November 21, 2023

President, Mary Lang and Principal, Martha Tedesco

Today we took special time to thank God for all of the blessings in our school community during our Thanksgiving Celebration prayer service.  In addition, we announced the winner of the Assumption Rose Award given to a faculty or staff member who has made a significant difference in the lives of our students.  Assumption is proud that Business Teacher, Sandy Maxted was our recipient of this award – congratulations to Sandy! 

We would like to wish all of our Rocket families a safe and happy Thanksgiving.  We are thankful and offer this Thanksgiving prayer for each and every one of you! 

Loving God, 
We turn our hearts to you on this day for giving thanks, mindful of your many gifts. 
For each one, we are grateful. 
For each one, we are blessed. 
For each one, we are open to the abundance of your love. 
May this Thanksgiving Day offer a reminder to be generous with others, as you are with us. 
We praise you. 
We rejoice in you. 
We give you thanks. 
Amen. 
— William H. Sadlier 

Thanksgiving Celebration

Our Thanksgiving celebration today was centralized around the theme of family, where were were able to honor the many different types of families we have in our lives. This special celebration gave students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to show their gratitude for their home, school, and personal families. All students, faculty, and staff were wearing their designated family t-shirt that was awarded to each member of our community as a thank you from the administration for going well above and beyond the original Rocket Raffle ticket sales goal.

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS: Thanksgiving is only two weeks away! Please note: Assumption will close for Thanksgiving break from Wednesday, November 22 – Friday, November 24.    

ASSUMPTION PARENT PRAYER: Our parent prayer group will meet on Tuesday, November 28 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 Galway Family freshmen and sophomores. Please join us for any or all of these opportunities. 

PRAYER INTENTIONS: The Community of Assumption knows the power of prayer! All AHS parents and alumnae are invited to submit prayer intentions online. These intentions are then lifted in prayer all together during Five-Minute Prayer in the chapel on Wednesdays and weekly on the PA during morning prayer. If you would like to submit an intention, you can do so here. They will remain there for about two weeks, but feel free to post the same intention again later if needed. Also, you may wish to consider adding the intentions you find there to your own personal prayer! 

Next week during LEAD & Learn time, all grade levels will be hearing about an opportunity to participate in a special portion of our upcoming Mission Week programming: Assumption TED Talks.  Mrs. Steutermann, our Director of Mission Effectiveness, will reveal how students can get more information about this opportunity and the impact on the whole community from taking part in this tradition. During LEAD & Learn time on Tuesday and Thursday next week, students will participate in RTI time (Rockets Taking Initiative) to receive assistance in course skills, to get organized, or participate in extension opportunities.   

We will end the week with our final celebration of our canned food drive for Dare to Care—CANstruction.  Our goal this year is to collect 20,000 cans for Dare to Care, and we know it’s possible with this community’s commitment to service and compassion for the people of Louisville!  

LAST WIW FOR NOVEMBER: The Achievement Center is hosting the last Work It Wednesday for this month on November 29 in the Media Center from 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. This is a great opportunity for students to receive extra support in their classes from peer tutors, study groups, or the AC teachers. It is also the perfect environment to work on homework and projects.  

FINANCIAL AID FORM: The financial aid link for the 2024-2025 school year has been added to the school’s website. The due date is January 31, 2024, and the form must be submitted online to FACTS Grant and Aid Assessment.  FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION LINK. As a reminder, you are required to file every year to receive assistance. 

AP EXAMS: If your daughter is taking an AP course this year, she has been busy signing up for AP college exams and AP portfolio submissions. These AP courses will be administered the first few weeks of May at Assumption High School. AP exam and AP portfolio submission invoices will be sent to parents via email from Blackbaud Tuition Management in January. Please take a moment to talk with your daughter about the exams she is registered to take.  Exam art portfolio submissions are $98 each except for AP Research and AP Seminar which are $146 each. For more information about AP exams and CollegeBoard, visit https://parents.collegeboard.org/college-board-programs/advanced-placement-program. Please contact Judy.Fieldhouse@ahsrockets.org or Kathy.Fleischer@ahsrockets.org if you have any questions. 

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Assumption is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday, November 29 in the school gym. Student donors must be at least 16 years old. Students who are 16 must have parental permission; students 17 and older may give without parental permission. We encourage you to talk with your daughter if she plans to donate and ensure that she understands the importance of eating well and drinking lots of water several days prior to donation day. The Red Cross provides more information for students at this link: Red Cross Student Guide to Blood Donation.pdf.  If a parent of a student is interested in donating at this drive, we do have a few open appointment times. Please contact diane.darst@ahsrockets.org for scheduling.   

CANSTRUCTION: Canstruction week is here!  Canstruction, one of the biggest events in our Assumption community, provides the opportunity to donate to Dare to Care by bringing in canned goods for those facing food insecurity in our Louisville community. An Assumption tradition since 2006, Canstruction not only provides food for the community at large (over 20,000 cans collected during our collection last year—an Assumption record!), but also provides an opportunity for Assumption family bonding. Each family collects cans in their homerooms throughout the month of November in order to come together to can-struct a visual made of those cans during our Canstruction event. Canstruction will be held on Friday, December 1, the last collection day, so we will continue to collect canned goods all week. We are looking forward to having the Assumption community help the Louisville community through our partnership with Dare to Care! 

