MARCH 25, 2022
Guidance Program Director & Guidance Counselor for the Class of 2022
Assumption hosts an annual prevention assembly designed to encourage students to make good choices regarding alcohol and drugs. In recent years we have addressed mental health needs and finding healthy alternatives to managing stress, the vaping epidemic, prescription pill use/abuse, and the dangers of alcohol consumption.
This year we had the opportunity to partner with the Louisville Metro Police Department to put on a drunk driving crash simulation in our AHS parking lot. Today, in collaboration with Sgt. Browning of the LMPD, we used student and staff “actors” to simulate a scene that might be the result of drinking and driving. This simulation was complete with a coroner, the jaws of life, firefighters, paramedics, a field sobriety test, an arrest for drunk driving, and a distraught parent arriving at the scene. Following the outdoor crash simulation, students moved to the gym to hear from a guest speaker who lost her daughter to an alcohol-related vehicle accident. She works closely with the LMPD to help prevent future fatalities.
This is the third time we have hosted an event such as this and have found it to be a powerful way to show our student body the very real consequences of the choice to drive under the influence. We hope it spurs continued conversation and allows you the opportunity to engage in important discussions with your daughter about the impact of decisions surrounding drug and alcohol use.
To keep our families informed of the impact of COVID on our school, we continue reporting our positive COVID cases each week via the Rocket Report.
- This week, (reporting from Friday 3/18/22 to Thursday 3/24/22); AHS had 1 new positive COVID case – which was a student.
- Since the start of this semester, AHS has had 205 positive COVID cases. 181 were students and 24 were faculty/staff.
Mask Mandate: Based on our current Covid numbers and declining cases in the greater community, AHS will remain mask optional until further notice including on buses and vans.
We want to thank Sergeant Craig Browning, the Louisville Metro Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Departments for their work to provide today’s assembly highlighting the impact of impaired driving. We also thank Theresa Martinez for sharing her family’s story of loss as a result of a drunk driver and encouraging our students to make wise decisions. Today would not have been possible without our student and faculty volunteers, senior Meg Ralston, junior Macy Stone, and faculty member Pam Conway.
SENIORS – MOTHER/DAUGHTER BREAKFAST: Just a reminder to our seniors and their mothers or mother figures in their lives – the Mother/Daughter Breakfast is tomorrow, Saturday, March 26, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (830 Phillips Lane by the airport) from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Optional pictures will be available beginning at 8:00 a.m. Please note that it’s best to arrive early for photos so that you don’t have to wait until after the breakfast to get yours. After the event, you can go online to order photos at https://shop.studioillumination.com/. Photo packages range from $25 to $32.
SPRING BREAK: Spring break will begin Friday, April 1, since we met our Rocket Raffle ticket sale incentive, and continue through Sunday, April 10. School will resume on Monday, April 11.
PARENT PRAYER Our parent prayer group continues to meet each Tuesday morning from 8:30-9:00 a.m. in our new chapel. This group is more than just prayer; it’s community. It’s a chance for parents to pray for their daughters and their daughters’ friends and time to get to know more Assumption parents. Please park in any open space and enter the school through the main entrance. Please join us for any or all of these opportunities!
This week during LEAD & Learn Time, as part of our continued efforts to engage our families across grade levels, students participated in a family sister activity on Monday. On Tuesday and Thursday, classes alternated between homeroom and class meetings. During homeroom, they engaged in activities sponsored by our Science National Honor Society and in class meeting joined in a kickoff of our bleacher dances which will be showcased at the spring sports pep rally. And on Friday, the school community participated in an important direction activity sponsored by our counseling office in partnership with the Louisville Metro Police Department focused on preventing students driving under the influence.
Next week during LEAD & Learn Time, all students will be in homeroom on Monday to participate in a follow-up discussion from Friday’s prevention assembly directed by our peer leaders and homeroom teachers. On Tuesday and Thursday, classes will engage in a variety of activities in homeroom and class meetings. Freshman, sophomores, and juniors will receive information about elected class and Family Council leadership positions for the 2022-2023 school year. Sophomores will reflect upon their ACTS experience at their class closing prayer service. Seniors will have the opportunity to engage in a class picture on Tuesday. And all classes will spend the week receiving direction from our Green Dot Program club members on engaging in healthy and supportive relationships.
