Winter 2023-2024
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS Educational Excellence in a Christian Environment
2023 AP Scholars (not all pictured) - Read more on pg. 8)
SERVING OTHERS Sophomore football players serve at St. Joseph’s Diner. The boys scrubbed counters and chopped vegetables to help prep the day’s meal. Additionally, they wrote heartfelt notes of encouragement to diner visitors that evening.
BLUE GATORS IN ACTION Over 50 volunteers from the church and school community came together for United Way of Acadiana’s annual Day of Action. Blue Gators teamed up with parishioners to sort and stuff boxes of school supplies in preparation for the upcoming school year.
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LEADERSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL Ascension’s Middle School Student Council consists of 5th - 7th graders who lead their school community with a positive attitude, community spirit, strong work ethic, and unwavering determination. For three years in a row, this group of leaders has earned national recognition for their excellence. Teachers, Heather Gros and Danielle Bacque, empower these leaders with love and guidance to not only have a voice but also learn the skills necessary to make a difference in the life of their school. President - Louis Soileau Vice President - Elizabeth McCormick Secretary - Anna-Grace Adams Exec Ambassador - William Whetsell
5TH GRADE
6TH GRADE
7TH GRADE
Class Representatives - Grover Morrow & Lucy Schouest Class Ambassador - Luke Daly Members-at-large - Blaise Johnson and Chloe Luke
Class Representatives - Josh Loiacono and Searcy Saterfiel Class Ambassador - Trey St. Germain Members-at-large - Lucy Waguespack
Class Representatives - Grant Landry and Neah-Rae Chambers Class Ambassador - Jack Gray Members-at-large - Luke Landry, Palyn Dunbar, Marcella Miller, Shelby Piasecki, Wesley Hays, Sophia Courville, McAllister Morrow, and Kaitlyn Cutrer
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPEL COUNCIL The Chapel Council helps with planning our school’s daily chapel services and participates in reading and prayers. Chapel Council members also spearhead and maintain two cross-grade mission projects throughout the school year. Middle school students apply and are selected by the faculty. Those selected truly exemplify our school motto of behaving in a “gentle, generous, truthful, kind and brave” manner. Grace Capell Neah-Rae Chambers Charles Collins Sophia Courville Sophie Courville Xayden Doucet Elaine Feehan Emily Fitzpatrick Anna Louisa Fontenot Haley Fontenot Lila Giardina
Wesley Hays Jules Hebert Scarlett Hebert Annie Hohorst Natalie Horton Blaise Johnson Grant Landry Luke Landry Chloe Luke Amelia McCormick McAllister Morrow*
Madeline Ortemond Regan Oubre Shelby Piasecki Macie Riche Railey Robinson Remy Robinson Trey Schilling III Lucy Schouest Louis Soileau Trey St. Germain *not pictured
UPPER SCHOOL GATORS FOR OTHERS Gators for others is a leadership opportunity to serve within our community through volunteer hours and on-site service projects. Students come together to strengthen their spiritual development. Ava Bourgeois Emmeline D'Albor* Mary Frances Durio Amelia Cleveland
Audrey Ortego Andre Abshire Spencer Howat Samantha Matt
Lauren Roth Claire Reddick Molly Cormier Ella Pool
*not pictured
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UPPER SCHOOL PREFECTS Prefects are a group of elected Junior and Senior servant leaders who exemplify the qualities of gentle, generous, truthful, kind, and brave through a Christ-centered leadership program. They serve the school by collaborating, planning, and implementing various student activities, events, and initiatives, as they model good citizenship and learn effective leadership skills necessary to be positive change agents within the Ascension community and the world.
2023-2024 PREFECTS Lead: Peyton Peebles Academic: JC Franques Student Life: Mamie Mendell Athletics: Gabby Piasecki Publicity Leah Franques Service: Noah Trawick Spiritual Life: Beau Domengeaux Arts: Annie Boudreaux
Prefects
UPPER SCHOOL CLASS LEADERS
Class leaders are elected each year and act as class representatives, supporting student activities throughout the year, while working closely with Prefects.
