In this newsletter you can read about Town Hall October 6th, Bright Futures Annual Fund, Volleyball open gyms, sign-ups for playground angels, Holy Hoops sponsorships are here, La Crosse Camp, XC news, St. Francis Animal Blessing, Mass schedule, baby arrivals, traffic loop reminders, Peacemaker virtue, saint question, PTC General Meeting, Pizza Monday Error, Northern Deanery High School news, Spirit Weekend, “Adore” movie in theaters, Holiday Bazaar Vendor registrations, Skobels uniform update, and much more!
Thank you for reading!
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.” Ephesians 4:32
ACS Town Hall Meeting Hosted by The School Commission
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 @ 6:30 pm in the Gym
Come, Listen and Ask Questions
Childcare available for registered ACS students preschool to 8th grade
Calling Playground Angels!
Throughout the year, we have an ongoing need to keep these safety positions filled.
Pizza Dates Wrong on October Calendar!
Please note the following dates for pizza:
October 5th……in just 4 days and
October 19th! Sorry for any confusion about this. We will have a text blast reminder on Sunday too.
VOLUNTEER HOURS FROM HOME!
Our Bright Futures Annual Fund appeal letters should be arriving from the printer next week, and Mrs. Dennis is looking for parent volunteers to help assemble and stuff them.
The project can be completed at home and counts toward your fundraising volunteer hours. If you’re willing to help, please email Dayna: ddennis@assumption.school. The first three volunteers to respond will get the assignment.
Thank you for helping us make this critical fundraiser a success!
Holy Hoops: The Tradition Continues!!!
This year’s tournament will run from October 13 through October 16, with games scheduled between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Wednesday. Students are only required to attend during their scheduled game times. To support student participation, Mr. Ramos has approved reduced homework for all Holy Hoops players during the week of the tournament.
Open Gym: Monday Oct. 5th
An open gym date will be from 3:15-4:15.
Alumni Coaches Needed: Last Call!!
Holy Hoops is also an opportunity for ACS alumni to give back to their school community. Alumni interested in coaching are invited to complete a coach’s form by October 7th time TBA. This is a fun way to reconnect with old classmates over a sport we all love — and it also looks great as volunteer hours on your resume or college application.
Parent Volunteers
Volunteers play a critical role in the success of this event, and we greatly appreciate your support.
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Sponsorship Opportunities: Last Chance to Sponsor!!!
To continue offering Holy Hoops as a free tournament for all students, we are seeking sponsorships to help cover the cost of:
- T-shirts
- Food
- Prizes for team champions and individual skill events
- Coach support
A sponsorship flyer has been sent home in your Wednesday envelope. Families are encouraged to share it with employers, friends, and extended family — or consider sponsoring as a family.
8th Grade Concession Stand
The 8th Grade Class will be running the concession stand during Holy Hoops this year as a fundraiser for their Washington, D.C. trip. They’re planning a great menu, and more information will be shared soon.
PTC MEETING: OCTOBER 21st! 
Eagle XC
The Eagles XC team is sailing through their season!
Come out to support our team in one of their remaining meets of the season.
All beginning at 4:15pm:
10/7- Hovander Park
10/9- Lakewood High School, Arlington
10/14- Lynden Christian
🥍 OCTOBER CAMP: LACROSSE!
We are kicking off our first camp with one of our past favorites—Lacrosse!
We are grateful to Whatcom Youth Girls Lacrosse for sponsoring our October camp. They are bringing coaches and high school players to introduce our students to the basics of this exciting sport. We are thrilled to welcome them back to Assumption!
The camp is open to both boys and girls and will take place October 5–8 from 3:15–4:15 p.m. All registrations must be completed by Thursday, October 1st and the fee for this one is $30 per student.
🎉 AFTER-SCHOOL EXTENSION CAMPS ARE BACK! 🎉
PTC is excited to partner with Mrs. Williams to bring back our After-School Extension Camps for elementary-aged students! Our goal is to give students the opportunity to explore a variety of fun, engaging experiences beyond the school day.
