Dear Parents,
This week we were excited to celebrate the Class of 2020 with a virtual Baccalaureate Prayer Service and Senior Honors Ceremony. We invite all parents to view details from both events including videos, worship aids, programs, and a special Class of 2020 senior portrait flipbook through these webpage links:
Congratulations to our 2020 graduates who have been awarded over $31 million in scholarships in addition to $1.6 million over four years in the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program. The seniors also completed 7,646 hours of service to the community during their senior year and 28,590 total hours of service during their high school career. Additionally, they earned 3,045 college credit hours. We are proud of the Class of 2020 and look forward to their graduation day recognition via social media on Saturday and their graduation ceremony tentatively scheduled for July 25.
Today we celebrated the end of the 2019-2020 school year with homeroom meetings and class meetings where the underclasswomen viewed our virtual End of the Year Celebration together. We invite you to view our virtual celebration through the link below. Congratulations to our many scholarship and award recipients!
We are so proud of our students for their hard work this school year especially during these last two unprecedented months! Thank you for your continued support and prayers as we continue to stay abreast of continuing developments and begin to plan for the fall.
ROCKET REPORT: The Rocket Report will continue to be sent on Fridays through May and June as we will have more end of the year information for parents and students as well as information about the start of the school year in August. Please remind your daughters to continue to check their email daily in May for important information.
RETURNING/RETRIEVING ITEMS FROM SCHOOL: We are working on a safe plan for all students to return library books and other items to school as well as to retrieve any items from student lockers or classrooms. Plans will be communicated later in May with a return/retrieval process scheduled during the week of June 1 -5.
SENIOR ’21 T-SHIRTs and SWEATSHIRTS: The Class of 2021 received an email on Friday, May 8 about how to order their SENIOR ’21 T-SHIRTs and SWEATSHIRTS. These are items that may be worn with their uniform skirt or pants throughout senior year. Click the link to order the OFFICIAL SENIOR ’21 T-SHIRTs and SWEATSHIRTS:
https://assumption.wufoo.com/forms/class-of-2021-senior-shirtsweatshirt-order-form/. Please be ready to complete the order through PayPal before ordering. You will not be able to go back to the order to complete this step. You would need to resubmit the entire order and then make payment at that time. We will be able to delete any duplicate orders. All order forms with payment through PayPal need to be completed by the due date of June 17 at 3:00 p.m. We understand there may be some extenuating circumstances and we are willing to work with those who may need it. Please contact Mrs. Johnson or Mrs. Walsh with those questions. The Class of 2021 will be notified by e-mail over the summer about the pick-up date which is to be determined.
JUNIOR SERVICE HOURS: Parents of the class of 2022 – Juniors are required to complete 15 hours of service within the next school year, and they can begin or complete these hours over the summer (depending on Covid-19 guidelines and any future directives from the governor at that time). Your daughter must complete the Junior ACTS Form on SharePoint before beginning service and log her hours on MobileServe as she completes them. More information can be found on the Junior ACTS Syllabus under SharePoint – Campus Ministry – ACTS.
SENIOR TRANSCRIPTS: Senior parents, final transcripts will be sent to your daughter’s college or university (and NCAA, if applicable) in mid-June. This is the university that she indicated on her final transcript request form she completed online earlier this week. She may start to receive reminders from her university. She does not have to contact the Guidance Office regarding those reminders unless she needs to change the university she listed on her final transcript form.
OUTSTANDING TUITION and/or FEES: We are asking senior parents to please take care of any outstanding tuition and/or fees at this time. If you have any questions regarding your daughter’s account, please contact Lisa Raley, in our Finance Office at lisa.raley@ahsrockets.org or 502-271-2520 for assistance. Seniors with an outstanding balance, who have not worked out a resolution with our Finance Office, will not receive their transcripts, diplomas, or be permitted to walk at graduation. Parents of underclasswomen with a current outstanding balance, will be notified over the summer by our Finance Office. Our finance staff will work to assist families in resolving any account balances before the start of the next school year.
