Valentine's Dance is this Thursday! 💖
Reminder for 8th grade parents: Advanced Academic Night is Tuesday.
Yearbooks are on sale now!
Get ready for the AMS Valentine's Dance!💃 🕺
🙌 Athens Middle School students showed up and showed out at the 2025 UIL Academic Meet! With speaking and listening events hosted at AMS on Friday, our students competed across multiple disciplines and delivered outstanding performances. Congratulations to both dedicated students and hardworking teacher/coaches on your hard work and achievements. Here’s a look at our results:
8th Grade
Chess: 2nd Place - Sylus Holland, Team: 2nd Place
Dictionary Skills: 1st Place - Justin Carpenter, 5th Place - Kennedy Billington, Team: 1st Place
Editorial Writing: 2nd Place - Kinley Boyle, 3rd Place - Gracie Robinson
Impromptu Speaking: 3rd Place - Karis Williamson, 4th Place - Caleb Burks
Listening Skills: 3rd Place (tie) - Karis Williamson & Eisley Diamond, 5th Place - Taryn McAlister, Team: 1st Place
Maps, Graphs, & Charts: 5th Place - Kinley Boyle
Modern Oratory: 2nd Place - Gracie Robinson
Music Memory: 2nd Place - Jayleen Johnson, 6th Place - Rebekah Salazar, Team: 2nd Place
Number Sense: 4th Place - Shaun Scheibmeir, 5th Place - Justin Carpenter, Team: 2nd Place
Ready Writing: 4th Place - Eisley Diamond
Science: 4th Place (tie) - Caleb Burks & Fisher Lang, Team: 2nd Place
7th Grade
Art: 6th Place - Jocelyn Anguiano
Chess: 2nd Place - Jeffrey Casas, 4th Place - Jack Ottaberry, 5th Place - Wesley Patterson, Team: 1st Place
Dictionary Skills: 4th Place - Gabi Arcos
Editorial Writing: 4th Place - Samuel James, 6th Place - Lewis Jones
Music Memory: 3rd Place - Phoebe Stuckey
Number Sense: 5th Place - Allison Subba Rai, Team: 3rd Place
Ready Writing: 4th Place - Felicity Smith, 5th Place (tie) - Levi St. Clair & Ella Richardson
Science Team: 3rd Place
6th Grade
Dictionary Skills: 5th Place - Israel Aguilar, 6th Place - Nelly Powell, Team: 2nd Place
Listening Skills: 5th Place (tie) - Alexis Holt & Colton Clark, Team: 3rd Place
Maps, Graphs, & Charts Team: 3rd Place
Mathematics: 4th Place - Cooper Jennings, Team: 2nd Place
Modern Oratory: 2nd Place - Augustus Alen
Music Memory: 1st Place - Anna Willy, Team: 2nd Place
Number Sense: 1st Place - Cooper Jennings, 4th Place - Mercer Riquelme, Team: 2nd Place
And One-Act Play
Honorable Mention Cast: Kinley Boyle & Owen Duran
❄️ Hornet Nation, after much consideration, we’ve decided to cancel school tomorrow. These decisions are almost never easy to make. It involves a great deal of weather watching, communication with other superintendents, and a healthy dose of intuition. 🥶 Our area happens to be teetering on the forecast dividing line between "this looks really bad" and "maybe it won’t be too bad." While we’re pretty confident about the safety of morning travel, we’re much less confident about everyone getting home safely in the afternoon. Ultimately, that’s not a risk we’re willing to take. 🐝 Calling off school is always a balancing act between keeping our students and staff safe, minimizing disruptions to learning, and understanding that last-minute changes can be tough on families. In the end, whether we get it right or wrong, the motivation is as simple as it is powerful: We want everyone to be as safe as possible. 🙏 Stay warm tomorrow, Hornets!
