The ACAD Daily, Monday, Dec. 1

Anouncements

Monday, Dec. 1, B Week, B Day 9:45 Advisory

Tuesday, Dec. 2, B Week, A Day 9:45 MMM

Wednesday, Dec. 3, B Week, B Day – Special Schedule – Holiday Celebration (see below)

Thursday, Dec. 4, B Week, A Day 9:45 Seminar

Friday, Dec. 5, B Week, B Day, 9:45 Clubs

This Wednesday’s Holiday Celebration Schedule

8:10 – 9:20 Block 8 (70 min.) – Seniors dismissed at 8:40

9:20 – 9:30 Passing Time

9:30 – 10:30 Holiday Celebration Assembly (60 min.)

10:30 – 10:45 Break (Seniors stay for Brunch – done by 12:00/miss block 5)

10:45 – 12:05 Block 5 (80 min.)

12:05 – 12:10 Passing Time

12:10 – 1:55 Block 7 (75 min.)

1st Lunch (12:55 – 1:25)

2nd Lunch (1:25 – 1:55)

2:00 – 3:20 Block 6 (80 min.)

Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors – it is NOT special dress for you Wednesday. When you are dismissed from Pd. 8 at 9:20 Wednesday morning, please walk over and enter the Spartan Center AT THE TOP. After the program is over, please exit at the top as well. Also, please whisper or don’t talk during the ceremony – especially when the seniors and their first grade buddies are announced. Thank you!!!!!

ACAD Talks is our annual event, designed after TED Talks. Students give a ~10 minute presentation on a topic of their choice: academic, personal, contemporary– anything! Complete the survey if you are interested in giving a talk. This does not commit you to give a talk; it just helps us gather interest and plan.

Feel free to email Ms. Towery with any questions: ktowery@athensacademy.org

With December arriving, the bookshelf display is looking for book recommendations associated with the winter season. The theme for this month is holiday/gift-giving, so we hope to gather your responses through the Google Form survey we’ve attached to incorporate them onto the display!

The display will be ready as soon as Tuesday, December 2, and we will add student recommendations/inputs throughout the week! Here is the survey link: December Bookshelf Display Survey

DON’T FORGET

Due to the government shutdown, many households who rely on WIC and SNAP benefits are facing heartbreaking uncertainty about their next meal. Lake Country Rural Health Initiative is hosting a Food/Formula Drive to support local families affected by this crisis. If you all want to help out during the holiday season, you can donate canned foods, baby formula, baby bottles, and/or baby food. I can come by anytime from November 1-December 31 to pick up any donations y’all may have and bring them to the clinic. Thanks!!

This is a reminder that the next round of submission is due by December 5th. You can submit your pieces here. You can respond to the following prompts.

Holiday season is approaching! This is often a fun & exciting time where families and communities are brought closer together. In contrast, this is also the season of winter, where the days get colder and the nights get longer. Write a piece:

Exploring this contrast between the holidays and the winter season
Where a new tradition is created OR destroyed
About a character who really, really loves the holidays OR really, really hates them

Additionally, if anything crazy happened over your Thanksgiving break, feel free to turn it into a story and submit it!

Happy birthday greeting card, abstract art

useful links

Upper School Code of Conduct

Upper School Dress Code

Attendance Policy

Judiciary Board Process

Vehicle Registration

Guidebook

Cell Phone Policy

2025-1st Semester Key Dates

2025-2026 US Schedule

Class of 2026 Service Log

Class of 2027 Service Log

Class of 2028 Service Log

Class of 2029 Service Log

Blue Sheet Link

College Visit Calendar

College Visit Formstack

The ACAD Daily, Friday, Nov. 21

Anouncements

Monday, Nov. 17, A Week, A Day 9:45 Advisory

Tuesday, Nov. 18, A Week, B Day 9:45 MMM

Wednesday, Nov. 19, A Week, A Day late start

Thursday, Nov. 20, A Week, B Day 9:45 Seminar

Friday, Nov. 21 A Week, A Day, 9:45 Advisory

Feel free to email Ms. Towery with any questions: ktowery@athensacademy.org

Our Smile Drive was a huge success! Athens Academy alone donated 650 toothbrushes, 19 toothpastes, and 31 flosses. In total, they ended up with 1,707 toothbrushes, 50 toothpastes, and 52 flosses. All were delivered to the City of Refuge! They were so thankful!

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the last round of the Literary Magazine. Your pieces were fantastic. Congratulations to the following pieces which were selected to receive recognition by the editorial board.

Winner: “Is Water Wet?” by Luke Bright

Best Poetry: “The World Burns and We Drink the Stream” by Emily Drennen

Prose Honorable Mention: “Falls Like Lightning” by Nicholas Chester and “The New Home of the Old Yew” by Alexandra Hutchinson

Poetry Honorable Mention: “Painter” by Remy Marty and “The Necklace” by Vida Jones

The next round of submission is now open. Submit your pieces here by November 28.

Exploring this contrast between the holidays and the winter season
Where a new tradition is created OR destroyed
About a character who really, really loves the holidays OR really, really hates them

Happy birthday greeting card, abstract art

Jackson Farmer – Nov. 18

Luke Rutledge – Nov. 18

Bailey Tomlinson – Nov. 19

Noam Thrift – Nov. 22

Grace Willimon – Nov. 22

Tucker Rhodes – Nov. 23

Aisha Ahmed – Nov. 24

Stancil Chesser – Nov. 25

Henning Meyer – Nov. 29