OCTOBER
31: Conferences - Noon Dismissal/Extended Care available
Halloween
NOVEMBER
1: All Saints' Day Mass (gr. 3-8), 9:00am at Assumption
All Saints' Day Prayer Service (gr. PreK-2), 10:30am at Assumption
Conferences - Noon Dismissal/Extended Care available
2: Conferences - 9:30am Late Start AND Noon Dismissal/Extended Care available
5: Free Dress Food Drive for St. Vincent de Paul pantry (1st Monday of the month)
12: Veterans' Day (observed): No School/No Extended Care
14: ASB Open House, 9:00-10:30am
Standing Scrip Orders sent home via Wednesday envelope
15-17: Fall Play, A Christmas Carol, 7:00pm at North Seattle College
18: Fall Play, A Christmas Carol, 2:30pm at North Seattle College
ASB-led Parish Mass (5th gr. leads), 8:30am at Assumption & 9:30am at St. Bridget
21: Grandparents Day & Thanksgiving Prayer Service, 9:00am at Assumption Gym
Grandparents Day - Noon Dismissal/No Extended Care
22-23: Thanksgiving Holiday: No School/No Extended Care
27: Picture retake day
29: Bulldog Bibliophiles (ASB Parent Book Club), 8:40am at Bryant Cafe
1/4/19: Application Deadline for ASB School Tuition Assistance and Fulcrum Foundation grants
View the entire 2018-19 ASB calendar here
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 October 31, 2018
Dear Students, Families, Alumni, Parishioners, and Friends of ASB School,
Happy Halloween! Between an awesome Halloween carnival on Sunday at St. Bridget, a spirit-filled assembly on Monday led by our Student Leadership Team, and the sea of costumes, candy, and fun today, it’s been quite the week! And it is only Wednesday. J I hope everyone has a safe, fun evening tonight. Trick-or-treat and we will see you for conferences today, tomorrow, or Friday.
Amidst all of the fun, I ask that everyone take time this week to pray for peace and solidarity. The events in our country over the last week are another reminder of our purpose as a Catholic school; to raise young men and women who practice the love of Jesus, recognize and embrace diversity in all people, and make decisions in their words and actions that promote unity. As adults, we must continue to model that in our interactions in our families, with friends, in competition, in our community, and particularly in moments of conflict. Below are some resources you can use when talking about these topics with your children.
Please join us tomorrow to celebrate All Saints’ Day. Our 3 rd – 8 th grades will be attending 9:00 AM mass at Assumption, led by our 8B students. Our PreK-2 nd grades will have a prayer service at 10:30 AM. We would love to see you there to begin the month of November in prayer, celebration, and community.
Best,
Kathleen Conklin |
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 Fall Play-A Christmas Carol
Tickets go on sale October 30th for our very own ASB production of - A Christmas Carol!
Buy tickets HERE
Congratulations to our October award winners!
Thank you for being leaders who are inspired to learn, called to serve, and prepared to lead!
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 Soccer News:
Soccer for most of our ASB teams has come to a close, thank you so much to all of the parents, coaches, and players that made for a successful CYO Soccer season. The following teams made the CYO Playoffs, congrats to these teams:
6th Grade Girls
6th Grade Boys
7th Grade Girls
7th Grade Boys
8th Grade Girls
8th Grade Boys
The 6th Grade boys and girls teams
won their first two playoff games and will be playing in the
6th Grade CYO CHAMPIONSHIPS
this Saturday, at 8:00 am (boys) and 9:30 am (girls) at Kennedy Catholic High School.
Soccer coaches and parents, please email soccer pictures of your team to Mrs. Caballero! These pictures will be used in the ASB yearbook. Equipment and uniform returns will begin next week, each coach will be contacted by Emily Childress or Lincoln Davis with instructions on the returning of equipment.
Parents DO NOT send you soccer uniforms into the school. These need to be returned to the head coaches of your child's soccer team.
 Basketball News:
Basketball teams have been finalized, we had the ASB coaches meeting Monday night, and teams will begin practicing this week. If you have not already been contacted by your coach, they will be contacting you in the next week to relay practice and team information to your family. Good luck with the season.
CYO also requires one coach from each team to attend a preseason basketball meeting. The dates and times for these meetings are listed below:
- Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 7:00-8:30 pm Isaac Orr Conference Room - 910 Marion St Seattle, WA 98104
- Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 9:00-10:30 am Location: Our Lady of the Lake
- Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 7:00-8:30 pm Isaac Orr Conference Room
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 Dear ASB Parents:
Please remember to only drop off children before school in the designated areas listed below:
Big Toy Drop Off or Loop Drop Off
Please do not let your children out of the vehicle until a parent on traffic duty can assist. If you wish to park and walk your child to school please park in the neighborhood. Do not block driveways or park where not allowed.
