Spring 2010 - Assumption High School

Compassion Inspires the
Assumption Community
Becky Henle, Principal
After spending even
a few years in Mercy
education, one has
an innate and deep
Becky Henle understanding of what
compassion really
means. Compassion deep in one’s heart
and soul is both a value and a virtue.
Compassion is the sympathy one expresses
over another’s distress, but it is more than
that – it is the deep desire to do something
to alleviate it.
Catherine McAuley, foundress of the
Sisters of Mercy, believed in contemplation
and then action. Compassion reflects
first the contemplation that comes from
sympathizing with others, and secondly, it
reflects the desire to do something to make
someone else’s life better.
In a Mercy school, where the faculty and
staff daily model compassion and where
the programs support student service,
compassion is seen all around.
• A small group of Assumption students
along with two teachers and Fr. John, our
chaplain, saw their efforts to alleviate the
distress of young girls in Cambodia come
to completion when they visited the school
that they built during Mission Week.
• A large group of seniors (over 100)
and their chaperones (faculty, staff, and
volunteers) experienced sympathy for
others less fortunate when they visited
five different service sites on mission
trips.
• For ten weeks, our sophomores gave
to others through the A Christian Through
Service (ACTS) Program.
Even more than these BIG reflections of
the compassionate nature of our school
family, though, are the daily reflections
of compassion in the eyes of our students
and teachers and staff when one student’s
eyes reflect the hurt felt by another student,
and then in efforts to lessen that hurt, a
kind word is spoken or a gentle consoling
gesture is offered – or when helping hands
are offered as a student struggles with a
class or a difficult concept.
Assumption reflects the Mercy value of
compassion each and every day in every
way. That compassion inspires others to
reach deep in their hearts and souls to
find sympathy for others in distress and to
find ways to alleviate that pain. Just like
Catherine McAuley, we contemplate and
then act.
...Catherine McAuley believed in contemplation and then action.
Assumption Alumnae
Dancing with Dad
You are cordially invited to Assumption’s
Alumnae Father/Daughter Dance
Saturday, December 4, 2010
7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Assumption High School Gym
$35.00 per couple
$15.00 per each additional daughter
Price includes refreshments and a
memorable evening of dancing with
your dad, or any other special man in
your life, to music provided by
The Remedy.
For more information
and for planning purposes,
please contact Jackie Bloyd
at 502-458-6258 or go to
www.ahsrockets.org and click on
Alumnae, then Dancing with Dad
to make your reservations.
Hall of Fame Inductees continued from page 3
Mary Lee McCoy received the Spirit of Assumption Award,
which honors a person who has been a devoted supporter of Assumption
in any aspect. Mary Lee began her career at Assumption High
School in 1980. She served as an English teacher and department chair,
assistant principal, principal, and the school’s first president. She developed
groundbreaking programs for faculty, administration, and students,
and received awards from the Archdiocese of Louisville, Sisters of Mercy,
National Catholic Education Association, and U.S. Department of Education.
Under her leadership the school embarked on its first ever major
capital campaign which raised over $4.5 million to build Assumption’s theater, gymnasium,
and playing fields. Mary Lee has devoted her life to Catholic education and continues to work
with the Sisters of Mercy.
Carolyn Medley was given the Body Award for her role as a
coach, distinguishing herself by demonstrating exceptional leadership,
character, and achievement during her tenure at Assumption. In 1980,
she hosted the first post-season field hockey tournament which we now
know as the State Field Hockey Tournament. While at Assumption,
Carolyn was instrumental in getting girls’ soccer sanctioned in the state
of Kentucky. In fact, Assumption was the first in Jefferson County to have
a girls’ soccer program. She gave countless hours to the development
and promotion of high school athletics by serving on the Girls Basketball
LIT committee for 18 years and on the regional basketball tournament committee for 14 years.
She coached field hockey, volleyball, basketball, softball, track and field, swimming, tennis,
cross country, and golf at different times in her career. In 1994, Carolyn worked for and was
awarded a grant to start a fast pitch softball team at Assumption. She was runner-up for the
state wide Athletic Director of the Year award in 1993. She was inducted into the Metro Area
Athletic Director’s High School Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2008, Medley was honored with the
Staff Excellence Award at Assumption.
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