Address: 42 South St. E., Aylmer, ON, N5H 1P6
Telephone: 519-660-2770
Website: www.ldcsb.ca/school/ASU
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Our Lady of Sorrows Church: 519-773-8582
My Big Yellow Bus: 519-649-1160
New Board Policy
For any planned absences of 5 or
more days:
The parent or guardian of the pupil
must submit a letter to the
principal, requesting that the pupil
be excused for a specified period
of time (e.g. a vacation or family
obligation). The reason for the
absence as well as the time frame
must be explicitly stated in the
letter. The time frame cannot be
indefinite or until further notice,
start and end dates must be stated.
The letter requesting that the pupil
be excused must be provided to the
school at least 5 school days in
advance of the absence.
Faith Development: It is with
sadness that we say goodbye to
Evan as the Youth Minister for our
Church. He has had an outstanding
connection
with
Assumption
School, and we wish him well on
his next endeavors. Evan continues
to prepare the students for
Confirmation.
We are looking forward to making
Rosaries this year. Thanks to the
CWL for sponsoring this for us.
Sports
Update:
Assumption
School hosted the Aylmer Knights
of
Columbus
Free
Throw
Championships on Thurs., Jan. 27.
thanks to Ms. Walcarius, Mr.
Meginnis and Mr. Walcarius for
organizing
this
event.
Congratulations to all of our
competitors for doing such an
outstanding job of representing our
school. The results for our students
are:
9 yr olds – Marek Mason 3rd
10 yr olds – Megan Sleegers 1st
Dawson Walcarius 3rd
11 yr olds – Katelyn Dance 3rd
Tyler Beamish 1st
12 yr olds – Daniella Taylor 4th
Adam Novak 3rd
13 yr olds – Emily Suffel 1st
14 yr olds – Joseph Verhaeghe 3rd
Megan, Tyler and Emily will
advance
to
the
District
Championships in Tillsonburg.
Good luck!
School Council:
The next meeting of School
Council will be Tuesday, Mar. 21
in the library, beginning at 7:00.
Everyone is welcome!
Link to St. Joe’s: This past week,
our grade 8 students took part in a
Technology Day at St. Joe’s. The
girls built locker crates and the
boys made calzones. Sounds like a
fun day!
Kindergarten Registration:
Registration
for
our
new
kindergarten students is open now.
If you have a child born in 2013,
they are eligible to begin school in
September. Please call Cindy at the
school to set up an appointment to
register your child, or pass this
information on to anyone you
know who may have a child to
register. When you come to
register, please bring your child’s
baptismal
certificate,
birth
certificate, and proof of address.
Please register by Feb. 3 if
possible, so that we may make
plans for September.
TVNELP: The first TVNELP
session for our new JK students
and their parents will be the
morning of Tues. Feb. 21 in the
gym. Looking forward to meeting
our newest students then!
Report Cards: Term 1 Report
Cards will be sent home on
Thursday, February 2. ParentTeacher Conferences will be the
evening of February 9. IEPs will
go home on February 6.
Family Math Night: Last night
our Family Math Night was a big
success. We had many families
take part in the activities. Thanks
to the staff and students who
volunteered their time to help out.
Many thanks also to the School
Council for sponsoring this event!
Winners of the estimation game
are: Norah Bray & Keiran Hoffer
(heart erasers); Madison Bondy
(wooden beads); Tiara Mannen
(blue marbles). Winners of the
draw for a prize are: Garrett Piche,
Keragan Serrano, Molly Bray,
Royce McCurdy, Athena Latty,
Sarah Simpson, Jayla Piche, and
Reese Babb.
Eye See Eye Learn: a free eye
assessment for JK students
http://www.optom.on.ca/OAO/E
SEL/AboutESEL.aspx
School Belonging Survey: As part
of our Board's BELONGING
initiatives, all elementary (Grades
4 – 8) and secondary (Grades 9 –
12) schools within the London
District Catholic School Board,
along with parents and school
staff, are being asked to complete a
Belonging School Climate survey.
The purpose of the Belonging
School Climate survey is to find
out how students, parents and
school staff feel about their school
with respect to school safety,
equity and inclusive education. We
are also very interested in finding
out what you think will help make
your school a safe, respectful,
welcoming and caring place to
learn.
School boards are mandated by the
Province to conduct a school
climate survey once every two
years. The survey should take you
about 15 – 20 minutes to complete,
but take as long as you need to
complete the survey. This is an
anonymous survey so please do not
type in your name on the survey.
The Belonging School Climate
surveys will be open from
February 2017 to the end of March
2017. Schools will receive a
summary of the results.
The students and staff surveys will
be completed at school. Parents are
asked to check our website or use
the link below to access the parent
version of the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/
ElementaryParentBelongingSchool
ClimateSurvey2017 .
Labels for Education: We are
continuing to collect Campbell’s
soup labels. However, there have
been some changes to the program
and we can now only accept labels
that have the ‘Labels for
Education’ logo (below). In this
program, the school gets points for
the number of labels collected and
these are redeemed for items such
as books, DVDs, and active living
materials.
100th Day of School: Monday,
Feb. 13 is the 100th day of school.
Hard to believe we are halfway
through the year!
Valentine’s Day: Feb. 14 is
Valentine’s Day. Students are
invited to wear pink and/or red to
school that day. There will be a
colour house activity in the
afternoon. Thanks to Mrs. Babb
and the Student Parliament for
organizing this activity.
Carnaval: Friday, Feb. 17 is our
French Carnaval. This will be a fun
celebration of French culture.
Thanks to Mr. Hoffer for
organizing this event.
Shrove Tuesday: On Tuesday,
Feb. 28 we will be celebrating
Shrove Tuesday by having
pancakes in the gym! Thanks to
our School Council for sponsoring
this event, and to our volunteers
for making it happen. Contact the
school if you are able to help out
(519-660-2770). Many thanks also
to Mr. & Mrs. White for donating
the maple syrup.
Spiritwear: If you did not receive
the Spiritwear that you ordered,
please contact the school.
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, April 22
is the 3rd Annual
Murder Mystery Dinner
 Please contact the school if you are able to volunteer or wish to make a donation. 
School Motto: Believe in the Good in the World