Class Leaders
9TH GRADE Ava Trawick - Lead Allie Chng - Academic Natalya Grant - Spiritual Life Landon Huff - Athletics Hudson Musso - Publicity Charlize Rougeau- Com. Service Chloe Schouest - Arts Lilly Sheets - Student Life
10TH GRADE Lauren Roth - Lead André Abshire - Publicity Gabby Ahrabi - Academic Ellison Crouchet - Athletics Ethan Courville - Comm. Service Mary Frances Durio - Spiritual Life Corinne Mendell - Arts Preston Peebles - Student Life
11TH GRADE
12TH GRADE
Addison Mills - Lead Marley Abshire - Spiritual Life Molly Cormier - Arts Luke Curry - Athletics Samantha Matt - Academic IsaBella Rougeou - Publicity Les Schouest - Student Life Gavin Stewart - Com. Service
Henry Vanderlick - Lead Brianna Gayle - Academic Sara Godley - Com. Service Charlie Hohorst - Athletics Ellie Hulin - Publicity AC Palmer - Spiritual Life Stacey Singleton - Student Life Chloe Ste. Marie - Arts
LEADER UPPER SCHOOL AMBASSADORS QUOTE
The Ascension Ambassadors team assists the Admissions Department in various promotional events held throughout the school year. The Ambassadors serve as spokespersons for our school during tours, shadow days, Open House events, and other new family events! Ambassadors serve as campus greeters, tour guides, shadow buddies, and help answer questions from potential new families.
Ambassadors
Austin Adams Kate Alldredge Ava Ahrabi Ella Arceneaux Eddie Paul Bearb Eric Broussard Hudson Campbell Molly Cormier Grayson Daly Olivia Devey Jo Falgout Lilly St. Germain Ella Grace Hebert
Camryn Landry Owen LeBlanc Braxton Leonard Isabella Malespin Andrew McCormick Hylece Mitchell Ella Pool Addie Prochaska Chloe Schouest Rusty Trotter Archer Williamson Braxton Woodring
IN THE
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NEWS GRANDPARENTS DAY Each year, Kindergarteners and 3rd graders invite grandparents onto campus for a special service. Special songs and treats for grandparents always cause a few tears and LOTS of hugs. This year, our Upper School students invited grandparents and special guests for the inaugural Grandparents Chapel on the Sugar Mill Pond Campus. A slideshow of images tugged on heartstrings and reminded everyone how time sure does fly.
VETERANS DAY On November 10, 2023, Ascension staff and students honored veterans in a special chapel service. Each military branch was recognized along with our special guests. Commander Ron Crowley spoke to all about bravery and sacrifice. After the service, guests gathered for a reception.
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HEAD OF SCHOOL INSTALLATION & EPISCOPAL SCHOOL SUNDAY Members of the Episcopal School of the Ascension and Ascension Episcopal School joined together on Episcopal School Sunday to celebrate the formal installation of our new Head of School, Mr. Jeff Pinnow. Ascension students and faculty gathered alongside church parishioners, participated as choir singers, altar servers, and readers.
Jeff Pinnow (Head of Ascension Episcopal School), Jeanette Parker (Founder of Ascension), & Chantel Pinnow
The Pinnows, Liz Tremblay (Head of Lower & Middle School), Julie Bourque (Head of Preschool), and Sarah Davenport (Head of Upper School)
TRUNK OR TREAT Upper School students welcomed grades PK3 4th for the inaugural Trunk or Treat. Although cold, our students enjoyed visiting each decorated truck , the fun costumes, and of course, the TREATS!
CAMPUS HAPPENINGS
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2023 Homecoming Court Homecoming Queen: Brianna Gayle
Senior dual enrollment students visit ULL to learn about the campus and pick up their student ID’s.
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The PTO Fall Fest was a huge hit. Fun was had by all at this family event, which included an Auction & Gumbo Cookoff!
Each campus celebrated Blessing of the Pets with a special chapel ceremony.
We are so lucky to have Mrs. Dees and her two daughters, Abby and Emma, as members of our faculty.
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AP SCHOLARS
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ cumulative performance on all AP Exams attempted. Seventeen Ascension students earned recognition as AP Scholars based upon their exceptional achievement on these college-level exams in the 2022-2023 school year. One student qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award* by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. This student is Madeleine Sorrell (‘23). The AP Scholar with Honor Award** is given to those students earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Aidan Daly (‘23), Ella Dupuie (‘23), Charlie Hohorst (‘24), Chloe Ste. Marie (‘24), and Aidan Stewart (‘24) earned the AP Scholar with Honor Award. Eleven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.
