AJHS’s Mallory Kincaid

Wins 2023 Assistant Principal of the Year

Auburn Junior High School Assistant

Principal Mallory Kincaid was named the 2023 Assistant Principal of the Year by the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals. As a part of this distinguished honor, Mrs. Kincaid was recognized at the 2023 National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Trailblazing Leadership Week in Washington, D.C. (April 24-28). This event is exclusively for members of the Principal of the Year Leadership Network Group where the NASSP Principal of the Year Alumni Network Group connects past State Principals of the Year and NASSP Digital Principals of the Year with meaningful opportunities to engage with each other. Mrs. Kincaid is in her fourth year as Assistant Principal at Auburn Junior High School and has 17 years of experience working in public education. She received this honor for demonstrating exceptional leadership, earning the respect of students, colleagues, parents, and the community at large while setting high expectations for school staff and students. The belief that “relationships are the foundation of leadership” has led to the building of a positive school culture and climate at Auburn Junior High School. Kincaid works to build relationships with all stakeholders. By supporting and encouraging teachers as well as ensuring students are academically, socially, and emotionally prepared, Kincaid has influenced the school culture in a way that has helped the school community to overcome hurdles such as teacher burnout, teacher retention, student performance, and overall morale.

Autauga County Schools

AHS Scholarship Signing Day

Auburn High School’s! Auburn High School had the privilege of hosting seven signings for student-athletes.

Saneya Gutierrez signed with Southern Union State Community College to further her education and play soccer

Will Best - Signed to play football at Millsaps College

Klark Cleveland - Signed to play football at Berry College

- Signed to play football at Auburn University

- Signed to play football at Southern Methodist University

- Signed to play football at Berry College

- Signed to play lacrosse at the University of Alabama at Huntsville ACS wishes the best for all these students as they embark on their collegiate journey to compete in their respective sports while furthering their education!

SMCS Third Graders Rock the Science Lab

During our last quarter, our third grade classroom incredibly transformed into the “Mad About Measurement” science lab! Third grade scientists performed all sorts of science experiments measuring mass and volume with glowing liquids in beakers and graduated cylinders under the tutelage of their mad scientist teacher.

Lee-Scott Congratulates All-State Band Members

Four Warriors were honored and attended All-State Band in Huntsville. Congratulations to seniors Aisha Roughton and Bryson Moon, sophomore Jaz Revalde and freshman James Bagley and thank you for representing us so well!

TCS Presents Story of Moses

The 3rd Grade presented The Story of Moses and demonstrated God’s faithfulness!

Autauga County Schools

LSA 6th and 7th Grade Girls Attend Special Breakfast

This year’s 6th grade girls were invited to a special breakfast with a few 7th grade girls for a transition meeting to Middle School next year! 6th grade girls have been participating in “Picnic & Prayer with the Principal” this semester that led to questions for the year ahead. Who knows better than how to prepare for 7th grade than 7th graders themselves?!

AHS Girl’s Golf Wins 1st

The Auburn High School Varsity Girls Golf team won 1st place at Sectionals. They will advance to Sub-State in Mobile to qualify for the State Tournament, which will be hosted at Grand National in Opelika. Sophia Pastor (7th grader) and Abbey Crowe (11th grader) also qualified as individuals for Sub-State!

AHS Boys Golf Team Wins at Sectionals

The Auburn High School Varsity Boys Golf team finished in 1st place at Sectionals in Enterprise, AL., with a team score of 314. Prather Reaves qualified as an individual to represent AHS at Sub-State in Mobile and Charlie Wilson was named to the alltournament team with a round of 77.

Shoutout to Holland Dilworth, Danica Carmack and Reagan Moore for their efforts to prepare answers from questions for our 6th grade girls. Ms. Mungenast, Mrs. Moore and Dr. Martin-Smith hosted the group in the media center with Chick-fil-A and orange juice while the girls answered questions.

Lee-Scott Academy Senior and 1st Grade Buddies

Seniors delivered a basket of treats and notes to their first grade friends. Our seniors and first grade buddies have loved being together all year long. These friendships between students in such different life stages end up being so special and meaning so much to both grades!

ACS Middle Schoolers Participate in Bird, Inc.

J.F. Drake Middle School students participated in “Bird Inc.,” a 50-minute factory activity led by John Cranston, a Senior Materials and Process Engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope. Bird Incorporated is a fictional company that produces decoy crows, owls, and turkeys for the U.S. market. During this team-building exercise, students were selected for different roles in the company, such as president, sales, marketing, and engineering. Then the students decided on their hourly wages before analyzing the time-cost tradeoff, allowing them to complete the project using an optimal schedule that led to minimum cost. Ultimately the students concluded that they would need to produce approximately six to ten times the number of decoys per hour to have their company turn a profit. The focus of this lesson for students was to pay attention, follow instructions, and learn from mistakes. Mr. Cranston is an experienced Materials and Process Engineer skilled in Materials Science, Systems Engineering, Research and Development (R&D), Aerospace, and NASA contracts. ACS thanks the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems (ICAMS) at Auburn University for partnering with J.F. Drake Middle School to bring this educational opportunity to our students!

LSA Receives Donation to Music Department

Lee-Scott Academy thanks Jonathan Hendrix and Rachel Pair from Spicer’s Music immensely for their generous donation to the Lee-Scott Academy music department! Spicer’s Music gives a percentage of their lesson program proceeds to the local schools that their lesson students attend. What a generous gesture from Spicer’s and we appreciate their support of our

Olgetree Music Teacher Wins the 2023 Curriculum and Teaching Alumni Award

Dr. Phil Wilson has been presented the 2023 Curriculum and Teaching Alumni Award from Auburn University’s College of Education! Dr. Wilson is in his 22nd year of teaching with experience at all levels of band and choral music. His philosophy of music education is that music is for everyone. At Ogletree Elementary School, Dr. Wilson teaches music to all students once a week for 50 minutes with lessons guided by the Alabama Course of Study for Arts Education and the National Standards for Music Education.

Dr. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Troy University in addition to a Master of Music Education and a Ph.D. from Auburn University. He has attained National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music Education and recently renewed his certification in 2020. ACS celebrates Dr. Wilson’s love for music as he educates young people in Auburn!