Athens High School is a public high school located in Athens, Texas (USA) and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is part of the Athens Independent School District located in central Henderson County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Band
The Athens High School Band competes in conference 4A. The band specializes in military style marching which is based on tradition with dignity and pride. The band marches at all Athens High School football games, UIL Marching contest and at local parades. During the spring semester, they perform several concerts and participate in UIL Concert and Sightreading contest
The band has been awarded the UIL "Sweepstakes" award for earning 1st division ratings in marching, concert and in sightreading competitions for the past 11 consecutive years
The band most recently performed in Washington D.C. and has also performed at Universal Studios, Walt Disney World and in Chicago at the Field Museum.
As of 2016, the band under the direction of Rusty Lay has earned Sweepstakes awards for 11 consecutive years.
Choir
The Athens Hornets compete in these sports -
Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Diving, Swimming, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball & Baseball
Boys Basketball - 1927(All), 1929(All), 1931(All), 1933(All), 1934(All)
1929 (National), 1930 (National)
Boys Golf - 1956(1A), 1974(3A)
One Act Play 2009(3A)
Policy Debate - 2014 (3A)- Meridith Mcdonald and Madalyn Mikkelsen
2015, 2016 (4A)- Matthew Hernandez and True Head
Stuart Spitzer (Class of 1985), surgeon and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
Duke Carlisle (Class of 1959), former college football player at the University of Texas
Terrence McGee, former NFL player
Barron Tanner, former NFL player
J. Quinton Johnson, Actor, Cast in the broadway adaptation of Hamilton
Athens High School has a Hybrid fibre-coaxial network connection from Suddenlink Communications, which can operate at up to gigabit speeds outside of normal school hours. This high bandwidth is notably observed when downloading or uploading to and from services hosted by large domains, particularly Google and Microsoft. Superior network speeds have been observed while using services, not limited to: Skype, OneDrive, Google Drive, and recently YouTube.
