Dear Parents,
To adhere to state mandates in response to the coronavirus and to continue to keep our entire community safe and healthy, we are continuing to recommend that parents email or mail any school-related items instead of dropping them off at school. If you do need to drop off an item off to school, Assumption will be open starting Monday, June 15 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please come to the Tyler Lane doors, ring the buzzer, and a staff member will meet you at the entrance. Any visitor who has an appointment that requires them to come into the building should come to the Tyler Lane door, ring the buzzer, and will be met there. Visitors must wear a mask, undergo a temperature scan, and complete a health screening before entering the building. Please feel free to contact Amy Schelb at 502-458-9551, option 0, or email at amy.schelb@ahsrockets.org for questions regarding the above or if you need assistance during this time. We will be publishing a revised schedule for June 29 and beyond very soon.
IMMUNIZATION CERTIFICATES: ALL STUDENTS (returning, incoming freshmen, transfers) are required by state statute to have a current Commonwealth of Kentucky Certificate of Immunization Status on file with the school by the first day of classes on August 13. If your daughter’s immunization certificate will expire before the end of August, please contact her doctor’s office to find out what is needed for her to be up-to-date on her immunizations. If your daughter has recently celebrated her 16th birthday or will be turning 16 before the end of August, she will need the meningococcal vaccine booster dose for her immunizations to be up-to-date. Since doctor’s offices are now open, please go ahead and make an appointment for your daughter to receive any needed vaccinations and/or request current immunization certificates. Immunization certificates may be faxed to the school at 502-454-8411 or snail mailed to Assumption High School, 2170 Tyler Lane, Louisville, KY 40205. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the school office at 502-458-9551, option 0.
PHYSICALS FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN, TRANSFER STUDENTS, AND ATHLETES: If you haven’t already submitted a current physical form (dated April 2020 or later), please be sure to do so ASAP. Parents of Assumption athletes: KHSAA requires that your daughter have a current physical on file with the athletic office before she may participate in tryouts or practice of any kind (even virtually). This physical must be submitted on the KHSAA PHYSICAL FORM. If your daughter is planning to participate in athletics at Assumption (or in cheerleading at one of the boy’s school), please call today and make an appointment for a physical with your daughter’s primary care physician if she hasn’t had a recent physical. No group physicals will be offered here at school. All incoming freshmen and transfer students need to have current physicals for the 2020-2021 school year on file with us by the first day of classes on August 13. You can use this link to access the AHS PHYSICAL FORM if you need one. If your daughter is a student-athlete, please use the AHS Physical Form, which incorporates the KHSAA form so it can be used for athletics, but also contains other information needed by Assumption personnel. Completed physical forms may be faxed to the school at 502-454-8411 or snail mailed to Assumption High School, 2170 Tyler Lane, Louisville, KY 40205. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the school office at 502-458-9551, option 0.
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR: We continue to await more information regarding CDC guidelines and directives from the governor regarding the possible return to school in the fall. Specific rules or restrictions that will impact our planning have not been issued yet. As we wait for this information, we are researching best practices from educational leaders and communicating with the archdiocese and schools across the city and nation to develop plans for all possible scenarios for in-person and/or virtual learning in August. At this time, we plan to continue with our scheduled start day in August as outlined in our tentative listing of important calendar dates on our website: IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES 2020-2021. We will communicate any updates as soon as we have them.
SUMMER READING: Students received their summer reading requirements in English classes the last week of classes. These requirements can also be found on the website through this link: SUMMER READING. Summer reading is an important component of the English curriculum, and the books read in the summer will be incorporated into the first unit of study in your daughter’s English class next school year. PLEASE NOTE: If a student decides to make any schedule changes over the summer that result in a change in academic level for English, she is required to read the book assigned for that level, which may be a different book and/or a different assignment. She will need to find the correct summer reading assignment on the website.
INCOMING FRESHMEN – CLASS OF 2024 IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please continue to reference the special Class of 2024 website page for updates on important information for our freshmen. You will still receive emails as communication, but you can always check back to the site for reference and any documents you may need. PLEASE NOTE: All forms from registration that need to be turned in should be scanned and emailed OR sent by snail mail. We cannot accept pictures of forms or accept drop-offs at school at this time. If you have any additional questions or she did not receive her delivery, please feel free to contact the Main Office at 502-458-9551.
SHAHEEN’S JUNE UNIFORM SALE: Shaheen’s is once again open to the public and is celebrating with a special Uniform Sale through the month of June. You are invited to buy uniforms early and receive 15% off storewide discount. Please check out the Shaheen’s Flier for information about temporary store hours and discount information. We hope you will consider taking advantage of this special opportunity, especially if your daughter has grown over the past year and her uniform no longer fits properly or is beyond repair. Rising sophomores will need ACTS pants for next year. If your non-senior daughter gets cold and would like to wear a sweatshirt at school, she will need to purchase a uniform quarter-zip sweatshirt if she doesn’t already have one. The June Uniform Sale would be a great time to make these purchases. A neat and appropriate uniform teaches our students to have pride in their own appearance as well as in their school, so we ask for your help by investing in your daughter’s uniform for the 2020-2021 school year.
Gratefully,
Martha Tedesco
Principal