The ACAD Daily, Wednesday, August 26

No Cell Phones in the PH Please!

Monday, Aug. 24, B Week, B Day, 9:45 Advisory

Tuesday, Aug. 25, B Week, A Day, 9:45 MMM

Wednesday, Aug. 26, B Week, B Day, Late Start

Thursday, Aug. 27, B Week, A Day, 9:45 Honors Day, Special Dress Day, Sprecial Schedule (below)

Fridday, Aug. 28, B Week, B Day, 9:45 Class Officer Elections in your Class Meeting Locations

Honors Day Assembly – (B Week, A Day) Schedule – Thursday, August 27

8:10 – 9:25 Block 1 (70 min.)

9:25 – 9:30 Passing Time

9:30 – 10:30 Assembly

10:30 – 10:45 Break/passing time

10:45 – 11:55 Block 2 (70 min.)

11:55 – 12:00 Passing Time

12:00 – 1:50 Block 4 (80 min.)

1st Lunch (11:55 – 12:25)

2nd Lunch (1:25 – 1:50)

2:00 – 3:20 Block 3 (80 min.)

Don’t forget today is Special Dress Day!

A dress shirt is required along with one of the following: sports coat, sweater, or tie
Professional-length skirts, dresses or slacks, and blouses are required; length should be mid-thigh or longer and considered appropriate for school
Dress shoes are required (fashionable, tidy, clean sneakers are permitted)

The Watson Brown Junior Board is an organization for historical preservation, where high school students award grants to local historical sites. We meet once a month at the T.R.R. Cobb house, and visit historical sites in the spring. Applications are open to 10th – 12th grade through September 18th: https://www.trrcobbhouse.org/junior-board-1#about-junior-board

Drop/Add Dates:

Last day to add a class is Friday, August 21.

Last Day to drop a class if Friday, September 4.

If any high school students are interested in singing the Star Spangled Banner at home football games this fall, please contact Mrs. Olson (eolson@athensacademy.org) to find out details and to schedule a time to run through it with her.

Tillman Center Menu!

David Graves from UGA Admissions will visit Athens Academy on Friday, September 11 at 1:00 – 1:30 to hold an info session for students. Please disregard their email about a visit this Friday, August 21. If you received that, it was an error. We will send more info about location &c closer to the real date. Thank you!

Service Opportunities!

The 3rd Annual Oconee’s Best BBQ Contest is on Saturday, August 29, 2026, from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Rocket Field in downtown Watkinsville, Georgia. The free-to-attend community event features over 18 competing pitmasters! BBQ tasting tickets are $15.

We are looking for help from 5:00pm-9:00pm to work at the ticket station and at a kids’ station. WYou don’t need to work the entire time – you can sign up for a shift!

Proceeds benefit Lydia’s Place, a local nonprofit supporting young adults from foster care or housing insecurity.

To find out more about Lydia’s Place, click HERE!

SPARTANS OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to freshmen Charlie Brooks and Mia Kirkpatrick for being named Spartans of the Week!

The boys cross country team has been working very hard this summer to achieve their team goals this fall. We are loaded with seniors rich in both talent and character. I mention character because that is the common thread that has bonded our program through the years’ one age of champions and championship teams to the next. In the next several months, I expect our veterans performances will shout their names much louder than I can, so I will take the opportunity to mention someone of the next generation within the freshman class. Our team/train is only as strong as the kids in the back. Charlie Brooks has attended the summer workouts and has impressed me with his character. He comes to practice and never quits in the middle of a run. While he is currently at the back of a very talented team, his character is the fabric of our future. He might never be a champion at the state level, but the character he is displaying sets him up to win the long slog of life. Charlie definitely represents our freshman (boys) class.”

–Neville Anderson, Head Coach Varsity Cross Country

“The girls cross country team is what is described in running as the ‘Emerging Elite’. This team is young, but is loaded with talent. In gauging our team’s chances this season, we do not just look to the front of the train, but we have learned to look at who is pushing the train from the back. Our program has often found our future stars from within the kids in the back. Imagine our program containing four pots: one pot that is boiling and those kids are eager to jump out and race for championships. The second pot is cooking but not done yet, as those kids are eagerly waiting their turn perhaps hoping for an opportunity to sub into the boiling pot. The third pot is simmering and these kids are figuring it out, building strength and confidence. Finally, the fourth pot is marinating as they are preparing to become something special and this is exactly where Mia falls. She is a freshman who is new to our school and she has attended all of the summer workouts. We notice that she displays the character of a champion by never quitting during a training session. She and others like her are the foundation of our ACAD running program as she represents our freshman (girls) class.”

–Neville Anderson, Head Coach Varsity Cross Country

THIS WEEK’S CONTESTS

TUESDAY 8/25: –

V Volleyball HOME vs Loganville Christian 5:00pm (3 of 5)

THURSDAY 8/27 –

-JV Football AWAY vs George Walton 4:30pm

-JV/V Volleyball AWAY vs Loganville 6:00pm (at Loganville HS)

– JV/V Volleyball AWAY vs Jefferson 7:00pm (at Loganville HS)

FRIDAY 8/28

– V Football HOME vs Holy Innocent’s 7:30pm

SATURDAY 8/29

– V Volleyball HOME Playdate 9:00am

Will’s Words of Wisdom

“I think worry will make you sick. I’ve never seen it do any good…notice the negative thoughts and reactions that come to your mind as they occur and immediately flip or erase them.” – -Willie Nelson