Assumption Magazine Winter 2009 - Assumption High School

Junior exchange student Alice Liureceived an honorable mention at theYoung Artists Program, sponsored byWUOL public radio. Alice was selectedfor her talent playing the piano via anaudition set up for her by music teacherJackie Metry. As part of her prize, sheperformed on NPR via a live feed fromWUOL in December. Alice visited herhome in China this past summer and participatedin the torch relay for the 2008Summer Olympics.Nineteen Assumption students were sworninto the 2008-2009 Jefferson CountyTeen Court on November 18. Teen Courtprovides first-time juvenile offenders theopportunity to participate in a less formalcourt process carried out by theirpeers. Teen court began in 1992 as oneof many law-related programs offered bythe Kentucky Court of Justice through itsDepartment of Juvenile Services. The TeenCourt participants from Assumption aresophomores Meghan Bissinger, HannahFieldhouse, and Morgan Milliner; juniorsMegan Biven, Morgan Reeves, and TaylorStrohmeier; and seniors Jenna Brumleve,Hannah Bryant, Rachel Dalton, AbbyFieldhouse, Anna Gleis, Amanda Heim,Jessica McKim, Morgan Mottley, LaurenNeichter, Sidney Noland, Liz Poppe, SarahReeves, and Tamara Slovacek.Alumnae Class Updates2001Class Ambassador: Laura Wallitsch DurbinJaeryl Covington was elected as the chair ofthe McConnell Center Alumni Advisory Boardin January 2008. She completed her masterof urban planning degree in May, and justpurchased her first house in September.2003Class Ambassadors: Britni Knable,Marisa MainJessica Durbin accepted a position withLouisville Metro Government as publiceducation coordinator for Metro Animal Servicesin November 2008. She makes visitsto Louisville area schools and universities,youth community centers, and neighborhoodassociations to further the mission ofbettering the bond between people and theirpets through humane education. She is alsopicking up credits (slowly but surely!) fromUofL towards her master in public administration.Sharon Diebold Klump graduated from UKin May 2008 and started a job with JeffersonCounty Public Schools. She is in her firstyear of teaching seventh grade at KnightMiddle School and is enjoying life asa newlywed.‹continued on page 16The Speech Team has had some verystrong showings this fall. In the BooneCounty tournament, team members winningawards were senior Emily Eskridge,7th in extemporaneous speaking and 2ndin impromptu; senior Jessica Hines, 3rdin poetry; senior Victoria Reibel, 2nd inhumorous interpretation; junior MeganBiven, 4th in broadcasting; junior ToryCooney, 4th in extemporaneous speaking;juniors Kara Dischinger and KaitlinMitchell, 5th in improvisational duo;junior Lauren Vaughan, 4th in humorousintepretation; and sophomore AngelinaKolomiets, 2nd in prose interpretation.The team finished 3rd overall in a fieldof 15 teams.At the Calloway tournament, team membersreceiving awards were sophomoreAlle Hagan and senior Victoria Reibel,7th in improvisational duo; juniors MollySohl and Krissy Raque, 6th in improvisationalduo; junior Abby Boyle, 5thin humorous interpretation; junior ToryCooney, 5th in broadcasting and 2nd inpoetry interpretation; junior Kara Dischinger,6th in broadcasting; sophomoreAlle Hagan, 3rd in declamation; andsophomore Angelina Kolomiets was thetournament champion in poetry interpretation.The team finished 5th overallamong the 15 teams competing.In the Danville tournament, individualevent award winners were sophomoreAngelina Kolomiets who placed 5th inpoetry interpretation and 2nd in proseinterpretation; senior Victoria Reibel whoplaced 6th in humorous interpretation;junior Tory Cooney who placed 6th inpoetry interpretation; the team of seniorsVictoria Reibel and Katie Younkie whoplaced 2nd in improvisational duo; andsenior Jessica Hines who was the overallevent champion in prose interpretation.As a whole, the team placed 3rd amongthe 23 teams that were competing.Members of the Speech Team thentravelled in the cold, cold weather to theGrant County Invitational Speech Tournament.Individual award winners weresenior Victoria Reibel who finished 7thin humorous interpretation; sophomoreAngelina Kolomiets who finished 6th inpoetry interpretation and 6th in proseinterpretation; senior Tricia Dunlevy whofinished 5th in poetry interpretation;junior Abby Boyle who finished 2ndin humorous interpretation and who,with her partner senior Sidney Noland,finished 2nd in improvisational duo.And finally a special congratulations tosenior Jessica Hines who finished 7th indramatic interpretation; was the eventchampion with her partner sophomoreAngelina Kolomiets in improvisationalduo; and who was also the event championin prose interpretation. Overall theteam placed 3rd among the 18 teams competing.Congratulations on a great season!‹Community Spotlightcontinued on page 1513