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• Principal's Message

• Black History Month Spotlight
• Wrestling District Results
• School-based SAT for Juniors - March 3, 2026
• Counselor Update

• Tutoring Center Schedule

• Saturday School Schedule

• Upcoming Events

• Kudos!

Hello everyone!

Two quick notes:

1) Remember, we don't have school Monday OR TUESDAY (except staff - sorry, you need to be here Tuesday)!  Stay home, sleep in, and enjoy!

2) Tuesday is another Parent Conference Day. Our teachers will be available for conferences between 10:30 and 12:30 and again from 2:00 to 4:00. Please make an appointment for either in person or virtual, and you can find the signup for alllll our teachers at this link. If a teacher doesn't have a link on that sheet, please reach out by email to determine availability.

Happy Valentine's Day weekend!  I hope your weekend is filled with a love that would put even the cheesiest Hallmark movies to shame.

Let's get into it!

For Black History Month, the Community Club here at Anderson will be sharing short blurbs about notable Black figures every week. This week, they would love to share with you about Sojourner Truth.

1797 - November 26, 1883
Born enslaved in 1797, Truth escaped slavery in 1826 with her infant daughter.  Sojourner sued for the freedom of her 5 year old son, becoming the first Black  Woman to sue a white man and win. Truth became heavily active in advocating for POC women’s rights and abolition. Though she did not live to see her effort  fulfilled, Sojourner Truth has remained an inspiration for generations after her.

We are proud to share that our wrestlers competed this past weekend at the Regional IV 5A Tournament in Corpus Christi and finished as Regional Runner-Up, placing 2nd overall against strong competition.

This outstanding performance has earned our team a spot at the UIL State Wrestling Tournament, which will take place this weekend in Houston. Their success is a reflection of months of hard work, dedication, and perseverance—both on and off the mat.

Please join us in congratulating our wrestlers and wishing them the best of luck as they represent Anderson at the state level!

100lb - Ashley Marron Rodriguez, 12th grade                                       285lb - Jimmy Truong, 12th grade

Free SAT School Day for Juniors – March 3, 2026

All Anderson HS juniors will take the SAT during the school day on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Students are automatically registered by Anderson HS, and there is no cost to families.

The SAT is an important milestone in 11th grade. In Texas, qualifying SAT scores can be used to demonstrate Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college-readiness exemptions, which are used by Texas public colleges for enrollment and placement. SAT scores are also widely used in college applications and scholarship consideration. SAT scores can also help students meet TEA CCMR Markers.

In preparation for the test, Anderson counselors have given SAT Prep presentations in English 3 classes. Students were also provided an SAT Prep Toolkit with free practice resources to support independent preparation via College Board's BlueBook/Khan Academy and students created personalized practice plans in IXL via the student portal.  

Students in 9th, 10th, and 12th grades will have a normal school day on March 3rd. Additional details about test-day procedures and reminders will be shared with students as the date approaches. 

If you're looking for a quiet place to study and receive help on academic work, you have access to free tutoring from Anderson teachers and NHS tutors TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS in the library from 4:45 to 6:00.

After tutoring, there is a late bus that will take students home. Students MUST be in the tutoring center in order to ride the late bus home. Bus stops for the late bus are listed below.

Last week, Clifton recognized our most recent round of Students of the Month.  Each of our teachers chooses one student amongst all their sections to recognize.  This month, one Anderson student was recognized:

Health Science: Charley Maccabe

Charley is a very dedicated student, and you can catch him taking extra notes for his CCMA exam prep work. He is always ready and comes into class prepared with his own stethoscope and BP cuff. Charley is showing great eagerness during our current hospital rotations and comes back with key information on the department he is shadowing.

Boys' basketball moved to 9-1 in district! The boys' basketball team hosts their final home game tonight (Friday) @ 8pm.  Playing for a chance to secure the #1 seed going into the playoffs.  Come celebrate our seniors and cheer them on to victory!

Anderson Lady Trojans Basketball beat Navarro on Tuesday and will move on to district playoffs on Monday, vs. Georgetown at Leander High School!

This past weekend, Anderson Swim & Dive competed at the Regional Meet in San Antonio & represented well! 

Top 2 places qualify for State & then the next 8 fastest times all around the state of Texas get called up for State. 

Boys team finished 3rd overall out of 20 teams. 

Girls team finished 5th overall. 

Ben Jaggers broke his own school record & also the Pool Record he set last year in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 48.05.

Ben was also named the Regional Male Swimmer of the Meet!

Please congratulate them when you see them on such a great job!

State Qualifiers & Events are all highlighted in yellow.

