May 10, 2024

Yesterday we celebrated the last day of classes for our senior class with our traditional Senior Walk Out.  The “walk out” has always been the faculty and staff’s way to celebrate, thank, and say goodbye to the senior class. It was a wonderful day with our seniors who have truly taken “every chance we get” this school year.  We are so proud of our “24ever” seniors who will always be forever young to us.   

One new addition to the traditional Senior Walk Out created during the height of the pandemic for the Class of 2020 and 2021 is a special video message from the faculty and staff that was played before the seniors walked out.  The video can be viewed here: 

Thank you, senior parents, for sharing your daughters with us these past four years. We can’t wait to celebrate the Class of 2024 with you next week!   

Assumption Honors Ceremony

The Assumption Honors Ceremony was held today for our underclasswomen.  At this event, we celebrated the accomplishments of our underclasswomen in the areas of academics, service, fine arts, and leadership, and honor scholarship recipients. We are so proud of the accomplishments of our freshmen, sophomores, and juniors this year!  We also honored the service of faculty and staff as we awarded the annual Karen Russ Excellence in Teaching Award to Daniel Hamm, Social Studies Teacher, and the Excellence Award for Staff to Meghan Rogers, Administrative Assistant to the Guidance & Counseling Department. An online program highlighting the many achievements recognized today will be available in next week’s Rocket Report. 

JUNIOR RING CEREMONY:  We will be celebrating the Class of 2025 at their ring blessing ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Raphael.  Please keep the juniors and their families in your prayers as they celebrate this special milestone! 

GRADUATION EVENTS: We will be celebrating the Class of 2024 at the following events next week.  Please keep the Class of 2024 and their families in your prayers during this very special time! 

  • Wednesday, May 15 – Senior Honors Ceremony – 6:30 p.m. in the CAC/gym. 
  • Thursday, May 16 – Senior Baccalaureate Mass – 6:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church 
  • Saturday, May 18 – Graduation – 11:00 a.m. at Bellarmine University – Knights Hall 

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! 

With our seniors finishing up final exams and preparing for graduation this weekend, we are excited to spend some time with our current juniors, sophomores, and freshmen this week during LEAD & Learn time.  All grades will hear from our technology department regarding laptop turn-in procedures for the end of the year, as well as parking information for sophomores and juniors.  Our juniors will also spend some time together to honor those students who have received book awards from various colleges and universities celebrating academic achievement and pursuit of excellence.  Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we will honor the fact that May is Mental Health Awareness Month and focus some time in homeroom on taking care of ourselves and one another.  Our guidance and counseling department has designed programming to remind students that taking care of one’s mental health is just as important as taking care of one’s physical health.   

NO WORK IT WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK: There will be NO WORK IT WEDNESDAY on MAY 15 due to a faculty meeting. However, the Achievement Center will be hosting exam study groups beginning on Friday, May 17. Please see study group schedule listed in this Rocket Report.  

EXAM SCHEDULE: Second semester exams and review days will be held from Friday, May 17 to Friday, May 24.  The schedule for review days and exams is listed below.  We begin our review days at 8:15 and dismiss at either 12:00 (due to St. Raphael dismissal time) or 12:30 (see schedule below).  We will begin each exam day at 9:15 a.m. and dismiss at 12:15 p.m.  Before-school supervision will be provided in the cafeteria as usual beginning at 7:15 a.m. each day, and FLIK will be selling a variety of breakfast items from 8:00-9:00 a.m. each day during exams.  Please note: There will be no after-school supervision in the cafeteria on these days.  Please make arrangements for your daughter to be picked up each day after exams by 12:30 p.m. Our building will close at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 for faculty/staff end-of-year activities so students will not be able to meet with faculty/staff members that afternoon. 

