Daily Brief: Celebrating 100 days of school

Athens ISD Police Chief Paul Redic is pulling pulling stickers out of a young man's shoelaces and retying his shoes during the 100 Days Celebration at South Athens Elementary School this morning. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN PHOTO)
Athens ISD Police Chief Paul Redic is pulling pulling stickers out of a young man’s shoelaces and retying his shoes during the 100 Days Celebration at South Athens Elementary School this morning. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN PHOTO)

HOT TOPIC: Today is the 100th day of school, and that’s a big deal at the elementary level. Remember, some of the youngest students are still learning to count that high.

South Athens Elementary School really cranked up the fun this morning with a celebration that brought together school and community leaders from a variety of professions.

“There are a lot of people involved in making a school work,” SAE Principal Eugene Buford said. “The teachers wanted to turn this back toward the community.”

The school did that by having students visit 10 stations showing the different professions that help build a school community. Those included:

  • Gardeners (Henderson County Master Gardeners … and if this one seems a little out of the ordinary, you haven’t seen the beautiful garden behind the school)
  • Agriculture (Extension Agent Rick Hirsch was on hand)
  • School personnel (which included AISD Superintendent Blake Stiles)
  • Grocery/Food (Walmart brought an 18-wheeler)
  • Electrical (TVEC)
  • City Workers (including City Administrator Pam Burton)
  • Police (sheriff, APD, constable and AISD police)
  • Fire
  • Church Leaders
  • Health Care

The heavy machinery was the big draw for many of the students. The bucket truck at the electrical station, the backhoe at the city station, and the ETMC Air 1 helicopter.

Please check out the photo album posted on our Facebook page. 

South Elementary School Principal Eugene Buford tells well-dressed students about all the folks it takes inside the walls of the school at the school workers station. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN PHOTO)
South Elementary School Principal Eugene Buford tells well-dressed students about all the folks it takes inside the walls of the school at the school workers station. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN PHOTO)

ON TAP TONIGHT

Both the TVCC men and women’s basketball teams are on the road tonight, but you can catch the women on an Angelina webcast starting at 5:30 p.m. 

WHAT YOU MISSED

TVCC student downs 61 wings in 15 minutes to win a contest. 

A group of TVCC students and administrators went to Austin yesterday. 

Dr. Curran from Athens visited the Legislature. 

State Rep. Lance Gooden files a bill against “indiscriminate surveillance.” 

WHAT OTHERS ARE TALKING ABOUT

Ron Boyda was named the Chandler Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year at last night’s chamber banquet. 

The Athens Review has a good story about two women who helped write the history book about Henderson County. 

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