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MHS Spring Flower Sale

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The Malakoff High School yearbook staff is kicking off its spring flower sale. The yearbook staff will be selling geraniums starting now through March 16. They will be available for pickup on March 19 after school in the cafeteria. There are four colors available: red, pink, salmon, and white. They are 8-inch pots. The price is $15 each or 2 for $25. Please call Karen Cook at 903-489-1527 to order. Thank you in advance for your support.

Sixth-grade UIL team

Several sixth-graders at Athens Middle School competed at UIL. Those who placed or were members of teams that placed are seated in the first two rows. They are (front row, from left): Gabby Nichols (second place art smart) and fellow members of the art smart team, Jillian Calkins (who also placed fourth in impromptu speaking), Geraldine Sanchez, Dorian Perry, Reed Allen, Caleb Clemmons, Dennis Rodriguez and Caleb Bennett, also Bre’Naysia Eldridge (member of third-place calculator team), Anna Howard (third place listening skills), DJ Honea (fifth place modern oratory), and (second row, from left) Angel Garcia (first place number sense), Will Matthews (fifth place number sense), Derek Killingsworth (member of the second-place number sense team), Roudy Epps (sixth place ready writing), Cody Davis (sixth place spelling) and Michaela Sneed (member of the third place spelling team). Anna Howard and Lauren Pickle were also spelling team members. Not pictured are Carlos Rodriguez, a calculator team members, and Kyra Dawson, who placed sixth in oral reading and was a member of the calculator team. Other students who competed in UIL (not in order pictured) are Connor Clay, Litsy Deluna, Chris Wilson, Alexa Wilcoxson, Presley Smith, Aspen Odom, Halie Campbell, Emily Mason, Presley Smith, Hailey Reeves, Jorge Garcia, Garrison Nichols, Tristan Woods and Raelin Evans. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)

7th grade UIL team

Several Athens Middle School seventh graders competed in UIL. Those who placed individually or as a team are pictured in the first two rows. They are (first row, from left): Brenda Ruvalcaba (sixth place calculator); Daniel Burnett (third place chess), Leslie Alsobrook (second place impromptu speaking); Ethan Pace (fifth place listening skills and social studies); Ale Pedroza (first place mathematics and as a member of the first-place math team, first place oratory, first place number sense and as a member of the number sense team and first place ready writing); Skylar Fain and Jose Sanchez (members of the first-place math team); (second row, from left) Chase Friedman (third-place number sense and a member of the first place number sense team); Ty Rayburn (sixth place number sense and a member of the first place number sense team); Allie Campbell (second place ready writing); Bradley Miles (first place science and a member of first place science team); Cam Picard (third place science and a member of first place science team); Grant Wood (first place spelling and a member of the first place spelling team); Jadyn Harris (third place spelling and a member of the first place spelling team); Monna Montealegre (fourth place spelling and a member of the first place spelling team); and Kyleigh Ray (member of the first place spelling team). Not pictured is Klayton House, who placed sixth in impromptu speaking. Other seventh graders who participated in UIL (not listed in order of appearance) are: Aliyah Castaneda, Shatasha Bowser, Na’zajia Walker, Bre’nya Barker, Sydney Briggs, Macie Bywaters, Josephine Miles, Chelsey Young, Bayleigh Collins, Jetlira Ademaj, Noemi Lopez, Davis Young and Hunter McDonald. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)

Bus Purchase Among Several Items Approved by AISD Board

By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communication Specialist

The weather not only shortened the school day for students on Monday, it shortened the board meeting for Athens ISD trustees that evening.

Board members amended the “local maintenance” fund’s budget to reflect insurance proceeds related to an Oct. 9 incident. An Athens ISD school bus was struck from behind that day while stopped at a railroad crossing. The 2005 bus was totaled, and resulting insurance proceeds to the district will total $40,399. The bus will be kept by the district as a source for salvageable parts. The board approved the purchase of a new bus from Longhorn Bus Sales totaling $92,737. Continue reading “Bus Purchase Among Several Items Approved by AISD Board”

Pride of the Hornet Band Rocks

The Pride of the Hornets Band rocks San Antonio. Sophomores Russell Ingram (left) and Kolemann Dooley — pictured here with the best high school band director in Texas, Rusty Lay — stopped for a picture after performing Feb. 14 in San Antonio with the 4A All-State Band. Ingram plays the trumpet, and Dooley plays the euphonium. (Courtesy Photo)