WALK Kickoff!

Every year AHS has a walk to raise money for financial aid. Before the walk, we have a walk kickoff assembly to tell everyone the theme and to get pumped up for the walk. So this year the walk theme is..... ROCK THE WALK! I had no idea what the theme was, but I was excited to find out becuase the weeks preceding the walk we had been getting all these little cryptic gifts (rocks, guitar picks, pop rocks, etc.) in our homerooms. This year's walk kickoff was the best yet! We had glow necklaces and it was dark in the gym. The best part was that the teachers dressed up as famous rock bands. My old science teacher was Gene Simmons from KISS. Some of our counselors dressed up as the Beatles. Joan Jett was there, as well as Madonna, the Village People, the B-52's and many other rock legends. It was such a blast! I danced with my friends and we had a ball. Some other aspects of the walk are cool too. If you raise $100 or more, you're inducted into the 100 club and get special prizes for that. You get spirit wear days and are entered into drawings for fabulous prizes if you bring in donations. There are tons of other amazig incentives. This year's walk is going to be the best ever!
~Christina

Every year at Assumption, we have a walk to raise money for financial aid, so every girl that wants to go to Assumption can. Our student council picks a theme and works really hard to get the school pumped up at our walk kick-off. This year, our theme is "Rock the Walk" and it was CRAZY! At the assembly, some of our amazing teachers dressed up as 80's rockers (I'm talking hair, make-up, clothing, everything!) and put on a concert for the whole school. We had performances by Kiss, the Beatles, Madonna, the Village People, and many more. The whole school was on their feet and ready to rock the walk in 2008! -Katie

Wacky Wednesdays

Every Wednesday at cross country practice, we have Wacky Wednesday where we dress up for a certain theme that the seniors pick. Then we run our warm up as a team in our costumes. This week the theme was super heroes and everyone dawned their capes and got their spidey senses tingling. Masks and tights were also worn. : ) We took lots of pictures and had a blast!
-- Katie

Being a Homeroom Mom

The start of my senior year brought me 26 kids. Okay, not literally, but I was chosen to be a homeroom mom. Each freshman homeroom has a "mom," who is a senior. That girl goes into homeroom every morning to help out the freshmen with whatever they might need and helps them adjust to life at Assumption. Being a mom, I have realized how much I truly love AHS. Each morning I get to joke around and talk to the freshman, creating a bond that not everyone gets to experience. I get to see how exciting everything is at AHS for the first time all over again. All of my "kids" are great, and we have so much fun together every morning. Some of my "kids" are becoming friends who I will see out at the mall and joke with them for a couple minutes, or a friend who I run with at cross country practice. Even inside the homeroom, we have a blast. This morning during homeroom, we all ate breakfast from Panera together, which was DELICIOUS! Every Wednesday we play a game called "Would You Rather Wednesday" where I ask them a question, and everyone votes on it. (Example: Would you rather date Michael Phelps or a Jonas Brother... That one was a toughie!) So even though homeroom at AHS seems to be the hardest part of the day for most, and some of my girls are still asleep when they walk in at 7:45, I still find a way to keep this part of the day alive and welcoming! --Cara