ASB Weekly News 05.17.17

May 17, 2017

Dear Parents, Guardians, Alumni, Parishioners, and Friends of Assumption-St. Bridget School,

  Well, as you may have just read in Fr. Oliver’s letter that just came out, I will be finishing out my final year at Assumption-St. Bridget School. A faculty member pointed out today, that is was about 2 months ago that I used this same newsletter to dispel “word on the street” that my husband and I were moving. And at that time, that was true! This has been a very fast and unexpected turn of events. Fr. Oliver’s letter included these words from me:
It is with much prayer, discernment, and counsel that my husband and I have decided to relocate to Missoula, MT at the end of this school year. I have accepted the Principal position for the 2017-2018 school year at St. Joseph's School, the only Catholic elementary/jr. high in Missoula.
This decision was not an easy one. However, given our family's personal journey over the past few years, it was also one we needed to make. My husband David, has been commuting to the Bay Area in California for work since September. While doing so, he is also working hard to manage and battle his CLL(chronic lymphocytic leukemia). Montana has been on our radar for a long time but on a very different timeline. When a Principal opening in Missoula in a Catholic school, I knew I had to give it a shot, an opportunity for work in Missoula for my husband landed in his lap too! When offered these positions, it truly was a quality of life decision for us and for our family.
These three years at ASB have been incredibly rewarding both professionally and personally. Working alongside the ASB faculty and staff is something I will always treasure! The ASB students bring joy to my heart each day. Thank you also for the opportunity to partner with you as parents, pastors and parishioners.
This community has a very bright future due to the dedication of all of its stakeholders, built on a solid tradition of excellence in Catholic education. This decision for me is bittersweet, but I look forward to hearing about the continued successes in store for all of ASB in the future. My sincere thanks for the opportunity to serve this community.

I also want to share with you that Mrs. Anna Ramach will be joining the ASB community as a new sixth grade teacher for the 2017-2018 school year! Anna and her husband are relocating to Seattle from St. Louis and Anna brings 16 years teaching experience with her. She is dedicated to Catholic schools and will be a wonderful addition to our team. Anna writes:
“I am so excited to join the ASB school community for the 2017-2018 school year! Due to my husband's job, we are relocating to Seattle from St. Louis. For the past 16 years, I have taught math, science, and religion in either a 5th or 6th grade classroom. Those years were spent at two schools: Christ, Prince of Peace School in a suburb of St. Louis, and St. Elizabeth School in Kansas City, my hometown. I am looking forward to living in Seattle, and joining such a vibrant, faith-filled community! When I am not teaching, I enjoy running, reading, and cooking. I am looking forward to teaching 6th grade and getting to know the community at ASB next year!"
            In closing, today we took our ASB second graders to Bishop Blanchet High School for the annual celebration of the sacraments Mass with the high schoolers, and hundreds of other second graders from throughout the Archdiocese of Seattle. The newly confirmed high school alumni, joined with the second graders who just received their first reconciliation and Eucharist to celebrate Mass together. It was simply beautiful. Fr. Brian reminded the students to take advantage of the sacraments and stay “plugged in and charged” with the Holy Spirit! What a great message for our young people but also for us. In these closing weeks of school, let us all stay “plugged in” to each other, and the message of Jesus that makes us a Catholic school community.
            ASB community will remain in my prayers long after I am gone. Thank you again for the opportunity to serve.

In Christ's Peace,
Christina Vierra McGill

TRAFFIC REVISION
As part of our on-going quest to limit our traffic impact on the neighborhood, we will be experimenting with a modified layout in the loop beginning later this month. The most significant change will be the addition of a fifth lane and a change in the turning radius at the top (or west side) of the loop. Watch for a more detailed email with specific instructions.

Registration & Book Fees ($375/per student) are billed each May for the coming year. In other words, your last 2016-17 tuition payment was made this month (April), with no 2016-17 tuition payments due in May and June. Tuition payments for 2017-18 begin in July 2017, and go through April 2018. This is a reminder that your 2017-18 Registration ($250/student) and Book Fees ($125/student) -- $375/total per student -- will be billed via your FACTS account on May 20, 2017.

