February 26, 2026

Pope Francis once stated that “God’s mercy transforms human hearts; it enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to become merciful in turn.” During this Mission Week, our students have fully experienced how to be merciful and grounded in faithful love through their Mission Week activities. They have learned that they are valuable people, that everyone has dignity and worth, and what they do and say really does make a difference! In the end, whether experiencing something as big as a mission trip or something as small as an act of kindness, our students’ hearts have grown fully and faithfully. Our hope is that they have been inspired to continue to “make their mark” throughout the year – intellectually, physically, spiritually, and interpersonally. Thank you for your prayers and support of your daughters during this very special week!  

This week, we also finally got to honor and celebrate our amazing President, Mary Lang, for winning the Distinguished Catholic School Leader Award from the Archdiocese of Louisville. We were so grateful to welcome Amy Nall, Superintendent for Catholic Schools, and Trevor Timmerberg, Assistant Superintendent for Catholic Schools, who presented the award to Mary.

TED TALKS

Our fourth annual Assumption TED Talks took place today as a part of Mission Week! This started as a senior dream from Alumna, Mary Claire Schmidt ’23. She envisioned an opportunity for students to share lessons they’ve learned through pivotal experiences in their lives. The young women selected to speak this year did an outstanding job with sharing their stories, speaking in front of large audiences, and being vulnerable. Through the TED Talks, we are connected on a deeper level as a school, a community, and a family. We are so appreciative of these students for sharing what has significantly impacted them, and for inspiring those around them to believe in themselves! Please join us in congratulating these students! Claire Pyles ’27, Rosie Wolfram ’27, Eva Smith ’26 (Emcee), PJ Harris ’27, Bailey Ruffin ’27

MISSION WEEK HOLIDAY: There is no school on Friday, February 27.  

CURRENT FRESHMAN PARENT REGISTRATION INFORMATION NIGHT: Attention, all freshman parents: On Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. please join Dean of Studies Theresa Schuhmann for an online meeting in which she will provide information about the registration and course selection process for all freshman parents. We highly recommend you take advantage of this important informational session to help your daughters plan their course of study for their sophomore year.  A link to the meeting will be emailed by your daughter’s counselor, Lynnzi Bader, next week. 

ASSUMPTION PARENT PRAYER: Due to Mission Week, Parent Prayer will resume and meet on Wednesday, March 4 from 8:15-8:45 a.m. in the chapel. Please park in any open space and enter the school through the main entrance.  We will pray for the Limerick freshmen and sophomores. 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.  

MID-SEMESTER PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT CONFERENCE COMMUNICATION: This semester, teachers will be sending an email to the parents of any student whose grade in their class is a D or F as of Thursday, March 5.  We ask all parents who receive an email to respond in a timely fashion. Parents may request a conference virtually through Teams during the conference window of Tuesday, March 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A link will be provided in the teacher’s email. Of course, any parent may request a conference call via phone or team or in-person meeting with a teacher at any time during the school year to discuss a student’s progress in a course.  We appreciate your shared commitment to our partnership to best help our students achieve academic success. 

ABSENCES BEFORE/AFTER SPRING BREAK: Please note that absences directly before or after Spring Break will count toward semester absence totals. Also, missing the day before or after Spring Break without a medical note will result in an academic penalty of a 50% reduction on assignments missed. If your daughter is sick before or after Spring Break, please submit a medical note to the Attendance Office so that this can be noted on your daughter’s attendance record. Full details about our attendance policies and procedures can be found in the Student-Family Handbook. 

