I love my senior sweat shirt because it's a tradition and senior privilege to wear a sweat shirt. The senior sweat shirts have always been the same since I can remember. Also it brings out the spirit in the class even more. I love my class and I love how excited we are for our last year at AHS. It's really sad to think this time next year we won't be here, our home away from home.
~Kathryn

One thing I LOVE about Assumption is the spirit that our school has. Before I went here, I noticed how spirited and up-beat everyone always was at this school. No matter if it is dress up days, pep rallies, or family cramily, we are always having a blast at school. I especially enjoy the dress up days because it allows me to show my personality and get pictures with my friends that will last forever.
-Taylor

I love Yearbook at Assumption! It is my all time favorite class. Ms. Russo is the yearbook teacher and she is the best! --Amanda

The cafeteria at Assumption is one of my favorite places in the entire school. I love coming in early in the mornings so that I can go to the cafeteria and hang out with all of my friends. I also love the atmosphere in the cafeteria during lunch because it is so upbeat yet relaxed. During study it is very calm and quiet, so I have no trouble focusing. I love that when I am in the cafeteria, I can be with my friends, be myself, and have a great time, which is what Assumption is all about. ~Jennifer D.

What a great Walk Kick-Off Assembly it was this year and a great theme - Walkin’ in the Wild Wild West! It is going to be so much fun to dress up for the Walk! There will be a bunch of cowgirls walking around for such a great cause. A big hit was the incentive we could receive for raising $50,000 - being able to dress up for Halloween at school. The skits were great too, especially when the male Can-Can dancers came out. Altogether it was a big hit and great time too!
~ Caroline

Club Fair 2009

Club fair is something I look forward to at the beginning of the school year. Being involved in clubs means a lot to me, and I can tell by the excitement of everyone else there that they enjoy them too. Coming to Assumption, I didn't realize there would be so many different ones to choose from with a variety that makes us stand out from other schools. At this fair, there are academic clubs, sports clubs, and ones just for fun. I enjoy all of them! I try to get involved in as many different ones as I can. Seeing all of the boards decorated and everyone eager to hear about them makes me even more excited for all the meetings to kick-off. Club fair is a good place to recognize all the opportunites Assumption has for us, and I definitely have realized that over the past couple years going here!
~Taylor

I had SOOOO much fun on Senior Strut day! My homeroom had "Penelope Pig," our senior mascot, and a few girls decided to tie her to me. She added to my outfit and drew LOTS of attention! I liked the theme being a PINK OUT, because we don't have our senior sweatshirts yet and it gave us a chance to make our presence known as seniors. I'm super excited about our next senior strut!!
-Kayla

**Editor's Note: Senior strut days are special dress-up days for seniors throughout the year. Each senior strut has a different theme, and the first for 2009-2010 was a pink out! Stay tuned for more senior strut day fun as the year goes on...

This year's senior class is the biggest class to ever go through AHS. Since we are the Class of 2010, and since we are so big, we call ourselves "The Big 10." It was one of my senior dreams to have more spirit and more senior attendence at different events around AHS, so we started a senior student section: "The Big 10 Pig Pen." We have a white picket fence with pink and brown paint splatters that we are taking to all of our "Pig Pen Events." We also have barrels of hay that we will take to some games as well.
The AHS vs. SHA field hockey game (in the Apple Tournament) was our first "Pig Pen Event" of the year. It was a PINK OUT and it was a HUGE success. It was supposed to rain the night of the game, so our turn out was not as big as we expected, but it was still amazing! We had so much fun and we were all really loud and really supportive of the field hockey Rockets. Everyone really came together to make it a great night and a great experience.
We hope the "Pig Pen" keeps its attendance and spirits up, and we hope it even increases!
GO ROCKETS!
-Kayla '10

Taking a Break...

Spring Break has come and gone, but summer is just around the corner! Here's what a few of our girls did during their week off...

