Sunday, October 16            FALL FESTIVAL, 10 AM – 5 PM

            Monday, Oct. 17                        This IS a full day of school!!

            Tuesday, Oct. 18                        7 PM  Catholic High School Night

            The school website at www.olaventura.org has the complete calendar. You can subscribe to our school calendar, and can also sign up to receive email alerts on blog posts from the school.

FALL FESTIVAL IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16! It will be a great family fun day, with food, games booths, music and entertainment. All families are expected to sell raffle tickets, and there are  prize incentives to reward students who sell their raffle tickets:

• Every student who sells the required 40 tickets earns a FREE DRESS DAY.
• Every student who sells $20 OVER the required 40 tickets BY THIS FRIDAY, OCT 14 gets his/her name entered ONCE into the drawing for a new Ipod Nano (multi-touch & clip).  That means…if a student sells 60 extra tickets, their name goes into the drawing 3 TIMES!      Note:  tickets turned in at the Fall Festival do not qualify for the IPod drawing.
• The drawing for the IPod will be done at school on Monday, Oct 17.

            As a reminder, every OLA family is required to:

• work 4 hours in some capacity
• sell raffle tickets
• turn in baked goods for the Bake Goods Booth.  Baked goods are to be dropped off this Saturday, Oct. 15 to the second grade classroom.

We want to see every family there on Sunday!  Don’t miss our awesome entertainment!

ATTENTION ALL BAKERS!  This year OLA will have a baked goods contest at Fall Festival. In addition to your required baked goods, please consider adding an additional SPECIAL cake or treat to be judged. This year we will be awarding ribbons to our winning bakers, to be announced at fall festival.  Please attach your name, child’s grade and phone number on your cake entry. Winning cakes, cupcakes will be auctioned at festival! We will have several categories such as: “Most creative”, “Prettiest cupcake”  “Prettiest cake”, “Most original”, “Most Outrageous”, and “Scariest”. Put your aprons on and get that flour out of the pantry and start baking! Remember our theme this year is “Peace & Love”.   Happy Baking!

FALL FESTIVAL WORKERS SCHEDULE –   The Fall Festival Booth and Volunteer schedule is enclosed in today’s envelope. If you don’t see your name, contact Donna Shafer at dshafer777@aol.com (subject: fall festival).  Please do your part by showing up for your shift and working the entire time!

FALL FESTIVAL STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE:  There is a wonderful lineup of singers and dancers for Fall Festival!  The entire list is posted at school.  Here are the times for class performances.  Please bring your child to his/her classroom 15 minutes prior to the performance time on Sunday:

11:30 AM                  Preschool

                                    11:45 AM                  Kindergarten

                                    12:20 PM                  Grade 1

                                    1:35 PM                  Grade 2

                                    2:10 PM                  Grade 3

                                    2:25 PM                  Grade 6

                                    3:00 PM                  Grade 4

                                    3:15 PM                  Grade 5

                                    3:50 PM                  Grade 7

                                    4:40 PM                  Grade 8

FALL FESTIVAL T-SHIRT – DID YOU PRE-ORDER YOUR 2011 FALL FESTIVAL T-SHIRT? Designed by our seventh grader Madison Casas, the beautiful t-shirts are available at the Fall Festival for $10 each. Pre-orders may be picked up this Wednesday, Thursday or Friday after school.

CALENDAR NOTE:  Monday, October 17 is a full day of school.  Takedown for Fall Festival will take place in the morning.

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT –Our Lady of the Assumption School will host a Catholic High School Information Night for eighth graders and all middle school students AND THEIR PARENTS on Tuesday, October 18 from 7 – 8:30 PM in Assumption Hall.  Representatives and students from St. Bonaventure, Villanova, Santa Clara and La Reina High Schools will be there to speak, answer all questions, and hand out materials.