- Camps will typically take place the first week of each month, unless otherwise specified, from 3:15–4:15 p.m., Monday–Friday (including Wednesdays).
- Since there is no school on the 9th, our camp will be Monday through Thursday for the month of October. Also, there will be a minimal fee for each camp, with scholarships available. We want every student who is interested to have the opportunity to participate!
- Throughout the year, we hope to offer a variety of camps including sports & fitness, the arts, faith based activates, cooking and more!
- Have an idea for a camp? Know a volunteer, coach, artist, or organization that would love to work with our students? We would love to hear from you! Please reach out to Mrs. Williams with your ideas and connections.
Animal Blessing October 7th!
Make plans to bring in your pet for our annual Animal Blessing on October 7th. See flyer for more details. Dogs and cats should be on a leash or in a crate. Please use common sense with the amount of people in attendance and the personality of the animal. All animals will need to be brought home right after the blessing.
Skobels Uniform Store: Logo Issue
Do not purchase any items like shirts, sweatshirts, or sweaters that need to have our logo embroidered on it. It seems that they have sent clothing with a “patch” and not the embroidery we consulted and agreed upon with Skobels. We are in contact with the company and working on a way to fix the issue. This may be sending items back to get it corrected but the office will send out more information hopefully next week. Thank you for your patience as we work on a solution.
Northern Deanery High School News: Learn about the newest updates as we get closer to our opening date in Fall 2027. Link to pdf.
Holiday Bazaar Vendor Registrations Open
It is not too late to register. This year’s event will be filled with fun, music and gifts for the whole family. Questions? Email bazaar@assumption.school
Baby News and More
#1 Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sherwood. Their first little boy was born a week ago. His name is Cyprian. Friends and family are welcome to help with a meal train. See link here.
#2 Congratulations to our new ACS family: Adelita in 3rd grade has a new baby brother named Giovanni. This is baby number five. The family is doing well, and we wish them all the best. If you would like to help them, bring donations to the office. Thank you
Whatcom Catholic News
For news and mass times in Whatcom County: check out whatcomcatholic.org for info.
ACS Mass Schedule
Mass Friday: October 2nd 8:15am
- servers are Alan Lopez, Thomas VanMieghem** and Andrew Richmond**
- **For servers to come at 7:30 for Benediction
Blessing of the Animals Wednesday: October 7th 8:00am / Baylen Richmond to help Fr. Moore.
Mass Friday: October 16th 8:15am
- Servers include Abril DV**, Sabreen Pilon, Elodie Wolf**, and Giuliana Peralta
- **For servers to come at 7:30 for Benediction
Peacemaker Virtue for October- Friendship
In our school-wide program called “Virtues in Practice” we will be talking all month long about friendship. Here is how friendship is defined: Friendship is sharing a mutual love that seeks the good of the other. This is very close to how we define Love in our faith- willing the good of the other. However, we can see in this definition, the relationship is identified as reciprocal. The “good’ mutually offered to each other is not just in material form, but also in relational harmony and spiritual support (CCC 1939-1942). We are a good friend when we seek to diffuse tensions, serve each other where we can, and encourage deeper communion with God. This is also called solidarity.
In Sirach 6:14-17 we read:
“Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter;
whoever finds one finds a treasure.
Faithful friends are beyond price,
no amount can balance their worth.
Faithful friends are life-saving medicine;
those who fear God will find them.
Those who fear the Lord enjoy stable friendship,
for as they are, so will their neighbors be.”
Just as we have learned in our focus on Charity, the heart will always play a role in the way we live out virtue in our lives. Our hearts, when not centered on God, are centered on ourselves. This creates a stumbling block in friendship and a barrier to living in solidarity. But to “fear the Lord” means to be in awe and gaze upon him. When we spend time reverencing and worshiping the Lord, our hearts are changed. Our capacity for stability in our relationships is renewed. When we love God, He provides healing grace so that we can fruitfully love and find friendship with each other.