Girls:

200 Medley Relay- 3rd (Anna Csizmadia, Abbey Amato, Phyllis Shields & Kiersten Taylor)

200 m Freestyle-   6th- Kiersten Taylor

                              8th- Ellie Buhro

50 Free- 6th- Phyllis Shields

               15th- Sydney Arcement

100 Fly - 6th- Phyllis Shields

                7th- Kiersten Taylor

100 Free- 7th- Abbey Amato

500 Free- 5th- Ellie Buhro

                 11th- Charlotte Banister

200 Free Relay- 5th (Kiersten Taylor, Sydney Arcement, Phyllis Shields & Abbey Amato)

100 Backstroke- 14th- Anna Csizmadia

100 Breast-  3rd- Abbey Amato

                     11th- Aubrey Peterson

                     12th- Mya Hsia

400 Free Relay- 6th (Charlotte Banister, Mya Hsia, Ellie Buhro, Alessandra Christmas)

Boys:

200 Medley Relay-  1st ( Ben Jaggers, Brandon Farrens, Gus Lott, Tyler Farrens)

200 Free- 11th- Ty Felan

200 IM-   4th- Gus Lot

                5th- Carl Marti

50 Free- 2nd- Ben Jaggers

                3rd- Brandon Farrens

                4th- Tyler Farrens

                8th- Korvin Chawla

100 Fly- 1st- Brandon Farrens

               15th- Gus Lott

100 Free- 5th- Tyler Farrens

                 11th- Ty Felan

200 Free Relay- 1st- (Ben Jaggers, Gus Lott, Brandon Farrens & Tyler Farrens)

100 Back- 1st- Ben Jaggers

100 Breast- 4th- Carl Marti

                      8th- Iggy Gonzalez

400 Free Relay- 4th ( Carl Marti, Logan Livingston, Ty Felan, Korvin Chawla)

Diving- 4th - Iggy Gonzalez

The State Swim Meet will be at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at UT on February 20th & 21st! Thanks for your continued support!!

Anderson High School received 3rd in Sweepstakes due to the wonderful achievements of the following scholars:

 Pass Auf Novice 5th place (Sohm Rana)

Pass Auf Varsity 3rd place (Arad Arastegan, Alex Gerlach, Lukas Goris, Crow Newman, Nolan Strippoli)

 Arad Arastagen -  level 4 Prose Reading 4th place

                              level 4 Reading Comp 8th place 

Rhiannon Cerda - Craft 4th place

Abriel Demoville (Sanders) - Doll Costume 5th place 

Alex Gerlach - level 4 Listening Comp 5th place 

                         level 4 Vocabulary Test 5th place 

Lukas Goris     level 4 Poetry Reading 1st place

                         level 4 Prose Reading 1st place

                         level 4 Sight Reading 2nd place

                         level 4 Reading Comp 1st place

                         level 4 Vocabulary Test 2nd place

Talya Kaplan - Digital Logo Design 7th place

                         level 3 Poetry Reading 5th place

                         level 3 Prose Reading 5th place

Crow Newman   level 4 Extemp Speaking 5th place

                             level 4 Listening Comp 9th place

Sohm Rana          level 3 Pair Discussion 5th place

                             level 3 Sight Reading 7th place 

Em Speiser          level 3 Pair Discussion 5th place

                             level 3 Sight Reading 10th place

Alaric Staecker    level 3 Culture Test 4th place

                             level 3 Grammar Test 6th place 

                            level 3 Listening Comp 8th place

                            level 3 Vocab Test 3rd 

Nolan Strippoli - level 4 Sight Reading 7th place

                             level 4 Culture Test 8th place

                             level 4 Listening Comp 8th place

Elizabeth Tucker - Poster Design 4th place 

                               level 4 Extemp Speaking 5th place

                               level 4 Listening Comp 9th place

Jane Zimmerman - Club Album 4th place

                                  Reading Comp 7th place 

                                  Vocab Test 7th place 

Congratulations to Autumn Yepez (junior) and Sullivan Willyard (freshman) for their outstanding classical guitar performances at UIL Solo and Ensemble last weekend. Both students performed a Class 1 solo piece and received a Superior ranking - they will now advance to compete again at the state level!

These results are a first for the Anderson guitar program:  not only did these students perform incredibly well, they made history for AHS!  Bravo Autumn and Sullivan!!  

Twelve Anderson Orchestra musicians participated in UIL Solo & Ensemble this past Saturday, and ALL received the highest rating possible!

Special congratulations to our musicians advancing to State Solo & Ensemble:

Benjamin Cimics - cello solo

Luke Kirkovits, Jaidev Ramadass, Amelia Perrin, and Adriana Ullrich - string quartet