Kind regards,
The Parent Board.
Join Us for Our Next Parent Board Meeting!
Are you curious what Parent Board is all about? Our monthly meetings are open to all parents. Our next meeting kicks off at 6pm on Wednesday, November 7th in room 8A. If you’d like to hear what we are up to, stop by at 6pm. Entrance at the middle school entrance on the south side of the building.
Any questions or comments, please contact your 2018-19 Parent Board President - Cat Burns
The Halloween Carnival was a HUGE success - thank you to our countless volunteers, our generous sponsors and all of you who attended this fun event! We could not have done it without all of your help. We have a few bake sale dishes that were left behind. Please contact Heidi if you need yours.
Costume Contest:
We were all impressed with the creative, fun and scary costumes this year - it was hard to pick! The winners of the ASB Halloween Carnival Costume Contest are:
Best Halloween: Maddie Peterson (Kindergarten) - Mermaid
Scariest: Dane (4th grade) & Nate (2nd grade) Matlock - Scary Pumpkins
Best Dude: Henry Masco (1st) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
Best Diva: Alex Vance (1st) - Marie Antoinette
Most Creative: It was a TIE between Macy Simonds (2nd grade) & Gigi Trepanier (2nd grade) - Skittles & Skittles Wrapper Duo and Jack Zweifel (Pre-K) - Dirt Devil Vacuum
Funniest: It was a TIE between Emerson King (5th grade) - Cat Lady/Grandma and Lawson Kois (2nd grade) - Elvis
Best Family: The Hartvigson Family, Sedona (4th grade) & Hampton (3rd grade) - Monster Family
Best Group: Charlotte Heisel (5th grade), Audrey Kelly (5th grade) & Lauren Duffy (5th grade) - Jellyfish
Yummiest: Grace Wickens (4th grade) - Cotton Candy
Congratulations! Prizes will be going home this week! Have a safe and happy Halloween!
Carnival Bake Sale Winners!
Thank you to all of the outstanding Halloween Baking Contest entries-we loved your creativity! The winners of the ASB Halloween Baking Contest are:
KA GRAND PRIZE
Elle Erickson & Elodie Philips
KA HONORABLE MENTION
Avery Pfan
1st GRAND PRIZE
Griffin Sera
2nd GRAND PRIZE
NONE - No entry
3rd GRAND PRIZE
Zoe Watson
4th GRAND PRIZE
Janie Oswald & Erin Hofmeister
4th HONORABLE MENTION
Kendall Dreis
5th GRAND PRIZE
Chloe Horner
5th HONORABLE MENTION
Lucy Sera
6th GRAND PRIZE
Danielle Ennes
6th HONORABLE MENTION
Reese Halffman
7th GRAND PRIZE
Stefano Sburlino
7th HONORABLE MENTION
Kylie, Grace & Julia
 Eat at The Ridge and save your receipt! The Ridge has generously offered to donate 20% of all sales back to ASB in October and November when you turn in your receipt. There will be a box in the main office to drop all receipts.
Traffic Duty, November 1st - November 7th
(Thanks Fifth Grade Families!)
Thursday, 11/1: Loop - Grant, Duffy, Borden, Beiter, Big Toy - Milios, Eagan
Friday, 11/2: Loop - Grant, Guise, Gunderson, Hartsock, Big Toy - Hieger, Horner
Monday 11/5: Loop - Johnson, Jones, Kelly, King, Big Toy - King, Kirk
Tuesday 11/6: Loop - Kois, Larson, Letey, Lydon, Big Toy - Marona, Byrne
Wednesday 11/7: Loop - Myers, Beiter, Okada, Amrofell, Big Toy - Pritchard, Rosellini
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Thank you to our generous donors who have made contributions to the Campaign, we appreciate your support! Check out our brochure here!
We are striving for 100% giving from our current parents! Find out how you can be involved in this important project for our school.
Ways to Give - Multi-year Pledge (paid over a period of four years), stock transfer, donor advised funds, or a one-time gift. Donate online here
Campaign Ambassadors - reach out to one of our Ambassadors to find out why they are supporting the Campaign and ask questions!
