Athens Elementary School

10/07/2026

Happy Fall Break, AES Families! Here's this week's edition of the AES Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/bz32p

See you next week!

AES News

10/02/2026

🖤💛 We hit the jackpot with Mr. Tony & Mrs. Debbie! 💛🖤

Today we want to give a BIG shoutout to two people who work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep Athens Elementary looking its BEST — Mr. Tony and Mrs. Debbie! 🧹✨

We are so thankful for everything you do to make AES a clean, safe, and welcoming place for our students and staff. We appreciate you, Mr. Tony & Mrs. Debbie! 🦅🖤💛

09/30/2026

📣 MINI CHEER CAMP Athens Cheer will host the annual Mini Cheer Camp October 19-23! This camp is open to children ages 4-12. Campers will perform during pregame activities at the Athens vs. Muscle Shoals football game on Friday, October 23. Registration is now open at acs-k12.org/cheer. Early-bird registration is $75 per camper if received by October 16. After October 16, registration increases to $90 per camper. Athens City Schools employees are eligible for a $10 discount. To learn more and register, please visit acs-k12.org/cheer. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

09/30/2026

🌟 Celebrating the BEST of AES! 🌟

We are so excited to recognize our Teachers of the Month and Students of the Month! 🖤💛 These Golden Eagles were selected by their colleagues and classroom teachers for the positive difference they make each day!

👏 Congratulations to our Teachers of the Month:
🍎 Kindergarten — Ms. Young
🍎 Kindergarten — Mrs. Miles
🍎 1st Grade — Mrs. Harrington
🍎 2nd Grade — Mrs. Haney

We are equally proud of our amazing Students of the Month who continue to lead by HEART and HIGH EXPECTATIONS! 🦅✨

A special thank you to our Partners in Education, Innovative Realty, for helping us celebrate and SHOUT OUT the good things happening throughout our building! We are so thankful for community partners who believe in our students, staff, and school! 💛🖤

09/29/2026

💛 Helping hands, big hearts! 💛

Our Peer Helpers spent time learning today about how they can be positive role models and how they can provide extra support to the friends in our building! 🦅

✨ We love seeing our Golden Eagles learning to lead, encourage, and make a difference in the lives of others! 🖤💛

And a big thank you to our community partners, Innovative Realty Solutions for providing our Peer Helpers a special lunch today!

09/29/2026

🐄🍂 HOLY COW… SCHOOL IS COOL! 🍂🐄

The AES crew understood the assignment: flannel + fall + a giant cow = obviously, we needed a photo shoot. 😂📸

Now the important question… who wore the flannel best?! 👀🍁

Also, a BIG thanks to Innovative Realty Solutions for our fall decorations! We'd love to see your fall pictures posing in front of our fun backdrop!

Come up, take pics, and post them in the comments below! ⬇️📸🤳🏼

09/28/2026

Athens Elementary School had three students that participated in the Children’s Art contest at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Maximiliano Gonzalez, Sophia Serrato, and Cora Smith all entered beautiful artwork for the contest.

Congratulations to Maximiliano Gonzalez for being selected as one of the twelve winners! His design will be used in the Galaxy of Lights display during the holiday season. 🎄🖍️🎨

09/28/2026

Happy Monday, AES! Here's this week's newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/aw20k
Fall Break will be here soon! Have a great week.

09/25/2026

📚🌟 We’re celebrating our TOP READERS for the first 9 weeks! 🎉

These 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students have been turning pages, earning points, and showing us just how much reading ROCKS! 📖👏 We are so proud of their hard work- keep reading, Golden Eagles! 🦅💛🖤

09/24/2026

📚🍦 Reading has never tasted so sweet! 🍦📚

Today our students enjoyed their very first Accelerated Reader Ice Cream Parlor! 🎉 Students earned this special treat by reading books, taking AR quizzes, and racking up those points! 📖✨

A BIG thank you to our amazing PTO volunteers for hosting the ice cream parlor and helping us celebrate our readers! 💛🖤🍨