Category: Education

Reese Wins DAR Essay Contest

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It is the 125th anniversary of Ellis Island and the 8th graders were ask to imagine yourselves as a child traveling through Ellis Island in 1892. How would you transcribe your experience?

The winner of the Sarah Maples DAR essay contest was Presley Reese from Mabank Junior High School and here is what she said: “Hope. That is the first word that traveled through my head when I saw the Statue of Liberty. It was just a statue, so it didn’t say or do anything, but it still created this sense of freedom in me that I just can’t explain. I was just remembering this important moment in my life because it was going to be a memory I would cherish forever.” Continue reading “Reese Wins DAR Essay Contest”

AISD Releases Realignment Map

AISD Realignment
AISD Realignment

By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communicaitons Specialist

After hundreds of hours of deliberation, calculation and study, Athens ISD has released the elementary campus realignment map for the 2015-16 school year.

With the beginning of the 2015 fall semester, Athens will have three campuses serving pre-K through fifth grade students. Those will be Bel Air Elementary, South Athens Elementary and Central Athens Elementary. Central Athens is currently known as Athens Intermediate School, which, for the remainder of this school year, exclusively serves the district’s fourth- and fifth-grade population. The conversion to having a third elementary campus will help alleviate overcrowding at Bel Air and South Athens, as well as traffic congestion at those schools during drop-off and pick-up times.

In drawing the boundary lines for each of the three campuses, a team of individuals at Athens ISD factored in students’ physical addresses and grade levels, along with attributes such as ethnicity and socio-economic status. For the convenience of the public, the district has provided an assigned-campus locator tool on its website. Visit athensisd.net to use the locator tool. With the tool, you may type in any address within the Athens school district (including city and state), and the name of the assigned campus will be provided. Continue reading “AISD Releases Realignment Map”

AMS Students of the Month

FEBThe Athens Middle School Students of the Month for February are (from left) sixth-graders Sarah McMahan and Exar Perez-Cerrillo, seventh graders Allie Campbell and Joel Vasquez, eighth graders Lucille Nolan and Jorge Camargo, and Rotary Student of the Month Bandera Barter, eighth grader. Congratulations, students!

ACPA’s Cassie Keys to Intern in Jerusalem Community of Worshipers

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Cassie Keys
Cassie Keys

Athens Christian Preparatory Academy instructor Cassie Keys was recently selected for a unique internship in Jerusalem. Keys, who teaches English, Texas History, Cultural Geography, Music and Senior Leadership has been accepted into a three-month program at Succat Hallel (Hebrew for Tabernacle of Praise). Succat Hallel is a community of worshipers and intercessors from five continents brought together to receive training and understanding in a 24/7 house of prayer.

From June to August this summer Keys will be engaged in teachings covering biblical topics such as: the biblical place of Israel, the restoration of the tabernacle of David, the Isaiah 19 highway and the history of the Jewish people. Some of the teachings will include “mobile prayer watches” to places such as the City of David, Nazareth, Jericho, Shilo and Bethel. Continue reading “ACPA’s Cassie Keys to Intern in Jerusalem Community of Worshipers”