🎉 Amazing news! Athens High School seniors Antonio Castillo and Addison Maytubby earned academic honors from the prestigious College Board National Recognition Programs. Antonio received the National Hispanic Recognition Award and the National Rural and Small Town Award. Addison received the National Indigenous Award and the National Rural and Small Town Award. These awards recognize high-performing students and help them stand out to colleges. “Being recognized by the College Board is an enormous achievement that requires nothing short of academic excellence,” said AHS Principal Jason Iglehart. “We’re very proud of Addison and Antonio.” #HornetNation
🍴👨🍳 Our culinary students are awesome! Members of Athens Masonic Lodge #165 were recently treated to a meal prepared and served by Athens High School culinary students. Roughly 30 Masons enjoyed meatloaf, mashed potato casserole, mac-and-cheese casserole, and Oreo-and-chocolate-chip pound cake. Pictured serving is Dustin Matlock, who is also the pit master for one of AHS's competition barbecue teams, under the direction of culinary teacher Lisa Ramsey.
🥳 🎉 We're celebrating our September superlatives! Superintendent Dr. Janie Sims (fourth from left) recently hosted for lunch the district's teachers and employee of the month. The teachers of the month are (from left) Sandy Howard, fourth-grade math and science teacher at Bel Air Elementary; Sandy Carter, first-grade teacher at Central Athens Elementary; Angie Davis, fifth-grade English language arts and social studies teacher at South Athens Elementary; Chelsea Brown, seventh-grade science teacher at Athens Middle School; Edward Medvecky, English, yearbook and journalism teacher at Athens High School; and Devon Bowie, eleventh-grade college and career transition teacher in the Career & Technical Education (CTE) program, as well as a football and basketball coach at Athens High School. The Operations Center employee of the month (far right) is electrician Dylan Latta. Congratulations to all! #HornetNation
#TeachAg Day
🌳🛝 These cool mornings make for great playground time. Pictured (from left) are South Athens Elementary students Uriel, Katalina, Eli, Savannah, Kendra, Julieta and Mateo. #HornetNation
We're grateful for our IT staff! #HornetNation
Athens Kiwanis member John Edgington speaks to members of an Athens High School government class Thursday about the history and importance of the U.S. Constitution. He, his wife, Margaret, and local Kiwanis President Monty Ingram gave out copies of the document to the students. Sunday, Sept. 17, is Constitution Day.
🐮🏅 Athens FFA show team members had an excellent weekend in Texarkana, Arkansas, showing heifers at the Four States Fair Livestock Show. In the junior heifer show, AMS eighth-grader Wyatt Tappan took fourth-place Brahman; Central Athens fourth-grader Reese Tappan took third-place Red Brahman, and AHS junior SkyeLann White took third place Chianina. In the open show, Wyatt took second and fourth-place Brahman; Reese took second-place Red Brahman, and SkyeLann took fourth-place Chianina. Congratulations to all! Raising and caring for livestock takes a lot of time, hard work and dedication. #HornetNation
Little scientists! Central Athens Elementary pre-K3 students Jordin Choate (left) and Yajaira Barcenas explore science tools in class. 💛
👀🏈 Ticket and bag info for this week's AMS and AHS football games👇
For all games in Kaufman: Tickets can ONLY be purchased online using the link below. Kaufman enforces a clear bag policy. No passes will be accepted.
For the AMS games in Kaufman Thursday, the first game begins at 4:30. Tickets are $3 adults/$2 students. Friday night's varsity game in Kaufman begins at 7:30. Tickets are $7 adults/$5 students.
For the subvarsity home games Thursday, freshman B team will play at 4:15 vs Lindale; freshman A team will play at 5:30 vs Kaufman; JV will start at 7:00 vs Kaufman. Tickets will be sold at the gate, $5 adults/$3 students.
Purchase tickets for Kaufman games here: https://www.kaufmanisd.net/athletics/box-office
👑 Congratulations to our 2023 homecoming royalty! They are (from left) Queen Marilyn Murillo, Princess Justin Chancellor, Sophomore Duchess Teneja Chancellor and Freshman Duchess Jackie Murillo. This year's court also features two sets of sisters in the Murillos and Chancellors. ❤️
Athens Middle School sixth-grader Charlie Horn was all smiles meeting AHS class of '17 grad Maalik Hall. Maalik, who is in town for homecoming, signed this year as a free agent for the New York Jets and is on their injured reserve list. In 2016, he was a unanimous All-District fullback for Athens. As a linebacker for Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Maalik accounted for 23 tackles-for-loss over his final 22 collegiate appearances. In 11 games last fall, he led the team with 77 stops and 8 sacks. #HornetNation
The artificial turf was unrolled over the new Lady Hornets softball field this week. In about a month, the same will be done on the baseball field. “We’re making good progress,” said Barry Choate, executive director of maintenance and operations for AISD. “It’s going to be nice.” The new baseball/softball complex will include additional seating, with each field accommodating up to 1,000 spectators. Work should be completed well in advance of the start of the baseball/softball season in January. #HornetNation
💮 Sophomore Joselyn Trejo-Jimenez and other students in AHS's greenhouse management class created about 20 mums for their classmates as part of homecoming week. White and silver mums were designed for seniors. Greenhouse management is an advanced agriculture class for students who have previously taken floral design. The Hornets host Rusk tonight at Bruce Field. Kick-off is at 7:30, though the AHS band will perform at 7 to allow the homecoming court to be presented at halftime. #HornetNation
🥁 The annual Athens High School homecoming parade is tomorrow (Thursday)! The band starts the march from the high school at 6pm and follows the traditional route around the courthouse square and back. See you along the way! #SupportTheHornets #HornetNation #AHSproud
🏈🎟️ Tickets for the freshman/JV games in Rusk on Thursday may only be purchased online. Please use the link below. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for students.
https://www.ruskisd.net/article/1209253
Have a great weekend!
Introducing the 2023 Athens High School Homecoming Court nominees. Good luck, ladies! The homecoming game is Friday, Sept. 8. #HornetNation
Central Athens Elementary student London enjoys getting a book from the Book Vending Machine — something all three of our elementary campuses have thanks to grants from the Athens Public Education Foundation and the Texas Trust Credit Union. It's wonderful to have partners! #HornetNation
The friendship bench on the playground at Bel Air Elementary certainly lives up to its name. Pictured are second-graders (from left) Allison Zapata, Michelle Rondan and Lea Martinez. #HornetNation