Julie Barber
Rachel & Josh Blake
Melissa Blair
Cat Burns
Michelle Cahill
Tracy & Kevin Erickson
Julia & Grant Hartvigson
Megan Johnson
Kristin Meldahl
Diane Othman
Carol & Jack Salerno
Carrie Slavin
Ara Sleeth
Michelle Summers
Tara & David Uffelman
Jenni Volk
Together We Can Reach Our Goal
 Scrip News
Need a little boost while the kids are home for half days this week? Stock up on coffee cards with scrip! We have Top Pot, Cafe Javasti, and Starbucks.
Don't forget to use Amazon Smile for all your Amazon orders. If you designate ASB as the charitable organization you want to support, .5% goes back to ASB. Use one of our gift cards on Amazon Smile for an additional 2.5% back to ASB!
Questions? Email us at scrip@asbschool.org
Join Us for the Biggest Event of the Year! - Tickets on sale now! Click Here to Buy
Etched Bulldog Glassybaby - The last remaining Glassybaby can be yours! Buy Now
Got Wine? We're excited to bring you a fun new game at the Auction but we need your help! Please consider donating a bottle of wine, valued at $25 and up. Wine can be delivered to the front office or to Mary House any day leading up to the Auction. We can also pick up wine donations from your house. Don't have time to shop? Send your money to the Venmo account below and we'll do the choosing for you! Venmo @Catharine Colee.
Thank you for your consideration! Catty Collee, Lisa Hagan, and Tiffany Johnson.
Questions? Email lisaandmikehagan@outlook.com
HELP WANTED - Earn double volunteer hours by helping out on the evening of the Auction (December 8 th)! We are looking for volunteers to help with registration, recording, raffle sales, and other fun night-of opportunities. Please email auction@asbschool.org to help out.
If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please email auction@asbschool.org
November 21, 2018
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We had a great turnout for last week's Open House!
Upcoming opportunities to visit:
Tuition Assistance Deadline - January 4, 2019
If you are considering applying for 2019-20 Tuition Assistance, now is the time! Applications are due by January 4, 2019. To apply, log into your FACTS account, and click on the Grant Aid button at the top right. Make sure you select 2019-20 academic year.
It's time to apply for PreK & Kindergarten!
Are you a current ASB family with a 4-or-5-year-old at home? Current school families have priority enrollment, but we do need a completed application for each student who will be new to ASB in PreK or Kindergarten.
IMPORTANT INFO FOR CURRENT FAMILIES:
- If you are a current ASB family applying for PreK or Kindergarten, you do NOT need to complete a Parish Reflection Form along with your application. Unless you have recently joined one of our parishes, have one on file for your family from Spring 2018. You will be required to complete the Parish Reflection Form each spring, as part of Registration. Questions? Please email me.
- If your child is a current ASB PreK student moving onto Kindergarten here at ASB, you do NOT need to complete an application.
Completed applications should turned into Admissions Director Kelley Kane ASAP!
And stay up-to-date on what's going on at ASB - click the icons below to like and follow ASB!
 @asbschool  @asbcschool  @asbseattle
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In order to accommodate the ASB conference schedule, ASB School will close at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31, Thursday, November 1 and Friday, November 2. The school will also have a late start on Friday, November 2, opening at 9:30 am. On all of these days, ASB Extended Care is open and available for ASB families that need our service. If you are planning on using ASB Extended Care, it is necessary for you to contact Dylan Pouley and let him know the days and times that you plan to use Extended Care. You will also need to complete 2018-2019 Extended Care Registration form before your children may attend Extended Care. These forms can be found on the ASB School website under the Extended Care link.
Extended Care Conference schedule October 31-November 2 :
- Wednesday: 12:00 to 5:45 pm (morning Extended Care remains the same) 10/31
- Thursday: 12:00 to 5:45 pm (morning Extended Care remains the same) 11/1
- Friday: 7:00 am to 9:30 am and 12:00 to 5:45 pm 11/2
If you have any questions about Extended Care, please do not hesitate to contact Dylan Pouley or Kai Bond we are happy to assist you in whatever way that we can. If you email extended@asbschool.org that email account will forward your email to both Kai and Dylan.
Extended Care reminders:
- Extended Care opens each morning at 7:00am.
- Extended Care closes at 5:45pm each afternoon.
- Please turn in your Extended Care registration forms for the 2018-2019 School year.
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Assumption Parish:
Monday, November 5, 2018 Free Dress Food Drive
Thank you one and all for helping to serve our neighbors in need. Please help feed those who do not have enough.
Pre K– Paper Towels
Kindergarten- Canned fruits—your favorite kinds!
