Photo courtesy of Melanie Dimler
Students study in Melanie Dimler's AP Physics class at Hewitt Trussville High School in December 2024.
Hewitt-Trussville Middle School and Hewitt-Trussville High School have earned several recent student and teacher honors:
- Both schools were honored for their continued success in the A+ College Ready Program. HTMS is now recognized as a Mary D. Boehm School of Achievement, and HTHS holds the honor of being a School of Distinction for the 2023-24 school year.
- The high school’s Advanced Placement science teachers were honored at this year’s A+ College Ready Fall Conference with Most Qualifying Scores awards. Specific awards were given to the following teachers: Melanie Dimler, Jennifer Gerhart, Felecia Gulledge, Kurt Kristensen and Jonathan MacNaughton.
- HTMS took 25 students to audition for the Alabama Vocal Association All-State Choir. The middle school had 19 students chosen to represent the school. This is considered one of the highest honors for an Alabama choral student.
- Eighteen HTHS world language students earned the Global Seal of Biliteracy. It represents years of language learning and demonstrated proficiency in all four modes of language: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The following students earned the Global Seal of Biliteracy: Taylor Allen, Sara Buttram, Amelia Crow, Madison Franklin, Dareon Gravely, Jayda Hammonds, Kinley Harris, Mareli Martinez Hernandez, Laura Ann James, Brooks Maddox, Angelik Almaguer Muniz, Caroline O’Kelley, Dakota Castellanos Panduro, Gabrielle Pate, Prina Patel, Layne Rutledge, Ellen Thomas and Kathryn Ann Waller.
