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3/1: Ash Wednesday 3-8 ASP Mass 9 a.m., K-2 Prayer Service 2:15 ASP
3/1: End of trimester
3/1: Registration for Track and Field opens
3/4: Spring Spruce Up
3/5: 2nd grade led Masses: ASP 8:30, 9:30 St. B
3/6: Free Dress Food Drive
3/8: Parent Ed Event (details below in PB section)
3/9: Report cards home
3/10: No School Archdiocesan in service (no Extended Care)
3/16: Noon dismissal Conferences (Extended Care available)
3/17: No School Conferences (Extended Care available)
3/17: Sacred Heart Shelter breakfast-St. Bridget (details below in Community News)
3/21: State of School event 6:30 p.m.
3/22: State of School event 7:45 a.m.
3/24: Fish Fry
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3/29: Registration for Track and Field closes
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Dear Parents, Guardians, Alumni, Parishioners, and Friends of Assumption-St. Bridget School,
The end of the second trimester of the school year will be very soon on March 3. Students continue to work hard finishing up units, projects, and also are preparing for assessments. Please take time now to review Skyward with your child. Have your child contact their teacher to take care of any missing assignments. You will also be receiving this Friday, your child’s MAP scores from their mid-year check (for Grades 2-8). Please take time to review these as well and prepare any questions you may have, which can be discussed at the upcoming Parent/Student/Teacher conferences on March 16 and 17.
Tomorrow our eighth graders will participate in their mid-year retreat, which will be at St. Bridget Parish. We thank St. Bridget’s for their hospitality and allowing us to use their space for this special day. Please keep the eighth graders in your prayers as they reflect on their own personal legacies that they want to leave at ASB, and how their faith can empower them to do so with meaning, understanding, and grace. Thank you to all of the teachers and to our Campus Minister, Robin Hendricks, who will participate in this day!
As a Catholic community, we begin to put our thoughts and hearts towards the upcoming liturgical season of Lent, which begins on March 1 with Ash Wednesday. All students in grades 3-8 will celebrate Mass together at 9:00 a.m. on March 1, and we invite all ASB community members and parishioners to join us in the liturgical celebration as we all begin our Lenten journeys with open minds and hearts.
Here are a few words from the “principal for the day”:
“Hello from Mika Wellington. I was principal for the day on Feb. 22 and I enjoyed it a lot, especially judging the crazy hats. I saw a lot of creativity and bright ideas in the school community. It was a pleasure to be the principal for the day!”
In closing, there seems to be a few stories floating around about the possibility of my husband and I relocating. I would like to assure the community that we are thoroughly enjoying Seattle and have no intention of moving. So if there were any stories out there, the McGills are NOT movingJ I am truly grateful to serve this community!
In Christ's peace,
Christina Vierra McGill
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Save the date! We ask every family to attend the State of the School meetings to hear important school updates and receive 2017-18 Registration materials. Email Kelley Kane if you have questions!
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JOIN THE GREEN TEAM AND PARENT BOARD FOR THE ANNUAL SPRING SPRUCE UP: March 4
Please save the date for our annual Spring Spruce up brought to you by the Parent Board and Green Team! Join us for Spring Clean Up Day. This is a great opportunity to clean up and beautify our school grounds and get service hours. Kids of all ages are welcome (with parent supervision) and those in 6th-8th can earn service hours too!. The event will be on Saturday, March 4, from 9 a.m.– noon. Join us for the morning or just an hour!
Interested in Joining Parent Board? LAST CALL!
Would you like to be more involved in supporting our school and making decisions that impact the quality of our students’ experiences? The Parent Board will have open positions for the 2016-17 school year. Open Positions include: Vice President, Secretary, Clubs, School Services, Treasurer, and School Commission (K-5).
Let us know you are interested in learning more HERE by February 24!
Traffic Duty, Feb. 16-22
Thursday, 2/23: Loop - Joynt, Langer, Link, K Martin; BT - A Martin, Fesalbon
Friday, 2/24: Loop - McCormick, King, Hopper, Merlino; BT - Merriman, Miller
Monday, 2/27: Loop - Murphy, Novak, L O'Connor, E O'Connor; BT - Pedersen, Rodgers
Tuesday, 2/28: Loop - Prohaska, Russell, Salerno, Slavin; BT - Smith, Stapleton
Wednesday, 3/1: Loop - Acosta, Albertini, Allen, J Anderson; BT - A Anderson, Baldwin
Parent Board Meeting Thursday, March 2.
The next Parent Board Meeting is scheduled for March 2 at 6 p.m. in the Mary House. All are welcome. The agenda can be found HERE.
Parent Education Event: Julie Metzger, RN MN, Wednesday, March 8
Please mark your calendar for the next Parent Education presentation featuring popular speaker Julie Metzger on Wednesday, March 8, from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Bridget Fireside room. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. and presentation begins promptly at 7 p.m. RSVP HERE
Julie will give ASB parents and guardians an opportunity to consider strategies to strengthen family communication through the developmental lens of our child’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Her presentation is entitled: One more thing....Changing up conversations to stay connected. This talk is geared toward parents of 4th - 8th graders.
Julie Metzger, RN MN is a pediatric nurse, writer and educator. For over 25 years she has worked with families of teens and pre-teens on topics of puberty, sexuality and decision-making. Julie and her colleague Dr. Rob Lehman are co-founders of Great Conversations – focused on health education for families.
