School Life

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

CAVALIER ARTISTS The Texas Cavaliers awarded Woodridge Elementary student, Max Hedgepeth, the City Council District 10 Winner of the Texas Cavaliers’ River Parade Art Contest. The group honored Brinley Dell Leavitt as Runner-Up. The pair of fifth graders are under the direction of Art Teacher Anika Blanco.

As a first-place winner Hedgepeth will receive a check for $3,000 which will go toward the school’s art program. Leavitt will receive a check for $1,000, which will also go toward the school’s art program. Congrats to these two artists!

Pictured: Max

Hedgepeth with his winning art.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 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 impressed, she immediately told the art teachers about 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 encourage his talent, Masters brought a keyboard into the classroom and Aiden immediately wrote his own three-part music and played it! Master’s sees this artistic duo as a great example of the distirct’s Profile of a Learner at work, sharing, “ Students are expressing themselves in unique ways and we love to learn about these talents and encourage them to be their best selves.”

STEM SKILLS

Students in Alamo Heights Junior School’s STEM program started fabrication on 3D topographic maps, adding skills to content, building their 21st century skill set, under the direction of teacher 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!