STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD
School Life
Winning the Year
AHHS Journalism won the UIL Award of Distinctions Merit for the 2020 Yearbook. This is the state’s highest honor and the gold medal in publishing. This is the 13th year in a row the school has won the award. This award is even more special to the students and their sponsor, Kristin Cade as they completed 217 of the 399 pages while away from the school during the pandemic! #MulesUp
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Aiden Gamez
Cambridge 5th grader Aiden Gamez has been described as,“ a cool and creative kid, who is hysterically funny and artistically talented,” by Cambridge Elementary’s Kelly Masters. Masters had an opportunity to see Aiden’s artwork and was so imp ressed, she immediately told the art teachers abo ut him. She reached out to Aiden’s Mom to ask if it was okay to share his work on social media and learned that the pair often collaborate on their art, selling it through an online gallery! Mom, Kathleen Day, is also an artist and was thrilled to share Aiden’s work with Masters and the district. To enc ourage his talent, Masters brought a keyboard into the classroom and Aiden immediately wrote his own three-pa rt music and played it! Master’s sees this artistic duo as a grea t example of the distirct’s Profile of a Learner at wor k, sharing, “ Students are expressing themselves in unique ways and we love to learn about these talents and encoura ge them to be their best selves.”
STEM SKILLS Students in Alamo Heights Junior School’s STEM prog ram started fabrication on 3D topographic maps, adding skills to content, building their 21st century skill set, under the direction of teach er Jeff Wheatcraft. Studetnts and staff have fully embraced and utilized the new STEM space at AHJS, which is inspiring some new course creativity and innovation!
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