Lexi Lassiter, Key Club President from Athens ISD shown here accepting a donation from Will Traxson, owner of the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home. The donation is for glow necklaces to be sold to support the Hornets in their blacklight pep rally. It was a huge success for the newly formed club’s first event. (From the Athens Kiwanis Club Facebook page)
Category: Education
Athens ISD Honors Dr. Kenneth Lemmon
Athens ISD honored Dr. Kenneth Lemmon (right) before the start of Friday night’s football game for 34 years of service as the Hornet football team doctor. Presenting the award was Coach Paul Essary.
Congratulations Malakoff ISD Elementary Schools
Tool Elementary School (pictured) was recently designated a Title I Reward School by the TEA. Tool Elementary was designated a “High Progress” School. Malakoff Elementary School was designated also as a “High Performing” campus.
Cross Roads Teacher win Region 7 Award
Our Cross Roads Elementary teachers received a High-Progress award from Region 7 Education Service Center for the 2013-2014 school year!
Pictured are, back row, Miss C. Blake, Mrs Mullins, Mrs Mizell, Mrs Silvey, Mrs D. Blake, Mrs Warren, Ms Lucius, Mrs Fowler. Front row: Mrs P. Allen, Mrs Pryor, Mrs McCulloch, Mrs Sulak (principal), Ms Musick, Mrs Ivey, Mrs Campbell.
From the Cross Roads Elem VIP Facebook page.
Athens ISD Looking For Top Dogs (Dads)
By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communications Specialist
Athens ISD wants to let some DOGS in. That’s Dads Of Great Students (including grandfathers, uncles and other related male adults) who are willing to participate in the Watch DOGS program at Bel Air, South Athens or Athens Intermediate at least one day a year.
“The goal is to provide more of a male presence on the campus,” said Bel Air Assistant Principal Vivian Hardgrave. “The volunteer has to be related to a child on the campus.”
So if someone is the father, grandfather, uncle or adult brother of, for example, a first grader at one of the three campuses in the program, that person, if cleared, would spend the day on campus. Specifically, lunch and recess would be spent with the related child. The rest of the day, the volunteer might go to different classes in that same grade level, as well as help with drop-off and pick-up and perhaps patrol the campus, read to students or share about his career. Activities vary by campus. Volunteers are not involved in student discipline. Continue reading “Athens ISD Looking For Top Dogs (Dads)”