April 17, 2026

This year at Assumption, we have watched our girls lead with confidence, grow with purpose, and live out The Assumption Advantage in powerful ways, where faith guides, compassion inspires, integrity matters, and excellence empowers. From classrooms to campuses, service projects to leadership opportunities, the impact of this work is felt every day, by our students, our families, and the greater Louisville community.

That is why we are honored to once again be nominated for the Courier‑Journal’s Best of the Best. With your support, Assumption has proudly earned this recognition four years in a row, and together we have the opportunity to make it five. Your vote helps amplify what we know to be true: Assumption is Louisville’s BEST private high school for girls, forming young women who are confident, compassionate, and ready to lead the world beyond our doors.

Vote once a day from now until Thursday, April 30!
Louisville Community’s Choice Awards 2026 Link 

Safety with Purpose at Assumption

Did you know that Assumption has two American Red Cross–certified instructors on campus? Our Health & Physical Education teachers are fully certified to provide First Aid, CPR, and AED training, helping ensure our community is prepared, confident, and safe.

This summer, we’re excited to extend that opportunity to students as well! Assumption will host multiple one‑day First Aid, CPR & AED Certification Camps open to students in grades 8–12 (girls and boys). This hands‑on course equips students with life‑saving skills they can use at school, athletics, work, babysitting, or at home, while earning an official American Red Cross certification recognized nationwide.

It’s a meaningful way for students to build confidence, leadership, and real‑world readiness. It’s just one more example of the Assumption Advantage in action.
Learn more and register here: First Aid, CPR & AED Certification Course

ROSE THEATRE COMPANY’S SPRING PLAY – JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH: Rose Theatre Company is excited to present this spring’s play, James and the Giant Peach! This fast-paced, imaginative adaptation follows James Henry Trotter as he escapes his miserable life inside a magical, oversized peach and embarks on a daring journey filled with humor, heart, and unexpected friends. Along the way, he faces danger with courage and cleverness—guided by lively narrators and invitations to the audience to join the fun. With its playful storytelling and interactive moments, this production is especially welcoming for families and younger audience members—though there’s plenty for all ages to enjoy! Performance dates: Saturday, April 18 and Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, April 19, Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets: CUR8 – James and the Giant Peach Details 

SENIOR CELEBRATION DAY: On Thursday, April 23, the Class of 2026 will participate in Senior Celebration Day.  Seniors will report to school by 8:50 a.m. as usual but may wear shorts and Senior Celebration Day team color t-shirts.  The senior class will spend the day participating in a mind, body, and spirit field day, which will culminate with a class picture and class cookout in the courtyard. Seniors will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. Graduation tickets will be distributed at the end of the Celebration Day.   

PINK AND WHITE GAME: The nineteenth annual Pink and White Game will be held at St. Xavier High School School on Friday, April 24, at 7:00 p.m. Opening ceremonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets will NOT be sold at the door. Students may purchase tickets during lunches in the cafeteria beginning Monday, April 20; tickets are $10.00.  Assumption, Sacred Heart, St. X, and Trinity each receive a ticket allotment to sell to their communities. We are encouraging students to arrange with their family and friends at St. X, Trinity, and Sacred Heart to buy their tickets at their own schools.  To ensure that all students have the opportunity to buy a ticket from Assumption’s allotted tickets, on Monday, April 20, each student may buy only one ticket for herself.   For the remainder of the week, students may buy a maximum of two tickets per day.  Tickets will be sold to students only.  There will be no outside sales.  Please note: All schools have agreed that there will be no tailgating at this event, and we highly encourage carpooling to the game! 

PARENT PRAYER – PINK & WHITE EDITION: Each year before the Pink & White Game, the parents of Catholic high school students come together for a joint prayer service.  All parents are invited to this year’s Pink & White Parent Prayer on Thursday, April 24, at 8:30 a.m. at Assumption High School. For those who usually come to our own AHS Parent Prayer on Tuesdays, please be aware that we will NOT meet on April 22 since the special service is on April 24.T o help us avoid morning carpool and student parking congestion, we ask that you plan to arrive after 8:10 a.m. Please enter campus from Tyler Lane near the main entrance, where AHS staff will be on hand to guide you to parking. 

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.  

