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

TSA (Technology Student Association) Thursday 3:30-5:00

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

*************************************************

Good Job Band at the games! Y’all make

half-time so cool!!!!

- Bobbie Jo Carter

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Break a leg, Crow and Weasel

Samantha Watson

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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

$10.00 per person. Bingo only $5.00 per person.

More

Indian News...

transcript sent to Hill and

take the Accuplacer if needed

in addition to registering for

your spring classes. Stop by

the counseling center and see

Mrs. Edwards if the spring

will be your first time to take

a dual class. Payment can be

made at this time, online lat-

er, or you can sign up for the

payment plan. Amy Butcher

is your Hill College contact

(817.760.5825 or abutch-

er@hillcollege.edu) if you

have any questions specifi-

cally relating to the payment

options or Hill College re-

quirements for admissions/

registration or visit

www.hillcollege.edu for

more information.

Hill College will be here for

spring registration on Friday,

November 19th. (Please read

attached file if this applies to

you). All students who are

scheduled to take a dual

course next semester must

register for those spring clas-

ses with Hill. If you are cur-

rently taking a course this

semester, you will just need

to register for the class(es)

that you want to take in the

spring and turn in a permis-

sion form if you are taking 3

or more classes. If you have

never taken a course with

Hill, you will need to make

sure that you have done the

online application to enroll

with Hill College, have your

Hill College Registration

Kevin was the top freshmen

runner in the state for 3A and

in the top 3 for all classifica-

tions. If you see one of these

young men, please take a mo-

ment to congratulate them!

UIL State Cross Country

Meet Results in Round Rock:

Freshmen - Kevin Nunez -

17th - 16:34

Senior - Crystian Ortega -

28th - 16:53

Total 106 runners

Cross Country Results

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.

1301 S Parkway

Alvarado, Texas

76009

Alvarado High

School

Phone: 817-783-6940

E-mail:

plcummings@alvaradoisd.net

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Break from all of us at the Online Journal! Go Indians!!!!

varado Lady Indians Varsity

Soccer for Most Spirited.

There was also the usual

burning of the A which lead

into homecoming week at

AHS. There were many

themes ranging from hippie

day, to

seniors

taking

over and

making

fairytale

day into

nerd

day. It

all lead to purple out which

was, as usual, Freaky Friday.

Many parents attended the

event and went to classes

with their Indians. The pep

rally at the end of the day

By Angel Mitchell

Staff Writer

The Indians kicked of their

Homecoming week with their

yearly tradition of the home-

coming parade. It took place

this year at Charles Head Sta-

dium at the Jr. High School.

A large amount of the town

showed up to support the In-

dians, including varsity

teams, AYA teams, football

moms, The Alvarado High

School Golden Warrior Band

and Color guard, and ROTC;

All who were participants in

the parade. There was a pro-

cession made around the

track with awards later won

by the football moms for

Most Creative and the Al-

was most likely the peppiest

of the whole year. There was

even an appearance made by

the Crunk Crew. The Indians

went on to play the Hillsboro

Eagles taking home yet an-

other victory with a final

score of 28-9 over

Hillsboro. But the

night did not end

there. There were

more fun-filled

events held at the

high school. The

homecoming

dance was attend-

ed by many students and was

filled with dancing, socializ-

ing and fun. This year was

another successful Home-

coming for the Alvarado In-

dians.

Homecoming 2010

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www.alvaradoisd.

net

Indian Online Journal

Editor: Samantha Watson

Co-Editor: Bobbie Jo Carter

Secretary: Amanda Craft

Treasurer: Destanie Blackwell

Staff Writers: Angel Mitchell, Kristina Prater

Adviser: Pamela Cummings

Principal: Dr. Kenneth Estes

Crunk Crew runs over Hillsboro

Cheerleaders.