March 17, 2023

Deans of Studies, Theresa Schuhmann and Judy Fieldhouse

We would like to thank all of our parents who met with one or more of their daughter’s teachers during Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences on Tuesday night.  We hope that you found the virtual conference format to be a convenient and efficient way to address the need to meet with our faculty. We appreciate your partnership, and we value the opportunity to work together for your daughter.  Whether you participated in a conference last night or not, this is a great time in the school year to have a conversation with your daughter about her academic progress.  Is she meeting her goals?  Does she need to make adjustments to her study habits? What does she need to do to have a successful end to the school year?  There are many resources to help her achieve her goals.  Encourage your daughter to work with her teachers, deans, and counselors to take advantage of resources such as the upcoming LEAD & Learn day, Achievement Center, Work It Wednesdays, peer tutors, and study sessions offered by teachers as she needs them. 

Additionally, we know that your daughter’s success is most important to you and to us.  We want to make sure that our programming formats are meeting these needs.  That is why we are asking for your feedback on virtual events held this spring (Registration and College Night for sophomore and junior parents, Current Freshman Registration Night, P/T/S Conferences ) by answering this three-question survey by Thursday, March 30:  VIRTUAL EVENTS SURVEY

Assumption is the largest all-girls Catholic high school in the region, but did you know that our administration maintains a commitment to the personalized academic experience? One of the benefits of being a large, medium sized school is that students are able to individualize their academic plans as they chose from a wide variety of semester and yearlong courses in every academic discipline. Even with the wide variety, we maintain classroom environments where students are able to be known and supported individually by prioritizing our as reflected by our average class size. As your daughter makes decisions regarding her courses next year, you can feel confident that she will be appropriately challenged by teachers who know her well and classmates who she will be able to get to grow alongside.

LEAD & LEARN WEDNESDAY – MARCH 22: Our third LEAD & Learn Wednesday will take place next week on Wednesday, March 22.  Please be sure to talk with your daughter about her plans for this day as her plan must be submitted for her attendance on Wednesday via an attendance online survey.  Students invited specifically to attend an academic help session were notified by their teachers this week via email (and a parent/guardian was copied on the email).  Please remember, we strongly recommend that students attend if an invitation is extended, and we ask that you and your daughter discuss this weekend how to ensure that she is able to do so.  Students may arrive for their scheduled meetings, if applicable, after 12:00 p.m.  Supervised study in the cafeteria is available between 12:00-4:30 p.m. Please consult this message sent out prior to our first LEAD & Learn Wednesday on September 28 to review general details of these days: SPECIAL MESSAGE TO PARENTS – LEAD & LEARN WEDNESDAYS.

FAMILY OLYMPICS:  On Friday, March 24, all families will compete in Family Council-sponsored Olympics event from 12:50-3:00 p.m.  Families will participate in a series of activities which will serve to strengthen family bonds and promote friendly, inter-family competition. Activities will include a family potluck, opening ceremony, four Olympic-style games, and finally, a closing competition in the gym at the end of the day. Families will dine together in their family suites picnic style by either organizing a family potluck OR bringing their own brown bag lunch.  Traditional FLIK lunch will not be available for purchase on this day as families are encouraged to spend their time together.  Additionally, students are encouraged to wear a family t-shirt OR a t-shirt in their family color WITH their uniform skirts. May the best family win!  

SPRING BREAK: Spring break will begin Friday, March 31, since we met our Rocket Raffle ticket sale incentive, and continue through Monday, April 10 (Easter Monday).  School will resume on Tuesday, April 11. 

PARENT PRAYER: Our parent prayer group will meet on Tuesday, March 21, from 8:30–9:00 a.m. in the AHS chapel and will continue to meet each Tuesday morning throughout the school year. Please park in any open space and enter the school through the main entrance. During the year, we pray for every student by name twice. Next week, we will be praying for the Tullamore Family freshmen and sophomores. Please join us for any or all of these opportunities.  All are welcome!

This past week, our freshmen, sophomores, and juniors learned more about our registration process and courses for next year.  Seniors learned more about graduation and participated in a collaborative art project.     

Next week, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will have an opportunity to get teacher signatures on their printed registration forms on Monday and Tuesday.  Seniors will have class meetings on Monday and Tuesday to discuss Family Olympics and speakers for their graduation events.  On Thursday and Friday, students will not have LEAD & Learn time due to our annual Prevention Assembly and Family Olympics.

