CONGRATULATIONS ALUMS – YOU MAKE ASCENSION PROUD
The following students made the Honor Roll at Sacred Heart for the 1st Semester of the 2022-2023 school year:
Principal’s List – Aidan McCaffery, Erin McLarney, Madison Wagner & Felice Pappalardo

FISH FRY
Ascension will host six 2023 fish fries. Drive-thru will be offered from 4:30-5:30pm. Dine-in will be offered from 5:30-8:00pm.

Please click on the link below to volunteer and help us make this fish fry season an awesome one! Parents in each grade are kindly asked to work their assigned date with the final date open to all grades. This is a great opportunity to interact with others in our community and have some fun on Friday evenings!

2023 Fish Fry Sign-Up

February 24th: 1st/2nd grades
March 3rd: 3rd/4th grades
March 10th: PreK – Kindergarten
March 17th: 5th/6th grades
March 24th: 7th/8th grades
March 31st: all grades

Thank you for your support!

SHOE COLLECTION
Ascension’s Green Club is sponsoring a WaterStep shoe collection drive beginning Monday, February 20 through Thursday, February 23rd. Check your closets and bring in your gently used unwanted pairs of shoes. Please make sure they are tied together or use a rubber band. Help us reach our goal of 300 pairs of shoes!
Green Club members will be collecting shoes before school each morning near the main school entrance and at the cafeteria entrance.

BE FELT. BE HEARD. BE KNOWN
Dates Announced: The Disciple Maker Index parish-wide survey will be available from February 17th through March 26th and will ask you to reflect on your own spiritual growth, enabling you to provide insights regarding Ascension’s strengths and opportunities. What we learn through the DMI will inspire efforts to build a renewed parish, a renewed mission, and a vibrant future for Ascension. Please help us by participating in this 10–15-minute survey. To learn more information, check out https://www.ascension-parish.com/survey/.

LENTEN READS & SEEDS
Join Ascension families for our Lenten edition of Family Faith Story-telling on Saturday, February 18th from 9A-10A. We will listen to the story, The Tiny Seed, following a plant your own seed activity. RSVP by Wednesday 2/15,  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab2aa6fdc70-lenten

FAMILY ADORATION HOUR
New to Adoration? Adoration is an opportunity to pray together as a family! Bring your family to our Adoration Hour on Saturday, March 4th from 9A-10A. We will have resources, music, and prayer suitable for all ages. All are welcome.

SANDWICH SUNDAY – MARCH 5
Following the 8:30am Mass we will join together in the cafeteria to assemble the lunch bags that will be given out directly downtown by hiphopcare502. Donations are needed. Please sign up to bring various items needed to make the lunch bags by clicking on the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DA4AA29A1FACE9-sandwich

SPRING SPORTS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN ON  GameDay! PLEASE REGISTER YOUR CHILDREN HERE: https://gameday.loucsaa.net.

FIELD HOCKEY
Girls
3rd – 8th grade
Registration closes 2/24/23
Practice start date TBD
$50
Contact Pam Amon at pamon22@aol.com with any questions and/or if interested in coaching.

SOCCER: 3RD – 8TH GADE CO-ED
Registration closes 2/24/23
Practice will begin first week of March
$50
*7th/8th grade free until we determine if there is enough interest to form a team.
Contact Nick Ising at nsisin01@yahoo.com with any questions and/or if interested in coaching.

SOCCER JK – 2ND GRADE CO-ED
Registration closes 2/24/23
Practice start date TBD
$25
Contact Sara Morris at sara.horstman@gmail.com with any questions.

Track: 1st – 8th grade co-ed
Registration closes 3/1/23
Practice start date TBD
$25
Contact Dennis Jones at djones@ascension-parish.com with any questions and/or if interested in coaching.

Golf:  3rd – 8th grade co-ed
Registration closes 3/31/23
Practice start date TBD
$30
*Additional cost may be involved if team plays in additional tournaments.
Contact Teague Ridge at tridge@talgrace.com with any questions.

Tennis:  5th – 8th grade co-ed
Registration closes 3/31/23
Practice start date TBD
$30
*Additional cost may be involved if team plays in additional tournaments.
Contact Katie Earley at kmearley@gmail.com with any questions and/or if interested in coaching.

Softball:  5th – 8th grade girls
Registration closes 3/31/23
Practice start date TBD
Free until CSAA determines if this sport will be offered
Contact Teague Ridge at tridge@talgrace.com with any questions and/or if interested in coaching.

Baseball:  5th – 8th grade boys
5th – 8th grade
Registration closes 3/31/23
Practice start date TBD
Free until CSAA determines if this sport will be offered
Contact Teague Ridge at tridge@talgrace.com with any questions and/or if interested in coaching.

