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 17, 2024
Week 24 in Ordinary Time
Today saints are St Robert Bellarmine and St Hildegard of Bingen. Pray for us!
1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31.
We are his people: the sheep of his flock – Psalm 99(100).
Luke 7:11-17.
We all make up the one body of Christ
‘A great prophet has appeared among us.’ Pope Benedict XVI could have said this about St Hildegard of Bingen, one of the feasts celebrated today. Even though St Hildegard lived in 12th-century Germany, she was made a Doctor of the Universal Church some 1000 years later. She was a great woman who had visions and was able to instruct theology through these visions. She was a Benedictine abbess, reformer, preacher, writer, healer, herbalist, composer of music and visionary. Hildegard tells us that her visions occurred while she was ‘awake and seeing with a pure mind and the eyes and ears of the inner self, in open places’. Just like we hear in the first reading today that we all make up the one body of Christ, Hildegard contributed with her wisdom in bringing about the Kingdom of God. May we continue to join in the one Spirit of God through our lives.
OLA Virtues Program
Each month we introduce a different virtue to our students along with Saints to pray with and learn about. This is the Year of Faith and our theme for the year is Service. The virtue for September is Faith ~ Believing in God and all He has revealed.
The Theological Virtue of Faith is the supernatural virtue by which we firmly believe in our hearts all the truths of God as revealed. The virtue of faith enables us to accept as true and choose to live the body of truths that are found in the Creeds and in the teachings of the Church, for these are based upon divine Revelation, which includes both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. The power of faith is essentially the power to believe in God’s revelation of Himself and His will for us and to obey that revelation and will.
The virtue or capacity of faith is infused into our souls, along with sanctifying grace, when the Sacrament of Baptism is received. Even the baptized infant possesses this virtue, although he/she will not be able to exercise it fully until he/she reaches the age of reason. The effect of faith is something called justification. This means that faith perfected by the Theological Virtue of charity brings man from a stage of separation from God into communion with Him and with his fellow human beings in God.
Faith is the permanent capacity to share in the power of Jesus’ obedience to the truth revealed by God, and to use this power to develop habits of supernatural faith. These habits enable us to live our lives in God’s truth and to adhere to His plan and New Covenant for our Salvation.
Saints for the Month of September
PK - 2 Saint Martha
“Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”
Gr. 3 - 5 Saint Jerome
“It is our part to seek,
His to grant what we ask;
ours to make a beginning,
His to bring it to completion;
ours to offer what we can,
His to finish what we cannot.”
Gr. 6 - 8 Saint Augustine
“ You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
Calendar Highlights
September 18th | School Picture Day |
September 26th | Skating Plus Fundraiser |
October 4th | All School Mass 9:30 am-Hosted by 4th grade |
October 8th | APA Board Meeting 6 pm-OLA School |
October 9th | Art Trek Training 8:15 am-10:45am-Mulcahy |
October 14 | 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.
Skating Plus Fundraiser Flyer
Holy Fire Event Flyer (Grades 7&8 only)
Car Pick Up 
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
Sports at OLA
Cross Country
We had a great first elementary race today at Kimball Park!
We are beyond impressed at this team and can’t believe that some of these runners have never run cross country before!
Our top three elementary girl runners were:
Evie Bart (grade 3) who finished 26th out of 251 runners with a mile run time of 7:21
Leona Hipskind (grade 3) with a run time of 8:12
Caroline Barnard (grade 3) with a run time of 8:24
Our top three elementary boy runners were:
James Quagliata (grade 5) finishing 22nd out of 221 runners with a run time of 6:47
Kai Marzahl (grade 4) with a mile run time of 6:59
Jameson Dolan (grade 5) with a run time of 7:17
Everyone did so well!
Middle School:
We had a great middle school practice meet today at Rio Vista Middle School.
Our team was amazing! It’s hard to believe some of these runners have never run cross country before!
The team ran a one-mile race.
Our top three middle school girl runners were:
Camille Swafford (grade 8) with a mile run time of 6:51
Melina Branca (grade 8) with a run time of 7:05
Lily Julian (grade 6) with a run time of 7:30
Our top three middle school boy runners were:
Caleb Isbell (grade 7 homeschool runner on the OLA team) with a run time of 5:24
Taylor Kaiser (grade 8) with a mile run time of 5:46
Xavier Kolbeck (grade 8) with a run time of 6:08
Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and friends who came out to cheer on our middle school runners!
Looking forward to our first official middle school 2-mile race next Friday, September 20th at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura!
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
OLA Flag Football
Calling all students in 6th-8th grade that are interested in playing flag football for OLA.
Practice/tryouts for players will be Wednesday September 18th and Friday September 20th from 3:00-4:30 at OLA. Players should come with PE clothes, cleats and a mouthpiece.
If your child is interested in playing please email the coaches:
Mr. Baker bakerjl164@gmail.com
Mr. Ianne michaelianne1@aol.com
and the school office olaoffice@olaventura.org
See you on the field!
Girls Volleyball will be starting up soon. We are looking for a couple of extra assistant coaches. Please contact the school office if you would like to help. olaoffice@olaventura.org
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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
The Assumptions Parent Association (APA) Board is dedicated to supporting our school through event planning and fundraising efforts throughout the year. We invite you to join in on the fun by becoming a part of one of our committees:
Hospitality: Assist in organizing events and showing appreciation to our teachers and staff.
Communications: Help keep our school community informed about upcoming events.
Volunteer: Coordinate parent volunteers for various school activities and events.
Fundraising: Plan and support our fundraising efforts.
If you’re interested in joining a committee or learning more about what we do, please reach out to us at Apaboard@olaventura.org. We look forward to working together to make this year a great one for our students and school!
Also, be sure to mark your calendars for our upcoming September events: 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!
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 the OLA Church Office for more information at 805- 642-7966.
Keeping the Promise Alive (Re-Certification Course): To register please call the 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