VONS Receipt Drive is under way thru Oct. 13^th!  There are special student and class prizes this year. Last year we raised over $13,000, and funds support our classroom programs.  Eighth grade again this year will keep their receipts to help pay for their graduation expenses. Fresh & Easy Receipts count towards Student Von’s Rewards!  Bring in those receipts from now until Dec. 31st. For every receipt over $20 we can earn $1 for and $2 for every receipt over $40. That’s about it for now. Stay tuned for news about an OLA Shopping Night.  Questions?  Contact Jennifer at jengirlc@pacbell.net 805-407-2335.

VIRTUS CLASSES FOR VOLUNTEERS- All employees and volunteers in archdiocesan schools are required to take training for the prevention of child abuse. This includes all parents who volunteer at school, as Art Trek instructors, room parents, helpers in classrooms, the library, lab or playground. The program, called VIRTUS, covers the requirements for an effective prevention program and shows specific examples of the use of these best practices to prevent child sexual abuse. A class for new people will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 6 – 9 pm in the 8^th Grade Classroom. There will also be A recertification class for those who need renewal on Nov. 10. For questions, call Dea Boehme at (805) 390-1260.

BOXTOPS- Back to school means back to saving Boxtops4Education for OLA. The next collection day will be after school, October 14. Students bringing 10 or more will be entered into a drawing for a gift card. This year the student can have 2 chances to win if they bring in 20 boxtops. Boxtops can be found on common grocery items such as Nature Valley Granola Bars, Kleenex, Huggies, Cheerios, Chex, Pillsbury, Totinos Pizza Rolls, Total cereal, Yoplait yogurt, Betty Crocker mixes and many more. For a complete list visit www.Boxtops4Education.com. Have neighbors, coworkers, Grandparents, friends & Facebook save for OLA. This is free money for our school. Start clipping!

SPORTS NEWS:                  The OLA Flag Football and Volleyball teams’ practice and game schedules are posted on the bulletin board near the office.

The OLA website at www.olaventura.org has the complete school calendar. You can subscribe to the calendar, and can also sign up to receive email alerts on blog posts from the school.

NED YOYOS – are still available in our office, priced at $6.50.  The other models have sold out.  Students can play with yoyos at school through the end of this week.

FALL FESTIVAL IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16! It will be a great family fun day, with food, games booths, music and entertainment. All families are expected to sell raffle tickets, and there are  prize incentives to reward students who sell their raffle tickets:

• Every student who sells the required 40 tickets earns a FREE DRESS DAY.
• Every student who sells $20 OVER the required 40 tickets BY OCT 14 gets his/her name entered ONCE into the drawing for a new Ipod Nano (multi-touch & clip).  That means…if a student sells 60 extra tickets, their name goes into the drawing 3 TIMES!      Note:  tickets turned in at the Fall Festival do not qualify for the IPod drawing.
• The drawing for the IPod will be done at school on Monday, Oct 17.

As part of the registration contract signed each year, every family is required to work 4 hours in some capacity, sell raffle tickets and turn in baked goods for the Bake Goods Booth.  Baked goods are to be dropped off on Saturday, Oct. 15 to the second grade classroom. Please bring ONE CANNED GOOD on the day of the event to contribute to the OLA parish Food Pantry, and drop it off at the booth near the entrance.

ATTENTION ALL BAKERS!  This year OLA will have a baked goods contest at Fall Festival. As you know, each family is asked to donate cookies, cakes or cupcakes. Please consider adding an additional SPECIAL cake or treat to be judged. This year we will be awarding ribbons to our winning bakers, to be announced at fall festival.  Please attach your name, child’s grade and phone number on your cake entry. Winning cakes, cupcakes will be auctioned at festival! We will have several categories such as: “Most creative”, “Prettiest cupcake”  “Prettiest cake”, “Most original”, “Most Outrageous”, and “Scariest”. Put your aprons on and get that flour out of the pantry and start baking! Remember our theme this year is “Peace & Love”.   Happy Baking!

