“Friends…they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.” — Henry David Thoreau
Mission Statement: Our Lady of the Assumption School Commits itself to provide an education based on catholic values and academic excellence in a caring and safe atmosphere in partnership with the family and parish community.
From the Desk of the Principal…October 24, 2023
Virtue for the Month of October is Friendship. The theme for the year is Community.
Week 29 in Ordinary Time
Feast Day of St Anthony Claret
Romans 5:12, 15, 17-21. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will – Psalm 39(40):7-10, 17. Luke 12:35-38.
Have your lamps lit and be ready to open the door.
Do I watch for you each day, my God, knowing not when I shall find you, but being ever ready to respond? You come in so many varied ways, always seeking me out. I need to prepare my heart to receive you. Let me see your face, in what I so often feel are the interruptions to my life. Perhaps you will come as a neighbor who needs my help, a friend who needs a listening ear, a family member who needs comfort or cheering.
Part of watching for you is the time I spend in prayer. Grant me perseverance in my prayer life, so that I will not be easily put off from spending time with you. In fact, may I find more moments each day to talk to you or hear you.
Calendar Highlights
October 27th | Fall Halloween Dance |
October 27th | Jeans for Jesus-Halloween Colors |
October 31st | Halloween-Noon Dismissal |
November 1st | All School Mass 9:30 am |
November 1st | Wood Ranch Fundraiser 11am-9pm |
November 8th | Make Up Picture Day |
November 10th | Veterans Day-No School |
Extended Day Care registration packets are available in the school office.
Contents of Weekly Brown Envelope
Please remove contents, complete and return any forms in the signed Brown Envelope every Wednesday.
Square 1 Art Order Information
Wood Ranch Fundraiser Flyer-Required for the fundraiser
Square 1 Art
Exciting News! 
Sherwood Forest Farms Wreath Fundraiser
Beautiful, fresh wreaths and centerpieces shipped directly from Sherwood Forest Farms in the Pacific Northwest!!
Wreaths and Centerpieces will be available for purchase until November 3rd.
Order forms were sent home last week.
Orders should arrive the week after Thanksgiving, just in time for your holiday decorating!!
They also make great gifts!!
Any questions?? Please contact Tammy Silva (805) 415-8030
Jeans for Jesus
Halloween theme to benefit Tender Life Maternity Home
Friday October 27th is our next Jeans for Jesus event. Wear jeans(or uniform bottoms) and a festive shirt or halloween colors:orange, purple or green. Bring $1.00 donation-funds raised on this day will be donated to Tender Life Maternity Home to support their mission to create hope and opportunity for young mothers and their unborn children. Thank you for supporting our school!
Wood Ranch Fundraiser-Wednesday November 1st 11am-9pm.
Enjoy some delicious Wood Ranch food after a busy Halloween evening. 10% of proceeds will benefit our school when you dine in or take out. Physical printed flyer MUST be presented when ordering or picking up. Photos on your phone will not be accepted.
Lost and Found
Please check the lost and found located outside the school office. With the weather changing students are going to need their sweatshirts and jackets. The basket is very full and growing daily!
We had a great elementary championship race at Arroyo Verde Park!
The team ran a one mile race.
Our Varsity girls’ team was Hailey Figueroa, Naomi Isbell, Kaylin Olmos-Ly, Penelope Burns, Natalie Montgomery, Abigail Hanson, and Allison Smithson
Our top three Varsity girl runners were:
Hailey Figueroa (grade 4) who finished 11th out of 216 girls with a run time of 7:17
Naomi Isbell (homeschool runner grade 5 on our team) who finished 30th overall with a run time of 7:46
Kaylin Olmos-Ly (grade 5) with a run time of 8:27 and a personal record for the season!
Our Varsity boys’ team was James Quagliata, Asher Adaya, Sean Kane, Luke Kuske, Mark Avila, Timothy Lee, and Jasper Stangeland
Our top three elementary boy runners were:
James Quagliata (grade 4) with a run time of 7:21
Sean Kane (grade 3) with a mile run time of 7:54
Asher Adaya (grade 4) with a run time of 8:11
Our Junior Varsity girls’ team was Vivian Mcfarlin and Fara Azhar
Our Junior Varsity boys’ team was Max Lee and Kenny May
This ends the cross-country season for elementary school; however, middle school will continue through the first week of November. Their next meet will be Friday November 3rd.
Come out and support the runners and GOOOOO Dolphins!!!!
Dolphin Nation
Flag Football News:
OLA battled St. Sebastian on the friendly confines of OLA field on Wednesday last week and took little time to exert their dominance in a 48-6 win.
On the first play of the game, QB Henry Bamieh threw a short pass to Evan Barker, and Evan took it the length of the field for a touchdown running around and past all St. Sebastian defenders, and it only got worse from there for our friends from Santa Paula.
Andrew Von Guten and Leo Molfetta had rushing touchdowns, Theo Swafford returned an interception for a touchdown, and Josh Barton, Parker Smith, and Lukas Devericks all caught touchdown passes from Henry.
Dolphin Fans late in the game came to life when Charlie Dufau got the ball in his hands and made heads turn as he zig-zagged his way through Saint Sebastian defenders. Zedekiah Mendez continued his stellar play on defense making numerous tackles in the St. Sebastian backfield, and he was joined by other sack artists Jack Gorell, Josh, Lukas, and Theo.
OLA took the field again on Friday and completed an undefeated regular season with a 30-0 win over the St. Mary Eagles.
