News and Events - Macon East Academy

International Thespian Society

The International Thespian Society welcomed nine new members at the spring induction ceremony. Congratulations to Emily Brooks, Bailey Dees, Jacob Cannon, Jaycee Cook-McCollum, Johnny Mathis, Ally Matthews, Travis Moody, Makayla Morris, and Casie Starling on their induction into the Macon East ITS troupe. The International Thespian Society is an honor society for high school and middle school theatre students. It is a division of the Educational Theatre Association. The International Thespian Society allows for the induction of high school and middle school students attending ITS affiliated schools, based on the quality and quantity of work in all realms of theatre. Points can be earned from participation in productions (either on stage or backstage) and participation in the AISA District and State Drama competitions. After induction, members can continue to earn points in order to move up through the International Thespian Society ranking system. Current members in the ITS are Hannah Grace Johnson, Lane Johnson, Rachel Sargent, Sam Pittenger, Savannah Clemens, and Madison Folkes. This is the third year Macon East has had an active ITS troupe on campus.

Codi Moon2018-05-17T03:40:31+00:00May 11th, 2018|News and Events|0 Comments

Kyser Cafeteria Named

For over 20 years, Mrs. Vickie Kyser has served so much more than a hot meal to the students of Macon East. Mrs. Vickie has loved and nurtured each student that stepped into her cafeteria. It was an honor to dedicate the “Kyser Cafeteria” in recognition of Mrs. Vickie for the impact she has had on the students and faculty of Macon East. A recent social media post announcing Mrs. Vickie’s retirement drew comments from many alumni, parents, and current students. Expressions of gratitude for her dedication and kindness were numerous as well as fond memories of her poppyseed chicken, biscuits and gravy, and of course her famous cakes. Mrs. Vickie’s servants heart and gentle spirit is why all of us at Macon East love her dearly. We wish her the very best in retirement!

Codi Moon2018-06-04T18:08:00+00:00May 10th, 2018|News and Events|0 Comments

Back to Back State Champs

Bob Pickett and his varsity baseball team did exactly what the set out to do from the first day of practice in 2018, bring the AISA AA State Title home again for a 2nd consecutive year. Going 39-8 for the season, the Knights were solid all year with depth in their pitching and consistency on the defense. Winning the Area and receiving a bye through the first round of playoffs, the Knights swept every playoff series including the championship series vs. Autauga Academy (8-3, 4-3). Going 10-0 on the mound, Macon East’s star catcher since 9th grade, became Macon East’s star pitcher in the 2018 season. Drew Baker, tournament and team MVP, will continue to pitch at the collegiate level for Chipola Community College in Marianna, FL. The return on JC Ceman, Tucker Neven, and Brock Taunton to MEA, as well as the addition of KC House, Dustin Jones, and Kellen Ward gave the Knights the extra talent they needed at the plate and in the field. The Knights will graduate 9 seniors from the 2018 team, but with a host of juniors and sophomores there is still plenty of talent to lead the team as they make the leap back into 3A competition in 2019. KC House, Tucker Neven, and Brock Taunton joined Drew Baker as members of the AISA AA State all-tournament team with several clutch hits and a game winning performance on the mound in game 2 by Neven. Representing Macon East in the AISA All-Star game on June 4, are seniors Drew Baker and Parker Agnew. Neven, Taunton, and JC Ceman will play in the junior all-star game on the same day at Paterson Field.

Codi Moon2018-06-04T18:19:14+00:00May 9th, 2018|Baseball, News and Events|0 Comments

Softball Team Reclaims State Title

One year was long enough for the Lady Knights to let the AISA AA State Trophy slip through their hands. Going 4-1 in the state tournament, with a tie breaker game just to keep things interesting, they reclaimed the state title in a 6-4 win over Pickens Academy. A record of 57-12 for the season, proved once again for Coach Lott and his team that the more games you play, the better you play together as a team. After losing a few players this season, the Lady Knights picked up a powerhouse in Taylor McKinney. Taylor broke the school record with 16 home runs in one season, and had an ERA of 1.33 on the mound which helped her earn the MVP award in the state tournament. Also named to the all-tournament team were Caroline Capps (pitcher), Dawn Johnson (catcher), and Madisyn Kennedy (shortstop and team MVP for the season). Losing to Autauga Academy, who had stripped them of the state title in 2017, in the Region tournament gave the Lady Knights the fire they needed to finish what they had started at state. The team will lose just one senior, Madison McKee, who has committed to play next year for the Faulkner Eagles. Stepping up to take her place are Madisyn Kennedy (Mississippi State commit) and Dawn Johnson. Both will represent Macon East in the AISA Junior All-Star game June 5 at Lagoon Park.