‘22-’23 AP SCHOLARS EJ Abshire ‘23 Alex Bourgeois ‘23 Aidan Daly ‘23** Ella Dupuie ‘23** Michael Leblanc ‘23 Kendalyn Morgan ‘23 Payton Musso ‘23 Madeleine Sorrell ‘23* Connor Edmond ‘24 Leah Franques ‘24 Brianna Gayle ‘24 Charlie Hohorst ‘24** Maggie Nassar ‘24 Caroline Ortemond ‘24
SEMESTER ONE ACADEMIC HONORS*
Chloe Ste. Marie ‘24** Aidan Stewart ‘24**
Headmasters list - earned all A’s on report card Honor roll - earned all A’s or B’s on report card
Samantha Matt ‘25
UPPER SCHOOL HEADMASTERS 12TH GRADE Eliana Del Toro Andrew Duplechin Connor Edmond Leah Franques Sara Godley Ava Guidry Ethan Guidry Charlie Hohorst
10TH GRADE
11TH GRADE Dylan Lapoint Madeline LeBlanc Alex Mahfouz Mason McKnight Ella Meche Maggie Nassar Anne Palmer Peyton Peebles
Addison Prochaska Stacey Singleton Chloe Ste.Marie Aidan Stewart Seher Tejani
Marley Abshire Isabel Acevedo Annie Boudreaux Luke Curry Trey Daly Beau Domengeaux Anna Hicks Alexa Kidder
Noah Lafleur Samantha Matt Addison Mills Bridgette Richardson Eleanor West
Andre Abshire Cameron Adania Andrew Allemand Bella Biggerstaff Amelia Cleveland Ava Cope Spencer Howat Christian Huggard
9TH GRADE
8TH GRADE
Avery Blanchard Jack Boudreaux Alexandra Chng Olivia Devey Natalya Grant Owen LeBlanc Luke Robinson Chloe Schouest Lillian Sheets Lillian St. Germain Ava Trawick Joseph Wilson Braxton Woodring
Andrew Clement Lucas Cormier Graycen Daly Marlie Dardar Henri Durio Catherine Ortemond Samuel Smith Beck Trahan
Afif Lakhani Chase Manafi Martha Odom Samuel Sonnier
Theology Comparative Religion Tour started on the Downtown Campus *As of January 16, 2024- We do our best to include accurate information. We apologize for any errors.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL HEADMASTERS 7TH GRADE Jackson Bond Bear Boudreaux Brooks Boudreaux Norah Cahanin Neah-Rae Chambers Annabella Delcambre Elaine Feehan Sally Fooshee Jack Gray Jules Hebert
Lilly Kennedy Luke Landry McAllister Morrow Margaret Odom Wells Randall Railey Robinson Ben Smith Ian Trawick
6TH GRADE
5TH GRADE
James Alldredge Sophia Courville Kaitlyn Cutrer Lila Giardina Bryn Grant Sarah Herman James Kennedy Elizabeth McCormick Searcy Saterfiel Trey St. Germain William Whetsell
Berto Ahrabi Luke Daly Emily Fitzpatrick Fredrick Halverson Natalie Horton Lucy Schouest
LOWER SCHOOL HEADMASTERS 4TH GRADE
3RD GRADE
2ND GRADE
Samma Alrefaey Ava Boudreaux Tripp Callais Tripp Giardina Anderson Huggard Everett Johnson Emrie LeBlanc Rex Randall Rylan Russo Gabe Sicard Jean-Luc Soileau Greyson Storey Josephine Suhandi Ida Thomas Mckenzie Wiltz
Amelia Adams Margaret Andrus Celia Billeaud Anders Champagne John Domino John Matthew Grant King Keller Max Keller Ellie Lau Lyla Maher Gates Rowell Wesley Vondenstein
Rhett Claude Beckett Duval Beau Emory Juliette Fitzpatrick Liam Funderburk Caden Gaudet Caroline Granger Ellison King Baer Onebane Dean Onebane Clara Sicard Aria Strother
UPPER SCHOOL HONOR ROLL 12TH GRADE
11TH GRADE
Eddie Bearb Collin Cloud Allen Collins Emmie Collins Jeanne Claire Franques Henry Frederick Aiden Fruge Hunter Gallagher Brianna Gayle Mamie Mendell Linden Musso Henry Neusetzer Caroline Ortemond Chloe Padgett Gabriella Piasecki Ashlyn Poirier Ava Roy Camille Simon Henry Vanderlick Anna Wiltz
Estelle Anselmo Gracie Bourque Charlie Bradley Rylan Cabrera Molly Cormier Jackson Devey Luke Domingue Luke Falgout Andre Fontenot Elliott Fontenot Claudia Fooshee Brooke Gill Braxton Guillet Abigail Hebert Noah Justus Ethan Landes Jude LeBlanc Hayden Pearson Cole Pesson
Ella Pool Claire Reddick IsaBella Rougeou Leslie Schouest Layne Simon Christian Singleton Noah Trawick Rubens Vega-Pelekais Caden Culpepper Garrett Yeates TylerZimmerman
www.AscensionBlueGators.org Data as of January 16, 2024- We do our best to include accurate information. We apologize for any errors.
