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Assumption Choir Spring Concert

Please join the Assumption Choir for the final performance of the year! This hour-long program will be held at 3:00 pm at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2136 N. Brady St, Davenport.

Iowa High School Music Theater Awards

Iowa High School Music Theater Awards

This is the first year Assumption HS had its musical adjudicated by the Iowa High School Music Theater Awards, and it was a very successful one! Assumption High School has been recognized with the following awards and honors for their March production of The Sound of Music as part of the 2025 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards (IHSMTA), presented by EMC Insurance Companies.

Production Awards

Distinguished Scene “ Do-Re-Mi”

Student Awards

Outstanding Achievement in a Principal Role – Katelyn O’Brien as “Maria Rainer”

Outstanding Achievement in a Principal Role – Alyssa Knepel as “Mother Abbess”

Special Recognition in a Featured Ensemble – “The VonTrapp Children”

A year-end Awards Showcase will be held at the Des Moines Civic Center on Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. and will recognize a total of 103 adjudicated schools from across the entire state. The Awards Showcase will be livestreamed at IowaPBS.org as part of a collaboration with Iowa PBS. Iowa PBS will also broadcast a highlights special of the event later this summer on dates to be announced.
IHSMTA is a year-long, signature education initiative of Des Moines Performing Arts.

Final Exam Schedule

Thursday, May 22

Period 1 Final 7:45-8:45

Period 2 Final 8:55-9:55

Period 3 Final 10:05-11:05

Period 4 Final 11:15-12:15

Friday, May 23

Period 6 Final 8:30-9:30

Period 7 Final 9:35-10:35

Lunch A 10:40-11:05

Period 5A Final 11:10-12:10

Period 5B Final 10:40-11:40

Lunch B 11:45-12:10

Period 8 Final 12:15-1:15

Reminder – End of Year Senior Information

Thursday, May 22 (Finals Periods 1-4, 12:15 Dismissal for Grades 9-11, 12:20 Graduation/Award Practices, 1:00 Senior Picnic)

Period 1 Final 7:45-8:45

Period 2 Final 8:55-9:55

Period 3 Final 10:05-11:05

Period 4 Final 11:15-12:15

  • 12:20 p.m. Baccalaureate/Graduation Practice followed by Awards Day Practice

Assumption Gymnasium and Auditorium

Practice takes place immediately after the 4th period final and is mandatory per AHS Advisory Board policy unless excused for a school activity.

  • 1:00 p.m. Senior Picnic and Yearbook Signing Library Courtyard

Seniors will be served a picnic lunch in the library courtyard. Those seniors who ordered yearbooks are encouraged to bring them to the picnic, as there will be an opportunity for students to sign yearbooks as they eat lunch and visit with classmates.

 

Friday, May 23 (Senior Breakfast, Finals Periods 6,7,5,8 8:30-1:15, Senior Honors and Awards 1:20-2:50)

  • 7:45 a.m. Senior Breakfast Assumption Cafeteria

All seniors must be in attendance and dressed in professional business attire. Young men wear slacks, dress shirt, and tie. Young women wear slacks or skirts that skim the knee. If skirts do not skim the knee without adjustment, students will be asked to change or put on tights. Shoulders must be covered, with modest necklines. Faculty, staff, and seniors are asked to be in the cafeteria for breakfast at 7:45.

Period 6 Final 8:30-9:30

Period 7 Final 9:35-10:35

Lunch A 10:40-11:05

Period 5A Final 11:10-12:10

Period 5B Final 10:40-11:40

Lunch B 11:45-12:10

Period 8 Final 12:15-1:15

  • 1:20-2:50 p.m. Senior Honors and Awards

J .H. Sunderbruch Auditorium

The Student Services Office must be notified of all honors and awards students will receive. This information is requested from all seniors in early April. Senior parents should check with their sons and daughters to be sure students have notified Student Services of all awards. Assumption High School, the senior class, and their families have many things for which to be proud. Please help to make sure that all Class of 2025 accomplishments are recognized.

Baccalaureate – Sunday, May 25, 2025, 3:00 p.m. Sacred Heart Cathedral

In an effort to reserve as much of the parking at and near the cathedral for family and friends in attendance, seniors will gather at Assumption prior to Baccalaureate. Seniors should park in the Trinity Lutheran parking lot, and be ready to line up in S-wing at 2:00 p.m. We will then bus them to and from the Baccalaureate Mass. As typical, faculty should be ready to line up at the side outdoor entrance to the cathedral at 2:30 p.m. Seniors will wear their graduation robes for the Baccalaureate Mass. Faculty will wear their black robes and white stoles for both Baccalaureate and Graduation. Seniors will be bussed back to Assumption following the Mass to prepare for graduation.

Graduation Ceremony – Sunday, May 25, 2025, 5:30 p.m. AHS Gymnasium

Seniors should be ready to line up in E-wing at 5:00 p.m. Seniors will wear their graduation robes and caps (please be sure that the tassel is attached and caps have not been altered or decorated in any way). NHS cords will be distributed at this time to be worn at the graduation ceremony. (These cords are the only cords allowed for the graduation ceremony.)

XC Cross Country Info Meeting

Meeting will be scheduled on 5/20 at 6:00pm in the cafeteria. This meeting is for both athletes and parents interested in cross country next season. We will talk about summer lifting and summer training, and also information about the year next season.

If they cannot attend, they can reach me at ryan.buchanan@assumptionhigh.org .