Codi Moon2018-06-04T18:18:01+00:00May 7th, 2018|News and Events, Softball|0 Comments

2018 Jimmy Hitchcock Memorial Banquet

The 2018 Jimmy Hitchcock Memorial Award banquet was held May 3 at Frazer United Methodist Church. The objectives of the program are to recognize Christian leadership in athletics and to encourage and inspire others to emulate the man whose memory is perpetuated by this award. Since 1959, the Hitchcock Award has grown stronger each year in expressing the true Christian principles of the YMCA. The qualities of a Hitchcock nominee are strong personal character, dependability, 100% effort, team leadership, church leadership, school activities leadership, and scholastic leadership. Each Montgomery area school nominates senior athletes who possess these qualities. From this group of outstanding athletes, one female and one male are chosen to receive the coveted Jimmy Hitchcock Memorial Award.

This year’s nominees representing Macon East Academy were Logan Goree and Madison McKee. Logan is a three sport athlete who has lettered in football, basketball, and soccer. He was a member of both Macon East AISA AA state basketball championship teams. He also participated on the AISA All-Star team in both football and basketball. Madison is a two sport athlete at Macon East lettering in volleyball and softball. She helped lead this years team to recapture the AISA AA state title and will continue her softball career at Faulkner University.

Each year select freshmen are also recognized for their outstanding qualities in athletics, the classroom and community, as well as their potential to be future Hitchcock award nominees. Georgia Blaze and Tanner Moore were selected as Macon East’s freshman certificate winners for 2018. Georgia is a Knights cheerleader and plays volleyball, basketball, and softball. Tanner participates in football, basketball, baseball, and the fishing team.

Codi Moon2018-05-16T16:53:58+00:00May 5th, 2018|Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, News and Events, Softball, Volleyball|0 Comments

MEA Alum Signs with the NFL

Kyle White, a 2013 graduate of Macon East, recently became the first Knight to sign to play in the NFL. A football and basketball star in his years at Macon East, Kyle left an impact on everyone he encountered. At the high school level, Kyle ran for more than 2,000 yards scoring 29 touchdowns. Beginning his collegiate career at Harding University, Kyle soon transferred to Orange Coast College in California before ending up at Oregon State University. Playing corner back and running back for the Beavers, Kyle earned his degree in Communication from OSU after the 2017 season. Following the 2018 draft, Kyle signed with the New Orleans Saints as a free agent. The Macon East family wishes Kyle the best of luck in the NFL, and we know that he will continue to be a success on and off the field.

Codi Moon2018-06-04T18:26:10+00:00April 30th, 2018|News and Events|0 Comments

Art Show

The Macon East annual art show, held March 13, was full of amazing pieces by students in all grades. Art Instructor, Tiffany Ala does a fabulous job teaching different techniques and concepts to students from Kindergarten through Art II & III for high school students. With works submitted in the areas of painting, water base, print making, color and non-color drawing, collage and mixed media, and photography the show offered a variety of visual arts from all skill levels. Taking home Best of Show honors in each age category were Warren Grier (K5-1st), Bentley Graham (2nd-3rd), Jacob Grindle (4th-6th), Luke Noffsinger (7th-9th), and Haley Wren (10th-12th). All first and second place winners at the MEA Art Show advanced to the AISA District Art Show on April 18. Macon East artists brought home 21 ribbons total. Eighth grader, Luke Noffsinger and freshman, Harris Hicks both were awarded 1st place at District. Five works of art from MEA were presented in the AISA State Art Show at Faulkner University on April 27. Harris Hicks’ mixed media/collage entry took 1st place in the 7th-9th grade division, and Haley Wren received 2nd place for her painting in the 10th-12th grade division. Congratulations to all of our outstanding artists and Mrs. Ala.

