Then and Now - Assumption High School

Community Spotlight Laura Kremer Kline ‘97
Art teacher Debra Lott had an article titled
“Not Just a Pretty Face,” published in the
December issue of SchoolArts Magazine.
The article discussed a high school art lesson
that other art educators might utilize in their
classrooms and featured photos of artwork
by Brooke Hernando ’08, Lauren Weir ’08,
and Taylor Armstrong ’09.
The Advanced Choir at the district judges’ investiture
The Advanced Choir was invited to perform
at the celebratory breakfast for the inauguration
of Mayor Greg Fischer in December at
the Kentucky Convention Center and again
at the Investiture of the District Judges in
January at Metro Hall.
The Advanced Choir was invited to record
the Easter Service for “Mass of the Air,” playing
in April.
Senior Emily Steltenpohl
Senior Emily Steltenpohl
was named
Assumption’s Fr. John
Morgan Scholarship
recipient for 2011.
Members of the Speech Team opened
the season at the Highlands High School
Speech Tournament in Ft. Thomas in
November. Receiving awards at the
tournament were freshman Johanna Butler,
sixth place in Novice Declamation; junior
Rebecca Clements, third place in Novice
Broadcasting; junior Rachael Creger,
fourth place in Novice Prose; juniors Amy
Davis and Amy Parker, sixth place in
Improvisational Duo; junior Lexi Souers,
seventh place in Novice Storytelling; and
sophomore Caroline Wallace, sixth place in
Novice Broadcasting.
The team traveled to Danville, Kentucky,
for the Boyle County/Danville High School
speech tournaments in late November. In
the Boyle County tournament, individual
award winners included freshman Johanna
Butler, third place in Novice Extemporaneous
Speaking; sophomore Meredith Ernstberger,
seventh place in Declamation; sophomore
Sarah Macke, second place in Novice
Storytelling; sophomore Rachel Warner, sixth
place in Novice Prose; and sophomore Lauren
Wice, sixth place in Novice Broadcasting. In
Improvisational Duo, sophomores Kelly McGee
and Cindy White took second place; junior
Lexi Souers and sophomore Caroline Wallace
took fourth place; and sophomores Tess Bettler
and Ashley Logsdon took fifth place. Receiving
awards in the Danville High School tournament
were junior Rachael Creger, fifth in Novice
Poetry; senior Tricia Dunlevy, sixth in Original
Oratory; sophomore Amanda Nitzken, fifth
in Declamation; junior Lexi Souer, fourth in
Novice Storytelling; and sophomore Rachel
Warner, sixth in Novice Prose.
Speech team at North Oldham Tournament in January
January found the Speech Team competing
locally in the Trinity/North Oldham Swing
Tournament. The team placed fourth in
the Trinity tournament and second in the
North Oldham tournament. Individual
award winners in the Trinity tournament
were sophomore Tess Bettler, sixth in
Extemporaneous Speaking; junior Lucy
Easley, sixth in Poetry Interpretation and
sixth in Prose Interpretation; senior Tricia
Dunlevy, second in Original Oratory;
and sophomore Erin McKune, fourth in
Extemporaneous Speaking. Duo team
finalists included juniors Amy Davis and
Amy Parker, third in Duo Interpretation
and fourth in Improvisational Duo; and
sophomores Kelly McGee and Cindy White,
sixth in Duo Interpretation. Reaching finals
and receiving individual awards in the
North Oldham tournament were freshman
Johanna Butler, sixth in Extemporaneous
Speaking and fifth in Declamation; junior
Rebecca Clements, sixth in Broadcasting,
fifth in Dramatic Interpretation; senior Tricia
Dunlevy, second in Dramatic Interpretation
and Tournament Champion in Original
Oratory; junior Lucy Easley, fourth in Poetry
Interpretation and Tournament Champion
in Prose Interpretation; sophomore
Meredith Ernstberger, sixth in Declamation;
sophomore Sarah Macke, sixth in Impromptu
Speaking; and senior Elizabeth Sabetta, third
in Humorous Interpretation. Juniors Amy
Davis and Amy Parker took second place in
Improvisational Duo.
The Speech Team finished third at the
Kentucky High School Speech League
Louisville Regional Tournament in February.
The tournament was very competitive and,
in a rare accomplishment, all 20 Speech
Team members who competed at regionals
advanced to the state tournament in March!
Way to go, Rocket Speech!
The Future Problem Solving Team of sophomore
Jessica Buren, senior Kathleen Miller,
freshman Maria Miller, and sophomore
Nikki Silverstein placed first in the District
Governor’s Cup in January and advanced to
the Regional Competition at St. X in February.
Seniors Meredith Francis and Carrie
Salmon placed third and second, respectively,
in Written Composition and also
advanced to the Regional Governor’s Cup.
Students who placed on specific subject tests
and went on to the Regional Competition
include senior Katherine Bianco, first in Arts
& Humanities, and senior Allison Ferguson,
first in Language Arts. Junior Xiao Hu placed
fourth in Mathematics and junior Mary-Kate
Smith placed third in Arts & Humanities.
Senior Meredith Francis went on to take fifth
place in written composition at the Regional
Governor’s Cup competition and advanced
to the state level in March.
Journalism teacher Dr. Lisa Wieland was
invited to speak at the
Columbia Scholastic Press
Association’s 87th Annual
Convention at Columbia
University in March. The
invitation was extended,
in large part, due to the
Rosecall’s 2010 Gold
Journalism teacher
Dr. Lisa Wieland
Medal award from the
CSPA. The CSPA called
Dr. Wieland a model of
excellence as teacher, publication adviser,
and speaker.
Freshmen Lynnzi Hoehler and Claire Bumpous
were selected to the Kentucky Music
Educators Association Junior High All-State
Chorus. More than 900 students auditioned
and only 300 were selected. Lynnzi and
Claire performed in a concert at the Kentucky
Center for the Arts in February.
12 Assumption Magazine Spring 2011