Please consider baking for the AWC Cookie Walk that will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2016! We need 3-4 dozen holiday cookies; please place them in a disposable container that will not be able to be returned. Cookies can be dropped off with curbside delivery, at the gym off Clarence Avenue, during the following times: Friday, December 2, 4:30-6:30pm and Saturday, December 3, from 8-9:30 am.

To sign up, visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4fa8ae2ea6f58-cookie

Student Council is sponsoring an ice cream sale after school on Friday for $1. The money raised will be used towards purchasing a present for Father Larry. Shhhh!

Ascension students and students from other Catholic schools help to sort and stock donations from the Soup-er Stadium Challenge!

St. Luke the Evangelist was a Greek physician and follower of St. Paul. He is the patron saints of physicians, surgeons, artists,students, and bachelors. As one of the four evangelists, his symbol is an ox or bull. DO you see the small winged bull in the corner of the picture? Take a look at Ascension's ambo, too. The mosaic of Jesus is surrounded by four stone carvings; can you find the bull of St. Luke? Ascension school will celebrate St. Luke at a special 9:30 Mass on Wednesday, October 18 — St. Luke's feast day.

Ascension School did an amazing job donating non-perishable food items to the Archdiocese of Chicago and Catholic Charities Soup-er Stadium Challenge!  We exceeded the donation goal and were invited to the Catholic Charities Warehouse to help deliver, sort and pack the last delivery of non-perishable food items.  The Ascension School students saw first-hand the warehouse full of non-perishable donations that will provide more than 100,000 meals to Chicagoans in need.  

Kintergarden Scientific Wednesdays are the best! Hands on experiences.... including homemade applesauce with the help of some our classroom moms and dads!

Sixth grade works on the first essay of the year—their favorite animal!

Plants, plants, plants... We visited the Oak Park Conservatory as part of our study of plants.

Save the date for this year's Ascension Blue Tie Auction—Saturday, November 18. Maureen and Walter Healy will be the honorees at this year's fabulous Blue Tie Auction. The Healy's have been Ascension friends and boosters for many years, and we are proud to have them and their family and friends as guests of honor. 

September 30 was a glorious day for the Championship Cross Country Meet at Lewis University. Congratulations, runners!

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