MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Aug. 8 – Gr’s. K, 1 & 2 Camp 3:00-5:00pm, parent meeting to follow at 5:00pm
Aug. 12 – Back-to-School night, Gr’s. 3-5 is 5:00-6:00pm & Gr’s. 6-8 is 6:00-7:00pm
Aug. 14 – First day of school
Aug. 23 – School pictures
Sept. 2 – Labor Day Holiday
Oct. 8-9 – P/T/S Conferences
Oct. 10-14 – Fall break
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GOVERNOR’S SCHOLAR’S – YOU MAKE US PROUD!
The following students of the Ascension Class of 2021 will be participating in the Governor’s Scholar Program at various colleges for the next 5 weeks:
Ian Beierle, Samantha Bowling, Avery Lewis, Dashal Smothers and Madison Wagner
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ASCENSION ALUMS WHO MADE THE HONOR ROLL FOR THE 4TH QUARTER OF THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR – AWESOME JOB!
Assumption High School
Principal’s List – Avery Lewis, Brinkley Todd, Audrey Hynes and Piper Steurer
First Honors – Emma Tingle, Anna Zimmerman and Tatum Mullaney
Second Honors – Maddie Gipson
Mercy Academy
Carley Amon, Samantha Bowling, Juliet Church, Hannah Gohmann, Gabriella Graves, Maddie Hartlage, Jacklyn Krebs, Ella McCoy, Sierra Molnar, Ellie Phelps & Savannah Smith
St. Xavier High School
Principal’s List – Preston Dean
First Honors – Salvator DeNardo
Second Honors – Braden Baker & Sam Schweickhardt
2023-2024 YEARBOOK ORDERS
Order your 2023-2024 yearbook by clicking the following link: https://zurl.co/Gss1
Orders must be in by Thursday, August 1.
Yearbooks will be delivered at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year. Please contact the school office with any questions.
FACTS ACCOUNT
Have you completed your FACTS account for tuition for the upcoming school year? If not, please do so as soon as possible! Here is the link, https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/3WB4K Thank you!
ATHLETICS
Volleyball – Girls must try-out to play
3rd – 8th Grade Tryouts: July 8th AND July 10th
3rd/4th: 5:00 – 6:00pm
5th/6th: 6:15 – 7:15pm
7th/8th: 7:30 – 8:30pm
1st practice: week of July 22nd
CSAA league play begins: August 10th
CSAA tournament finals: October 18th-20th
1st-2nd grade start dates: TBD
Please contact Kristin Jansen at kenoe01@gmail.com with any questions.
2024 JK-2 Fall Soccer and 1st-2nd Grade Flag Football registrations are open on GameDay!
Please register your child(ren) here: https://gameday.loucsaa.net
**Register your child for the grade they will be playing next year. Please note: JK denotes only the children entering into the 4 year old class in the fall (not the 3s preschool class).
Registration Closes: Friday, July 26th
Ascension teams will wear the same uniforms worn last season. Parents will be contacted regarding ordering uniforms.
JK-2 Soccer (coed):
1st practice: week of July 29th
League start date: TBD
Contact Sara Morris (sara.horstman@gmail.com) with any questions.
1st-2nd Flag Football (coed):
1st practice: week of July 29th
League start date: TBD
Contact Ashley Altman (ashleymurrer@gmail.com) with any questions or if interested in coaching.
Let’s go Longhorns!
FROM THE PTO
SAVE THE DATE – PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, JULY 13TH, 6 P.M.
Join us for our first official Ascension pickleball tournament on Saturday, July 13th. Keep a look out for sign ups on the PTO Facebook page!
Back-to-School Pool Party
Upper Highlands Pool on 8/19. Time TBD
PTO WEBSITE – https://sites.google.com/view/ascensionpto/home
PTO FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/groups/421480501922288/
PTO NEWSLETTER – https://sites.google.com/view/ascensionpto/monthly-newsletter
Thank you,
Ascension PTO
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
SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
The Archdiocese requires all who volunteer or work with minors to have a background check done every five years (processed for free by the parish office). Also, an initial in-person Safe Environment Training must be completed (dates and locations available at www.archlou.org/safe). This training must be renewed every five years by doing a one-hour online course (ask parish office for the website).
If you volunteer or work around children at all, you must be up-to-date on these requirements. Please call the parish office if you have any questions.
If you are currently not up-to-date, you may continue in your work only if there are two other adults present who are up to date AND you are currently in the process of renewing your training and background check.
Anyone who is not currently volunteering but who might possibly volunteer in the future is welcome to go ahead and receive the initial in-person training. That way you wouldn’t have to scramble to do the training if you suddenly decided to volunteer for a youth event. Please submit the certificate you receive there to our parish secretary for her records.
Thank you so much for your service to our community and for your diligence in helping our parish be a responsible and safe place for our kids.
Sincerely,
Fr. Robert
INCLEMENT WEATHER NOTICE
As winter approaches, there is always the chance we will need to close, delay or dismiss early. Here is what you will need to know in each event:
INCLEMENT WEATHER: The decision to close schools due to weather conditions is announced by radio, TV, and social media for Catholic schools in Jefferson County. One of the following announcements will be made:
1. All Catholic elementary and high schools in Jefferson County are OPEN.
2. Catholic elementary and high schools in Jefferson County will be OPEN BUT ON A DELAYED SCHEDULE.
3. All Catholic elementary and high schools in Jefferson County are CLOSED.
Ascension will also send closure announcement via email and text to all Ascension families.
DELAYED SCHEDULE- two hour delay: Café doors will open at 9:10am. Carpool begins at 9:40am. Classes begin at 9:55am.
EARLY DISMISSAL-ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: No public announcement is made about system-wide early dismissal in Jefferson County Catholic elementary schools except in the case of extreme emergency. Ascension will notify parents via email and text of an early dismissal.
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!