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…September 3, 2024

This Thursday, September 5th  is Back to School night!  Starting at 6:00 in the Church. You will get to meet our Faculty/Staff along with our APA Board. This night is an informational night for parents. Afterwards, please feel free to visit your child’s classroom. 

We’re excited to remind you that Grandparents & Special Friends Day is Friday, September 6th! This special day is an opportunity for your child’s grandparents and special friends to join us for a wonderful morning of celebration.
Event Details:

• Mass: Join us at 9:30 a.m.

• Refreshments: Enjoy treats on the Marian Plaza after Mass.

• Classroom Activities: Teachers have planned fun games and activities in the classrooms.

• Book Fair: This will also be the last day of the Scholastic Book Fair. Guests are encouraged to shop, and students will have prepared wish lists!

Important Note: We will have a noon dismissal on this day.

Week 22 in Ordinary Time

 “Don’t be anxious about what you have, but who you are…” 

St Gregory the Great

1 Corinthians 2:10-16.

The Lord is just in all his ways – Psalm 144(145) :8-14. 

Luke 4:31-37.

Live our lives from our deep side

Today has a special poignancy. It is the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in 1939 and a reminder of the appalling cost of not just that war but literally hundreds of wars since. The readings call us to lives of deep peace. They are about surrender, not aggression. People are caught short by the sure but gentle authority of Jesus. He is the opposite of every power-hungry dictator in history. The evil spirit screams at him; Jesus asks it to be quiet and it leaves ‘without hurting anybody’. Likewise, St Paul reminds us that ‘the spirit reaches the depths of everything’. There are many things in life that close off our depths, to ourselves and others. Fear and violence rank high on the list. The reading invites us to live from our deep side, not our defensive side. ‘We have received the spirit that comes from God.’

Calendar Highlights  

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. 

• Grandparents & Special Friends Day Flyer

• APA Board Save the Date Flyer

• Room Parent Volunteer Flyer

• Urbane Cafe Fundraiser Flyer

• Saint Bonaventure BBQ Dinner Flyer

• Contract for appropriate internet use by minors-please sign and return

OLA Scholastic Book Fair is this week, September 3rd thru September 6th in Mulcahy. Shop Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:00am-3:30pm and Thursday and Friday 8:00am-1:00pm. Your children will be given a chance during class to shop and create a wish list. You are welcome to send them to school with money and approval to purchase from the list or stop in and shop together. Don’t forget to remind the Grandparents & Special Friends to explore the book fair on Friday, September 6th. 

Car Pick Up Line- Thank you for helping our dismissal process flow smoothly in the afternoons. Please have your name sign in your window during dismissal. If you are in need of one please contact the school office. Please be mindful to leave openings for our neighbors driveways when waiting to move down Dunning street. This is both for the safety and courteousness of our neighbors. 

Hot Lunch

KB Catering will offer pre-ordered lunch options for your child. You can order lunch up to 30 days in advance. Orders can be placed through our app or website or their app- SBHS Cafe or their website- kbcateringpreorder.com.

Sign up and create an account using your child's name. If ordering for multiple children on one order please use the comment section to let us know which meal each child will be having.   Lunch will be delivered to the school and distributed to your child. 

When placing an order make sure you have selected OLA School. Choose the items you would like to order for your child and proceed to checkout. For payment select online, not card, choose the date, the time doesn’t matter as the items will all be prepared in time for our lunch time.  Payment is processed through PayPal, (you do not need a personal PayPal account to pay).  If ordering for multiple days in advance you will need to pay for each order individually. Multiple days are not available in a single transaction. 

No “day of” ordering will be available. Please order no later than 11:59pm the day before. 

Questions please contact Kurt Bybee kurtbybeecatering@gmail.com / 805-754-6220 or the OLA school office. 

Parent Volunteer Hours-

Start earning those parent hours now!

We are always in need of parents to help sort and deliver hot lunches on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. 

Please arrive between 11:30 and 11:40. Lunch sorting is done by 12:10. Helpers will receive 1 parent hour for helping. Remember if you stay for lunch duty until 12:40 you receive 2 parent hours. That sounds like a win-win!! Lunch volunteers must be Virtus certified and fingerprinted through the Archdiocese. 

