harvest Fest, Casual Dress Wednesdays, Dress Uniform for Friday, office communication, traffic loop procedures, walk/bike to school permission form, sacrament registrations, PTC news, and much more!
Thank you for reading!
Calling Playground Angels!
Throughout the year, we have an ongoing need to keep these safety positions filled. You get to earn volunteer hours and it’s a great way to see your child during the day while getting to know their friends. Thank you for your help in keeping recess fun and safe!
Casual Dress Each Wednesday/Early Release
This year, Early Release Wednesdays will now be “casual uniform” or regular uniform day. Every Wednesday dismissal will be at 2:00 pm unless otherwise communicated to parents via text, email, or calendars. Casual dress allows for students in K-8 to wear any of their shirts with any ACS logo and jeans or school pants. Leggings or stretchy-type pants may not be worn and will result in an “out of uniform” slip. Please see the Parent-Student Handbook policy for more information. If you need a logo ‘’t-shirt, they are available through Dennis uniforms or Lands’ End. We have a limited supply of sizes in the USED UNIFORM stock.
Parent Permission and Device-Use Guidelines at Assumption Catholic School
Thank you to those who have already completed the technology forms for acceptable use and device guidelines. This is all done digitally. Please click on this link for all K-8 students, and check the boxes that apply. Some of the questions pertain only to 6-8th graders since they own their devices. This should be completed no later than Friday, September 8th. (If the link doesn’t work, please type this into your browser: https://forms.gle/6WL9XADP9BoB8L5cA )
Welcome, New Families!
We are blessed to have 27 new K-8 students this school year and are grateful to our ACS community for making these children and their families feel welcome! If you see a parent around campus that you don’t know, we hope everyone will introduce themselves. Opening our arms as a school community is a huge way we can actively live our faith.
If you are a new family, we hope you enjoyed the welcome sign in your yard, courtesy of our PTC “elves”! We’d love to celebrate your children with a photo of them with their sign and your permission to share. Feel free to email your pictures: ddennis@assumption.school. Thank you!
PTC News
Click here for the latest news from your parent/teacher club.
EDP
We will begin offering our Extended Day Program (EDP) on Thursday, August 29. If you need this service, please fill out an EDP registration form that went home in the Wednesday envelope today with your youngest child, please do so as soon as possible. Feel free to email Ms. Eager with questions: keager@assumption.school.
Comfort Kits due by Friday, August 30
If you did not already purchase or provide a Comfort Kit (emergency food supply) for your child(ren), please do so by this Friday, August 30. Our Eighth Graders made plenty of extras, so just notify the office if you’d like to purchase one (or more) for $25 each. It includes all the nutrition necessities and even a prayer card add to the comfort!
It is an emergency preparedness requirement to have a food supply on hand at school. Any student who does not have one by Friday will be given a kit and your SchoolAdmin account will be charged. Thank you for understanding this safety protocol!
Summer Reading forms
We’re so proud of our great Assumption readers! If your child(ren) met the summer reading requirement for their grade level, please fill out and return the confirmation form on the back page of the “Summer Reading List K-8″. If you don’t have your copy handy, extra forms can be found here. Please turn in the form to the office by Wednesday, September 4th.
Students who return their completed forms will receive a celebratory treat at lunchtime on Friday, September 6th!
School Mass this Friday
This Friday, August 30th, our staff will be leading Mass. All K-8 students should wear dress uniforms and parents are welcome and encouraged to attend each Mass or prayer service!
Registration for Sacraments
Youth Confirmation Info Meeting
September 11th at 6:30 PM-8:00pm Sacred Heart Hall
Join us to learn about this year’s Confirmation requirements. Attendance is mandatory for all 7-12 grade students, wishing to be confirmed, who have not already attended one of these meetings. If you have any questions Email Daniel at daniel@assumption.org.
Parent-Student Handbook for 2024
Please review this year’s copy of the Parent-Student Handbook (Link Here) on the school website and sign the form included in this week’s Wednesday Envelope. Please return your completed form to the office via your family envelope by Friday, September 6th. This form is also linked here.
Water bottles
Please remember to send your child(ren) to school with a water bottle. We have three filtered fountains (one on each floor) for chilled refills.
Drop-off/pick-up procedures- IMPORTANT!
- For the safety of the children, please do not use a cell phone while driving through the traffic loop. We need parents to be extra diligent and drive slowly in the traffic loop since there are so many students and significant traffic.
- Please also remember not to arrive before 11:45 am or 2 pm on Early Release Days, and not before 3 pm on regular days. We don’t want cars to back up on the street. If you’re here early, pull in and park until the gate opens.
- Students will be dismissed at 3 pm, but we stagger the pick-up so that K-4 parents should pick up at 3:05 pm and 5-8 parents at 3:10 pm. Preschool parents can pick up at 3 pm. If you arrive before 3 pm, please pull in and park until the gate opens at 3:05 pm. If your child is not at his/her sign, please pull around the loop (you don’t need to go all the way out of the parking lot).
- Do not allow children to run on the sidewalks as traffic is moving nearby.
- Remember that traffic is always one way in the morning and the afternoon. Enter by the Virginia St. side and exit on the Kentucky St. side (by Bellingham High School).
- Students in grades four and above can have permission to walk or bike home. Children in grades three and below must walk with a parent or older sibling. Students who are biking or walking should exit through the Cornwall gate only. We need consent on this form (link to PDF) if you give your child permission to walk or bike home. Please complete this by Friday, September 6th.
Used Uniform Fridays
Want to take a look at the used uniform stash between used uniform sales? Please contact Bridget Trosin to make a Friday after school appointment to look at used uniforms by emailing bridget.emmett@gmail.com.
Pizza Lunches this Year!
Don’t forget to fill out a pizza form and check the monthly calendars for those days we have pizza delivered from Little Ceasar’s! This year we just need you to fill out one form per student for the whole year!
Office communication
As you know, the office staff is made up of two Mrs. Kings to meet your needs in the office! To best serve our school families and ensure no communication slips through the cracks, please use the following guide for emailing:
- Attendance, including absences, tardies, and planned appointments: please email attendance@assumption.school. This ensures all office staff get your message regardless of scheduling. Mrs. Michele King is the attendance personnel.
- All other communication (questions, concerns, messages to children or teachers)- please do your best to email us according to areas of responsibility:
- Tuition and school account issues and records: Mrs. Angie King, aking@assumption.school
- Everything else: Michele King, mking@assumption.school
Alternatively, you could always call the school and anyone in the office will be happy to help you. Emailing the office at theoffice@assumption.school is also a way to communicate with all three people in the office (including Mrs. Evans). Thank you for helping us best serve you!
Carpooling for families
One ACS family is interested in setting up a carpool with another family. If you live in the Geneva area, please contact the office. Thank you.
“Mending Mom” services 911
A new family has offered to help others and wanted you to know she can sew, or mend uniforms as needed. Please contact April Montiel at 409-789-9178 or altomz@gmail.com
Upcoming calendar items:
August 29 – First day of preschool; EDP begins
August 30 – First day of PreK
Sept 2nd – NO SCHOOL, Labor Day
Sept. 9-27th – MAP TESTING/Please have students prepared at least with plenty of sleep and a good breakfast!
Sept 11th– Curriculum Night starts in the gym, moving over to classrooms for teacher presentations.
Sept. 16th– Pizza Lunch Day!! Hooray!!
Sept 21– PTC Harvest Festival 3:30-7:30pm
Sept 24- Individual Picture Day tentative
Sept 25– Individual Picture Day, Pre-K only and any other K-8 students