REMINDER – ABSENCES BEFORE/AFTER SPRING BREAK: Please note that Assumption does not grant excused absences for college days on days immediately before or after spring break. We also cannot excuse students from school for family trips and/or vacations. If you are planning to take your daughter out of school for the whole day or before 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, whether to incorporate a college visit into or to get a jump start on Spring Break travel, please bear in mind that the absence will be unexcused and she will not be able to receive full credit for anything collected for a grade (including tests) in her classes while she is gone; makeup work that is completed and turned in will receive 50% of the grade earned. If your daughter becomes ill and is unable to attend school on Thursday, March 31, or Monday, April 11, she will need to provide a doctor’s note or have authorization from our school nurse for the absence to be excused. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please contact Dean of Students CINDI BAUGHMAN. Full details about our attendance and absence policies and procedures can be found in the STUDENT-PARENT HANDBOOK.
SCHOOL CULTURE SURVEY – Parent Input Needed: This past Monday parents were sent a Special Message asking them to complete the Johns Hopkins School Culture 360 Survey. This anonymous survey is open from March 21 to April 8 with separate survey instruments for administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Your input is critical and we want to hear from you! AHS’s goal is to reach 70% parent participation. To encourage our parents to take the survey, your daughters will have a free spirit wear day on April 28 – the day of the Pink and White Game if we reach our 70% goal. Previously, we had selected March 31 as the incentive date for spirit wear but since Johns Hopkins changed the closing date of the survey, AHS had to move back the date for the potential dress down day. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and help AHS reach our goal!
ROCKET PARENT NETWORK (RPN) NEWS: Assumption’s Rocket Parent Network invites you to come for a speaker meeting with Sgt. Craig Browning of LMPD. Sgt. Browning is with the traffic unit and will discuss teens and impaired driving. All AHS parents are invited to attend this program, which will be held on Tuesday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the AHS theater.
ASSUMPTION ROCKET MEN (ARM) NEWS: The Assumption Rocket Men will host the 1st Annual Assumption Cornhole Invitational on Sunday, April 24, from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Assumption Green. Students and their dads or a significant Assumption RocketMAN in their life can come and enjoy an afternoon of cornhole, music, snacks, and fun! RSVP through this link: https://forms.gle/5Lr5hbhjQHHwQF3W9. If you have any questions, please Contact: Tricia Ferree tricia.ferree@ahsrockets.org or Chad Dierken at 502.939.3175 Link: EVENT FLYER
SUMMER ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES: Academic opportunities for the summer have been updated. You can find these on our guidance department page by clicking here: SUMMER ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES. There are numerous opportunities available with many costing less than $1,000. Programs are grouped according to areas of interest like STEM or creative arts/design or general summer pre-college programs, etc. Applications are due in March and require the assistance of guidance for transcript releases, recommendations, and other documentation. Please contact LEIGH JACKSON or KIM HABICH with any questions.
AHS SUMMER CAMPS: We are excited to announce that our 2022 summer camp schedule is now open! This year, Assumption is offering over 40 fun-filled enrichment and athletic sessions (including 10 co-ed opportunities) to all K-9 students. Our goal is for each camper to have an exciting, safe summer and build new friendships. Registration is linked here. Please share with family and friends. Contact LAUREN LEGA with any questions.
ALUMNAE UNITE: The AHS Advancement Office is excited to announce the Alumnae Unite Campaign taking place March 23-25! Alumnae Unite is a giving campaign between the female graduates of Assumption, Bethlehem, Holy Cross, Mercy, Presentation, and Sacred Heart. The purpose is to raise funds for each school’s Annual Fund, which provides vital funding for student programs, activities, and tuition assistance. This year, we are All for 22 with each school trying to reach 22% alumnae giving participation. AHS is currently at 5.5% and needs 1,600 more alum donations to reach our goal. As an alumna, or parent of an alumna, we invite you or your daughter to support current and future students by making a donation during this campaign. For more information, click here or contact Abby Martin.
AFTERNOON CROSSING GUARD: The Louisville Police Department is actively seeking a traffic guard for AHS and St. Raphael in the afternoon at Bardstown Road and Lancashire. Please share this job posting with anyone who may be qualified or interested in being trained for this position: TRAFFIC GUARD JOB DESCRIPTION
LETTERS FROM COLLEGES: Attention, senior parents! Please have your senior daughters submit ALL letters received from colleges regarding admissions decisions, scholarship offers, and admission to special programs and honors colleges to the Guidance Office. The majority of colleges DO NOT provide this information directly to high schools, so your daughter is often our only source of information about this. Her timely sharing of this information is vital to the Senior Honors Celebration as we work to make sure we have all the correct information to celebrate your daughter and the Class of 2022. These letters can be hard copies, faxes, or scanned copies and can be emailed directly to COLLEGE.LETTERS@ahsrockets.org. We ask that students submit all of this information by Thursday, March 31.
