With only one loss in the regular season, the Alvarado Varsity Football Team is the Bi-District Champi- ons. Their 10 game winning record was capped off by a playoff win last Fri- day night against Mineral Wells, played at the neutral site in Brewer Stadium in White Settlement. Coach Dixon is proud of all of his teams saying, “Our Fresh- men and JV teams did very well. Varsity is trying to get better Cont. on page 2 … Varsity Bi-District Champs By Bobbie Jo Carter Staff Writer Several people went to see Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but many may have not known about the new play Crow and Weasel. This unique play will start Thursday, No- vember 18th during 1st period. All the ac- tors are ready for it and it is going to be really something. Some have looked into the plays and talked to a lot of peo- ple, the things they say most is, “This play will be a hit. We’ve worked so hard and it will be amazing!” But in or- der to see for yourself, go see Mrs. Gracey in the band hall. THEATER TO PUT ON MORE PLAYS THIS FALL Alvarado High School Nov. 19, 2010 Indian Online Journal Volume 1, Issue 2 Passing Notes with the Principal Indian Pride Alvarado is a great place! 17 years ago I was hired as a junior high teacher and coach; I quickly became im- pressed by the pride the Al- varado communi- ty had for their schools. No mat- ter what the ac- tivity, the com- munity always supports their schools! Cont. pg. 3… Tennis 2 Volleyball 2 Club Corner 3 Message Board 3 HOMECOMING 4-5 Other News 6 Homecoming Story Staff 7 7 Inside this issue: By Destanie Blackwell Staff Writer Seth Nix, Chance Means and Jason Craig were nominated for helping move two computer tables and one large table for Mrs. Cummings, all the way from the bot- tom of the 200 hall to the top of the 400 hall. They volunteered without being asked. Cheyenne Carruthers was nominated by Mrs. Gravois-Murr for being a fantastic student, leader, and helper. See page 3... FEATURED STUDENTS...
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With only one loss in
the regular season, the
Alvarado Varsity
Football Team is the
Bi-District Champi-
ons. Their 10 game
winning record was
capped off by a
playoff win last Fri-
day night against
Mineral Wells, played
at the neutral site in
Brewer Stadium in
White Settlement.
Coach Dixon is proud
of all of his teams
saying, “Our Fresh-
men and JV teams did
very well. Varsity is
trying to get better
Cont. on page 2 …
Varsity Bi-District Champs
By Bobbie Jo Carter
Staff Writer
Several people went
to see Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde but many
may have not known
about the new play
Crow and Weasel.
This unique play will
start Thursday, No-
vember 18th during
1st period. All the ac-
tors are ready for it
and it is going to be
really something.
Some have looked
into the plays and
talked to a lot of peo-
ple, the things they
say most is, “This
play will be a hit.
We’ve worked so
hard and it will be
amazing!” But in or-
der to see for yourself,
go see Mrs. Gracey in
the band hall.
THEATER TO PUT ON
MORE PLAYS THIS FALL
Alvarado High School
Nov. 19, 2010
Indian Online
Journal
Volume 1, Issue 2
Passing Notes with the
Principal
Indian Pride Alvarado is a great place! 17 years ago I was hired as a junior high teacher and coach; I quickly became im-pressed by the pride the Al-varado communi-ty had for their schools. No mat-ter what the ac-tivity, the com-munity always supports their schools! Cont. pg. 3…
Tennis 2
Volleyball 2
Club Corner 3
Message Board 3
HOMECOMING 4-5
Other News 6
Homecoming Story Staff
7 7
Inside this issue:
By Destanie Blackwell
Staff Writer
Seth Nix, Chance
Means and Jason
Craig were nominated
for helping move two
computer tables and
one large table for
Mrs. Cummings, all
the way from the bot-
tom of the 200 hall to
the top of the 400
hall. They volunteered
without being asked.
Cheyenne Carruthers
was nominated by
Mrs. Gravois-Murr
for being a fantastic
student, leader, and
helper.
See page 3...
FEATURED STUDENTS...
By Bobbie Jo Carter
Staff Writer
The Alvarado Indians tennis
team has done amazing in all
the games they have played
so far. They have beaten 5A
and 4A teams and the next
game will be against Bur-
leson Sontinio. The tennis
team is on the track to doing
much better than last year.
Coach McCleary says, “that
the freshman class is doing
amazing”. And that the high
expectations they were sup-
posed to exceed, were passed
with flying colors. The play-
ers should have no problems
this season with a winning
attitude and high praise from
their coaches and fans. Way
to go Indians Tennis!