🎄 We are so excited to share this year's Athens ISD Christmas card. It features a festive tree and wreath from the mind and hand of very talented Athens Middle School 8th-grader Jailynn Dewberry! Over 130 of the two-sided cards, featuring Jailynn's artwork and Christmas greetings from the district, were sent out this week. Ho, ho, hornets! 🎅🧑🎄
🎉 Heyyyy! Shoutout to Athens Middle School students Eisley Diamond, Karina Izaguirre and Inez Tela for their winning designs on the Holiday Starbucks cups! 🎨 You can check out their amazing artwork, along with designs from 27 other AMS students, at the Athens Starbucks (1010 E Tyler St.) this holiday season. Swing by and see the festive creativity on display! ❤️☕ #HornetNation
🌟 We had a world-class chef at Athens Middle School today! Chef Roshni Gurnani (AKA Chef Rosh) offered the flavors of India to students during their lunch periods. From competing on Chopped, H*ll’s Kitchen, and Iron Chef: Alex vs. America, to earning recognition as one of the top 5 Indian chefs in the U.S., Chef Rosh brought a wealth of experience to AMS. 👩🍳 And we can vouch that the chicken makhani with basmati rice (AKA butter chicken) was DELICIOUS. Thanks, Chef Rosh, for encouraging our students to try new flavors! 🍛 #HornetNation
Christmas Dance Information
🧑🎄🧑🎄 The Athens Middle School National Honor Society is at it again! These awesome Santa's helpers put up two Christmas trees at the AISD Administration Building, keeping up a tradition they’ve rocked for years. We’ve gotta say it: They’re totally TREEmendous! 🎄 Pictured are (from left) AMS Counselor and NHS Sponsor Maureen Bogowitz, NHS members Naim Silva, Gracie Robinson, Karis Williamson, Remi Carnes and Taryn McAlister, and Deputy Superintendent Ginger Morrison. ✨ #HornetNation
🏈 The Hornets are heading to Bullard this Friday for the regular season finale, competing to secure the second-seed spot in the playoffs! Kickoff is at 7:30pm, so don’t miss out on the action! Tickets for both Thursday’s middle school games and Friday’s varsity game are only available online. Grab yours here: https://my.hometownticketing.com/agency/5b6f33c6-17c6-4afe-81c8-c9f9e79657aa #HornetNation
Girl’s basketball tryouts for both 7th and 8th grade will be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (10/22-10/24). We will hold them before school all 3 days with the door opening at 630am and all athletes dressed and ready to go by 645am. Wednesday we will have an ADDITIONAL workout after school until 545pm. We will have teams chosen by the end of the day on Thursday (10/24). We need athletes to attend all four workouts to be able to make the best decision possible! After teams are picked, practices will be in the mornings with doors opening at 630am. Anyone making a team will be expected to attend morning practices daily. We will also be working out some Fridays. We will release more information once teams are chosen. Thank you for your time and we are looking forward to a good season!!
Coach Lott
🌟 October is National Principals Month, and today we’re shining the spotlight on Athens Middle School Principal Amy Guidry! We’re so grateful for your dedication and the positive impact you make on our students and staff each day, Mrs. Guidry. Thank you for your hard work and commitment to excellence! #HornetNation
🎨 Heads up, Hornets! The next varsity football home game is Oct. 11, when we plan to tie up the Brownsboro bears. Give yourself plenty of time to search your closets for the perfect tie-dye shirt to wear Oct. 10. 🏈 This Friday, the Hornets are on the road to Jacksonville, where we expect another win! #HornetNation
🎉🥁 The annual Athens Homecoming Parade is this Thursday, Sept. 12! 🥁🎺 The AHS band will kick off the excitement from the high school at 6 PM, marching the traditional route around the courthouse square and back. Be sure to find your perfect spot and get ready to cheer on the Hornets as they pass by! Let’s make this homecoming one to remember—see you there! 👏🐝 #SupportTheHornets #HornetNation #HomecomingParade
👉 Hornets, as our athletic season heats up, don’t forget that a clear bag policy is in place for all public events on AISD property. Diaper bags with infants or toddlers and bags with medical necessities are the only exceptions. Let’s ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone! #HornetNation
Let's lei out the panthers! Thursday, September 5th students may wear leis and Hawaiian 🌺 shirts with dress code bottoms.
We have had a magnificent start to the school year. Parents, thank you for your patience during car dismissal. It gets faster after the first week.
Hemos tenido un magnífico comienzo de año escolar. Padres, gracias por su paciencia durante el despido del coche. Se hace más rápido después de la primera semana.
🌟 Incoming sixth-graders have an orientation meeting from 9am-11am this morning (parents drop off/pick up) at Athens Middle School! 🌟 Students return to school Monday, Aug. 5. If your child has not yet been registered, please call or visit their campus as soon as possible today. Let's go, Hornets! #HornetNation