CARPOOL LANE REMINDERS:  The parking lot proctors and parents in the carpool lane would like to remind you that drivers need to pull up as far as possible in the carpool lane before stopping, and that once the vehicle has pulled up as far as possible behind the car in front of it and stops, the student is to get out of the car and then walk along the sidewalk to the entrance of her choice. Please do not stop short so your daughter will be close to her preferred entrance. When you stop short, it causes the carpool lane to stop and traffic to back up on Bardstown Road; it also creates a dangerous situation when the student takes what seems like a long time to get herself and her belongings out of the car and those in line behind the stopped vehicle try to go around the vehicle and block the flow of traffic in the two-way drive, which is used by those who need to drive in the opposite direction of the carpool lane to get to their parking spaces. We ask our students to treat others with courtesy and compassion and to follow school rules and procedures to keep things running smoothly and safely. Parents and guardians, we ask the same of you.

WORK IT WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE FOR MARCH: There will not be a Work It Wednesday next week on March 22, but the AC will be open for LEAD & Learn Wednesday from 12-3 p.m. The next Work It Wednesday is scheduled for March 29. Mark your calendar now and be sure to RSVP in advance to Mrs. Conway or Ms. Prentice.

IMPORTANT STUDENT REGISTRATION INFORMATION: We have begun the registration process for the 2023-2024 school year.  Below is important information:

TUITION AND REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR: Parents or guardians of current freshman, sophomore, or junior students will be receiving an email in April announcing tuition for the 2023-2024 school year.  This year we will continue using Blackbaud Tuition Management (BBTM) for registration and tuition.  BBTM will automatically re-enroll your account in March for the 2023-2024 school year.  Once that process is complete, you will receive a verification email from BBTM with instructions on how to log in to your 2023-24 account or call them directly to make any changes (payment plan, banking information, etc.)  Your registration fee will be included with your July payment.  If your daughter will not be returning for the 2023-24 school year, please contact our registrar KATHY FLEISCHER.  If you have any questions about your account, please contact TAMMY FINCH.

PARENT POWERSCHOOL LOG IN FOR 2023-2024 REGISTRATION: We have met with our freshman, sophomore, and junior students during LEAD & Learn on March 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13 to prepare for our online registration for the 2023-2024 school year.  This is a great time to have a conversation with your daughter about her classes for next year.  You will need to log into your parent PowerSchool account to register your daughter for classes next year.  This works best on a tablet, laptop, or iPad as the mobile app is not compatible with the registration piece.   If you have forgotten your parent username or password for PowerSchool, please contact kathy.fleischer@ahsrockets.org or brent.miller@ahsrockets.org to reset your password.  Unfortunately, the “Having trouble signing in?” link on PowerSchool is currently not working.

2023-2024 COURSE SELECTIONS: On Monday, March 13, and Tuesday, March 14, our teachers conferenced with all current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors regarding their course selections for the 2023-2024 school year.  Registration opened after school on Tuesday, March 14.

2023-2024 COURSE SELECTIONS & DEADLINES: Your daughter is in consultation with her teachers for class suggestions; she has been asked to talk with her parents to log into PowerSchool using the PARENT account, and make careful selections of courses for next year.  We ask that she print the selections and bring them to school to obtain teacher signatures and turn in the parent signed course selections no later than Tuesday, March 21.

IMPORTANT COURSE REGISTRATION INFORMATION SESSIONS WE HAVE CONDUCTED IN A NUTSHELL:

March 6 and 7: LEAD & Learn time at school to discuss class registration
March 6,7, 9, and 10 – LEAD & Learn time at school to discuss class registration
March 9: Freshman parent info sessions
March 13 and March 14: Teachers meet with each student during class to discuss class selections
March 14 after school: Official class registration opens in PowerSchool using PARENT login (If you have forgotten your parent username or password for PowerSchool, please contact kathy.fleischer@ahsrockets.org or brent.miller@ahsrockets.org to reset your password.)
March 15-20: Use this time to discuss class selections with your daughter, print the finalized form, sign the form, and have her return to school to obtain signatures from her teachers.
Tuesday, March 21: Finalized class selection form is due in the atrium.