FALL FESTIVAL WORKERS STILL NEEDED!  All school families are required to support the event by selling raffle tickets and providing some baked goods.  All must also work (4 hours) on setup, takedown, or in a booth at the Festival. Work shifts are in 2-hour increments. Signup sheets for the BOOTHS ON THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL are still in the school office. THERE ARE STILL MANY SPACES THAT NEED TO BE FILLED.  Please stop by to sign up for a shift, or you can email Donna Shafer at dshafer777@aol.com (subject: fall festival). THOSE WHO DO NOT SIGN UP WILL BE ASSIGNED TO A BOOTH!

FALL FESTIVAL T-SHIRT – Congratulations to seventh grader Madison Casas, designer of the winning t-shirt for the 1^st Annual Fall Festival T-shirt Design Competition.  Madison’s artwork has been made into a t-shirt and pre-sale order sheets are going home today.  Please send in your orders with money to get the pre-sale pricing.  Pre-orders will be ready for pickup next week at school.  T-shirts will also be sold at a higher price at the Fall Festival, while supplies last.

PARKING LOT REMINDER – As a reminder, all parents and children who are crossing the parking lane are asked to walk to one of the ends (where the “safety children” are located) BOTH IN THE MORNING DROPOFF AND AFTERNOON PICKUP.  All vehicles MUST pull into a parking space to drop off or pick up children.  Do not stop in the middle of the lot and wave your children over to you!  This poses a safety hazard to your children and others.  We could use some more parent volunteers to assist with safety in the parking lot, especially in the morning.  Contact Pat if you can help out.

VONS Receipt Drive is under way thru Oct. 13^th!  There are special student and class prizes this year. Last year we raised over $13,000, and funds support our classroom programs.  Eighth grade again this year will keep their receipts to help pay for their graduation expenses. Fresh & Easy Receipts count towards Student Von’s Rewards!  Bring in those receipts from now until Dec. 31st. For every receipt over $20 we can earn $1 for and $2 for every receipt over $40. That’s about it for now. Stay tuned for news about an OLA Shopping Night.  Questions?  Contact Jennifer at jengirlc@pacbell.net 805-407-2335.

CHANGE IN FAMILY DIRECTORY:  Oops!  Please correct the address for the Diaz family (Lauren, grade 6).  It should be 5108 Corbina Way, Oxnard, 93035.

REST IN PEACE:  We pray for the repose of the soul of Dianne Fagan, aunt of Liam, Seamus and Ronan Murphy.  She passed away this week.

VIRTUS CLASS FOR VOLUNTEERS- All employees and volunteers in archdiocesan schools are required to take training for the prevention of child abuse. This includes all parents who regularly volunteer at school, as Art Trek instructors, room parents, helpers in the library, lab or playground. The program, called VIRTUS, covers the requirements for an effective prevention program and shows specific examples of the use of these best practices to prevent child sexual abuse. A class for new people will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 6 – 9 pm in the 8^th Grade Classroom. There will also be two recertification classes for those who need renewal on Oct. 13 and Nov. 10. For questions, call Dea Boehme at (805) 390-1260.

BOXTOPS- Back to school means back to saving Boxtops4Education for OLA. The next collection day will be after school, October 14. Students bringing 10 or more will be entered into a drawing for a gift card. This year the student can have 2 chances to win if they bring in 20 boxtops. Boxtops can be found on common grocery items such as Nature Valley Granola Bars, Kleenex, Huggies, Cheerios, Chex, Pillsbury, Totinos Pizza Rolls, Total cereal, Yoplait yogurt, Betty Crocker mixes and many more. For a complete list visit www.Boxtops4Education.com. Have neighbors, coworkers, Grandparents, friends & Facebook save for OLA. This is free money for our school. Start clipping!

Ventura ATA Martial Arts Open House – They are hosting a free self-defense and bully prevention seminar on October 8 from 12:15 – 12:45 PM.  For any student who signs up for martial arts classes that day, the studio donates 20% to OLA.  Location: 1449 S. Victoria “A”, Vta

SPORTS NEWS:                  The OLA Flag Football and Volleyball teams’ practice and game schedules are posted on the bulletin board near the office.