Friday, May 17: Day 1/3 Review Day 

  • ​A Block:  8:15 – 9:15 
  • B Block:  9:20 – 10:10 
  • C Block:  10:15 – 11:05 
  • D Block:  11:10 – 12:00 (dismissal) 

Monday, May 20  

  • A Block: 9:15 – 10:40  
  • B Block: 10:55 – 12:15 (dismissal)   

Tuesday, May 21  

  • C Block: 9:15 – 10:40  
  • D Block: 10:55 – 12:15 (dismissal)  

Wednesday, May 22: Day 2/4 Review Day 

  • E Block:  8:15 – 9:15 
  • F Block:  9:25 – 10:20 
  • G Block: 10:30 – 11:25 
  • H Block: 11:35 a.m. – 12:30 (dismissal) 

Thursday, May 23 

  • E Block: 9:15 – 10:40 
  • F Block: 10:55 – 12:15 (dismissal)  

Friday, May 24 

  • G block: 9:15 – 10:40 
  • *H block: 10:55 – 12:15 

*Students who have H block STUDY on their schedule may leave at 10:40 on Friday (after the G block exam period) if they would like.  Those who choose to stay will need to report to Room 116 where they will be supervised until dismissal at 12:15 p.m.  

ABSENCE DURING EXAMS & MAKE-UP EXAMS: A doctor’s note is required to make up any missed exam. Makeup exams will be given on Tuesday, May 28 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 204; students need to bring their doctor’s notes in advance or bring them with them on May 28 to be eligible to take a makeup exam. 

STUDY GROUP OPPORTUNITIES DURING EXAM WEEK:  Students have been invited by the Achievement Center to form study groups during exam week. Students may also come to study independently during this time. All students MUST RSVP to attend. Study sessions will take place on the following dates before and after school:  

  • Friday, May 17 from 12:00 – 2:30 p.m. 
  • Monday, May 20, from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. and 12:15 – 2:30 p.m.  
  • Tuesday, May 21 from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. and 12:15 – 2:30 p.m.   
  • Wednesday, May 22, from 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. No PM study groups due to faculty luncheon. 
  • Thursday, May 23, from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. and 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. 
  • Friday, May 24, from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. 

Students should complete the survey forms sent to students to reserve their spot. Please encourage your daughters to take advantage of this opportunity.  

SCHEDULES FOR 2024-2025: Your daughter will receive her list of classes for the 2024 – 2025 school year during LEAD & Learn homeroom time next week.  Please ask her to share this list with you.  If she is interested in changing her classes, please have her bring a signed note from a parent with this request to her dean during her study or after school May 17-24 during final exams. If she is interested in a level change, she will need a teacher’s signature in addition to a parent signature.   

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ANY STUDENT WHO REGISTERED FOR A DUAL CREDIT CLASS THROUGH UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE:   If your daughter has registered to take DC English IV, DC Human Development and Learning or DC The Teaching Profession, she will need to stay after exams on THURSDAY, MAY 23 from 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. in the theater.  Our liaison from UL will be here to get all students registered at UL for the Fall 2024 semester.   

UNIFORM/SPIRIT WEAR DONATIONS: The guidance and counseling department is now accepting uniform/spirit wear donations.  Do you have any extra uniform pieces or spirit wear around your house?  The counseling office uses the donated uniforms for three purposes.  The Rocket Parent Network sells donated uniform pieces to raise money for their scholarships.  The 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 counseling office for students who happen to forget a skirt or uniform piece.  We are able to help these students by lending them a uniform item for a day.  Donated uniforms may be dropped off in the counseling office anytime.  You may want to mark your calendar now for our upcoming Rocket Parent Network Annual Used Uniform Sale, which will be held on Saturday, June 8 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in the cafeteria. No item exceeds $10.  Come by and shop the bargains!  

BOOK BUYBACKS: We will conduct our book buybacks on Friday, May 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.  If students will be selling their books back to MBS Direct, they will need to go to their website after May 13, get a quote, and print out two (2) copies of the packing slip (three copies if you have more than six books).  To take full advantage of the guaranteed buyback, students will need to log into the account used to purchase books when accessing book buyback online quotes.  If you need assistance, please contact JUDY FIELDHOUSE.  Please see this flyer for details and instructions. 

WORK STUDY PROGRAM: For the 2024-2025 school year, Assumption will continue offering our Work Study program for interested students.  Work Study involves assisting our facility and custodial teams with cleaning classrooms after school.  Students receive a $400 tuition credit for every 40 hours worked, as well as a $20 campus store credit. An application to apply for the next school year will be included with our summer mailing sent the end of July.   All students are welcome to apply!  

END-OF-THE-YEAR TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION FOR ALL STUDENTS:  

A member of our IT Department will share the following information with our students in one of their May class meetings. 

