“LOWDOWN” – February 24th – Ascension Parish and School

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Feb. 20th – March 27th – Fish Fry Fridays
Feb. 23rd – 27th – EMS Out of Uniform
Feb. 25th – Grandparents Day (1st-2nd grades)
Feb. 28th – Father/Daughter Dance
March 7th – Mother/Son Hike
March 11th – Grandparents’ Day (3rd – 5th grades)
March 23-27 – Literati Book Fair
April 15th – Grandparents’ Day (6th-8th grades)

Mother/Son Hike

RSVP for the event Here

Literati Book Fair

Monday, March 23rd – Friday, March 27th

Lunch With Someone Special Days

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday March 23rd – March 27th

Students will have time to shop during their library/technology class

Credit cards, checks and cash will be accepted as payment
All purchases benefit Ascension’s library
Email bwagner@ascension-parish.com with any questions

Volunteers are needed!

Please email bwagner@ascension-parish.com if you are interested.

Fish Fry Fridays
Our “O-Fish-al” Athletics Fundraiser, Ascension hosts six-Fish Fry Fridays during the Lenten season. We look forward to gathering as a community:
Friday, February 27
Friday, March 6
Friday, March 13
Friday, March 20
Friday, March 27
Drive-Thru—4:30 – 6:30 PM | Dine-In—5:05 – 8:00 PM
We can’t do it without you! Volunteer for a shift (or two) here: Sign Up Genius
Note—Each week is designated by grade level; however, you are welcome to sign up for whatever shift(s) work for you. Questions? Contact Fish Fry Volunteer Coordinator Abby Simon (abbysimon3020@gmail.com).

St. Xavier High School Honor Roll
First Honors – Miles Heilman
Principal’s List – Quenton Horton
First Honors – Samuel Schweickhardt

Sacred Heart School Honor Roll
Principal’s List – Felice Pappalardo
Principal’s List – Isabella Verdi

Mercy Academy School Honor Roll
Hannah Gohmann
Maddie Hartlage
Noelle Ising
Ella McCoy
Savannah Smith

Assumption High School Honor Roll
Lilly Adams – Principal’s List
Carley Amon – First Honor Roll
Gwen Baker – Principal’s List
Amina Bektasevic – First Honor Roll
Kamryn Benner – First Honor Roll
Lucy Broster – First Honor Roll
Leah Gordon – Second Honor Roll
Audrey Hynes – First Honor Roll
Ila Janes – First Honor Roll
Evie Larosa – Principal’s List
Abby Lile – First Honor Roll
McKenna Lindsey – Second Honor Roll
Tatum Mullaney – Principal’s List
Sophia Murphy – Second Honor Roll
Brianna Owens – Second Honor Roll
Piper Steurer – First Honor Roll
Emma – Tingle – First Honor Roll
Anna Zimmerman – First Honor Roll

Trinity High School Honor Roll
Bryson Betts – Principal’s List
Landen Blincoe – Principal’s List
Ryan Cassetta – Principal’s List
Spencer Heitz – Principal’s List
Talin Ridge – Principal’s List
Samuel Gohmann – First Honors
Eli Hynes – First Honors
Anderson Ward – First Honors
Ryan Yates – First Honors
Max Cornell – Second Honors
Alexander Henson – Second Honors
Sean McCulloch – Second Honors
Nicholas Yorgy – Second Honors

Fish Fry Volleyball League Sign-ups – Attention Parishioners! This year’s adult co-ed volleyball league begins Friday, February 20th and runs through March 27th. A team fee and shift in the concession stand is required to participate. Team captains should contact Lynn Thompson at 502-767-6315 or lynnthompson72@gmail.com by February 13th. Team members should be parishioners and 19 or older. A maximum of 14 teams will be accepted for play.

CSAA 3-8th Soccer Registration is now open
Dear Ascension families.
The CSAA has changed 5th-8th grade soccer to be boys or girls only (No Co-Ed teams). 3/4th will remain Co-Ed. Unfortunately, this means many players that wish to play soccer in the CSAA will have to merge with another school. The CSAA is helping to manage this transition, and more details will be provided when available. Please use Gameday to register your child under the proper category. Once numbers are determined, we will work with other schools to merge, if needed. 7/8th grade boys and 5th-8th girls’ registration is currently set to $0, but once team placement is determined, the final registration payment will be needed.
Please reach out with any questions or concerns to Nick Ising at nsisin01@yahoo.com

******EMS Winners******: See here
EMS Out of Uniform – For students who sold 15 tickets
February 23rd – 27th
March 16th – 20th

For students that sold 20 for more tickets – Malibu Jacks Field trip is March 19th

From the PTO

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

Service opportunity
We are looking for middle school students to help with childcare during PTO meetings! If your student is interested, please sign them up for any upcoming meeting: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CA5A829A7F8C52-57837537-ptomeeting#/

Help Needed – Mother/Son event
We are in search of someone or a small group to help put together an event for our Mothers and Sons. Ideas are forming, but nothing is set yet. The event is March 7th. If you are interested, please reach out to Sally Merrell (502-881-3995) or Jaclyn Mullin (502-553-9895).

Grandparents Day!
Please join us for mass at 8:15 with snacks to follow. The dates below have which grades for which days.

Feb. 25 – Grades 1-2
March 11 – Grades 3-5
April 15 – Grades 6-8

We look forward to seeing you!

For Athletics, we are making it simple. All info is in “Band.” We have 205 members!
So join us here https://band.us/n/a3abA9T6v5Udd
All coordinators are part of the app, and you can use the chat to communicate with them, as this is the main way the board communicates.
To keep the housekeeping Band is set in a way that only coordinators can start a post, but everyone can reply to the post started. Do not hesitate to ask questions there if you have any.
I recommend reviewing your settings for notifications so it does not send you alerts all day/night if that is not your thing. Here is how to Manage your Band notification : Tutorials | BAND

If you want to be more involved in sports, the Athletic Board is currently seeking interested individuals to serve in the following open positions:

– Boys basketball coordinator (3rd-8th)

– Track & Field Coordinator

– Gym Managers (All grades – This is a key role and only applies to help during home games of the different sports you like)

Please reach out with interest or any questions to: AscensionLonghornAthletics@gmail.com

SHAHEENS – SCHOOL UNIFORM
Shaheens has launched a new website to better serve our school and families. As a result, any existing links to our school’s uniform through Shaheens will no longer work. Here is Ascension’s updated link: https://www.shaheens.com/schools/ascension-louisville-ky

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. Matthew

The schedule for safe environment training can be found here

The PTO is transitioning from Slack to the BAND app
The PTO is transitioning from Slack to the BAND app to help streamline communications. Join the “Ascension PTO” group on the BAND app by clicking the link below so you don’t miss any important updates!
https://band.us/n/aba4A1A1R49fX
PTO WEBSITE – https://sites.google.com/view/ascensionpto/home
PTO FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/groups/421480501922288/
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

REMINDER
Student’s who are absent should be phoned in or emailed to Mrs. Passons by 8:15am. There is a 24 hour message system for you to phone in absences, 502-451-2535 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!

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