Dear Parents,
Today, we welcome the parents of our incoming freshman Class of 2024 as they are receiving their first Rocket Report. Thank you for choosing Assumption! We look forward to sharing the news of our community as we close this school year and prepare for the next school year.
Please remember that 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 rising sophomore, junior, and senior daughters to continue to check their email daily in May for important information.
Thank you for your continued support and prayers as we continue to stay abreast of continuing developments and begin to plan for the fall.
MAIN OFFICE AVAILABILITY: To adhere to state mandates in response to the coronavirus, and to continue to keep our entire community safe and healthy, our school building will remain closed to visitors until Monday, June 15. If you need assistance during this time, please call Amy Schelb at 458-9551, option 0 or email at amy.schelb@ahsrockets.org. Parents are asked to email or mail any school-related items instead of dropping them off at school. If you do need to physically bring something to school, please contact Amy Schelb to schedule an appointment. We will be publishing a revised schedule for June 15and beyond very soon.
RETURNING/RETRIEVING ITEMS FROM SCHOOL: A special message was sent on Thursday to parents with detailed instructions and assigned times for you or your daughter to come to school and return any items belonging to AHS and retrieve any belongings she may have left behind. We ask that to ensure the safety of everyone involved that you/your daughter follow the directions as outlined. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in making this process run smoothly and safely! Here is a link to the email message for your continued reference: Letter to Parents Regarding Retrieving and Returning Items
UNIFORM/SPIRIT WEAR DONATIONS: Do you have any extra uniform pieces or spirit wear around your house? The Guidance Office uses the donated uniforms for three purposes. The Rocket Parent Network sells donated uniform pieces at used uniform sales during summer seminar to raise money for their scholarships. The guidance counselors also use donated uniform pieces to help students in financial need and for whom the replacement of a uniform piece would be cost prohibitive. We also have a lending closet in the Guidance Office for students who happen to forget a skirt or uniform piece. We are able to help these students out by lending them a uniform item for a day. Donated uniforms may be dropped off during your student’s designated time during the scheduled exchange the week of June 1- 5. Please be sure that any uniform or spirit wear donations are bagged separately and labeled “Guidance Donation-Used Uniforms.” We sincerely appreciate your consideration and help with this endeavor.
CURRENT PARENT SURVEY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING: AHS is developing its next strategic plan, and we need parent input to help define what success will look like for our school in the future. Current parents received a survey this past Wednesday, and we ask that you please take a few minutes and give us your feedback. The survey will remain open until Wednesday, May 27 at noon. Link to survey: Strategic Planning Survey to Parents
FINAL REPORT CARDS: Final report cards for the 2019-2020 school year will be emailed no later than Monday, June 1.
SCHEDULES FOR 2020-2021: Rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors will receive their class lists for the 2020–2021 school year via email by mid-June. We will notify you in the Rocket Report when those have been sent. At that time, if your daughter is interested in changing her classes, we will communicate details for how students can be in touch with the deans to make these changes.
INCOMING FRESHMAN CLASS LISTS: Class lists and information about buying books for incoming freshmen will be emailed to parents by the end of June once Algebra and World Language placement tests are graded and classes are assigned.
INCOMING FRESHMEN – CLASS OF 2024 IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please continue to reference the special Class of 2024 website page for updates on important information for our freshmen. You will still receive emails as communication, but you can always check back to the site for reference and any documents you may need. PLEASE NOTE: All forms from registration that need to be turned in should be scanned and emailed OR sent by snail mail. We cannot accept pictures of forms or accept drop-offs at school at this time. We hope that your daughter enjoyed her special delivery this week! If you have any additional questions or she did not receive her delivery, please feel free to contact the Main Office at 502-458-9551.
INCOMING FRESHMEN – SUMMER SEMINAR UPDATE: We are making some creative adjustments to our plans for Summer Seminar. We will not be holding the in-person June Summer Seminar sessions as originally planned, but have no fear—we want our incoming freshmen to have it all, and then some! A Virtual Summer Seminar experience will be offered to ALL incoming freshmen in June, and we are making plans to offer modified in-person sessions in the building in July in accordance with the governor’s and CDC guidelines. If you already registered your daughter for Summer Seminar and paid the fee, we will be in touch with you individually as plans continue to unfold. Parents of all incoming freshmen will receive updates and information about our Summer Seminar opportunities as plans are finalized.
SHAHEEN’S JUNE UNIFORM SALE: Shaheen’s is once again open to the public and is celebrating with a special Uniform Sale through the month of June. You are invited to buy uniforms early and receive 15% off storewide discount. Please check out the Shaheen’s Flier for information about temporary store hours and discount information. We hope you will consider taking advantage of this special opportunity, especially if your daughter has grown over the past year and her uniform no longer fits properly or is beyond repair. Rising sophomores will need ACTS pants for next year. If your non-senior daughter gets cold and would like to wear a sweatshirt at school, she will need to purchase a uniform quarter-zip sweatshirt if she doesn’t already have one. The June Uniform Sale would be a great time to make these purchases. A neat and appropriate uniform teaches our students to have pride in their own appearance as well as in their school, so we ask for your help by investing in your daughter’s uniform for the 2020-2021 school year.
NATIONAL ACT FOR CLASS OF 2021: We have rescheduled the National ACT at Assumption for the class of 2021 for Tuesday, October 6. If students want to register for an ACT before that date, please go to www.actstudent.org.
CLASS OF 2021 – SENIOR PHOTOS: A message from Illumination Photography Studio: Senior year will be here before we know it, so before your daughter’s summer is all filled up, be sure to schedule her senior photo for Assumption. This link will let you know everything about the when, where, what, and how for your daughter’s senior photos: bit.ly/AssumptionPhotos
CLASS OF 2021 SENIOR 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 the 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 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.
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 CarpooltoSchool. (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 have received an email from CarpoolToSchool.com on 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.
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.
APO (Assumption Parent Organization) UPDATE: Thank you for a wonderful year! The APO officers and class representatives would like to thank all of our terrific parents who have graciously shared their time, talents, and treasures to make the events we hosted not only fun but memorable. Without your help, we could not have had such great and successful events as the AHS Parent Cookout, AHS Walk/Rocket Raffle, Rocket Spectacular 2020, the Faculty/Staff deliveries, and many more. In a year that has been as trying as this one, the spirit of Assumption High School and the community that defines it have been a great source of comfort and inspiration to our students, faculty and staff. Without your help and support we would not have been able to make these events happen, especially in this extraordinary year! We are looking forward to a just as exciting 2020-2021!
Gratefully,
Martha Tedesco
Principal