  • All students must turn in their HP laptop to the Boeckmann Lab by their last day of classes. Seniors must turn in their HP laptops on their last day of classes or after their last exam. We must have them turned in before graduation. All other students need to turn them in on or before May 24. 
  • Graduating seniors may purchase their HP laptops for $5.00. However, they must turn them in and tell us then if they want to purchase them so we can remove the school software. The graduates may pick up their purchased HP laptops starting the week of June 17. Come to the Boeckmann Lab Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. 
  • If a senior wants to purchase her HP laptop, the $5.00 fee, (cash or check, no credit cards) will be collected when she comes to pick it up. The HP laptops not purchased by the seniors will be placed in our school loaner pool or will be used for parts to fix other computers.   
  • The PC warranty and accidental damage protection ends the day before graduation. 
  • Rising seniors may pick up their HP laptops starting the week of July 15 and rising sophomores and juniors starting the week of July 22. Come to the Boeckmann Lab Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. HP laptops can only be given to students who come with their school-issued case to pick up. This is a requirement for our accidental damage insurance.  
  • Students who are experiencing any hardware issues (physical damage such as cracked screens, damaged plastics, etc.) with their HP laptops must bring their devices to the Boeckmann Lab within 30 days of the accidental damage.  

ACT TEST PREP FOR SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS: We are offering our students the opportunity to partner with TorchPrep, an innovative test training program that cracks the code on improving ACT scores. TorchPrep has continually yielded outstanding ACT scores for our students. Last year, Assumption students who participated in TorchPrep saw an average score increase of 2.3 points. All courses include 30 hours of direct training, four full-length simulated tests, TorchPrep training manual, customized study plan, and guaranteed results.  The training program will take place at Assumption June 3 – 6 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  Early registration deadline is May 24.  More information about programs, registration, and fees can be found at www.torchprep.com. 

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 2024. There are numerous opportunities available with many costing less than $1,000. Programs are grouped according to areas of interest like General/Pre-College, Leadership, STEM, 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. 

ASSUMPTION PARENT ORGANIZATION (APO) NEWS – Teacher Appreciation: A HUGE THANK YOU to all the parents who helped make the Faculty/Staff Appreciation luncheon so special. With your generous donations, the luncheon was a special day for the faculty and staff. The food was wonderful, and the door prizes were such a nice surprise for everyone. There were many smiles on the faces of some great people, and they were so touched by your kindness. Thank you to everyone who contributed. It truly is one of their favorite days of the year. 

ROCKET NIGHT AT THE BATS: The Assumption Alumnae Association invites you to their Rocket Night at the Bats on June 13! All are welcome to join AHS for a night of Rocket pride, family fun, and Bats baseball at Louisville Slugger Field. The game starts at 6:35 p.m. but get there early to get some AHS swag as well as food and drink specials. Click here to get your ticket. For more info, contact ABBY MARTIN. 

FACULTY OPENING FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR:  Next year, we are in need of a full-time THEOLOGY TEACHER.  This opening has been posted on our website linked here:  AHS Website  If you know of anyone who might be interested and a great fit for Assumption, please share this job posting with them.    

GRADUATION WEEK REMINDERS – SENIOR EVENTS WEBPAGE: Next week is the BIG week for our senior class!  Please be sure to review all important information for senior schedules and events listed below available on the AHS website on the Class of 2024 senior webpage linked here: CLASS OF 2024 SENIOR EVENTS WEBPAGE 

  • SENIOR EXAMS: Monday, May 13, and Tuesday, May 14 
  • GRADUATION PRACTICE AT ASSUMPTION – Wednesday, May 15  
  • SENIOR HONORS CEREMONY – Wednesday, May 15  
  • BACCALAUREATE MASS – Thursday, May 16  
  • GRADUATION PRACTICE AT BELLARMINE – Friday, May 17 
  • GRADUATION – Saturday, May 18  

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT GRADUATION TICKETS: If your family will not be using all ten (10) of the allotted graduation tickets that were handed out to your senior, please have her bring them to the main office so they can be distributed to another senior who is in need of extra tickets.  Thank you! 