To start off my spring break, I played a softball tournament in Bowling Green. Our AHS softball team played amazing the first game! We won 1-0. After our win, we went out to eat as a team. That was really fun and relaxing! Once we got back to the field for our second game, a tornado came so the whole tournament was canceled. Once we got home, I spent the rest of my break relaxing and babysitting my cousin Leah. We have matching AHS shirts, so on Tuesday we spent all day in them together!

-Cara

I went to Red River Gorge. After we packed up and were ready to leave, we couldn't get the car to back up. It turns out that the transmission went bad so we had to get towed. We spent four hours at a gas station in Mt. Sterling, KY waiting to be picked up. Other than that it was pretty awesome - we went canoeing, hiking, and even super-glued a shoe to the floor. :)

-Alaina

Well this year my Spring break was for the most part uneventful, but it did have its highlights. I saw Slumdog Millionaire, which was one of the best movies I've seen in awhile. I also saw I Love You Man, a comedy that recently came out. I had several money making opportunities, including house sitting and babysitting, which I definitely took advantage of because I was low on cash =] . I took the ACT on the second Saturday of Spring break, which is always a treat. And for the most part, that's my fun-filled Spring Break in L.A. (Louisville Area) =]

-Miranda

I went on college visits in St. Louis, Chicago, and South Bend, Indiana to Washington University, Northwestern University, Loyola University, and Notre Dame. Before and after getting really excited about college, my friends and I had a spa day complete with facials, pedicures, and a hot tub (for free because we did that at a friend's house : ] ), a bon fire in which we roasted marshmallows, and a movie night which included making homemade pizza and cookies!

-Katie B.

I went to Melbourne, Florida to visit family. then i went to Dansville, Virginia to visit more family, some cousins I have never met before. We only got to the beach twice and went shopping everyday.
-Taylor

This spring break, I stayed here in Louisville. Although I wasn't laying out on a beach, I had so much fun with my friends (and I got some sun!). We went to Seneca Park a few times to hang out, swing, and get some exercise. Also, I went on a mini road trip up to Huber's Farm for lunch. But most of all, I enjoyed relaxing and not having very much to worry about!

-Stephanie

I didnt do anything over spring break but work and watch a lot of TV. LOL

-Lynsey

My friends and I stayed in Louisville. We went prom dress shopping, and my family and I went to Mammoth Cave.

-Lauren G.

I went and visited my grandma for 3 days. She lives in Florida.

-Hannah

I went to Destin and suntanned, parasailed, shopped, relaxed, etc. This is a picture of me on the parasailing boat.

-Katie

Favorite AHS classes...

This question was posed to some of our juniors recently as they began to register for their SENIOR YEAR of classes. Many thanks to Mrs. Deweese for sharing these responses with us!

In reflecting on your three years at Assumption, what has been your favorite class that you have ever taken and why?

My favorite class (so far) at Assumption has been Spanish 2 with Profe! We did hand motions (aka gestos) for all the vocab words and phrases, and I feel like I really learned and laughed a lot in that class. Runner-up would have to be Algebra 2 with Mr. Straub. Needless to say, I will NEVER forget the Quadratic formula after singing the song in front of the entire study hall. AP English with Dr. Wieland is a close third, and thankfully I'll get to spend another year as her pupil in Journalism/Newspaper. I wish both Profe and Mr. Straub were teaching the classes I'm taking next year, but in the words of my favorite elderly, leather-clad rocker, "You can't always get what you want, but you get what you need!"

My favorite class since coming to AHS would be (at this moment) Advanced US History. Most likely because History is the one subject I have no ill-will towards whatsoever. I learned SOOOO much in that class: how to take notes, how to study, how to manage quiz/test/hw ratios, etc.

My favorite class was freshman year of English. I had Mrs. Caswell and she made the stories and poems come alive. She inspired me to be a writer and now I want to major in Journalism communications.

There are so many amazing classes at Assumption! I really enjoy graphic design and my theatre classes!