We look forward to many engagement events at Assumption next week including PINK WEEK, leading up to a celebration of our Spring Sports and in anticipation of the 19th annual Pink and White game.  Students are invited to wear pink spirit wear on Monday to kick off this week of celebration and in honor of our continued commitment to supporting the work of Norton Healthcare Breast Health Program and Gilda’s Club of Kentucky. Students can continue this celebration throughout the week by donning pink accessories with their school uniform on Tuesday (headbands, hair clip-ins, socks, etc.) and Pink & White t-shirts (from this year or past years) with uniform skirts or pants on Wednesday of next week.  On Thursday, we invite all students to preview their Pink & White game attire by wearing their most spirited pink outfit (no costumes/face/hair paint).  On Friday, to conclude the week, students may wear spirit wear in their class colors (freshmen-green, sophomores-blue, juniors-yellow, seniors-pink) to showcase their class pride for the pep rally.  Spring athletes may wear their athletic jerseys instead. We look forward to a week FULL of school and class pride while honoring a tradition that has left a lasting legacy on our community.    

WE NEED YOUR VOTE! Again last year, Assumption was chosen as the Best Private High School in Louisville by the Courier-Journal as part of its Community Choice Awards which recognizes the top organizations and businesses in 25 different categories.  We are honored to be nominated again this year!   We are asking our families to support Assumption so we can again be recognized as the best of the best here in Louisville. Voting is open until Thursday, April 30, and you can vote once per day.   Click here to vote. 

TUITION AND REGISTRATION FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR: Parents and guardians of current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors should have received an email last week outlining tuition details for the 2026–2027 school year. We will continue using Blackbaud Tuition Management (BBTM) for registration and tuition payments. In April, BBTM will automatically re-enroll your account for the upcoming school year. Once re-enrollment is complete, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for accessing your 2026–2027 account. If you experience any issues logging in, please contact BBTM directly at 1-888-868-8828 for assistance. If your daughter will not be returning for the 2026–2027 school year, please contact our registrar, Jenny Friedenberg, to complete the withdrawal process and provide authorization for the release of records. For questions about your account or to make changes (such as payment plans or banking information), please contact Shanna Selby at 502-271-2520 or email financedept@ahsrockets.org. Please note: The deadline to make any changes to your 2026–2027 account is June 15, 2026. 

AP EXAMS: AP exams will be held Monday, May 4 through Friday, May 15. Important information about the testing days and testing site as well as how to help your daughter be prepared can be found through this link: AP GENERAL INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE OF EXAMS 

ASSUMPTION PARENT ORGANIZATION (APO) NEWS:   

  • Teacher Appreciation: As we near the end of this school year, we’d like to take some time to show the AHS faculty and staff how much we appreciate all they do for our daughters. During the week of May 4-8, we are planning to show our appreciation to the faculty and staff. We are asking parents to contribute to this event, if so inclined, by sending in gift cards or monetary donations. You can send these in with your daughters or drop them off to the main office to the attention of Sarah Brady in the Advancement Department. You can also send monetary donations to the AHS Venmo account @Assumption High School with “Faculty/Staff Appreciation” in the description line. If possible, please send these in by May 4. Any donation is appreciated. 
  • Call for Class Representatives: Are you interested in getting more involved in the APO? We are looking for class representatives for the 2026-2027 school year, especially for our rising sophomores and incoming freshmen. It is a great way to meet other parents, get to know the parents in your daughter’s class, and help in a variety of ways throughout the year. For more information, please contact Kelly Doyle (APO President) at APO@ahsrockets.org. 

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE IN HONOR OF SOPHOMORE STUDENT: Assumption is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday, April 29. This drive will be in honor of sophomore Kaitlyn Clements, who has been battling leukemia since November. As a community, we will be supporting Kaitlyn and raising awareness about the critical need that cancer patients have for blood. Kaitlyn has had 25 blood transfusions so far during her treatment. 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. Student sign-ups will begin soon. We encourage you to talk with your daughter about how to prepare for being a donor if she expresses interest. The Red Cross provides more information for students at this link: Red Cross Student Guide to Blood Donation.pdf. 

FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE – ALUMNAE UNITE: ALUMNAE UNITE: Our annual giving challenge against Bethlehem, Holy Cross, Mercy, Presentation, and Sacred Heart kicks off this Monday, April 20. Much like Rocket Madness, this competition is all about participation! We are calling on our ASSUMPTION ALUMNAE to show their Rocket pride and give back to their alma mater. If you are an alumna or have a daughter, sister, or friend who is an AHS grad, please encourage them to make a gift of any size to help us hit our 20% participation goal. Let’s show the community that we are Forever a Rocket, Forever a Rose. Every gift makes a difference! Contact Anna White or click here for more information. 