OLA Parish Events 

OLA Parish Aloha BBQ-OLA school will be hosting the cakewalk at the parish BBQ on Saturday September 14th. This is a great way to earn parent hours. We will need donations of baked goods for the cakewalk as well as volunteers to run the cakewalk. Please click on the Sign Up Genius link below to sign up. 

Cakewalk Sign Up

Sports at OLA

Cross Country will begin this week. A couple of emails have gone out with instructions to sign up along with practice and meet information. We are super excited to get running again and look forward to seeing your amazing student athletes.

Please reach out to our coaches with any questions.

Remember to turn in the registration fee of $65 per runner and the Sports Permission Form to the school office. Blank forms are available in the school office. 

Jim Montgomery 805-368-6999 jim@sureteq.com

Dominka Montgomery 805-490-2957 dominka@sureteq.com

This school year OLA will again be part of the CYO sports program. This program consists of catholic schools in our area and runs boys flag football and girls volleyball in the fall and boys and girls basketball in the spring. These sports are open to grades 6,7, and 8. Practices are after school here at OLA and games are played after school here at OLA as well as other catholic schools like Sacred Heart, Saint Mary Magdalen and St. Anthony to name a few. We would like to get a list of interested players and coaches/assistant coaches. 

Please complete the form below if your child is interested in playing a sport. 

Sports Interest Form

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OLA School App Video

You can download the app for free on Google Play or Apple App Store.

Download for Android https://bit.ly/3HRxTwQ

Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3JwStCO

OLA Church is offering Altar server training for all Masses.  You are invited to get involved and become a part of the Mass.   Being a Server in one of the most important roles of the Mass.  Helping the Priest and Deacon is a rewarding experience.  It is amazing to be so close and to take an active part in the celebration of the Mass.  Adults are also encouraged to become Altar Servers.  Altar Servers must have received the Sacrament of First Communion and  for the school the minimum grade level is Fourth Grade.

Training will be offered on the following dates:

Dates: August 28, 30, and September 3 

Time:  6:00 pm in the Church

Please RSVP with Daryl or Margaret Franzel.  

Email: altarservers@ola-vta.org. Or call 805-642-7966 ext. 170

Reporting an absence:

If your child will be absent from school, please complete the Absent Reporting form. This form can be found on our app, tap the menu button or on our website under quick links. This will generate a report that is given to teachers daily. Thank you! 

APA BOARD CORNER

Welcome Back!

Welcome back OLA! We hope you had a wonderful summer and are ready to jump into all the great events we have planned for the fall.

September fundraisers and events include the Urbane Cafe Restaurant Fundraiser on September 5th, Grandparents & Special Friends Day on September 6th, and Skating Plus Night on September 26th.

If you’d like to learn more about how you can support our school and get involved with the Assumptions Parent Association Board, please reach out to us at Apaboard@olaventura.org. We look forward to working together to make this year a great one for our kids!

Urbane Cafe Fundraiser

Urbane Cafe will be hosting a fundraiser for OLA School on Thursday September 5th from 4pm-9pm. Visit either Ventura location and Urbane Cafe will donate 30% back to our school. Show the flyer above or pick one up at Back to School Night!

Grandparents & Special Friends Day is this Friday, September 6th, and we’re excited to celebrate the special people in our students’ lives. To make this event a success, we need your help! If you can assist with setting up, guiding guests, or other tasks, please sign up to help using this SignUpGenius link.  Donations for refreshments and snacks can also be signed up for on the same link. Your support will make a big difference in creating a memorable day for our students and their loved ones.

Grandparents & Special Friends Day Schedule:

• Mass 9:30am in the church

• Refreshments 10:30am in the Marian Plaza

• Join the students in their classrooms 11:00am

Don’t forget to shop the Scholastic Book Fair in the Mulcahy Center! The book fair is open until 3:30pm 

If you have any questions or need more details, please reach out to us at Apaboard@olaventura.org.

The digital marquee birthday flier is available in the school  office.  Announce your child's next birthday on the OLA marquee! Announcement cost is $15

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. We are calling students for pick-up and are unable to give you uninterrupted attention.  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) In the Santa Cruz Room. To register please call OLA Church Office for more information at 805- 642-7966.

Keeping the Promise Alive (Re-Certification Course):  To register please call OLA Church office for more information at 805- 642-7796.

• September 23, 2023 1 pm - 2:30 pm.  In the 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