Henry Bamieh threw touchdown passes to Evan Barker, Zedekiah Mendez and Andrew Von Guten. Andrew scored on a rushing touchdown to complete the scoring in the blowout win at St. Marys. Big defensive plays were made by Henry with an interception and Josh Barton, Lukas Devericks, and Zedekiah with sacks of the QB.
Other notable contributions were made by Leo Molfetta, and Charlie Dufau with catches and runs during the game. OLA was never sacked due to the great blocking of Brenna Caron and Jack Gorell.
OLA earned the number 1 seed in the upcoming playoffs. OLA will play in the semifinal game at OLA on November 8th at 3:30 pm. Dolphins are hoping all their fans come to what will hopefully be the last two games of the season to see if OLA can win their fourth straight Catholic Championship.
Come out and support the team and Go000 Dolphins!!
Volleyball News:
TEAM A 🏐💙🥇
Last week, our Girls Volleyball A-Team had two away games, one at Santa Clara and one at Holy Cross. Once again, our girls dominated and won handily. The excitement for the week came on Saturday when we entered the annual Spooktacular Volleyball Tournament put on by Oxnard High School. Our small Catholic school went up against many of the big middle school teams in the area. After the first round of games, we were undefeated and got into the gold bracket, beating out teams like Anacapa, Mesa and Rio Vista. Obviously, the gold bracket was the cream of the crop of Ventura‘s public school volleyball teams! Our girls put their hearts and souls into every game, diving for every ball, returning line-drive serves, and giving these teams a run for their money! We ended up tying for first! Oh, and did I mention they were dressed up as Minions the whole time and we won Best Costume? It was a fun, long day and I’m so proud of our girls for showing up in the way that they did.
This week Team A plays today vs St. Anthony here at OLA at 3:30pm. Come out and support the team!!
TEAM B🏐💙🥇
Come out and support our teams and Gooooo Dolphins!!
APA BOARD CORNER
Thank you to all the families who have sold raffle tickets. We had two prize drawings. The first of three lucky winners of a $100 Target gift card was the Cazares Family! The second was the Bamieh Family! We will have our final drawing this Friday at the flag salute. Your family will be entered into the drawing once you have sold 20 tickets. Thank you so much for supporting our school!
Join us for OLA’s Fall Halloween Fundraiser Event on Friday, October 27th from 6:00 pm -9:00pm at the school. We will have booth trick or treating, live music, food trucks and more! Dress in your family friendly costumes and support the OLA school community.
We have only a few spots left for trick or treating booths. Submit your RSVP ASAP! Admission is $20 per family and $40 to host a trick or treating booth. Contact Jennifer Lincicum at jenniferlincicum@gmail.com (mailto:jenniferlincicum@gmail.com) with any questions. Hope to see you there!
The digital marquee birthday flier is available in the office. Enjoy announcing your child's next birthday on the OLA marquee! Announcement cost is $15
The APA Board would like to thank all the wonderful families of OLA for volunteering and participating in the many fundraising efforts this year. If you are interested in joining for the 2023-2024 school year please contact Jennifer Bamieh jenniferbamieh@yahoo.com
Reporting an absence:
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School Office Hours
The best times to conduct school business in the office are:
Mornings
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Afternoon
12:50 pm - 2:30 pm
Closed for Lunch(12:00-12:50)
After Dismissal hours:
3:00pm-3:30pm
Please do not come in during dismissal. On regular dismissal days the time is from 2:35-3:05 and noon dismissal days the time is from 11:50-12:15. We are calling students for pick-up and are unable to give you uninterrupted attention.
If your child is playing a sport please meet them at the back of the school after dismissal. The office is closed for lunch from 12:00pm-12:50pm, if your child needs to leave early from school Please pick them up before 12:00 pm or after 12:50pm.
At Home Rapid Covid Test kits:
Test kits are available in the office. Please contact Jennifer Colitti at jennifer@olaventura.org. You are also welcome to come into the office and pick up tests for your family.
Office of Safeguard the Children
Zoom Protecting God’s Children and
Keeping the Promise Alive
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles mandates all clergy, staff, whether paid or volunteer, and all volunteers who work in any capacity with or around children, the elderly, or people with special needs to complete the initial three-hour VIRTUS® Protecting God’s Children for Adults™ program. The program helps clergy, staff, volunteers, and parents to understand the facts and myths about child sexual abuse, how perpetrators groom children and young people, and how they, as caring adults, can learn and implement the important “Five Step Plan” to Protect God’s Children in helping to prevent child sexual abuse.
More than 150,000 clergy, staff and volunteers have participated in these training sessions throughout the five Pastoral Regions of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Please know you are welcome to attend a training at any parish in our diocese. To learn where the training is taking place visit lacatholics.org and under the pull down menu titled PROTECT/REPORT move your cursor to Safe SafeGuard the Children then to Education and Training. In that section you will be able to navigate to all the training sessions. Our region is the Santa Barbara Region.
Training at OLA:
Protecting God’s Children (Initial Course). To register please call Dea Boheme for more information at 805- 390-1260.
November 4th, 2023 from 1pm - 4pm.
December 2nd, 2023 from 1pm - 4 pm.
Location: Santa Cruz Room
Keeping the Promise Alive (Re-Certification Course): To register please call Dea Boheme for more information at 805- 390-1260.
November 11th, 2023 1 pm - 2:30 pm.
December 9th, 2023 1 pm - 2:30 pm.
Location: Santa Cruz Room
Student Learning Expectations (SLE’S)
OLA Students aim for the S.T.A.R.S when they:
SHOW AND LIVE THEIR FAITH
THINK CRITICALLY AND WORK COOPERATIVELY
ACTIVELY MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
RESPECT OURSELVES AND OTHERS
STUDY AND LEARN