RPN SPRING EVENTS:  The Rocket Parent Network (RPN) invites you to TWO spring events:

Parent/Student Night at Topgolf: Come join the Rocket Parent Network on Tuesday, March 21, from 7-9 p.m. for a fun night of golf.  This event costs $20 per person and includes two hours of golf time AND a buffet dinner with chicken tenders, hamburger sliders, fruit, chips, cookies, soft drinks, tea, coffee, and water.  Space is limited, so if you are interested, you must fill out the survey using the link below.  No walk-ups on the day of the event.  The survey includes additional details about this event: RPN TOP GOLF EVENT SURVEY

Prevention Assembly Follow-Up Program: Our annual Prevention Assembly will include grade-level specific programming as follows: Freshmen-Peer Leaders will lead lessons about peer pressure and prevention; Sophomores- Focus on vaping prevention; Juniors- Focus on safe driving and non-distracted driving; Seniors- Focus on family addiction and making safe choices in college. If you would like to learn more about this year’s annual prevention assembly topics, please join RPN on Zoom on Thursday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m. through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88046364183?pwd=d1haNmx4d2ZTYVh5ZXdpOFdKM094Zz09 Meeting ID: 880 4636 4183 Passcode: hKQP6C

DRIVER’S EDUCATION CLASSES IN APRIL: The Kentucky Driving School is offering classroom instruction and private driving lessons at Assumption on April 17-21. Please click on this link for additional information: SPRING DRIVER’S EDUCATION CLASSES

SUMMER ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES: Academic opportunities for the summer have been UPDATED. You can find these on our guidance department page by clicking here: SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES 2023. 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. Many 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 CAMP REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: We are excited to announce that our 2023 summer camp schedule is now open! This year, Assumption is offering over 40 fun-filled enrichment and athletic sessions, including 13 new camps to girls and boys in grades K-9. Click here to learn more. Please contact Miranda McCarty with any questions. Please share this information with those who may be interested in summer camps at AHS!

CAMPUS STORE HOURS UPDATE: The Campus Store hours will change temporarily while our Campus Store manager is on maternity leave. The Campus Store will now be open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12:00 -3:30 p.m. through the end of the school year. This will give every student the opportunity to visit the store during her lunch block or after school. If there are more immediate needs, parents and students may contact the main office for assistance. Thank you for your flexibility in our new hours!

HIRING FOR FACILITY/MAINTENANCE TEAM AND CUSTODIAL TEAM: Parents, do you know of someone who would be a good fit for Assumption? We are hiring for our Facility/Maintenance and Custodial Teams. Full-time and part-time positions are available. Good starting pay and benefits along with a great work environment. In addition, employees receive a 50% discount off their daughter’s tuition. Please email Michael Clark, Facility Director, at Michael.Clark@ahsrockets.org for more information.

2025 SUMMER INTERNATIONAL TRIP – The Best of Ireland and England: Members of the Class of 2026, looking for a once in a lifetime experience, consider a trip to Ireland and London with AHS during the Summer of 2025. Your daughter will have the opportunity to visit legendary places like St. Patrick’s Cathedral and she will tour the International House of Mercy where Catherine McAuley began her ministry and founded the Sisters of Mercy.  She will travel to Galway, the Cliffs of Moher, Limerick, and Blarney Castle. The trip continues with a flight to London and visit places like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, the Thames River and Trafalgar Square.  A highlight will be taking a tour of Westminster Abby, where the royals are crowned and married and visit the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels. There will a parent meeting on Tuesday, March 21 at 6:00PM in the Media Center. If your daughter is interested in traveling with us click the link and choose “I am interested” and complete the information. Please contact Mrs. Johnson at stacy.johnson@ahsrockets.org or Mrs. Mattingly at merilou.mattingly@ahsrockets.org to learn more details about this fantastic trip planned for the Summer of 2025.  May the Luck of the Irish be with you!

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 2023.  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 Monday, March 27, 2023.

SENIOR MOTHER/DAUGHTER BREAKFAST: Just a reminder to our seniors and their mothers or mother figures – the Mother/Daughter Breakfast is Saturday, March 25, at the Holiday Inn – Hurstbourne (1325 S Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40222) from 9:30-11:00 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/.  We are planning on you and your daughter attending, but if a conflict makes this impossible, please let MARY ANN STEUTERMANN  know by March 15 if you are NOT able to attend.

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 25, at 9:30 a.m. – Mother/Daughter Breakfast at Holiday Inn – Hurstbourne (1325 S Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40222)
Friday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m. – Pink and White Game at Trinity High School
Friday, April 28 – Senior Celebration Day – 1:00 p.m. Dismissal for Seniors
Friday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. – Senior Holiday (No School for Seniors) & Senior Prom at Mellwood Art Center – DaVinci Room (1860 Mellwood Avenue)
Monday, May 15, and Tuesday, May 16 – Senior Exams
Wednesday, May 17 from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. – Mandatory Graduation Practice at Assumption (gym)
Wednesday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. – Senior Honors Ceremony at Assumption (gym)
Thursday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. – Baccalaureate Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church (1000 N Beckley Station Rd)
Friday, May 19, from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. – Mandatory Graduation Practice at Bellarmine University – Knights Hall
Saturday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m. – Graduation at Bellarmine University – Knights Hall