My favorite class, so far, has been History of Rock and Roll. It is a very fun class and we get to learn about SOOO many different times. It's very interesting.

My favorite class over my first three years was humanities because it was a lot of fun.

My favorite class here has been Humanities II. It really let me show my creative side :)

My favorite class would have to be ceramics, because Ms. Wicke is really nice and I love to create different sculptures.
My favorite class has been Feminine Spirituality because it was fun and very open. We did many hands-on activities and it was interesting.

My favorite class has been AP 2D art, because I love making art and I love Mrs. Lott.

My favorite class ever in my years here is a toss up between world history with Mr. Young and world geography with Mrs. Adkins. These are my two favorite techers at Assumption. They are so fun and make everything interesting. I look up to these teachers and they teach the subject I enjoy the most which is social studies. The people in my classes were great as well. These are the best classes ever! Oh and who doesn't like ceramics!? I had so much fun and was so relaxed in this class as well!

My favorite class of all would have to be my art class. I love my AP drawing/painting class with Ms. Lott. She made it so much fun and a joy to come to her class every other day. I love this particular class because she gives you your main instructions on what to do but as of what exactly gets put onto your paper, it's all your decission. Another great factoer is that their are no deadlines. You can take your time and make it look the way you want it to look.

YEARBOOK with Ms. Russo. It is such a fun class!

My favorite class would have to be band. I've taken it every year and I still love it. It's a time to relax, but still do something you love. It's not necessarily a hard class, but you still get to expand as a musician. Plus, Mrs. Metry just makes the class. Haha!
My favorite class so far has been Leadership Education. It's been my favorite because the class helped me to expand my comfort zone and begin to feel more comfortable with speaking in front of crowds. As well, I learned a lot about myself and my abilities as a leader.

My favorite class has been yearbook because we have grown as a class and are all really excited to be J2's next year. We are also really excited for our journalism conference to D.C. next year.

My favorite class I've taken is Forensics Public Speaking. I liked this class because it was really laid back and was what got me interested in Speech Team.

My favorite class has been all math classes i love math and enjoy solving problems!!

Hmm...my favorite class so far would probably be english or art!

My favorite class was CST (Catholic Social eaching). I took it last semester and my eyes were opened to many issues in the community of Louisville and the world.

My favorite class I have taken in my past three years has been either Humanities or Chemistry II. Humanities was really fun becasue we got to do a lot of projects with art and music and I really thought that was enjoyable. Chemistry II is really a great class because we do a lot of demonstrations to help us learn about the topic more, and they're really interesting.
One of my all time favorite classes in the past two and a half years at AHS has been my A block PE class freshman year. It was so much fun and I made a lot of friendships during the first semester!!

My favorite class has been Advanced U.S. History because the group of girls got along and worked really well together. Ms. Deeley explained everything with exciting stories that we could actually understand. I also liked how she lectured and we took notes. Overall, I learned a lot from this class.

My favorite class that I have taken was Affective Skills. I had a really good group of girls in my class and it was so much fun. Also I looked forward to it !

My favorite class that I have taken so far is intro to sculpture.

My favorite class at Assumption was my acting 1 and 2 classes because they were not only really fun, but I learned a lot of skills I will need in the future, like thinking on my feet, and public speaking.

My favorite class that I have taken at Assumption is probably World History with Mrs. Adkins. She's an awesome teacher and provides a lot of fun activities to do in each class. She always has a new activity for us to try out every single class period. She's made this class my favorite, along with the help of a few good friends that are in this class with me :)

My favorite class of the past three years would have to be Drawing and Painting I. I love doing art because it's very calming and I lose track of time because I'm so focused on the project. I also have a great teacher, Ms. Lott, who gives great tips.

My favorite class so far is probably Leadership Education. I took it Sophomore year and it was so much fun. We got to take field trips and it opened up many opportunities for me.

