Athens City School Board recognized Mr. Bob Owens, Supervisor of Facilities and Attendance, for his upcoming retirement at the June meeting. Thank you Mr. Owens for your leadership and dedication at ACS.
Two professors from Lee University, Professor West and Professor Kasper, came and let the students explore the anatomy of a fetal pig, cow eye, cow kidney, cow heart, and a small brain. They also let the kids test out a bottle rocket apparatus to launch their bottles!
6th grade -gluing together panels and adding rings to the bottom of their balloons to create hot air balloons.
Thank you Let's Read 20 for visiting ACS summer camp today!
Athens City Schools June Board Meeting will be this evening at 5:30 p.m. at the Administration Building. It will be live streamed at the following link.
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Athens City Schools is hiring. Please visit our website for the latest job opportunities. Apply today! https://www.applitrack.com/athenscityschools/onlineapp/
Reading Interventionist Part-Time (ACP)
3rd-5th Grade Teacher (ACI)
Food Service Substitutes
Food Service Part-Time
Maintenance Tech Part-Time
6th-8th Grade Math Teacher (ACM)
Clerical Professional Coordinated School Health Part-Time
School Nurse Part-Time
Substitute Teachers
Instructional Assistants for Kindergarten Part-Time (ACP)
Kids Connection Teacher Assistant Part-Time
Bus Monitor
Bus Driver
Summer camp students enjoyed the tour and refreshing ice cream at Mayfield's!
Tonya Dockery a Cherokee storyteller told fable stories to Kids Connection students Friday. The students also got to enjoy her animal furs and puppets. This program was sponsored by McMinn County Living Heritage Museum who has partnered with Kids Connection for many summers to provide us with programs that represent our county's history.
Athens City Schools is hiring. Please visit our website for the latest job opportunities. Apply today! https://www.applitrack.com/athenscityschools/onlineapp/
ACS Family Engagement and KC are excited to have Athens Martial Arts providing family engagement support for students and families this summer. They will be providing demos, instruction, and classes on self-control, respect, health, fitness, and teamwork as a family. Join us on June 27th and June 30th at ACI!
Great resource for families for TennCare Summer Renewals. See flier for more info.
Kids Connection students had a great time participating in team-building exercises, outdoor learning experiences, and a variety of student-choice activities at Camp.
Mrs. Miller & Ms. Micki's class enjoyed the tour and refreshing ice-cream at Mayfield's!
Every Kid Outdoors: Free National Park Passes for Fourth Graders
https://www.everykidoutdoors.gov/index.htm
Have you ever wanted to explore our country’s national parks and do it for free? The National Park Service sponsors the Every Kid Outdoors program, which provides fourth grade students and their families with free access to America’s natural wonders and historic sites. Every Kid Outdoors was created so fourth graders and their families could discover America’s wildlife, resources, and history for free…for a whole year! All of America’s fourth-grade students are eligible for a free pass.
Explore!
Whether you want to marvel at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Florida Keys, and the Frederick Douglass house or listen to wolves howl and walk in dinosaur tracks or look up into the inky night sky and reach for the stars, these sites belong to all of us - including you!
Fourth grade students and their families get free access to hundreds of parks, lands, and waters for an entire year. Explore ancient dwellings. See a waterfall taller than a building. Stay close to home or travel somewhere new. This year is the perfect time for an unforgettable outing!
PreK registration for 2025-2026 School Year is available. Application packets can be picked up at 943 Crestway Drive.
Mrs. A. Browns class enjoyed the tour and refreshing icecream at Mayfield's today.
ACIS Kids Connection students are participating in the Spark Entrepreneur Program sponsored by Lite House. Ms. Olivia a grad student from TWU is teaching the class on how you can start a business.
Rising 4th and fifth graders visited Mayfield's for a fun learning field trip and enjoyed ice cream today.
Rising 3rd graders enjoyed a trip to Mayfield’s eating ice cream on this summer day.
Another great day at ACMS with a huge shout out APD detective department. They talked with our rising seventh and eighth graders about investigating crime scenes and how cell phones leave digital footprints. The students even gathered evidence and fingerprints. Meanwhile, our rising sixth graders prepared tissue paper hot air balloon for a continuation next week when they release their hot air balloons.
Kids Connection students are learning about fairy tales this week. In STEM they made a castle and tower.