END OF THE YEAR TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION and TABLET PCs:
- Underclasswomen Tablets: Because of the uncertainties and challenges anticipated for the next few months, Assumption has made the decision to allow underclasswomen to keep their tablet PC’s for summer. We plan to reimage the student tablets when they return to school in the fall. If your daughter has any problems with her tablet during this summer, she can reach out to Mr. Russ Wallace at russ.wallace@ahsrockets.org for assistance. Mr. Wallace will continue to make tablet repairs as needed throughout the summer.
- Senior Tablets: All senior tablets need to be returned to school and will be collected during our returning/retrieving items from school days set for the first week of June. Even if your daughter intends to purchase her tablet, she must return it during this time to remove the web filter. Unfortunately, this can only be done in the school building. We will be sharing more details with seniors next week regarding return procedures as well as pick up procedures for those purchasing their tablets.
PARKING FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS FOR NEXT YEAR: Our current sophomores and juniors have already been given information about applying for parking spaces for next year, including the links to submit a Parking Spot Request and establish accounts and carpools with CarpoolToSchool. Students need to have their driver’s license (not just a permit) by August 10 to apply for a parking space before school starts and begin driving to school on the first day of the new school year; those who won’t have their licenses and/or a vehicle to drive to school until after August 10 need to see Mrs. Dusch in the main office to request a parking space after the first day of school and when they are ready to start driving to school on a regular basis. Thursday, July 30 is the deadline for submitting a parking request for space assignment before school starts and the deadline for having passengers set up in Carpool to School (the number of other AHS students in the carpool on this date will determine the priority for assigning parking).
If your daughter wants to drive to school next year, please encourage her to consider giving a ride to another student to/from school, practice, etc. It builds community, is good for the environment, and helps Assumption be a good neighbor by reducing the amount of school-related traffic on Bardstown Road in the morning and afternoon. Parking will be very tight for the new school year, so carpooling will be more important than ever; as has been the case for the last several years, priority in assigning parking will be given to students with carpools and will not be based on seniority. A senior without a registered, official carpool should expect to park at the Legion.
CARPOOL INFORMATION FOR PARENTS: Assumption is pleased to announce that we will again partner with CarpoolToSchool.com for the 2020-2021 school year—this online service creates an Assumption-only network that allows parents and students to set up carpools to and/or from school that others can then request to join or request to join a carpool to/from school that has already been set up by an AHS junior or senior who drives to school or another AHS parent. As noted in the information about student parking above, this is one of the many ways that we build community, respect the environment, and try to be good neighbors by reducing the amount of school-related traffic on Bardstown Road. Parents of incoming freshmen and rising sophomores should be receiving an email from CarpoolToSchool.com on or about Monday, May 18, inviting you to participate. Parents of rising juniors and seniors who are interested in using this service may log on to CarpoolToSchool.com and access their already existing accounts; just “request a new password” if you don’t remember what you set up previously. If you have any difficulties setting up or accessing a CarpoolToSchool account, please contact Angie Dusch, assistant to the deans, and she will be happy to help you.
FLIK ACCOUNTS: All monies in the FLIK lunch accounts of current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be credited to next year’s account for the 2020-2021 school year. Senior parents – FLIK will be processing refunds to account balances for senior lunch accounts. If you have any questions, please contact FLIK directly at lin.johnson@compass-usa.com.
BOOK BUYBACKS: Please view the flyer and video linked below for instructions on how to return your daughter’s books to MBS through their Online Buyback Program since we will be unable to facilitate an EZ drop buyback due to our building closure. For questions, please contact vb@bncservices.com or call 1.800.325.3252 as their customer service support line is open 24/7.
FINAL EXAMS/FINAL GRADES/FAILURES: Given this unique school year, we have decided to cancel our traditional final exams as well as exam days for all grade levels. Instead, we will follow the schedule outlined below for student last days and students with failing grades.
Students who are NOT passing their courses with at least a 70% for the semester and/or the year and/or have NOT met all course requirements will be required to meet with their teacher virtually during the week of May 11-15 for the seniors and the week of May 18-22 for the underclasswomen and complete work designated by their teacher by the dates listed below:
- Seniors: Friday, May 15
- Underclasswomen: Friday, May 22
Work must be completed successfully in order to earn a passing grade; participation in these extended days and completion of the work does not guarantee a passing grade.
Gratefully,
Martha Tedesco
Principal