2018-2019

Freshman Orientation
Thursday, August 16, 2018
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

First Day of School
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

School Portraits
Tuesday, Sept. 4 – Senior Potraits (during English classes)
**Only seniors who did not have a yearbook photo made with Henington Photography over the summer need to take a senior portrait.
Wednesday, Sept. 5 – Grades 9-11 (during English classes)
Thursday, Sept. 6 – Grades 9-11 (during English classes)

Teachers in the Limelight

Champs Focus

I.D.s Please

District UIL Winners – March 24
Accounting –  2^nd place Team
Current Issues & Events – 3^rd place team
Editorial Writing – 2^nd Nathan Gonzalez
Feature Writing – 3^rd Nathan Gonzalez
6^th – Sarah Blankenship
Headline Writing – 1^st Sarah Blankenship
Calculator Applications – 5^th place team
Mathematics – 4^th place team
News Writing –  4^th Sarah Blankenship
5^th – Nathan Gonzalez
2^nd place Journalism team
Informative Speaking – 6^th Jane Anne Carroll
Lincoln Douglas Debate – 4^th MaKayne Favor
Persuasive Speaking – 4^th MaKayne Favor
Poetry – 4^th Ninenia McBride
Ready Writing – 1^st Israel Yolou
Spelling & Vocabulary – 4^th place team

Literary Journal
– The Gallimaufry, Vol 10, will be going to press in a few weeks.  Over 500 submissions were sent in for consideration in this year’s journal, over twice the number of last year’s journal (220), which was nearly twice the number of the year before (120).
– The students of the Creative Writing class entered the Abilene Writer’s Guild annual contest. Students competed in the adult level competition against writers from across the United States.
Amanda Cooper – second place in the “Memoir/Nostalgia” category with “A Guide to Modern Nostalgia”.
Lauren Schaeffer – honorable mention in “Unrhymed Poetry” with her poem, “Fireflies”.

Congratulations to the Class of 2018 Mr. & Miss AHS Nominees.

 College & Vaccines
ATTENTION SENIORS, AND ALL STUDENTS APPLYING FOR COLLEGE, DUAL CREDITS OR HOLLAND:
YOU MAY NEED SOME VACCINES.  IF YOU ARE UNCLEAR, PLEASE SEE ONE OF THE NURSES FOR INFORMATION AND A COPY OF YOUR VACCINE RECORD.