Art Show 2018 Winners

Codi Moon2018-05-02T17:00:42+00:00April 28th, 2018|News and Events|0 Comments

Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society

Macon East Academy’s chapter of Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society proudly welcomed 20 new members at the induction ceremony held April 25. Under the leadership of Melissa Baker, math instructor, and Alexa McGough, president, Mu Alpha Theta recognizes excellence in high school mathematics. To be eligible for membership students must be in their 3rd year of college preparatory math with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and have attended Macon East at least one year prior to induction. Outstanding math students are also eligible for selection to participate in the annual AISA Math Competition. New Inductees for 2018 are Sarah Bishop, Kayla Boroff, Nia Kate Bray, Savannah Clemens, Connor Higbe, Lane Johnson, Zach Kitchens, Sarah Krasnowiecki, Spencer Lindemood, Emily Claire Lott, Nick Marshall, Madison McKee, Christian Moody, Allison Parson, Rachel Sargent, Bishop Stringer, Taylor Anne Surles, Trent Watson, Haley Wren, and Jake Wyrosdick.

Codi Moon2018-05-02T17:30:06+00:00April 27th, 2018|News and Events|0 Comments

MEA Golf Honored at State

You are 565 yards away, wind is blowing 20 mph from right to left and you are trying to hit a ball into a two-inch hole. Golf is not necessarily a game of strength, but a game of skill requiring hours upon hours of mundane practice all year long to achieve the level of skill required to compete at the highest level. Bryson O’Malley (Senior) and Bishop Stringer (Sophomore) have made that commitment over the past five years and have both received the highest golf honor bestowed by the AISA, making the State Golf All-Tournament Team. Six players are chosen from the state of Alabama and Macon East Academy has two of them! Bryson finished his final high school tournament in 5th place shooting 77 on day 1 and rallying with an amazing 68 on day 2. Bishop, with a 71 on day 1 and 76 on day 2, finished State in the 6th position.

This year was a great season for Bryson and Bishop. Between them they had one victory, Bishop Stringer at Greenville Country Club, with Bryson finishing in second place. Bryson finished the year without a tournament outside of a top 10 finish and had a startling 6 second place finishes! Besides his victory at the Fort Dale Tournament, Bishop finished in the top 10 in all but two tournaments! Bishop, is by far the best young golfer in the AISA and the favorite going into next year’s season.

“I’m so proud of the individual effort these two boys displayed over the past few years. Hours of individual practice and a commitment to be the best. However, I’m even more proud of their academic standing, all while missing countless hours of class! Our golf team owes a special thanks to all the teachers who work with our boys before and after school to keep them caught up. Without their support and willingness to go above and beyond for us, we would not be able to compete in as many tournaments as we do. Thanks to all of you!” Coach Mike O’Malley said. “Macon East should be proud of their accomplishments. One third of the All State Team is from Macon East Academy and 100% of our golf team made All State! Not bad at all.”

This was Bryson’s second year making the AISA All State Tournament Team and Bishop’s first. The two will continue to compete in tournaments this summer throughout the southeastern United States. Bryson has been recruited by over 30 universities to play golf the next four years but has chosen to attend Ole Miss on an academic scholarship and continue his junior career through other means. “I had a choice to make, play golf or go to school where I wanted to go. My education trumped my love for the game, however I may try and walk on at Ole Miss. Who knows?” Bryson said. “I can’t wait to see what Bishop does! He is one of my closest friends and he can play! Sky is the limit for him!”

In a game that requires participants to call penalties on themselves, Macon East should take pride in knowing Bryson and Bishop represented our core values as a school first and competed at the highest level second. Congratulations on a great year!

Codi Moon2018-05-02T16:45:03+00:00April 25th, 2018|Golf, News and Events|0 Comments

Stock Market Game

The Macon East economics class competed in the Spring Stock Market Game with one team placing in the top ten in the South Region. With 490 teams from the region participating in this semester’s game Jacob Cannon, Hannah Johnson, Travis Moody, and Kellen Ward’s team placed 6th! Coach Davenport finished first as advisor in the South Region, and the six teams representing Macon East finished 1st overall. Only three of the competing schools finished with a positive amount of money at the end of the game, and Macon East was #1 with a total of $100.968.49 and a 4.7999 percent return rate. This is a great real life application learning experience for the economics students.

Codi Moon2018-05-02T17:03:28+00:00April 20th, 2018|News and Events|0 Comments