Thursday Parent Newsletter 10.15.26

   “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.” Ephesians 4:32

 

 

 

 

 

Holy Hoops: The Tradition Continues!!!

Check out the article from the Cascadia Daily News! We got a wonderful write up about our community event.

The teams are ready. The excitement is building. It’s almost game time! Get ready for a gym full of cheers, team spirit, and unforgettable moments as we celebrate the 11th year of Holy Hoops!

Parents: We Need You in the Stands!

Bring your cheering voices and help make our gym a welcoming place for every player! A great pass, a brave shot, and a helping hand all deserve applause. Come connect with other families and celebrate our students!

Holy Hoops is not a drop-off event. Beginning at 3:15 PM, parents are responsible for their children’s supervision, including between games. We do not have volunteers available to watch or monitor students. Please arrange supervision with another parent, a family friend, or EDP. Students should stay with their supervising adult when they are not playing.

Join Our Volunteer Team!

No jump shot required! We still have volunteer shifts to fill, and your help keeps the fun rolling. Please take a look and grab a spot as soon as possible!

Sign Up for the Holy Hoops Volunteer Crew

Friday: Championships, Cheers, and Cake!

After Friday’s championship games, we’ll wrap up the week with awards, pizza, and cake! Join us as we celebrate our players, coaches, and volunteers—and all the teamwork that makes Holy Hoops special.

Everyone is welcome! Families must RSVP for the pizza celebration. Tickets will go home in the Wednesday envelope, with more pizza-night details coming soon.

Save Your Slice—RSVP Here!

Grab a Snack. Support Our Eighth Graders!

Visit the concession stand between games! Our eighth graders will be selling refreshments to raise money for their Washington, DC trip. Every purchase brings them one step closer to their adventure!

Let’s fill the stands, cheer for every team, and make this a week our students will remember!

See you courtside!

Northern Deanery High School Tour 10/29

Regional Catholic High School hosting an open house on Thursday, Oct. 29

The Northern Deanery Regional Catholic High School (NDRCHS) will host an open house at Sacred Heart Parish Hall on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 4-6 p.m. There will be information on curriculum, athletics and activities, the bell schedule, tuition and financial aid, and the application process. A presentation on the current status of the school and what’s next will start at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

NDRCHS was recently highlighted by the Fulcrum Foundation and Cascadia News. You can listen to the Fulcrum podcast here and read the Cascadia article here.

The mission of NDRCHS is to inspire learners to encounter Christ, critically engage important ideas and apply their gifts for the good of the world. The school’s vision is to create an Archdiocesan Catholic high school that serves more than 200 students, prepares young people for all vocational and college pathways and reflects the rich diversity of the Catholic Church and the broader community. The school will carry the name Northern Deanery Regional Catholic High School until a formal naming process is completed. Sacred Heart Parish Hall, located in the Fairhaven neighborhood in Bellingham, will serve as the school’s initial temporary location.

Specific questions about the school , including student application and enrollment, can be directed to Andy Remien, NDRCHS administrator, at andy@ndhighschool.org or (206) 605-9827. You can follow NDRCHS on Instagram at @northerndeaneryhs.

November Extension Camp:  GRADES 2–5: Get Ready to Line Dance! 🎶

Patti Hoelzle, a speaker, and coach, is also an incredible line dancing instructor! She’ll be leading a four-day camp during the SECOND week of November for students in grades 2–5 who are ready to kick up their heels and have some fun!

Patti brings so much energy, joy, and enthusiasm to this fun activity, and we can’t wait to see our students learning new steps, building confidence, and dancing together! Sign up below! $30 dollars per student, and scholarships available. Please reach out to Bev Williams to request one or with any other questions. 

Extension Camp 2 -Line Dancing November 9, 10, 12, 13 – Fill out form

• 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.

PHOTOS WANTED!

• Pickleball Tournament
• Harvest Festival
• Holy Hoops
• Grandparents Day
• Christmas Bazaar
• Catholic Schools Week
• Growing Great Kids Auction
• Fun Run

Thank you for helping us highlight the people, events, and experiences that make Assumption such a special place to learn, grow, and belong.

 

Calling Playground Angels!

PTC MEETING: OCTOBER 21st!

 

The Eagles XC team crushed through their season!

Our Eagles cross country team is celebrating a successful season that wrapped up on Wednesday with one final meet at Lynden Christian. At last week’s “Hole-in-the-Wall Invitational” our team competed against hundreds of athletes from all over the state with many ACS runners finishing in the top 10. For 8th grade, Collin, Elodie, Lauren and Macie all placed in the top 10 overall for their gender and won custom Nike backpacks. For 7th grade, Thomas finished in the top 13, and for 6th graders, top finishers included: Nicholas (2nd), Taylor (11th), Gabriel (12th) and Lana (13th). Every runner worked hard and improved so much this season and their toughness was on full display at each and every race. 

If you see any Eagles XC runners around campus, please congratulate them on a fantastic season! 

Girl’s Basketball Season Begins Monday

 

 

Your school pictures are ready! 