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 Volleyball News:
Volleyball season is underway! Game schedules are posted on the CYO Team Sideline page, I will also include a link to the game schedules at the bottom of this section. Good luck to all of our volleyball teams as our season begins.
 Track and Field News:
ASB's Track and Field team the NorthEND Striders is back for 2017, thank you to Dave Cullop theTrack and field coordinator at ASB School. Registration for Track and Field is open to grades 4-8 and will open on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The registration fee for track and field will be $35.00 per student and registration will close Wednesday, March 29, 2017.  Baseball News:
Baseball registration is now closed, please stay tuned for more information on baseball teams and practices. We will update you as soon as you know more information.
 Basketball News:
Basketball equipment returns:
Coaches, please return basketball equipment to Dylan Pouley, in his office at Extended Care on any of the following dates and times.
Wednesday, 2/22/17, from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Thursday, 2/23/17, from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Friday, 2/24/17, from 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Friday, 2/24/17, from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Basketball uniform returns:
All basketball uniforms should be returned to your teams head coach, or a designated parent volunteer. Then the ENTIRE TEAMS uniforms, should be returned to Rick Laboda (girls uniforms) or Dylan Pouley (boys uniforms).
CYO reminders:
- Track and field registration opens on Wednesday March 1, 2017. Registration for Track and Field will close on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
- Baseball registration is now close, please stay tuned for information on teams and practices.
- Parents and families, please refrain from bringing food and drinks into the Assumption Gym. ASB families donated a great deal of money to bless this school with a brand new gym floor, please help us protect your investment.
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ASB Walkathon
Thank you to our Walkathon Chairs: Susan Guise, Lisa Hagan, and Carole Volpentest!
Look for information next week on the super popular Logo Contest! Also, sponsorship opportunities and other exciting changes will be announced soon!
Company Matching
Remember... Company matching is a great way to increase your donation to ASB! And, some companies even match your volunteer hours!
Questions? Email Jana!
Volunteer Hours
Remember... to update your volunteer hours in Skyward!
Scrip News
If you order Amazon scrip, please remember to sign up for Amazon Smile as well so that we can increase the amount coming back to ASB! Go to smile.amazon.com and look for Assumption-St. Bridget School
For a limited time, Gap/Banana Republic/Athleta is giving 20% back to ASB. Stock up now!
We are adding three new parish scrip sales dates to the calendar at Assumption:
March 25/26
April 29/30
May 20/21
If you need to get in touch with the Scrip Team, please email us at scrip@asbschool.org for a quick response.
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Thanks for your help spreading the word about ASB School! KEEP IT UP!
We are still accepting applications for next year's PreK & Kindergarten classes, and also anticipate openings in next year's 1st, 2nd, 4th 6th & 7th grades (some classes have just one opening, others have more). Please put on your thinking caps about families you know who might be interested in moving their child to ASB. We have been very busy this week with tours & students visiting for "shadow days." Let's keep the momentum going! |
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Extended Care prepayment plans for the 2017-2018 School year will be available for families to review starting Wednesday, March 1, 2017. This will allow families to review the prepayment plans in advance of the State of the School meetings, at which ASB registration packets will be handed out. Extended Care registration for the 2017-2018 school year will coincide with the State of the School meetings, and registration forms will be included in the registration packets (and available on the ASB website) at the time of these meetings.
I would like to remind Extended Care families that the City of Seattle has raised the minimum wage for hourly employees to $15 an hour. Extended Care will need to adjust the price of our pre-payment plans in order to make accommodations for this raise and to ensure that our employees are receiving at least minimum wage.
Registration for Summer Extended Care or Camp ASB will open Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Similarly to the past two summers, Camp ASB will not be open during the month of August. There are a great deal of facilities projects that can only be finished when students are not on campus and August is the only time that ASB School has available to complete these projects.
Tax Information for Extended Care families is available in each family's FACTS account. From each family's FACTS account, one has the ability to create a report of the hours paid for and used during a specific time frame. The Tax ID # for Extended Care is 911934765.
If you have any questions about Extended Care, do not hesitate to contact me, I am happy to assist in whatever way that I can.
Thank you,
Dylan Pouley
Extended Care reminders:
- Tax information for 2016 is available through each family's FACTS account.
- The Tax ID # for Extended Care is 911934765
- Friday, March 10, ASB School will be CLOSED for and Archdiocesan In-service. Extended Care will also be CLOSED on this date.
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Parish News
St. Bridget:
SAVE THE DATE & JOIN US!
For our breakfast supporting Sacred Heart Shelter
WHEN: Friday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day!) from 7– 8:30 a.m.
WHERE: St. Bridget Parish Hall
WHY: To support residents of SHS transition to stable housing & equip them with the skills and resources to sustain it.
HOW CAN YOU HELP? We Need:
- Table captains – recruit a table of 8 to attend the breakfast
- Servers/table busers/dish washers
- Set up crew for the night before
- Clean up crew
- Decorations
- Attendees to enjoy breakfast & learn more about SHS
 Seattle Prep News
Middle school families, learn more about Seattle Prep HERE
 Bishop Blanchet News
Middle school parents Click HERE for high school information.
Attention: Girls 3rd-8th grade! Girls Lacrosse Clinic 2017- Braves- Riders
For more information click HERE
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