Saint Question of the Week
New Question of the week: Famous for her autobiography, Story of a Soul, this Saint was a 19th century French saint and a Doctor of the Church. She became a Carmelite nun in 1887 at the age of fifteen, though her life was cut short by tuberculosis at the age of 24. She embodied the power of prayer and, as a result, became a patron saint of missionaries, despite her status as a cloistered nun. Seeing herself as the “little flower of Jesus”, she famously quipped: “I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.” Those with a devotion to this Saint often report that roses appear when they ask for her intercession or guidance. Her parents, Louis and Zelie Martin, are also saints.
From her book, Story of a Soul” she says: “[Jesus] placed before my eyes the book of nature; I understood that all flowers he created are beautiful. The brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily don’t take away the perfume of the lowly violet or the delightful simplicity of the daisy… I understood that if all the little flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose its springtime adornment, and the fields would no longer be sprinkled with little flowers… Just as the sun shines at the same time on the tall cedars and on each little flower as if it were the only one on earth, in the same way Our Lord is concerned particularly for every soul as if there were none other like it.”
She is the Patron Saint of the sick, missionaries, and florists.
Please put your answer/guess with your name in the jar by the office bulletin board.
Spirit Team Nominations have arrived!
Students have nominated over 20 of their peers in middle school to join the Spirit Team. The Spirit Team is our new leadership opportunity created to promote ACS Spirit, a sense of school belonging, and engagement in our school events. Teachers will be invited this week to vote for their top three students. Students must be in good standing academically and behaviorally (no behavior reports for the current year on Spirit Team). From those votes, we will invite the top six students to form our team! Stay tuned in the coming week for more info!
Whatcom Pregnancy Clinic Dinner
This annual Prolife fundraiser in Ferndale October 30 at the Ferndale Event Center. Please RSVP by October 19th. This event will help fund testing, baby classes, pregnancy support and many other things. This clinic depends on all of us to support men and women in need who are struggling in life so that they do not choose abortion. Many of our school parents support this organization and the Knights of Columbus from Bellingham and Ferndale are very involved. For more information and how to volunteer or donate just check out the website. (Whatcom Pregnancy Clinic is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.)
ACS hosts 4 more Sundays throughout the year for Spirit Weekend. Check out the times and spots available. Thank you!
October 4th – CANCELLED DUE TO “PARISH LISTENING SESSIONS” weekend
November 1st – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CA4A728A1F5C70-65628264-coffee
January 31st- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CA4A728A1F5C70-65628275-coffee
April 11th- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CA4A728A1F5C70-65781107-coffee
May 2nd – https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CA4A728A1F5C70-65781249-coffee
If you need a reason to go to adoration, this movie is for you!
SPIRIT SUNDAY!
Don’t forget this Sunday is Spirit Sunday. Attend any Mass in Whatcom County and have your child(ren) wear his/her dress uniform. Please check in with the sacristan before Mass for opportunities for students to greet and bring up the offertory during Mass. Free dress will be on Monday, October 5th for those who participate.
- October 3/4th– Spirit Sundays: Wear your uniforms to Mass!
- October 5th– Free dress for Spirit Sundays with ticket
- October 6th – Town Hall with Mr. Ramos and Father Moore 6:30pm
- October 7th – St. Francis of Assisi Animal Blessing 8am Traffic Loop
- October 9th – NO SCHOOL (Teacher/Staff Retreat)
- October 12th – Pizza Lunch
- October 13-16 HOLY HOOPS All Week
- October 22nd Retakes and Classroom Photos today only
- October 26th – Pizza Lunch
- October 28th– Black and Orange Day-Pumpkin Carving Contest
- October 31st– Halloween with Trunk or Treat on ACS campus