Use the link below to login to access your child’s school pictures!

https://shop.jostenspix.com/login

School Name:  Assumption Catholic School

School Code:  FE221126

Class Photos and Retakes Next Week

Skobels Uniform Store: Logo Issue

• Do not purchase any items like shirts, sweatshirts, or sweaters that need to have our logo embroidered on it yet.   
• Do not purchase items from Land’s End. We have been in the process of trying two vendors and it was decided to drop this company. 
• Next week there will be an official announcement involving the patch on shirts and sweater from Skobels and how it will be resolved.
• This decision to use Skobels will be a win-win for both the school and Skobels that includes school rebates of 10% with the 3 year contract.  More information and details next week.

 ACS 3RD-8TH GRADE GIRLS, SET THE WORLD ON FIRE!

Learn ways to spread kindness through faith, service, and leadership.

Snacks, special guest speakers, and fun activities at every meeting!

Join us for monthly Friday meetings at 3:45-5:45pm in the Sacred Heart Parish Hall.  

Check out our MEETING SCHEDULE.

Hope to see you at our next meeting on Friday, October 23rd! 

October’s Catholic social justice theme is “Community and Participation.” 

PLEASE RSVP for the October 23rd meeting HERE!

Tardy Unexcused Notifications

As the school year has progressed and we are all getting our routines down, the attendance office and teachers have given warnings to those students that have arrived late without notice to the office or late unexcused. All students are considered late by 8:10 and not in their homeroom.

Starting this week, the “unexcused tardy” notifications have been turned on in our FACTS system.  If your child is 5-8th grade, on the third unexcused tardy they will receive a lunch detention.  On the sixth unexcused tardy, the student will receive an after-school detention.  This will help all students and parents be aware of how important it is to be on time for class, especially in middle school.  If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact the office and/or speak to the principal.

Uniform Reminders

Starting this week, the “uniform reminders” for being properly dressed will now be a behavior write up as stated in the Parent/Student handbook. After a period of grace, families should have students in proper uniform whether that is regular, dress or Wednesday “spirit” wear with jeans and t-shirts.  After a student receives 3 “out of uniform” notices in Facts, they will have a lunch detention.  Please refer to the uniform policy listed in the handbook and online here. Uniform policy. 

TRUNK OR TREAT?  WHAT IS THIS?

Whatcom Catholic News

For news and mass times in Whatcom County: check out whatcomcatholic.org for info.

ACS Mass Schedule

Mass Friday: October 16^th 8:15am in the gym(dress uniform)

• Servers include Abril DV**, Sabreen Pilon**, Elodie Wolf**, and Giuliana Peralta
• **For servers to come at 7:45 for preparations

Mass Friday: October 23rd 8:15am in the gym(dress uniform)

• Servers include Baylen Richmond, Blake McGuire, Will Trosin and Koda Lane
• **For servers to come at 7:45 for preparations

Mass Friday: October 30th 8:15am in the gym

• Servers include Eva Molano**, Annalise Twining** and Madison Roberts
• **For servers to come at 7: 45 for preparations
• Students may dress as their favorite saint for the procession of mass and for the day. All other students are required to wear dress uniform.

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.”

Whatcom Catholic Middle School BLAST — Race to Midnight!

Get ready for a fun Halloween night with Whatcom Catholic Middle School BLAST!

• Saturday, October 31
• Church of the Assumption Gym
• Grades 6–8
• Check-in: 6:30–8:00 PM
• Pickup: Midnight
• Cost: $10

Youth can finish Trunk-or-Treat with their families before checking in for Race to Midnight. Once checked in, youth will remain with the BLAST group for the evening.

The evening will include pizza, snacks, laser tag, games, a movie, a faith activity, and a costume contest! Costumes should be fun and appropriate for a Catholic youth event. Saint costumes are always encouraged — and who knows, they might even earn a few extra points!

RSVP:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA5A928A5F5CF8-66507812-middle

Please RSVP so we know how many youth will be attending and can purchase enough food for everyone.

A new annual permission form is required for this school year. If your child has already completed the annual permission form, you do not need to complete another form specifically for this event. The annual form will cover BLAST and other Whatcom Catholic Youth Ministry activities taking place on our campuses throughout the school year.

If you have not yet completed the annual permission form, please complete it here:

https://archseattle.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/8657/responses/new

English and Spanish paper copies will also be available at the door.

Parents who would like to help with the event are very welcome! It can be a great way to be part of the evening while your middle schooler is here. If you’re interested in helping, please contact Daniel at daniel@assumption.org.

We look forward to a great night together!

Saint Question of the Week

“Let nothing disturb you,

Let nothing frighten you,

All things are passing away:

God never changes.

Patience obtains all things

Whoever has God lacks nothing;

God alone suffices.”

She is the patron of headache sufferers. 

Please put your answer/guess with your name in the jar by the office bulletin board.

Last Week’s Question/Answer: St. John Henry Newman.  Andrew Richmond is the winner and can come and spin the wheel. Congratulations!!!

Announcing our new ACS Spirit Team! We are excited to have elected an amazingly charismatic team of middle school students who will bring additional energy and school spirit to our campus events. Our 2026-27 ACS Spirit Team will be: David Anton, David Patelli, Lily Gage, Di Nguyen, Benny Remien, and Nicholas Patelli. Keep an eye out for these outstanding Eagles at our upcoming events! 

Whatcom Pregnancy Clinic Dinner

This annual Prolife fundraiser in Ferndale October 30 at the Ferndale Event Center. Please RSVP by October 19^th.  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.)  Link to Register

ACS hosts 4 more Sundays throughout the year for Spirit 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

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