My favorite class of all time would have to be my Affective Skills class that I took during my freshman year. What made it so interesting was that I had such a great and funny teacher....Mrs. Steutermann! I could not believe that I had the opportunity to have the principal as my teacher. We were her very first Affective Skills class and she was so much fun. One of my favorite memories in the class was getting to create my Me Book. It was soo much fun and I still have my Me Book and I look back at it ocasionally to remember all of my good times.

My favorite class I've ever taken is humanities. It was really interesting and I learned a lot of stuff about famous buildings around the world that I should know...and Mrs. Adkins is really funny. I liked it so much that I'm taking humanities 2!

So my favorite class in all my 3 years at Assumption would have to be my choral music class which was second semester of sophomore year. I liked this class because I had a lot of my friends in it which made it enjoyable and just the class as a whole is fun.

My favorite class would either have to be History of Rock and Roll or Forensic Science. I loved both of them because they were both very interesting and I was friends with everyone in the class.

A Louisville Metro Police Officer helps Forensic Science students perform a

"crime scene investigastion" in the lobby of the CAC.

My favorite class that I have ever taken would have to be my Graphic Design I class. It was just a really fun class in general and one of my really good friends was in it, so we had a lot of fun.

My favorite class I have ever taken was sophomore year Algebra 2 with Mr. Straub because we played so many fun games that really helped with the learning and Mr. Straub is just awesome! I also liked chamber choir sophomore year with Mrs. Metry because she is funny and cool and not to mention that we got to go to Disney World!

My favorite class that I have taken over my 3 years here is probably my ceramics class that I am taking right now. It is really fun and I love making all the different things out of clay.

Ellen in CIRQUE DREAMS

Senior Ellen Henry recently won a dance competition, and was invited to dance a feature performance in the local production of CIRQUE DREAMS at the Center for the Arts. Ellen LOVED the opportunity, and danced for huge crowds all week last week! Here are a few pictures she shared with us from her experience...

With the lead dancer, Marcello Balestracci.

In her dressing room.

With the contortionists.

With Ashley, Ellen's Assumption dance team coach

12:30 Dismissals

About once a month (sometimes twice), Assumption dismisses at 12:30 p.m. On 12:30 days, lunch is not served, classes are shortened a bit, and the afternoon is yours to spend as you like while faculty meet for department and faculty meetings. Here is how some of our girls like to spend their 12:30 day afternoons...

Usually on 12:30 days I go out to lunch with my friends somewhere on Bardstown Road. It's so much fun to get out early and be able to relax after school. Plus you get more time on homework. ~Amanda

I somtimes go and grab coffee with my friend Jilian but my favorite thing to do is go work out at LAC because there is no one there and it gives me time to enjoy my exercise!
-Alex

On 12:30 days I go to lunch with my mom. She works close to Assumption, so we go out to eat to our favorite restuarant. I love 12:30 days because it gives me time to catch up my life!
~Cara

I go out to lunch with my friends or go to the mall. I love 12:30 days!
Amanda

The past few times we've had 12:30 days I have been searching for summer jobs or going to lunch with friends.
-Lauren

Usually I go with a friend to work out and then we go out to Mark's Feed Store.
Meaghan

If I don't have a meeting after school, I usually go out to lunch with my friends. Then I go home and take a nap to catch up on sleep because I have Tuesday morning practices. By the time I wake up, it's around the same time I would get home from school, so I'm not behind on time or anything. Then I do my normal evening routine consisting of dinner, homework, and shower.
~Morgan

On 12:30 days I always go out to eat with my friends. We always have lots of fun and it's a good time for us all to get to just talk.
Lori

Lets see, I went home and slept, then straightened my hair, went to Walden Theatre class, then rehearsal.
Katie

This past 12:30 day was so beautiful, my friends and I went to Waterfront Park and spent the afternoon down there just enjoying the sun and the view of our skyline form the riverside.
~Leah

I like being able to go out with my friends for lunch. That's really great. It also gives me time to work on extra homework.
Sidney

On 12:30 days, I usually go out to lunch with my friends somewhere new and fun like California Pizza Kitchen or grab a quick bite to eat before heading to tennis practice with my AHS team. With either option, I'm still home by the time I would usually just be getting out of school. It's awesome!
--Katie Y.