2026-2027 TENTATIVE SCHOOL CALENDAR: We are in the process of building the 2026-2027 school calendar. Although we have not finalized the calendar, we recognize that our families may need general calendar information in advance. To help with this need, the tentative key calendar dates for 2026-2027 are now posted on our website through this link:  Important Tentative Calendar Dates 2026-2027 

IMPORTANT UPCOMING STUDENT REGISTRATION INFORMATION: In March, we will be starting the registration process for the 2026-2027 school year.  Below is important information:  

  • TUITION AND ENROLLMENT FEES FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR: This year, we will continue using Blackbaud Tuition Management (BBTM) for enrollment and tuition. Families received a special message in January asking that the non-refundable $225 enrollment fee be paid by Friday, February 13, 2026. This payment ensures that students may proceed with course selection and be considered for financial assistance or scholarships.  Parents or guardians of current freshman, sophomore, or junior students will receive an email in April announcing tuition for the 2026–2027 school year. If your daughter will not be returning for the 2026–2027 school year, please contact our registrar, Jenny Friedenberg. If you have any questions about your tuition account, please contact Shanna Selby. 
  • CURRENT FRESHMAN PARENT REGISTRATION INFORMATION NIGHT – Save the date! Attention, all freshman parents: On Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m., please join Dean of Studies Theresa Schuhmann for an online meeting in which she will provide information about the registration and course selection process for all freshman parents. We highly recommend you take advantage of this important informational session to help your daughters plan their course of study for their sophomore year.  A link to the meeting will be available closer to the meeting date. 
  • PARENT POWERSCHOOL LOG IN FOR 2026-2027 REGISTRATION: We began meeting with freshmen, sophomores, and juniors regarding decision making around next year’s schedule earlier this month, and we will meet with students during Community Time and RTI time during the week of March 2 to prepare for our online registration for the 2026-2027 school year.  This is a great time to have a conversation with your daughter about her classes for next year.  More detailed information will follow, but please make note that you will need to log into your parent PowerSchool account to register your daughter for classes next year.  If you have forgotten your parent username or password for PowerSchool, when you go to the login screen for PowerSchool, just click on the link “Having trouble signing in?” and follow the directions to obtain a forgotten username or forgotten password.  Please contact Jenny.Friedenberg@ahsrockets.org or brent.miller@ahsrockets.org if you have trouble logging in! 
  • 2026-2027 COURSE SELECTIONS: On Monday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 10, our teachers will be conferencing with all current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors regarding their course selections for the 2026-2027 school year.  We encourage you to have a conversation regarding course selections for next year prior to March 9 and 10 so that students can have more productive meetings with their teachers.  Registration will open after school on March 12. 
  • 2026-2027 COURSE SELECTIONS & DEADLINES: Your daughter will consult with her teachers for class suggestions, meet with her parents/guardians 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 Wednesday, March 18.  
  • IMPORTANT COURSE REGISTRATION DATES IN A NUTSHELL: 
  • Week of March 2: Community Time and RTI sessions at school to discuss class registration 
  • March 5: Freshman parent info session 
  • March 9 and 10: Teachers meet with students individually during class to discuss class selections 
  • March 12 after school: Official class registration opens in PowerSchool using PARENT login 
  • March 10-18: 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 and Wednesday, March 17 and 18: Students may turn in their finalized class selection form to their deans in the atrium. 

ROCKET PARENT NETWORK (RPN) NEWS – Parent/Student Night at Top Golf: Come join the Rocket Parent Network for our annual Parent/Student Night at Top Golf on Tuesday, March 24 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.  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 link to a survey includes additional details about this event:  Rocket Parent Network Event at TOPGOLF 3/24/26 – Fill out form 

DRIVER’S EDUCATION CLASSES IN MARCH: The Kentucky Driving School is offering classroom instruction and private driving lessons at Assumption on March 16-20.  Please click on this link for additional information: SPRING DRIVER’S EDUCATION CLASSES 

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES: Opportunities for the summer have been UPDATED. You can find these on our guidance department page by clicking here: SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES 2026. 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. 

SENIOR CITIZEN PROM: Assumption High School’s Beta Club will be hosting the 23rd annual Senior Citizen Prom on Saturday, March 21 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Assumption cafeteria.  The theme this year is “Viva Las Vegas.” There will be music from the Prime Time Band, dancing, food, and refreshments at no cost.  We look forward to hosting up to 160 guests. Please RSVP no later than March 11 to Erica Lasley at Assumption High School at 502-271-2530 or erica.lasley@ahsrockets.org so we may plan accordingly.  Please feel free to share this information with the senior citizens in your life.  We look forward to another wonderful prom with the senior citizens in our community!  