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UPPER SCHOOL HONOR ROLL CONTINUED... 10TH GRADE Gabby Ahrabi Morgan Alspaugh Ella Arceneaux Amir Balbeisi Hayes Beaullieu Tre Bishop, III Ava Bourgeois Claire Callis Hudson Campbell Landon Cloud Ethan Courville Emmeline D'Albor Mary Frances Durio Joseph Falgout Laura Anne Franques Shelby Godwin Max Greneaux Luke Harris Allison Haskins
Aubrey Jones Camryn Landry Emmy LeBlanc John Levin Andrew McCormick Ian McDaniel Reese Myers Audrey Ortego Preston Peebles C.C. Perry John Parker Rholdon Lauren Roth Alex Roy Amalie Trahan Hayes Trotter Aria Van Way Eloise Wilson Hope Wood
9TH GRADE
8TH GRADE
Noah Chauvin Maggie Dardar Landry Edwards Dylan Fitts Michael Gayle Mason Guillory Sadie Guillory Landon Huff David Kennedy Beck Mire
Kate Alldredge Cecile Anselmo Brennan Broussard William Cothern Ruby Guillory Jacob Horton Amelie Huggard Henry LeBlanc Hayes McKnight Natalie Mugno Rhodes Perry Leona Rholdon Hudson Roberts Rive Trahan Margaret West Parker White
MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL 7TH GRADE Abigail Adams William Allemand Charlie Collins Olivia Cordova Sophie Courville Nicholas Dukes Benji Edwards Davis Elter Haley Fontenot Parker Gidman Lane Girouard Henri Goudeau Eli Gros Presley Hauser
Wesley Hays Zain Kates Luke Landes Grant Landry Alice Levin Christian Manafi Amelia McCormick Marcella Miller Shelby Piasecki Brooklyn Poirier Parker Riddle William Sarsfield Louis Soileau Emma Sorrel
6TH GRADE
5TH GRADE
Brooks Boudreaux Charles David Cleveland Quinn Harris Fisher Hebert Annie Hohorst Vivienne Johnson Joshua Loiacono Nathan Oubre Regan Oubre Reid Powell Trey Schilling III Audrey Sonnier Michael Wagner
Luke Belle Oliver Craft Henry Elter Max Fenn Anna-Louisa Fontenot Major Hebert Blaise Johnson Chloe Luke Madeline Ortemond Macie Riche Reese Rovira Graham Saterfiel Matthew West
LOWER SCHOOL HONOR ROLL 4TH GRADE
3RD GRADE
Charlotte Alldredge Carolyn Allemand Sophia Armentor Mykah Beedle Alexander Boudreaux Porter Faucheux Anneliese Franz Samuel Granger Thomas Gros Ella Hauser Diyon Kariyawasam Graham Kennedy Everett Lau Harrison Leftwich Rhys Pritchard Keller Rholdon Gunter Rowell Ryan Royall Caroline Stimpson
Charlotte Andrepont Bishop Boudreaux Finn Bradley Alexander Cleveland Charlie Courville Ellis Curry Callie Cutrer Charlotte Degatur Ruby Delcambre Gavin Dozier Omri Eller Atticus Foster Jackson Kennedy Luke Landgrave Louis Luke Baylor Mabry Lumi Miller Beau Person Katherine Powell
2ND GRADE Harrison Rath Jude Riche Ariana Rupani Patricia Stiel Even Urdiales
Olav Bjerga Blakley Bourque Claire Breaux Genevieve Cordova Benjamin Detraz Emily Dymond Cecilia Farmer Annie Fenstermaker Owens Fisher Owen Johnson Marcel Malespin Sophie Morgan Akira Patel Damon Patterson Ryder Romero Rylie Romero Ty Scallan Milo Serrette Rhode Williamson
www.AscensionBlueGators.org Data as of January 16, 2024- We do our best to include accurate information. We apologize for any errors.
ATHLETICS/ARTS
When it comes to our children, one of the most important gifts we can provide for them is OPPORTUNITY. It not only prepares them for their future but also gives them the INDEPENDENCE to discover and define who they are: who they want to be. Our faculty and staff focus on developing the WHOLE CHILD through RELATIONSHIPS and a curriculum designed to teach lifelong learning skills. BALANCE is a priority. Students grow, thrive, and excel through opportunities, acceptance, and support.
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