JUNIOR RING CEREMONY:  Junior Ring Ceremony is Saturday, May 11 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Raphael.  Students will need to be arrive no later than 10:45 a.m. and should meet their homeroom teacher and family behind St. Raphael by the basketball courts.  Students are welcome to invite up to four (4) guests to attend this wonderful celebration and may enter St. Raphael upon arrival to be seated.   We are looking forward to this very special celebration for our juniors as we mark the passing of leadership to the Class of 2025.  Special reminder about rings: If your student did not order a ring from Balfour, she will need to bring her own ring/jewelry with her and hold onto it for the ceremony.  If your student ordered a ring from Balfour, the junior class moderator will bring the ring to the ceremony and give it to the student. 

JUNIOR ACTS SERVICE HOURS:  Last week in their theology classes, sophomores learned the details about their junior ACTS requirement. They are encouraged to begin this over the summer. Before they begin serving, they will need to complete an online commitment form that requires a guardian’s signature. Please see the syllabus for all the details. JUNIOR ACTS SYLLABUS If you have any questions, please reach out the service-learning director, Katie Culver (katie.culver@ahsrockets.org) 

GSP APPLICATIONS AND STANDARDIZED TESTS:  Sophomores interested in applying for the Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP) next fall are encouraged to take an ACT in June or July and/or an SAT in June in addition to the standardized tests offered through AHS in the fall. Doing this will help students to achieve the best possible score prior to the application deadline. If you have any questions, please email COLLEEN MURPHY or visit the GSP website at  http://gsp.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx. 

The following students who will serve in student leadership positions for the 2024-2025 school year.  

Family Council President – senior Katelyn Machor.  

Family Class Representatives: Seniors: Isabelle Beckham, Bailey Blair, Lily Bratcher, Elly Crawford, Janie Eichberger, Marie Huber, Brinkley Todd, and Bridget Wolfram.  Juniors: Anna Conner, Remy Hourigan, Leah Johnson, Emma Rutledge, and Aislinn Ryan.  Sophomores: Ali Bixler, Kathryn Bovine, Lilli Burton, Olivia Drummond, Addie LaFramboise, Ava McDowell, Ava Katherine Mehling, Claire Russell, and Ainsley Simon.  

Senior Class President – Claire Kuhbander  

Senior class officers: Sarah Bartley, Avery Lewis, Alexandria Matthews, Abby McElroy, Jenna Miller, Lindy Miller, and Molly Waggener.   

Junior Class President – Kara Hobgood  

Junior Class Officers: Lilly Ater, Sasha Hess, Nikita Nair, Loren Shrum, Edyn Smith, Mackenzie Smith, and Sophia Taglis.   

Sophomore Class President – Caroline Marks 

Sophomore Class officers: Giorgia Carraro, Whitney Cooper, Eleanor Keith, Molly Mercer, Eva Pate, Claire Pyles, Cate Schaffer, and Rosie Wolfram.   

Freshman Mentors for the incoming class of 2028 – Rising juniors: Kayla Blalock, Elise Crump, Ella Dallenbach, Stella Derenge, Norah Everette, Jessica Graas, GG King, Caitlin Perkins, and Aleks Weleski.  

We are so grateful for all the students who ran for student leadership and look forward to honoring the work of these elected leaders and all others who step up to build the community of Assumption next year.  

PHYSICALS:  A reminder to all parents of Assumption athletes: It is required by the KHSAA that your daughter have a current physical on file with the athletic office before she may participate in tryouts or practice of any kind. This physical must be submitted on the KHSAA physical form. Fall sports tryouts begin July 15. Please call and make a doctor’s appointment today with your daughter’s primary care physician. There are no group physicals offered here at school.  

ROCKET PHOTOS: Be sure to check out Rocket Photos:  https://mhaasphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/ahs2023-24/ 

Congratulations to:

  • The Softball team for defeating Jeffersonville and Central Hardin 
  • The Lacrosse team for beating Mercy 14-7 in the Regional Semifinal and advancing to the State Tournament  

Saturday, May 10 

  • Lacrosse First Round State TBD 

May 13- May 17 

  • Tennis Regionals (singles/ doubles) 

Monday, May 13 

  • Softball vs Holy Cross. Varsity 5:30 p.m., JV 7:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, May 15 

  • Softball vs Anderson County. Varsity 6:00 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m. 
  • Track @ Meet of Champions @ Male. 5:00 p.m. 

Thursday, May 16 

  • Softball @ Scott County. Varsity 6:00 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m.