Girls volleyball will remain a fall sport at this time.

Go Longhorns!
Teague Ridge, tridge@talgrace.com
Kristin Jansen, kenoe01@gmail.com

FROM THE PTO
PTO – https://sites.google.com/view/ascensionpto/home

TASTE OF ASCENSION – SAVE THE DATE
Please join us on Saturday, February 18 6:30pm – 9:30pm followed by music and dancing until 11:30pm, as we transform the Ascension gym into a sampler’s delight! We would be honored to have your participation in the event as we showcase the area’s finest restaurants, caterers, wineries, brewers & distillers! Click below for more info.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-ascension-its-5-oclock-somewhere-tickets-463883446877

PTO NEWSLETTER
https://sites.google.com/view/ascensionpto/monthly-newsletter

EMS WINNERS FOR THE WEEK OF 02/06/23
Date, $Prize, Winner, Seller & Grade
02/06 $25 Peter Austin, Paige Austin Gr. 3
02/07 $25 Glenn Hamilton, Jack Champine Gr. 4
02/08 $25 Peter Austin, Paige Austin Gr. 3
02/09 $25 Sharon Schickel, Savannah Schickel Gr. K
02/10 $250 Martha Simon, Mallory Simon 3’s

FROM THE PRINCIPAL
As I continue to examine our lowest scoring items from the recent Catholic Identity survey, I recognize a need for us to do a better job “instilling in students the responsibility to promote Gospel values and social justice in the world,” which scored 4.2 out of 5.

When we look at Catholic Social Teaching, we see it is rooted in scripture with some of the following themes:

Life and dignity of the human person
Call to family, community and participation
Rights and responsibilities
Care for God’s creation
and several others…

Over the last few years, we have, admittedly, not done as much in some of these areas as we navigated Covid-19 and working with new faculty. However, we have done well in caring for God’s creation through our green initiatives, which were recognized by the US Department of Education awarding us the Green Ribbon this school year!

As we continue to re-build after Covid, we are working to restore student service projects in our school and community. Already, we have begun visiting nursing homes, serving food to the homeless and poor, feeding the homeless through our sandwich Sunday project, donating to Catholic Charities and serving the church.

Going forward, we are excited to bring our faculty service team back (once lead by Mary Herriott, 2-5 teacher) to partner with parents, students, parishioners and faculty to ensure our students are learning to embrace and share our faith, through action, with those in our local and world communities. God has called and we will answer!

PULL TABS COLLECTION-KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Please continue to save your pull tabs. Every little bit helps. Together we can make a difference. For more information on Kids Cancer Alliance please visit kidscanceralliance.org or contact K of C coordinator John McCarthy at mccoots1@gmail.com.
All proceeds benefit the Kids Cancer Alliance (KCA) and Indian Summer Camp (ISC). Pull tabs can be sent in to the school office at any time.

BOX TOPS COLLECTION
Did you know that Ascension is a Box Tops school? During this challenging time, our teachers and students need more help than ever. No matter what school looks like, Box Tops for Education is a fast and easy way for you to help out from home.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Buy participating products and use the Box Tops mobile app to scan your store receipt. The app identifies eligible products and automatically adds Box Tops to your school’s earnings online. Even if you’re shopping online or doing grocery pickup, you can still submit your e-receipts and earn Box Tops. Twice a year, our school gets a check!

The PTO uses money earned from Box Tops to fund our iPad program and other classroom needs for our students!

Here’s how YOU can help earn money for our school!
• DOWNLOAD the Box Tops app and select our school to support. This ensures that your Box Tops purchases count toward our school’s earnings.
• SHOP for Box Tops products and use the app to scan your receipt to add to our school’s earnings online.
• LOOK for any remaining Box Tops clips on packages. If you find some, clip them and send them to school!
• SPREAD THE WORD about Box Tops!
FUN TIP: You can also use the “Invite Friends” feature in the app to ask friends and family to help support our school!

Your earnings may seem small, but they really do add up. The more people that participate, the bigger the impact we can make. So let’s give our teachers the support they need and help give more kids the opportunity to dream. Little by little, we can help make a BIG difference.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW BOX TOPS WORKS AT BTFE.COM

Thank you,
Ascension PTO

REMINDER
Student’s who are absent should be phoned in or emailed to Ms. Thomas by 8:15am. There is a 24 hour message system for you to phone in absences, 451-2535 ext. 22.
Also, it is very important that your child/ren arrive at school on time daily! Students should be in their class and chair by 7:55am. If your child is late, you must come in to sign them in. Thank you!