November 26, 2024

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 English teacher, Jessica Williams was our recipient of this award – congratulations to Mrs. Williams!

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

Tuesday morning, we came together as a community for our annual Thanksgiving Celebration. This year the theme was centered around unsung heroes in our families and school community. This special celebration gave students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to show their gratitude for all the unsung heroes in their life. Afterwards, students had the opportunity to enjoy a Thanksgiving lunch and write things that they are feeling thankful for during this holiday season!

Congratulations again to English teacher, Jessica Williams, for being selected by the Assumption Community for this year’s Rose Award. It is incredibly deserved, and we are so grateful that you have dedicated your time, talents, and compassion to Assumption!

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS: Assumption will close for Thanksgiving break from Wednesday, November 27 – Friday, November 29.   

PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS EVENTS:  The following events will take place over the next two weeks in the theater showcasing our Fine and Performing Arts programs:

Performing Arts Winter Music Concert -Thursday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. – Admission is $5
Visual Arts Department Art Show – Tuesday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m. – free
Introduction to Theatre Showcase – Thursday, December 12 at 6:00 p.m. (C block) & 7:30 p.m. (D block) – free
Humanities II Extravaganza – Friday, December 13 at 6:30 p.m.- $1 advance-purchased tickets- no tickets sold at the door.

LEAD & LEARN DAY – Friday, December 6: While our faculty and staff will be participating in a professional development day, our students will utilize this day from home as a LEAD & Learn Day.  As they were in October, students will be asked to identify how they can most productively utilize the day to achieve academic and co-curricular outcomes for the semester and may choose to engage in a variety of activities to accomplish these goals. These could include catching up on homework or working ahead on a project, including completing work for Day 2 classes, writing college essays or completing college applications, making a college visit, completing service hours, or engaging in standardized test prep. This could also include some time for rest, mindfulness, or exercise. As a final step in solidifying their purposeful use of the day, students will be required to submit their plans for the day by 12:00 p.m. via email through an Attendance Forms Survey. This survey will serve as their virtual attendance for the day.

ASSUMPTION PARENT PRAYER: Our parent prayer group will meet for the last time this semester on December 3 from 8:30–9:00 a.m. in the AHS chapel and will continue to meet each Tuesday morning beginning again on January 7, 2025. 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. On December 3, we will be praying for the GALWAY family juniors and seniors. Please join us for any or all of these opportunities. 

PRAYER INTENTIONS: All Assumption parents and alumnae are invited to share prayer intentions. Periodically, we will include the line of “prayer intentions posted online by AHS parents and alumnae” as part of our morning prayer over the P.A. Likewise, feel free to include the intentions you find there in your own personal prayer. To participate, please follow this link.

ADVENT REFLECTIONS: The season of Advent begins on Sunday, December 1 and runs until Christmas. If you would like to receive a daily reflection throughout the season, you can do so free of charge by signing up for “Sacred Advent Emails” through Loyola Press.

CANSTRUCTION: Canstruction is beginning! Canstruction is one of the biggest service events in our Assumption community. This event 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 but also provides a unique opportunity for Assumption family bonding. Each family collects cans in their homerooms throughout the rest of 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 Monday, December 9, so that will be the last collection day, but we will collect cans each day until then. We are looking forward to having the Assumption community help the Louisville community through our partnership with Dare to Care!

Parent Volunteers Needed: We are need of parent volunteers to help with packing/lifting boxes on Monday, December 9 from 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Please sign up through this link, if interested: CANSTRUCTION PARENT VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

FINANCIAL AID FORM: The financial aid link for the 2025-2026 school year has been added to the school’s website. The due date is January 31, 2025, 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 be considered for 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. If you paid your tuition in full in July, please also be on the lookout for this email as you will need to make this payment.  Please take a moment to talk with your daughter about the exams she is registered to take.  Exams and art portfolio submissions are $99 each except for AP Research and AP Seminar which are $147 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.

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 and Calculus, which will register for credit in November. If you need help knowing which course is associated with which university, consult this sheet from our website: DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION 2024-2025. 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 9 & ship to home – December 18. All orders must be picked up by 1:00 p.m. on December 21. Additional Christmas holiday hours will be:

Tuesday, December 10, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (holiday hours)
Saturday, December 14, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Placement Test/holiday hours)
Tuesday, December 17, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (holiday hours)
Saturday, December 21, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (holiday hours)
Note: The store will close at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 20.

AHS IN FOCUS – Prospective Student Night: Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are invited to join us on Wednesday, December 4 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! 

SENIOR YEARBOOK TRIBUTE CONTRACTS – DUE TODAY: Over the years, senior parents have developed a tradition of supporting certain activities important to their graduating daughters at Assumption.  One of these is helping to underwrite the cost of printing the yearbook by purchasing “Senior Tributes” that contain a message of congratulations and your favorite photos of your graduate. “Senior Tributes” can be a great way to document and celebrate your daughter’s time as an Assumption Rocket. If you are interested in purchasing a “Senior Tribute,” you will find size, pricing information, instructions, and a contract here: 2025 Senior Ad Letter and Contract. The deadline to submit tribute contracts is Tuesday, November 26. Please feel free to reach out to Melissa Fette, yearbook adviser, at melissa.fette@ahsrockets.org with any questions. Thank you for your support of the Assumption Rosecast!  

FAFSA UPDATE: The following email was sent to the senior class today by our college counselors: If you and your family plan to complete the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), it is now available. It was scheduled to be ready on December 1, but they decided to open it ahead of schedule. We encourage you to wait 1-2 weeks before completing it to ensure the system is running smoothly. By filling out the FAFSA, your eligibility will be determined for college grants, work-study programs, federal student loans, and certain state-based aid. While many families don’t think they will qualify for any help, filling out the FAFSA is the only way to find out. In the meantime, students and their parent(s) must complete the process for a StudentAid.gov account. Students and parents are encouraged to create an account at least two weeks prior to completing the FAFSA. To create an account, the individual will need his/her Social Security number and a mobile phone number and/or email address. Students, do not use your Assumption email for this process.

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CLASS OF 2025 INFORMATION CONFIRMATION MAILING: Parents of the Class of 2025: 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 Thursday, December 4.  Even if no changes need to be made, please make sure to return a signed copy to the main office by Thursday, December 4.

JUNIOR ACTS DEADLINE – Friday, December 6: The final Junior ACTS deadline is Friday, December 6, for students currently enrolled in Catholic Social Teaching. By 8:10 a.m. students will need to have their hours completed, logged, AND verified on MobileServe in order to receive full credit for their remaining eight hours of service.

Junior Eva Smith and sophomore Kate Jarboe for being selected to the KMEA All State Senior High Chorus!  These girls were selected from over 800 students to participate in the choir, which will rehearse for two days in February and then perform in a concert on the stage of the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

Congratulations to:

The Cheer team for qualifying for UCA Nationals in both the Medium Varsity and Large Varsity Game Day divisions!

Next Week:

Wednesday, December 4

Swim and Dive Ballard Dual Meet @ St. X

Thursday, December 5

Basketball @ Sacred Heart. Freshman 5:00 p.m., JV 6:00 p.m.

Friday, December 6 – Saturday, December 7

Archery @ St. Margaret Mary Tournament

Saturday December 7

Basketball vs Frederick Douglass @ Dixie Heights 4:30 p.m.