March 6, 2026
Deans of Studies – Judy Fieldhouse and Theresa Schuhmann
As we step into March, we can’t help but feel a renewed sense of excitement and energy working alongside our students during this pivotal time of the school year. Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of partnering with our dedicated school counselors, focusing on guiding students through thoughtful decision making as they plan for the upcoming school year. Some of our teachers have begun individual recommendation sessions with students and those will be completed for all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors on Monday and Tuesday of next week. These conversations are fantastic opportunities for students to seek advice, clarify their goals, and make informed choices about their academic future. We will be holding our final presentations about the registration process for the 2026-2027 school year during Community Time next week. Additionally, teachers of elective courses have visited class meetings to inform sophomores and juniors about their options and will meet with freshmen next week. We have dedicated time to not only clarifying the logistics of registration but, perhaps even more importantly, giving students space to explore the diverse range of courses available to them.
Supporting students as they map out their academic journeys and dream big is truly the most rewarding aspect of our work. We want to remind everyone that each student’s class counselor is an invaluable resource throughout this process, providing guidance and answering questions at every step. For your reference, linked here are the instructions your daughter received in her class meeting this week, which outline the steps needed to complete registration. We encourage you to review the COURSE CATALOG and these instructions together and take some time to have meaningful conversations as she considers her options for next year.
CHOIR GOES ON THE ROAD
This week Assumption’s Advanced Choir participated in the Athena Choral Festival at Murray State University, and it was an irreplaceable experience! Students got to work with Dr. Katy Green, Director of Choral Activities & Assistant Professor of Music Education at Pacific University. They sang for her and took in crucial advice and feedback. They also performed alongside five other schools for the festival. This was truly an experience of a lifetime, and we are so proud of our AHS Advanced Choir!
SENIORS – MOTHER/DAUGHTER BREAKFAST: We will celebrate seniors and their mothers or mother figures at the Mother/Daughter Breakfast tomorrow, Saturday, March 7, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel by the airport (830 Phillips Lane Louisville, KY 40209) from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Optional pictures will be available beginning at 8:00 a.m.
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 yesterday 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.
ASSUMPTION PARENT PRAYER: Parent Prayer will meet on Wednesday, March 11 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 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.
TUITION ASSISTANCE AND SCHOLARSHIP LETTERS: Tuition assistance and scholarship letters were emailed to families today, March 6, using the email address listed in FACTS. Scholarships are awarded on an annual basis and are determined through a thoughtful and thorough review process. Each year, the scholarship committee carefully considers a large number of applications in order to distribute available funds in a way that best supports our school community. With more than 1,000 applications submitted this year, the selection process is highly competitive and requires many difficult decisions. If your daughter did not receive a scholarship for the upcoming year, she will have the opportunity to apply again for the 2027–2028 school year. We encourage families to continue to apply for aid, as circumstances and available funding may change from year to year. Please note: if your daughter’s account is delinquent, an award letter cannot be issued until the account is current. If you have any questions regarding your financial aid award, please contact our Executive Director of Finance, Jessica Thompson, at jessica.thompson@ahsrockets.org or 271-2529.
LEAD & LEARN DAY – Wednesday, March 25: 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, 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.
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: It is March, and we have begun the registration process for the 2026-2027 school year. Below is important information:
- PARENT POWERSCHOOL LOG IN FOR 2026-2027 REGISTRATION: We began meeting with freshmen, sophomores, and juniors regarding decision making around next year’s schedule last month, and this week we met with students during Community Time and RTI time 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.
FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE:
- ROCKET MADNESS: Save the Date for Rocket Madness happening March 16-20, a family-participation fundraiser aimed at supporting the parts of AHS that YOU care most about! Your generosity allows all students to have the Assumption experience. More info here!
- ROCKETS AFTER HOURS: Alumnae are invited to a happy hour event at Limón y Sal in St. Matthews on Wednesday, March 11, between 6:00-8:00 p.m. We will have a taco bar and plenty of time to catch up with fellow Rockets and hear the latest news from AHS! Please RSVP here before March 7. For more information, contact Anna White.
AHS SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION OPENING SOON: We are excited to announce that registration for the 2026 camp schedule will open on Monday, March 9! Assumption will be offering nearly 70 stimulating enrichment and athletic summer camps for girls and boys in grades K-12. Click here to learn more. Please contact Laura Mosher at summercamp@ahsrockets.org with any questions.
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 2026. 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 23, 2026.
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
DRESS CODE FOR SENIOR PROM: Seniors will receive information about their senior prom at an upcoming class meeting and via email. Senior prom will be held Friday, May 8, 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, Kamaria Wesley, will review information about our dress code for a formal dance with the seniors; she will also email information about the dress code for the dance to all the seniors. Ms. Wesley recommends that students ask parents for advice in following the dress code 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.
ACT FOR JUNIORS: On Tuesday, March 24, all juniors will take the ACT at Assumption at 8:50 a.m. Juniors will be dismissed at approximately 12:15 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. You can read more about ACT school day testing at this link. This score can be sent to colleges and universities and used for admission and scholarship purposes. Please contact COLLEEN MURPHY if you have any questions.
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 REGISTRATION PARENT NIGHT: Thanks to those parents in the Class of 2028 who joined us for this information night on Thursday. During the event, Dean of Studies Theresa Schuhmann reviewed the information sessions covering the registration process that have been and will be shared with the freshmen. The first is designed to introduce students to the language of the registration process so that they can be active and informed participants in the process. The second covers the logistical details of the process including due dates and deadlines. If you were unable to attend, the PowerPoint that was used as part of this presentation is linked here.
MISSION WEEK T-SHIRT ORDER FORM: In celebration of the incredible work our freshmen did during Mission Week, all Class of 2029 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.
The Rocket Speech and Debate team, who recently competed at the Marshall University Speech and Debate Tournament. Helen Wernert was a quarterfinalist in Debate. Agnes Boyer came in fourth place in Speech, Nikita Nair won second place in speech, and PJ Harris was the top novice and Tournament Champion in Broadcasting. Additionally, Helen Wernert, Gabi Lusardo, and Harper Joaquin received Speaker Awards in debate.
Congratulations to:
The JV and Varsity Lacrosse Teams won their first games of the season against Sayre on the road!
The Basketball team for beating Christian Academy and Manual to advance to the Seventh Region championship game!
Next Week:
Saturday, March 7
- Basketball Regional Final vs Sacred Heart @ Atherton 7:30 p.m.
Monday, March 9
- Lacrosse @ South Oldham. JV 6:00 p.m., Varsity 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10
- Lacrosse vs Atherton. JV 5:30 p.m., Varsity 7:00 p.m.
- Tennis @ Bullitt East 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11
- Basketball State Tournament first round TBD @ Rupp Arena
March 13-14
- Archery NASP State Tournament @ Expo Center
Friday, March 13
- Basketball State Quarterfinals TBD @ Rupp Arena
- Tennis @ Oldham County 4:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 14
- Lacrosse @ Christian Academy. Varsity 10:00 a.m., JV 2:30 p.m.
- Varsity Lacrosse vs Castle (IN) @ Christian Academy 11:30 a.m.
- Basketball State Semifinals TBD @ Rupp Arena
- Basketball State Finals TBD @ Rupp Arena