TORCHPREP ACT SUMMER INTENSIVE CAMP: TorchPrep will offer an ACT Summer Intensive Camp session at AHS from June 8-11, 2026. The ACT will change significantly by September 2025, so this is the last year for your daughter to take the current version. It’s a great opportunity to achieve target scores for college admissions and scholarships. For details and registration, please follow this link: https://torchprep.com/louisville-act-test-prep/. TorchPrep is available to answer your questions and support your college access. 

MISSION WEEK SERVICE HOURS FOR SENIORS: Applicable service hours completed during Mission Week need to be submitted to MobileServe by Tuesday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m. 

SENIORS – MOTHER/DAUGHTER BREAKFAST: We will celebrate seniors and their mothers or mother figures at the Mother/Daughter Breakfast on Saturday, March 7, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel by the airport (830 Phillips Ln, Louisville, KY 40209) from 9:30-11:00 a.m.  Optional pictures will be available beginning at 8:00 a.m. More information to come on those details.  We are planning on you and your daughter attending, but if a conflict makes this impossible, please let MARY ANN STEUTERMANN  know by March 3 if you are NOT able to attend. 

SENIOR EVENT DATES & PARENT LETTER: An email will be sent out in March to parents of seniors giving details about senior activities and graduation events occurring in April and May. For now, below is a listing of important senior event dates to mark on your calendar: 

  • Saturday, March 7, at 9:30 a.m. – Mother/Daughter Breakfast at Crowne Plaza Hotel by the airport (830 Phillips Lane) 
  • Thursday, April 23 – Senior Celebration Day – 1:00 p.m. Dismissal for Seniors 
  • Friday, April 24, at 7:00 p.m. – Pink and White Game at St. Xavier High School 
  • Friday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. – Senior Holiday (No School for Seniors) & Senior Prom at Mellwood Art Center – DaVinci Room (1860 Mellwood Avenue) 
  • Monday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 12 – Senior Exams 
  • Wednesday, May 13 from 9:00 a.m. -11:00 p.m. – Mandatory Graduation Practice at Assumption (gym) 
  • Wednesday, May 13 at 6:30 p.m. – Senior Honors Ceremony at Assumption (gym) 
  • Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. – Baccalaureate Mass at St. Bernadette Catholic Church (6500 St Bernadette Ave, Prospect, KY 40059) 
  • Friday, May 15, from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. – Mandatory Graduation Practice at Assumption (gym) 
  • Sunday, May 17, at 11:00 a.m. – Graduation at Louisville Palace Theatre – 625 South Fourth Street 

MISSION WEEK FORM FOR JUNIORS: Verification forms for both job shadow and college visits are due Tuesday, March 4.   

JUNIOR PROM: The Junior Prom will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. in the Assumption gym. The junior class moderators and class officers have been hard at work in the process of planning the details for the big semiformal event, and many juniors have already started shopping for the dance. With this in mind, our Dean of Students, Kamaria Wesley, will share a video with all juniors to review information about our dress code for dances with the students and students may email with questions. Please take a few minutes to review the dress code 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, Ms. Wesley 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 ticket details in a class meeting and with reminder emails and announcements.  

CURRENT FRESHMAN PARENT REGISTRATION INFORMATION NIGHT: Attention, all freshman parents: On Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. please join Dean of Studies Theresa Schuhmann for an online meeting in which she will provide information about the registration and course selection process for all freshman parents. We highly recommend you take advantage of this important informational session to help your daughters plan their course of study for their sophomore year.  A link to the meeting will be emailed by your daughter’s counselor, Lynnzi Bader, next week. 

MISSION WEEK T-SHIRT ORDER FORM: In celebration of the incredible work our freshmen did during Mission Week, all Class of 2030 students are invited to order a t-shirt created by members of their class for only $15! Use this link to order by Friday, March 6. 

