🏈🎟️ The Hornets travel to Kilgore this Friday. Kickoff is at 7:30. Tickets may be purchased at the Hornet field house through 4pm Thursday for $5 (adults) or $3 (students). They may also be purchased online through the Kilgore ticket link below. After Friday at 3:30pm, those online tickets will be $8. No tickets will be sold at the gate.
https://khs.kisd.org/athletic-departments
🐝💪 Support the Athens High School & Middle School Band Boosters by purchasing Hornet spirit gear. To order, e-mail bandboostersahs@gmail.com; include name, phone number, email address, size and description based on the flyer. For band roster shirts, please state if you want AHS or AMS. Tax is included, and all proceeds go into the band programs. #HornetNation #PrideOfTheHornets
Athens High School Counselor Andrea Patterson was a presenter Tuesday at Texas Skyward Users group. She's shown here speaking to a group of secondary counselors and PIEMS coordinators. Skyward is a very widely used automated school management and student information system. PIEMS is the Public Education Information Management System.
☕️ Come have coffee with the superintendent in the morning! Dr. Janie Sims will be at McDonald's in Athens Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 7:30am to 8:30am to answer questions about AISD and visit with community members. The coffee is free, and a translator will be available for Spanish speakers. Mark your calendar and plan to join us! #HornetNation
🐾 🐾 The Athens High School Key Club raised 139 pounds of dog food to donate to the Athens Animal Rescue Shelter. Club sponsor Melissa Salinas (third from left) and several of the club members who were able to donate are pictured. Key Club is a student-led organization that is a branch of the Kiwanis International family.
🐕🦺 🥰 Pearl the therapy dog visited Mrs. LaPrade's math lab at Central Athens Elementary and "helped" students practice their multiplication facts. One Very Good Dog x a room full of students = a very happy class. #HornetNation
☕️ Come have coffee with the superintendent on Tuesday, Oct. 10! Dr. Janie Sims will be at McDonald's in Athens this coming Tuesday from 7:30am to 8:30am to answer questions about AISD and visit with community members. The coffee is free, and a translator will be available for Spanish speakers. Mark your calendar and plan to join us! #HornetNation
👨🚒 Members of the Athens Fire Department visited Bel Air Elementary today to talk to students about fire safety. Students also enjoyed a tour of Engine 2.
At the most recent regular city council meeting, Athens Mayor Aaron Smith read a statement recognizing Oct. 5 as World Teachers' Day and proclaimed it as Athens Teachers' Day as well. The mayor is shown here with Athens ISD teachers (from left) Kara Davis, Angie Davis and Rebecca Hall. "The Athens City Council encourages members of our community to personally express appreciation to our teachers," the proclamation reads. We love our teachers! #HornetNation
Small animal management students (from left) Chloe Coker, Madison Jacobson, Nahomi Fraire, and Charlie Leonard use molding putty to create a model of a feline reproductive system. The class is part of Athens High School's Career & Technical Education (CTE) program. CTE combines traditional academic courses with more career-focused courses to prepare students for life after high school.
🙋🏻♀️ I'll try some! 🥝 Jessica Warren of Labatt Produce (shown here in the Bel Air cafeteria) recently visited Athens ISD’s three elementary campuses to provide students with the opportunity to try fresh fruits and vegetables, some of which were new to them. These included watermelon radishes (a member of the mustard family along with turnips), gooseberries (a sweet-tart fruit), and rainbow carrots (which can be yellow, red, white, purple or orange). The “farmers market” tasting was arranged by Taher Food Service, which manages the district’s cafeterias. #HornetNation
🎉 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. 💛