MAY STOCK UP SALE
Wednesday, May 17, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 18 2-4 p.m. and Saturday, May 20, 10-12 p.m.
At this sale you will be able to purchase socks, mesh shorts, p.e. shirts, baseball hats, kleen kanteen water bottles, baseball blankets, & keychains.

You will be able to pre-order For Dennis Uniform orders, and you will be able to order online as usual.

Box Top for Education
It's time to send in all your loose Box Tops for Education before the end of the year. Look for the spring collection sheet that is coming home in the Wednesday Envelope (May 10) with the youngest child. Please return the sheets to school by Friday, June 2. A summer collection sheet will come home in the last Wednesday Envelope of the year for you to use to collect Box Tops over the summer. Thank you for your participation!

VICO Thank You!
The Student Council would like to thank you for your donations towards the VICO Educational Foundation. As a school we raised $264 towards the education of Sara and Josue. They are currently juniors in high school and through your donations the past couple of years, you have made it possible for them to continue their education. Thank you!

Baseball Playoff News:
Two of our three ASB Baseball teams have qualified for CYO playoffs with the 6th grade team and the 8th grade team having their first playoff games this weekend.

6th grade team:
Sunday, May 21, at 12:00 p.m. at Walt Hundley Playfield #2,
vs. St. Anthony
8th grade team:
Sunday, May 21, at 3:00 p.m. at Walt Hundley Playfield #1
vs. St. Al/St. John

The 5th Grade team finished the season with a 2-5 record, but it was a very competitive freshman season for this group. Of the 5 losses, two were by forfeit due to not having enough players and two were one-run losses on the field. Next year this team is poised to do great things. Great first season boys!

Please come out and cheer on the ASB Baseball teams this weekend - much less expensive and way more fun than watching the Mariner's lose to the White Sox.

8th grade schedule
6th grade schedule

Soccer and Cross Country News

Soccer and Cross Country registration IS NOW OPEN for Fall 2017. Registration for both of these sports will remain open during the summer and will close prior to the CYO deadline for registration, on August 7, 2017.

ASB Soccer or Cross-Country Registration

Soccer Registration: starts April 26, 2017, and ends June 16, 2017.
Late Registration will begin on June 17, 2017 and close August 7, 2017.
After August 7, no registrations can be accepted.

Cross-Country Registration: starts April 26, 2017 and ends June 16, 2017.
Late Registration will begin on June 17, 2017 and close August 7, 2017.
After August 7, no registrations can be accepted.

Volleyball equipment returns:

Coaches, please return volleyball equipment to Dylan Pouley, in his office at Extended Care on any of the following dates and times.

Thursday, May 18, from 7:00-8:15 a.m. or 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 19, from 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Monday, May 22, from 2:30-4:00 p.m.

Volleyball uniform returns:
All volleyball uniforms should be returned to your team's head coach, or a designated parent volunteer. Then the ENTIRE TEAM'S uniforms should be returned to Dylan Pouley (girls uniforms) or Ann Martin (boys uniforms).

Please contact Dylan Pouley with CYO questions.

Coordinator Contacts:
Emilie O'Connor, Volleyball Coordinator - grades 5-8
Dave Cullop, Track and Field Coordinator - grades 4-8
John Joynt, Baseball Coordinator - grades 7-8
Eric Simmons, Baseball Coordinator - grades 5-6

Volunteers Needed for NEW Parent Board Website
In response to the survey earlier this spring, the Parent Board is creating a website with Parent Board related content. We are looking for volunteers to:
* help design the website
* maintain the website once it is up and running
If you have expertise and enthusiasm for this project, please contact Nancy Belcher
Parent Board President-Elect.

MAY IS BIKE TO SCHOOL MONTH!
We are midway through Bike to School month! Keep riding! There are prizes for students who bike 10 or 15 days. The class who bikes the most will have doughnuts for snack!
We are hosting a biking field trip next Monday May 22nd after school. Meet in the parking lot at 2:15 or at the Metier bike shop at 3:15. We will bike and take the light rail to the bike shop for a special bike repair class. Please RSVP to to let us know if you are coming and for more details. Parent volunteers are welcome to join!

Parent Board Meeting Thursday, May 18.
The next Parent Board Meeting is scheduled for May 18 at 6 p.m. at Nikki Casey's house (7522 Crest Drive NE 98115). All are welcome. Agenda is attached HERE.