Our Rocket Academic team who competed against 16 schools at the Governor’s Cup Regional competition. We are thrilled to announce that Assumption took third place overall! We continue to hold the title of the most winning girls’ school in the region! A huge congratulations goes out to our Future Problem Solving team made up of juniors Maria Brasler and Kate Jarboe along with sophomores Natalia Garza and Chloe Wells who earned first place! Additionally, we had individual students also placed in the content assessment competition. Shout out to seniors Elise Crump who medaled in both Science and Arts & Humanities, as well as Stella Derenge who medaled in composition for the second consecutive year. Finally, congratulations to the entire academic team for earning the Katherine Hume best sportsmanship award.  

The members of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) who competed in the regional competition this week. Congratulations to the following individuals or teams for placing 1st through 3rd and qualifying for the state competition.   

  • Event Planning (1st) - Lilli Burton, Lesly Gomez-Perz, Maddie Walters 
  • Website Design (1st) - Ashlynn Kiesler, Ellie Lazarewicz, Kate Schardein 
  • Business Communication (2nd) – Megan Oeswein 
  • Data Analysis (2nd) - Ava Cecil, Kelly Kleinholter 
  • Digital Animation (2nd) - Milana Tran 
  • International Business (2nd) - Gabrielle Buschemeyer, Meredith Elder, Jamie Noe 
  • Introduction to Public Speaking (2nd) - Amelia Montano 
  • Organizational Leadership (2nd) - Harper Swinney 
  • Economics (3rd) - Eliana Rittmuller 
  • Hospitality and Event Management (3rd) – Elizabeth Hammond 
  • Journalism (3rd) - Evie Feldkamp 
  • Visual Design (3rd) - Maddi Hicks, Adele Wilson 

Congratulations to:

Assumption Swim & Dive Earn 3rd Place at KHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving State Championships: Assumption High School is proud to announce an outstanding team performance at the 2026 KHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving State Championships held at the University of Kentucky. The Rockets delivered one of the strongest state showings in program history, finishing 3rd overall with 198 points. The Rockets’ 3rdplace team finish reflects the collective effort of every swimmer and diver on the roster, including relay alternates, prelims contributors, and athletes in scoring and nonscoring roles.  

Diving Podium Finish: Assumption’s success extended to the diving well, where senior Leila Macauley ’26 delivered a standout performance, capturing 3rd place with a score of 490.00 points in the 1meter finals round.  

Relay Excellence Leads the Way: Assumption opened the meet with a podium finish in the 200 Medley Relay, earning 3rd place with a time of 1:47.50. The relay featured Mallie Whiteley ’27, Parker Russell ’27, Sydney Pyles ’29, and Kinley Jones ’27, each posting strong splits to establish early momentum for the team.  

The Rockets also delivered key points in freestyle relays, placing:  

  • 6th in the 400 Freestyle Relay (Whiteley, Von Allmen, Lawson, Jones) with a final time of 3:40.60  
  • 8th in the 200 Freestyle Relay (Sullivan, Von Allmen, Brooks, Pyles) in 1:42.47  

Standout Individual Performances: The Rockets showcased depth, talent, and competitiveness across the program with multiple final appearances:  

Sprint Success  

  • Kinley Jones ’27 finished as the State RunnerUp in the 50 Freestyle, clocking a blazing 23.77, and added a 4thplace finish in the 100 Freestyle (52.89).  

Backstroke & Mid-Distance Strength  

  • Mallie Whiteley ’27 secured 4th in the 100 Backstroke (56.17) and 7th in the 100 Freestyle (53.41), contributing significant points and strong relay legs throughout the meet.  

IM & Breaststroke Power  

  • Sydney Pyles ’29 earned 7th in the 200 IM (2:09.41) and added points in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing 13th in finals.  
  • Parker Russell ’27 captured 8th in the 200 IM (2:09.69) and 7th in the 100 Breaststroke (1:06.35), anchoring the team’s strength in technical events.  

Backstroke Depth  

  • Raya Von Allmen ’28 contributed with a 14th place finish in the 100 Backstroke (1:00.04) and key relay performances.  

Next Week: 

Monday, March 2  

  • Basketball regional quarterfinals TBD.   

Wednesday, March 4  

  • Lacrosse at Sayre JV/V 6:30/8:00 p.m.   
  • Basketball regional semi- finals at Atherton TBD.  

Thursday, March 5  

  • Basketball regional semi- finals at Atherton TBD.