SENIOR EVENT DATES & PARENT LETTER: An email will be sent out after spring break to parents of seniors giving details about senior activities and graduation events that will be occurring in April and May. Senior parents – please be sure to look for this email in your inbox when we return from spring break. For now, below is a listing of important senior event dates:
- Saturday, March 26, at 9:30 a.m. – Mother/Daughter Breakfast at The Crowne Plaza Hotel (830 Phillips Lane by the airport)
- Thursday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m. – Pink and White Game at St. Xavier High School
- Friday, April 29 – Senior Celebration Day – 1:00 p.m. Dismissal for Seniors
- Friday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m. – Senior Holiday (No School for Seniors) & Senior Prom at The Crowne Plaza Hotel (830 Phillips Lane by the airport)
- Monday, May 16, and Tuesday, May 17 – Senior Exams
- Wednesday, May 18 from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. – Mandatory Graduation Practice at Assumption (gym)
- Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. – Senior Honors Ceremony at Assumption (gym)
- Thursday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. – Baccalaureate Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church
- Friday, May 20, from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. – Mandatory Graduation Practice at Bellarmine University – Knights Hall
- Saturday, May 21, at 11:00 a.m. – Graduation at Bellarmine University – Knights Hall
We congratulate the Sophomore Class of 2024 on their completion of their Sophomore ACTS service! The 214 sophomores have provided service for 33 different agencies in our Louisville community, doing a variety of tasks and responsibilities. We are so proud they represented Assumption so well and carried on the legacy of our foundress, Catherine McAuley. We look forward to officially celebrating them at their ACTS closing prayer service next Thursday during LEAD & Learn time!
The Advanced Choir who qualified on Friday for state competition. Way to go Rocket singers!
The members of the Junior Prom Court who were celebrated last weekend during their prom, “A Night Under the Stars.”
Members of the court included Miranda Bilodeau, Cassady Brockman, Kaitlin Evola, Stella Ferree, Ireland Greene, Brea Lindsey, Abby McClellan, Ellie Nunn, Kaitlyn Weihe, and the Junior Prom Queen was Miranda Bilodeau!
The VEX Robotics Team and their robot, Sonic the Hedgehog, who competed in the Kentucky State Tournament this past weekend. Not only is it the first time in Assumption’s history that the team has made it to state, but it is also the first time any all-girls Catholic high school in Louisville has made it to the state competition. Special congratulations to President Sydney Badon and Vice President Carly Fawcett for their senior leadership and to members Madison Gardner, Carleigh Hofelich, Gabby Rozema, Addisyn Huelsman, and Anna Whinnery for their great performance at the competition. We are so proud of this team. Go Sonic!
So far 20 students have earned their Christian Leadership Distinction by completed at least one LEO in each of the five leadership practice areas. Congratulations to those who did so most recently! They are sophomore Sydney Doyle, junior Emma Barry, and seniors Anna Koeberlein, Erin Banzon, Eden Humphrey, Ashley Pope, Maris Lanham, and Gabbi Lanham. To date, we have 8 seniors who will wear a special graduation cord for this accomplishment.
Congratulations to…
Congrats to Lacrosse for defeating Mercy 18-8!
Congrats to Softball for defeating Christian Academy 5-0!
DANCE TEAM TRYOUTS: Dance Team tryouts will take place on the following dates. Students should sign-up for tryouts thought this link: https://k7qny1a7k7w.typeform.com/to/jsCSerur.
Tryout Dates:
- Day 1: Clinic: April 13 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Assumption Gym
- Day 2: Tryout: April 18 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 360 Dance Studio
Next week in Athletics
Monday, March 28
Lacrosse vs. Manual JV at 5:30 p.m. and Varsity at 7:00 p.m.
Tennis @ Central Hardin JV at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29
Track Distance Night at 5:30 p.m.
Softball vs. Presentation Varsity at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30
Softball vs. Great Crossing V at 6:00 p.m. and JV at 7:30 p.m.
Track Bullitt East All-Corners Meet at 4:00 p.m.
Friday, April 1-2
Softball @ Bob Jones Tournament Madison, AL
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