Go out to lunch of course :)
Colleen

This past 12:30 dismissal day, we had to hang around until 2 for track practice, so some of my friends and I brought our lunch and sat at the concrete table outside of the cafeteria to eat and do our homework. We had a blast!
-Katie T.

I usually go home and sleep or run errands for my parents.
~Hannah

More on the Father-Daughter Dance...

As my friends and I walked into the Father Daughter dance Saturday night we were immediately overcome by a feel of hilarity that we made known by laughs and smiles. We quickly got into the mood of the dance as we moved up to the front of the gym. I got a really good feeling seeing the gym filled with girls dancing with their fathers. I cracked up as I looked to my side and saw Chloe and her dad in matching outfits. They both had on white button up shirts, suspenders, and black pants and they were boogying it up with each other. It was hilarious! The rest of the night was very enjoyable and my friends and I ended up being the last ones there. The live band added a unique touch to the dance that was unlike any I’d been to. It really was a night to remember!
~Liz

Daddy/Daughter Dance

I went to the father-daughter dance and had a BLAST!!!! We went out to dinner with some of my friends and their dads before. Once we hit the dance floor, we never stopped. I taught my dad how to do the "Cupid Shuffle," "The Shopping Cart," and several other dance moves. He was very impressed, but I was even more amazed at his dance skills! We even participated in a conga line. The live band was awesome, and my dad and I were sore the next day from all of our dancing! We had so much fun and can't wait to go again next year!
~Katie

What did you do during the winter snow storm?

Over the snow break I babysat my little cousin Leah all week! Leah loves to go around telling people that one day she'll be an Assumption girl with a ponytail. We watched Mary Kate and Ashley and The Wizard of Oz over and over again. =] ~Cara


We stayed at the Seelbach downtown, which was fun. They let you keep your pets with you so my cats have experienced the high life at the Seelbach. Sidney Noland, Abby Fieldhouse, and I also played a great game of catch phrase while at the Galt house (where Sidney stayed). Our power came back Saturday night and I went to church that Sunday. There is the summation of my snowy weekend! Regards, Katie Y.


On my snow days, I kept warm at my grandma's, spent the night with my friends, and saw Wicked! I also drank a lot of hot chocolate. -Katie B.
















I played in my yard (we have six acres) with my little sister and built a really pathetic snowman. My sister and I also played Guitar Hero everyday. We never lost power though. --Taylor

On the snow days we had, I went sleding in my back yard with my little sister. We also watched a lot of tv at my grandparents' house because our power was out. -Sarah

This is Kelsey and I would like to tell you what I did over the unexpected break. On the first day I went sledding in Seneca Park. We made a ramp that we would fly off of when we were going down (even though we wiped out a few times!). Then for the next two days my brother and I built an igloo. We packed snow into plastic containers and keept piling them on top of each other. It ended up being about five feet tall. After we were done building it we took water and colored it with color dye which we then took and colored our igloo. After that, Thursday and Friday night I sheltered the powerless. I went and saw a Taken Saturday which was amazing!!!! Then on Sunday I had a volleyball tournament all day. It was a wonderful, and fun break! It is one that I sure will never forget!! -Kelsey

This picture was taken at the junior prom. This was my favorite dance at Assumption. The theme was Old Hollywood and my friend Maggie and I are walking on the red carpet. This dance was so much fun!
~ Amanda

Got my dancin' shoes on!

These are all from junior prom! The best part about the whole night was the dinner before (which is where we were in these pics). We all met at my house and had dinner there. My family room was candle lit, and my sisters even acted as waitresses. It felt like we were in a real restaurant, but we were in the comforts of home! ~Michelle