Three years of winners from Assumption School!
2019 STATE Winning Schools
2018 STATE Winning Schools
2017 STATE Winning Schools

  We are proud to announce that we have 3 STATE Level Winners
in the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Contest!
  Congratulations to Ella, Grade 1; Declan, Grade 4; Tessa, Grade 3;
and their teachers!

March 3, 2019
  The winners of the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Contest at the school level are:

Declan ~ Fourth Grade
Ella ~ First Grade
Emma ~ Second Grade
Tessa  ~ Third Grade
Ashley ~ Grade K
Morgan ~ Fifth Grade

  The work of these students has now been sent to the Zaner-Bloser State-Level Competition.

April 25, 2018
  Assumption School 1st Grader Emma H. has been named the State Grade-level Winner in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest 2018.
  Congratulations Emma and Mrs. Rippchen!

Each year Assumption School students participate in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest with approximately 250,000 other participants.  The contest requires outstanding manuscript (print) in grades K-2 and cursive skills among students in grades 3-8 and recognizes the teachers who understand the importance of handwriting in developing literacy in all students. 

The contest offers an opportunity for each student to show his/her best handwriting in a grade-level appropriate competition with other students first within their own school, then on the state level, and finally on the national level. The contest entries, both manuscript (print) and cursive, are judged according to the Zaner-Bloser Keys to Legibility: Shape, Size, Spacing, and Slant.• The sentence all students are required to write on their entry form is chosen because it contains every letter of the alphabet:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Each child has a chance to compete for the honor of representing Assumption School as a School Grade-Level Winner.  All students chosen as School Grade-Level Winners compete at the State Grade-Level with winners from each category (public and private) competing against each other to become one of the 18 National Grade-Level Semifinalists. The 18 National Grade-Level Semifinalists compete to be chosen as one of nine Grand National Grade-Level Champions. Each Grand National Champion earns a large trophy, a cash prize, and educational materials for his or her schools. In addition, each teacher of a Grand National Champion is awarded an Educator Prize Package including Zaner-Bloser classroom materials valued at $1,000.

Assumption School students took part in the 2020-2021 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. Congratulations to the Grade Level Winners:

• Josephine J.—Kindergarten
• Desmond D.—Grade 1
• Leyla B.—Grade 2
• Sophia B.—Grade 3
• Emma H.—Grade 4
• Tessa S.—Grade 5

April 14, 2020: Congratulations to 3rd Grade's Emma H. who has been selected as a National Semi-Finalist in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest!

With over 250,000 students participating from both public and private schools in this nationwide contest, it is a tremendous achievement and indication of excellence to be chosen as one of 18 National Grade-Level Semifinalists.  Well done!

In honor of this achievement by Emma and her teacher Mrs. Nancy Bass, prizes are awarded to the school by Zaner-Bloser.

Congratulations to:

             Grade K ~ Desmond D.
             Grade 2 ~ Sophia B.
             Grade 3 ~ Emma H.
             Grade 4 ~ Tessa S.

All four of these Assumption School students are State-level Winners of the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. Each of them will now move on to the National level, representing our school at their grade level in the contest.

Congratulations and well done: Desmond, Sophia, Emma, and Tessa!

Congratulations to our Handwriting Contest Winners as they move on to compete on the State-level.
The winners are:
Grade K ~ Desmond D.
Grade 1 ~ Cash K.
Grade 2 ~Sophia B.
Grade 3 ~ Emma H.
Grade 4 ~ Tessa S.
Grade 5 ~ Ryan Wiehn!

  People have been writing to communicate since ancient Sumerian times. Zaner-Bloser isn't quite that old, but their company's long history and distinguished legacy make us unique in the business, and they're something we're proud of. A lot has changed since our company was originally founded in 1888 by Charles Paxton Zaner of Columbus, Ohio, with his business partner, Elmer Ward Bloser. Back then, penmanship wasn't just a skill—it was a profession, and Charles Zaner's College of Penmanship was where you went to learn it.