DUAL CREDIT TUITION DUE TO WKU, JCTC, AND UL: Students enrolled in a dual credit class this semester need to make sure they pay any tuition owed by the beginning of December. Students should log into their accounts on www.KHEAA.com to double check which colleges they chose for disbursement for the Dual Credit Scholarship and then log into their JCTC, WKU, and/or UL account to pay any remaining tuition due for this semester. This includes all first semester and yearlong DC courses except for Precalculus, Calculus and French, which will register for credit in January. If you need help knowing which course is associated with which university, consult this sheet from our website: DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION 2023-2024. If you have any questions, contact JUDY FIELDHOUSE. 

CAMPUS STORE CHRISTMAS HOURS:  The Assumption Campus Store is a great place to shop for your favorite Rocket!  Stop by during our regular hours, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., or on the dates listed below. We also have an online store with shipping and local pickup available. Please note that all online Christmas orders must be placed by the following dates: Custom embroidery – December 5 and ship to home – December 18. All orders must be picked up by 8:00 p.m. on December 21.  Additional Christmas holiday hours will be:  

  • Saturday, December 9, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Placement Test) 
  • Saturday, December 16, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (holiday hours)  
  • Wednesday, December 20, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. (holiday hours)  
  • Thursday, December 21, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. (holiday hours) 
  • Note: The store will close early on Friday, December 22, at 1:00 p.m. 

ROCKET SPECTACULAR BENEFIT DINNER AND AUCTION 2024: Saturday, February 3, 2024. Please mark your calendar–you won’t want to miss it! This year’s theme is “BOW TIES & BUBBLY,” and plans are underway! Becoming a sponsor guarantees your spot at this sold-out event. If interested, please contact Michelle Farmer at 502.271.2518 or michelle.farmer@ashrockets.org. We also need your help with donations toward our silent and live auctions and the bourbon pull. Please contact tricia.ferree@ahsrockets.org if you are interested in helping.  Watch for more details in the coming weeks.  We hope to see you there!  

AHS IN FOCUS – Prospective Student Night: Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are invited to join us on Wednesday, November 29 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. for AHS in Focus where future Rockets will attend two 30-minute special interest sessions followed by a Christmas-themed social for everyone to enjoy some AHS holiday fun. They may learn more about the interest sessions and register here. Please share with any prospective students you may know! 

CLASS OF 2024 INFORMATION CONFIRMATION MAILING: Parents of the Class of 2024: This week a hard copy memo was sent to your daughter via homeroom.  It contained a form asking for confirmation of the spelling/accuracy of your daughter’s name for official graduation documents and programs.  It is due in the school office by Wednesday, November 29.  Even if no changes need to be made, please make sure to return a signed copy to the main office by November 29.  

SENIOR MUG ORDERS: Senior Mug Orders are due by December 7 at 11:59 p.m. The cost of the mugs are $38.00 with payments made to Assumption High School through the Campus Online Store.  You can place your orders by clicking on the following link.  There is a picture of the mugs on the order form.  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-WJNppAkg062waQIN8P7UNDqPrUcAKROowQGybkblWpUQlVKMVo2TkM3RE1FR1I1MEJDMjRRMUk4Ry4u 

Please contact Stacy Johnson at stacy.johnson@ahsrockets.org or MeriLou Mattingly at merilou.mattingly@ahsrocket.org with any questions.  

COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION NIGHT – Save the date! On Thursday, December 7, we are hosting a College Financial Aid Information Night beginning at 6:30 p.m. for our seniors and their parents. The event will take place in the Humana Foundation Performing and Fine Arts Center (theater). We will have a guest speaker from the field of college financial aid who will walk seniors and parents through all they need to know about financing their college education. If you have any questions, please contact our college counselors, Kim Habich or Leigh Jackson. 

The JV Quick Recall Team who defeated DeSales High School! 

The Rocket Speech and Debate team who travelled to Lexington to compete in the PLD Raise Every Voice Tournament at UK.  Congratulations to the team of Stelle Bensenhaver and Elizabeth Buttes who placed third in Varsity Public Forum Debate, and to Lily Barker, Agnes Boyer, Elise Crump, and Nikita Nair who all won awards in their speech categories. The entire Assumption team took home the fifth-place Sweepstakes Award for points earned! 

Congratulations to:

  • The Cross Country team for qualifying for Nike Nationals in Portland, Oregon.  The team of Reagan Gilmore, Julia Schmitt, Leah Penick, Mabel George, Taryn Tracy, Morgan White, and Lila Bensenhaver had to beat nationally ranked competition to become one of just two teams from the southeastern United States to qualify! 

Monday, November 27 

  • Basketball @ Spencer County. JV 6:00 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, November 29 

  • Swim Dual Meet vs Ballard @ St. Xavier 

Thursday, November 30 

  • Varsity Basketball vs Western Heights (Australia) @ St. Xavier 5:30 p.m. 

Saturday, December 2 

  • Nike Cross Country Nationals in Portland, OR 
  • Basketball @ Hoops 4 Harvest vs Cooper @ Dixie Heights HS 10:30 a.m.