TORCHPREP ACT SUMMER INTENSIVE CAMP: TorchPrep will offer an ACT Summer Intensive Camp session at AHS from June 8-11, 2026. 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 

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. 

AHS SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION: We are excited to announce that registration for the 2026 camp schedule is now open! 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. 

SENIOR PARENT LETTER: An email was sent out on Thursday, March 26 to parents of seniors giving details about senior activities and graduation events that will be occurring in April and May, including a link to the Class of 2026 senior events website page.  If you are a senior parent and did not receive this email, please click on this website link to view this important information: Class of 2026 Senior Events Webpage 

SERVICE HOURS REMINDER: This is a reminder that juniors who are currently taking Catholic Social Teaching have the remainder of their 15 Junior ACTS service hours due on Thursday, April 30.  All hours will need to be completed, logged, and verified in MobileServe by 8:10 a.m. to receive full credit. Please reach out to Katie Culver katie.culver@ahsrockets.org if you have any questions. 

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. 

Our Lead4Change teams! Lead4Change is a program that helps develop leadership skills by working as a team to implement a service project. Congratulations to the three AHS Lead4Change teams who successfully completed projects this year!  

  • Penny Peetz Coloring Book – This team developed a Penny Peetz coloring book for kids to use at the Center for Women and Families: Katie Patton, Stella Jones, Jill L’Heureux, and Madelyn Gilkey.  
  • Uplifting the Unsheltered – This team collected toiletries, coats, and blankets that were distributed to homeless persons through an agency called Louisville Outreach for the Unsheltered: Leah Weiter, Margaret Kelly, and Abby Droege.  
  • Hope in Bloom – This team created tote bags filled with supplies for women who have suffered abuse and are working to turn their lives around through an agency called UP Women and Children: Tatum Mullaney, Katie Roper, Madison Blewitt, and Skylar Williams. Their proposal even earned grant funding for the organization from Lead4Change! 

Junior Bailey Ruffin, whose poem “Stained Glass and Straightened Hair” won First Place in the 2026 Cotter Cup sponsored by the Louisville Free Public Library.  

The following juniors who have been selected by the state to participate in the 2026 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program. These students will spend five weeks this summer with other students from around the Commonwealth in an academically rich pre-college experience. They are Cecilia Brady, Gabrielle Buschmeyer, Lilly Buttes, Molli Currens, Kate Jarboe, Molly Keiran, Eleanor Keith, Madeline Lynch, Claire Pyles, Kate Sketo, Harper Swinney, Leah Willan, and Moon Xue. We are proud of the academic and extracurricular excellence these members of the Class of 2027 have exhibited to achieve this honor! 

Sophomore Adrian Arnold who has been selected as an alternate for the 2026 Governor’s School for the Arts in the field of Creative Writing.  

Sophomore Ava Johnson who was selected to participate in the 2026 Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs. She will spend three weeks engaging in the summer startup program on a college campus where she will learn about entrepreneurship with other business-minded students from around the Commonwealth.  

Congratulations to:

  • The Tennis team for defeating Bullitt East 
  • The Softball team for going 5-0 at the Florida Beach Bash over Spring Break 

Next Week: 

April 15-19  

  • Lacrosse Braveheart Tournament @ Sacred Heart 

April 17-18 

  • Track Eastern Relays @ UofL 

Monday, April 20 

  • Softball vs Frederick Douglass. Varsity 6:00 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m. 
  • Tennis @ Floyd Central 4:15 p.m. 

Tuesday, April 21 

  • Lacrosse vs Mercy. JV 5:30 p.m., Varsity 7:00 p.m. 
  • Tennis vs E-Town @ Trinity 5:30 p.m. 
  • Softball vs Mercy. Varsity 6:00 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m. 
  • Archery State Tournament in Lexington 

Wednesday, April 22 

  • Track JV Mini Meet 6:00 p.m. 
  • Softball vs South Oldham. Varsity 6:00 p.m., JV 7:30 p.m. 

Thursday, April 23 

  • Tennis @ Providence 4:15 p.m.