HTHS Newsletter

Happy Spring Break!

We hope everyone has a fun, restful, and safe Spring Break!

The last day to submit a pre-arranged absence form is April 10th.

Students who whish to participate in the new Fine Arts Signing Day must fill out the participation form linked below by March 30th. Those who complete the form will be sent further instructions regarding Signing Day activities.

Click Here for the Participation Form

Please see the link below for Senior Exam Exemption Procedures.

Senior Exam Exemption Procedures

Be sure to check out the Tracking the Huskies Newsletter for all upcoming athletic events. Go Huskies!

Realizing the Dream Esssay and Art Contest

Senior McRoy Maxwell was selected as a 2026 Realizing the Dream Essay and Art Contest winner! His artwork will be exhibited in the Cadence Bank Art Gallery at Shelton State Community College from Monday, March 23–Monday, April 6. The Realizing the Dream Committee sponsors an annual essay and art contest for students in grades 6-12 around a changing theme centered around the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. The theme for 2026 is Realizing the Dream Through Faith and Action.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee, comprised of representatives from Stillman College, Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference and The University of Alabama, exists to raise consciousness about injustice and promote human equality, peace and social justice by creating educational and cultural opportunities for growth, empowerment and social change so that every person may experience the bounty of life’s abundant possibilities.

We are very proud of McRoy and this opportunity and honor. He will be recognized at a closing reception on Thursday, April 2, from 6:00–7:00 p.m. announcing the winners and celebrating their hard work.

The Art Department would also like to congratulate nine HTHS visual art students that were selected to be exhibited at the 2026 Statewide Student Juried Art Exhibition presented by the Shelby County Arts Council in partnership with the University of Alabama and the University of Montevallo’s Department of Art and Art History Departments and support from UAB’s Department of Art. This show features the work of high school students from across the state of Alabama. The exhibition will feature cash prizes and provides a great opportunity for students’ work to be seen in a gallery space.

The student work will be on exhibition March 23-April 26, 2026 at the Shelby County Arts Council Gallery in Columbiana AL (Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm and during Song Theater Events (See schedule for events.). There will be a closing reception on Sunday April 26 where awards will be presented for best in show and best in category. The following nine student’s work was chosen to be featured:

Emma Womack – Digital Photograph: “Rope”
Gabby Waite – Watercolor Painting: “Underneath”
Aaden Simmons – Digital Photograph: “Nature’s Beauty”
Sophia Shipman – Pen/Ink Drawing: “Wither”
Rylee Millard – Ceramic Work: “Basquiat Project”
Kennedy Kosmus – Digital Photograph: “Framed in Light”
Taylor Land – Mixed Media: “Mothlight”
Addison Isbell – Digital Photograph: “The Island”
Savannah Kennedy – Ceramic Sculpture: “Sunrays”

We are so proud of these students on being selected for this exhibition among hundreds of student entries!

HTHS Engineering Academy

Two teams from the HTHS Engineering Academy presented their final designs to a team of NASA engineers on Thursday. The team of Nicholas Davis and Syed Abidi designed a zero-gravity hygiene system to be utilized in space by astronauts. A typical shower is not an option in a zero-gravity environment because the water would break up and then could be inhaled by the astronauts. The team of Grayson Benzaia, Liam McGinnis, and Nathan Mullinax designed a robot that would be utilized by astronauts on the moon and Mars. The robot would jump high into the low gravity atmosphere and take aerial photos to help with astronaut exploration and navigation. The teams will be notified soon to see if they are invited to Houston to present their ideas to NASA scientists, engineers, and astronauts.

Big Wins for the HTHS Mountain Biking Team

RACE # 2 at TANNEHILL STATE PARK

The Hewitt Trussville High School Mountain Bike Team finished in first place for the second race in a row last Saturday at Tannehill State Park.

Varsity Boys – Teague Jones 6th

JV1 Boys: Lenwood Jones – 1st

JV1 Girls – Evelyn Murphree – 9th

JV@ Boys – Connor Cohagan – 6th

JV2 Girls – Bailey O’Dell – 4th

Freshman Girls: Isabelle Garver 2nd, Lily Neal 3rd

Congratulations to our Climbers – Riders who improved at least 3 places from start position to finish:

Hayes Flournoy: 6 places, Logan O’Dell: 5 places, Connor Cohagan: 5 places, Cade Williams: 5 places, Jax Mock:3 places, Teague Jones: 3 places