Category: Education

Athens ISD’s annual Back-to-School Bash is Aug. 13, 9 a.m – 11 a.m. at South Athens Elementary. The free event is open to all students, pre-K through 12, and their families. In addition to 20 organizations on hand to offer information and resources, students will have the opportunity to enjoy inflatable obstacle courses and slides. Many door prizes will be given away, including movie passes and a variety of restaurant gift cards, as well as hot dogs, chips, drinks and snow cones — all thanks to generous event sponsors. Local churches will be giving away pants, polo shirts and t-shirts. In addition, those students who pre-qualified through the HELP Center will receive free backpacks. Assistance will also be available for individuals needing assistance registering their children online. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD file photo)

By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communications Speciailst

The Athens ISD Board of Trustees awarded contracts during its regular monthly meeting this week to begin work on the Bruce Field improvements, which will include a new field house, public bathrooms, concession stand and a parking lot on the south side of the stadium. The Bruce Field contracts addressed three components: excavation, which was awarded to Holbrook Company out of Grand Prairie for $621,489; site utilities, which was awarded to Crockett Construction of Crockett, Texas, for $580,000; and concrete, which was awarded to Miller Sierra Contractors out of Euless for $2,126,878.

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Athens High School Speech and Debate Coach Nicole Cornish was awarded her first “Diamond Award” from the National Forensic League during the National Speech & Debate Tournament being held this week in Salt Lake City, Utah. All coaches earn 10 percent of the points recorded for their students. To qualify for this significant achievement, a coach must earn at least 1,500 points and have coached for at least five years. Mrs. Cornish has 1,989 points. (Courtesy photo)

At the National Speech & Debate Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, Athens High School senior Matthew Hernandez, who had previously never competed in extemporaneous debate, advanced through nine rounds to finish among the top 30 in the nation. There were 777 students in the first round. Hernandez qualified to compete in extemp as a supplemental event after having earlier advanced through nine rounds of policy debate, his main event. (Courtesy photo)