DRESS CODE FOR SENIOR PROM: Seniors received information about their Senior Prom at class meetings this week. Senior Prom will be held Friday, May 12, at the Mellwood Art Center from 6-11 p.m. Unlike other Assumption dances, the senior prom is a formal dance, and our dean of students, Cindi Baughman, reviewed information about our dress code for a formal dance with the seniors; she also emailed information about the dress code for the dance to all the seniors.  That information is linked here: DANCE DRESS CODE INFORMATION FOR SENIOR PROM. Please take a few minutes to look it over and then to discuss with your daughter so you can help her know what is expected as she is deciding what to wear to the event—as you will see in the information, Mrs. Baughman recommends that they ask parents for advice in following the guidelines to make sure they are dressed appropriately for a Catholic high school dance. We are counting on you to help your daughter evaluate some of the current fashion trends.  As the dance gets closer, we will share information about our usual dance policies and expectations along with other specific information about Senior Prom in class meetings and with reminder emails and announcements.

NATIONAL ACT FOR JUNIORS:  On Tuesday, March 28, all juniors will take the National ACT at Assumption at 8:15 a.m. Juniors will be dismissed at 12:45 on this day.  Just like in October, there is no makeup date for this ACT at AHS, no signup is needed on the part of each family, and this test fee is covered by your tuition dollars.  Please encourage your daughter to consult the link sent to them from Mrs. Fieldhouse:  Everything you need to know to prepare for the MARCH 28 ACT.  Encourage her to bookmark this link for ACT practice, information about making an account to see her scores, and to access TAKING THE ACT: A STUDENT GUIDE. This score can be sent to colleges and universities and used for admission and scholarship purposes.  Please contact JUDY FIELDHOUSE if you have any questions.

CONGRATULATIONS ACTS ANGELS: We are so proud of the Sophomore Class of 2025 for completing their Sophomore ACTS service! The 206 members of the class of 2025 ventured out to 37 agencies each week across Louisville to make and serve meals, comfort the sick, care for small children, provide help to teachers and students, and take care of the environment. Their work amounted to well over 12,000 hours of service! We are proud of their dedication and commitment to following in the footsteps of our foundress, Catherine McAuley, to GO OUT and serve our larger community. We received messages from many of the agencies singing the praises of these wonderful students as well as expressing gratitude for the gift of this time and hard work. We look forward to celebrating this class at their ACTS closing prayer service on March 28^th during LEAD and Learn time!

The Rocket Speech Team who competed in the KHSSL state speech tournament at NKU this weekend. Special shout out to freshman Agnes Boyer, who was a semi finalist in Storytelling and a finalist in Poetry, and to freshmen Lily Barker and Kacee Sanchez, who were quarterfinialists in Impromptu Speaking as well as our senior captain MC Schmidt, who was a quarterfinalist in Broadcasting! 

Congratulations to:

The Lacrosse team for defeating Male 19-1.
The Tennis team for starting off their season with a 7-0 win over Simon Kenton and a 3-2 win over Male.
The Softball team for beating Cooper 12-5 in their season opener.

Next week in Athletics:

March 17-18

Archery @ NASP State Tournament @ KY Fair and Expo Center

Friday, March 17

Tennis vs Baylor (TN) in Chattanooga, TN 3:00pm

Saturday, March 18

Tennis vs Girls Prep (TN) in Chattanooga, TN 8:30am

Sunday, March 19

Lacrosse @ KCD.  JV 2:00pm, Varsity 3:00pm

Monday, March 20

Softball vs Silver Creek.  Varsity 5:00pm, JV 6:30pm

Tuesday, March 21

Lacrosse @ Mercy.  JV 5:30pm, Varsity 7:00pm
Varsity Tennis @ Oldham County 4:15pm
Track @ St. X JV Meet 4:30pm

Wednesday, March 22

Softball vs Lexington Catholic. Varsity 6:00pm, JV 7:30pm
Tennis vs Manual @ Central Park. Varsity 4:00pm, JV 5:00pm

Thursday, March 23

Lacrosse @ Ballard. JV 6:00pm, Varsity 7:30pm

March 24- 25

Archery @ KHSAA State Tournament

Friday, March 24

Varsity Lacrosse vs Collegiate @ CAL Icebreaker 5:00pm

Saturday, March 25

Varsity Lacrosse vs South Oldham @ CAL Icebreaker 10:00am
Varsity Lacrosse vs North Oldham @ CAL Icebreaker 2:00pm
Softball @ George Rogers Clark. Varsity 1:00pm, JV 3:00pm
Track @ Oldham County Kickoff Classic

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