Tennis
Page 2 Indian Online Journal
losses in district play. Fresh-
men Gold had five wins, one
tie and three losses. JV had
four wins in the regular sea-
son and six losses, with four
district wins and one loss.
each week. They placed 8th
at the end of the regular sea-
son.” Freshmen Purple end-
ed the season as District
Champs with eight wins and
two losses in the regular sea-
son and five wins and no
Football cont. from page 1
ball teams
was improv-
ing fast. With
many scrim-
mages early
in the year it
prepared all
teams for the
challenges
they would
have to face
when it came
closer to dis-
trict. Throughout the whole
volleyball season the Lady
Indians ended it with many
wins in games and tourna-
ments. Good job Lady Indi-
ans.
By Kristina Prater
Staff Writer
The Lady Indian volleyball
team just recently finished
off to a great season for 2010.
Coached by Jill Barkey, she
has helped bring the volley-
ball team far for this year. All
three teams, freshman, J.V.,
and varsity started working
hard very early in the school
year before their season even
started. With already practic-
ing after school and working
hard the Lady Indian volley-
Volleyball Ends Great Season
Coach Dixon encourages his
players to do their best.
Coach Barkey looks on as her Varsity players work
hard for a win.
Volume 1, Issue 2 Page 3
Journalism Club Monday 3:30-4:30
Debate Club Wednesday 3:30-4:30
PAC (Principal’s Advisory Council) Friday 7:45 am-8:15 am
Yearbooks $75 and Senior Baby Ads and Buddy Ads still on SALE! Stop by Room 402
Varsity Football Playoff Game Friday @ Brownwood Against Abilene Wiley
If you have Club News, please write it down and give it to us by the 15th of each month to be posted in the next months issue.
Club Corner
time of 16:28:79. Kevin’s
time has earned him a spot on
The National Elite List of
Cross Country Runners.
performance at The Keller
Cross Country Classic. At
which he finished 19th over
all in the 5A division with a
She constantly goes above
and beyond.
Kevin Nunez nominated by
Coach Bishop for his amazing
Featured student cont. from page 1
Find our table in the cafeteria
or go see Mrs. Briggs in the
office.
This part of our paper is
where you can post messages
for your friends. The price is
$1 per 10 words and $.25 for
every 10 words after that.
Message Board
Let’s go Color Guard! Twirl some flag at Friday’s
Game!
- Destanie Blackwell
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Good Job Band at the games! Y’all make
half-time so cool!!!!
- Bobbie Jo Carter
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Break a leg, Crow and Weasel
Samantha Watson
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Go Indians! Beat Abilene Wiley!
- Coach Cummings
tradition, greatness has no lim-its”!
We are all fortunate to be Al-varado Indians! I challenge each of us to take PRIDE in our school and encourage you to continue to strive for excel-lence! Someone has to be the best, WHY NOT AHS!
TAKS scores. Our co and ex-tra-curricular activities are al-so experiencing great success too. We have the best teachers and the best students. I am proud to be the principal of such a great school! Coach Dixon taught me the quote “When excellence becomes
AHS is currently experiencing incredible success! Academi-cally, we have more students participating in honors cours-es, more students graduating on the recommend and distin-guished graduation plans, and the Texas Education Agency rated AHS as a RECOGI-NIZED campus based on our
Principal’s Notes Cont. from page 1
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Alvarado FFA Booster Club would like to invite you to 1st
annual Spaghetti Dinner and Bingo, Saturday, December
4th at the Alvarado High School Cafeteria. Spaghetti
Dinner at 5:30 p.m.; Bingo at 7:00 p.m.; Dinner and Bingo
FFA Leadership Wins Big At the Lake Whitney District FFA Leadership Develop-ment Event Contest, held in Cleburne, on Wednesday, November 10th, the Alvarado FFA had success!!!! There are a total of 24 schools that compete in the Lake Whitney district, and teams MUST place either 1st or 2nd to qualify for the AREA con-test! Qualifying for the Area 8 FFA contest are as follows: Sr. Creed Speaker: Lauren Spoon, 1st place!!!! Sr. Chapter Conducting: Ashlee Estes, Maddison Holder, Devon Petty, Laura Buttry, Necie Powell, Greg Luke, and Amanda Cadenhead, 2nd place!!!! Other teams that competed were as follows: Sr. Farm Skills: Jordan Cala-han, Lauren Spoon, Lexi Williams, and Emily How-ard, 3rd place. Jr. Farm Skills: Zacharia Cook, Chris-tian Read, Reina Vanchaik, Joel Velasquez, and Cameron Morgan, 5th place Radio Broadcasting: Lexi Odell, Lexi Williams, Gabriel Ru-bio, and Hannah Graves, 4th place Job Interview: Zena Goodwin, 11th place Jr. Creed: Cheyenne Jones, 10th place Jr Quiz Team: Alicia Hawkins, Keeley Crowder, Dylan Hudson, 10th place. Sr. Quiz Team: Andi Duran, Jacklyn Donovan, Jordan Long, and Morgan Martin, 11th place.