Traffic Duty, May 18-24
Thursday, 5/18: Loop - Hieger, Crile, Jones, T. Johnson; BT - M. Johnson, Jackson
Friday, 5/19: Loop - Hoffmann, Hartsock, Halls, Matlock; BT - Glover, Feldman
Monday, 5/22: Loop - Erickson, Eastwood, Eagan, Duffy; BT - Dreis, Connor
Tuesday, 5/23: Loop - Chawes, Carey, Cahill, Bruch; BT - Bond, Beiter
Wednesday, 5/24: Loop - M Johnson, Anderson, Acosta, Mourick; BT - Yeend, Wickens

MAY STANDING ORDERS went home last Wednesday!

This year, we are giving you the chance to receive your July standing order in June. If you opt-in, on June 13, we will deduct your standing order payments for JUNE AND JULY. You will also receive all of your gifts cards for June/July on June 13!

Scrip is a huge fundraiser for the school and we encourage everyone to participate in SUMMER SCRIP SALES! If you have a standing order, you will find the opt-in form in your May Standing Order Envelope. Please send it back to us ASAP.

All standing orders for the 2017-2018 school year will resume billing on August 10th. The August standing order cards will be sent home with your child on August 29th. If you’d like your cards earlier, they will be available in the Main Office and at the ASB Open House at the Scrip Table. More details to come!

For scrip inquiries and questions, please email: scrip@asbschool.org.

Thanks to all the incoming families who attended our "May the Fourth Be With You" New Family Welcome Event - it was wild with the crazy thunderstorm, but it looks like these guys didn't care! These three look ready for PreK next year!

It's nearing the end of the school year, but we are still accepting applications for 2017-18 throughout all grades! It is not too late...

Remember our awesome Incentive Referral Program! If you refer a family that ends up enrolling, you are eligible for one month's tuition credit!

Please encourage any family interested in learning more about ASB to email me. Thank you

Over the last week, I began the process of inputting summer prepayment invoices into FACTS. If you have turned in paperwork for Camp ASB, KinderCamp or requested to be added to any of the field trip lists, I may be in communication with you this week, either by phone or by email to make sure that each family and I are on the same page about the charges being added to their FACTS account.

The Camp ASB Summer Calendar is now available on the ASB School website and is included in this newsletter. Registrations and prepayments for Camp ASB, including registration for the Camp ASB Field Trips, are now being accepted. Some field trips have a limited number of spaces and it is important for those families that want their children to attend, or need their children to attend Camp ASB on those days, to secure their spots. This can be done by contacting me or indicating your needs on the Camp ASB Registration Forms.

If you have any questions about Extended Care or Camp ASB, do not hesitate to contact me, I am happy to assist in whatever way that I can.

Thank you,
Dylan Pouley

Parish News
Assumption Parish:

St. Bridget Parish:
Please join our school community in keeping Father Ken Haydock in your prayers as he is recuperating from his recent fall and working through some significant health issues.

Seattle Prep News
Middle school families, learn more about Seattle Prep HERE

Information about Summer Prep at Prep HERE
Contact if more questions 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

Brave Pride Junior Football‏.
Contact click HERE Registration and information click HERE

Brave Pride Jr. Football Camp
More information click HERE

Class Officers
Congratulations to ASB alumni! Sophomore Class: Helena Dougherty, Ryan Moore, Eddie Shelton, Kate Yerkes Junior Class: Kyle Scott, Amelia Tiesi
Senior Class: Matthew Broom, Ella DiPietro, Marianna Mele

Holy Names Summer Camp News
For information click HERE

O'Dea Summer Camp News
For information click HERE
Learn more about O’Dea HERE

One on One Basketball and Sports Training Summer Camps
Click HERE for summer camp information
Questions? Coach Michie

Lake City Junior Football
Information click HERE

Save the Date for Thanks a Latte - May 25

Thank you for your donations through GiveBIG last Wednesday. We raised $4,016.11!

The ASB Walkathon

Thank you ASB families. We made our $50,000 goal!

Here are the winning classes:
First place: 6th grade
Second place: Kindergarten

And a huge thank you to our chairs!
Lisa Hagan, Susan Guise or Carole Volpentest

Volunteer Hours

Thank you for all that you do for ASB. It is greatly appreciated!

Indoor Soccer Tournament Canceled

Scrip News