1st Grade– Boxed breakfast cereal
2nd Grade- Toothpaste
3rd Grade– Jam/Jelly
4th Grade–Baked beans or Canned Spaghetti/Ravioli
5th Grade- Toilet paper or Kleenex
6th Grade– Pasta Sauce and dried pasta
7th Grade- Ramen/Cup of Soup Noodles
8th Grade-- Cleaning supplies—(Clorox/Lysol type wipes, Dawn-type liquid dish soap—(not dishwasher soap), 409), etc.
Always in need… deodorant, shampoo, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies! None of these items may be purchased with food stamps. Do you have hotel-size soaps and other toiletries? Send them in, they will go to help the homeless!
Holiday Wreath Sale!
The Frances Hoffman Circle is selling 22 inch Mixed Noble Fir wreaths.
Contact Stephanie Read 206-240-6675, or use the attached flyer HERE
CLOW (Children’s Liturgy of the Word)
For grades 1 – 5, during 8:30 am Mass. Have your children join the procession downstairs at the beginning of 8:30 Mass and enjoy the readings and discussion with other children, they will return to you at Mass during the prayers of the faithful before the liturgy of the Eucharist begins. No sign up needed.
Youth Group
Grades 4 – 5 meet from 4 – 5:30 pm on the 4th Sunday of each month.
Grades 6 – 9 meet every Sunday from 7 – 8:30 pm
both groups meet in the Youth Room in the basement of Assumption Church.
For more information contact Julie Olsen
Parish Directory
Please sign up for your photo session time slot for our Assumption Parish Directory please click HERE or call the parish office 206-522-7674 and Carol or Mary will book the appointment for you. We also need some volunteers to help check folks in for the directory, please sign up HERE for a time slot. As always, all volunteer hours at the parish count for school family required volunteer hours.
North Seattle Rotating Winter Shelter
Assumption parishioners 18 years and older will once again have the opportunity to join with Our Lady of the Lake and St. Bridget to provide meals and hosts for the Winter Shelter, Jan 24 – 31. This year the shelter site will be at Seattle Mennonite Church (NE 125th and 33rd NE)
Host Training will include emailed video, written material and onsite orientations on Thursday evening, Nov. 29 and Sunday afternoon, Dec 9.
For more information please contact Pat Hogan
St. Bridget Parish:
St. Bridget’s ACC Guild
St. Bridget’s ACC Guild is trying something new this year. We are selling beautiful 10 oz., Grove (Ginger, Citrus) scented candles that are perfect for giving and using year round. They burn for approx. 55 hours and come in a beautiful gift box with the ACC logo. Cost is $25 per candle. Order form link HERE. Help us help children and families in need.
Sacred Heart Shelter
Join us for Wednesday, Nov. 7th (11am-2pm) as St. Bridget supports Sacred Heart Shelter's 27th annual Soupline benefiting the families of Sacred Heart Shelter. All you can eat lunch featuring delicious soups from some of Seattle's best dining establishments.
Where: Plymouth Congregational Church, 1217 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. $20 suggested donation. Registration/Donation link: HERE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SET UP, SERVING & CLEAN UP --
CONTACT MOLLY DENNEHY (206)714-5025 OR LISA SCHNITZIUS (206)402-7507
IF YOU’D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER
Children’s Faith Formation, Family Nights, and Sacramental Preparation
On Monday evenings from 7-8pm we offer a program for children in grades 1-5 that involves fun, faith formation, and fellowship. Younger students will have the opportunity to get paired up with older student "buddies" in the Junior High EDGE program, meets at the same time.
EDGE Middle School Youth Group
Monday nights at 6:30pm! Open to all 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Come join the fun!
 Bonney Watson Funeral Home on Capitol Hill is being torn down, including the chapel pews. I am wondering if someone in the ASB community has the time, equipment and space to sell them and return the profit back to the school, parish or charity. More information contact Kim Stewart
Aspiring Youth
Free parent speaker event at Ryther. Information HERE
The 39th Annual St. Brendan School Holiday Craft Fair
Open Saturday, Nov. 10th from 9 am to 5 pm; and Sunday Nov. 11th from Noon to 4 pm
More information HERE
 Seattle Prep News
Middle school families, learn more about Seattle Prep HERE
 Bishop Blanchet News
Middle school families, learn more about Bishop Blanchet HERE
 Holy Names News
Middle school families, learn more about Holy Names Academy HERE
 O'Dea News
Middle school families, learn more about O'Dea HERE
 Roosevelt HS News
Middle school families learn more about RHS HERE
 Archbishop Murphy News
Middle school families, learn more about Archbishop Murphy HS HERE
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