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Cole Clements
Lieutenant Colonel Cole Clements, AHS Class of 1999, graduated from Texas A&M and was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer in 2003. After attending The Basic School for Marine officers in Quantico, Virginia, Clements completed the Infantry Officer Course, which trains newly selected infantry and ground intelligence officers in the knowledge, skills, and leadership required to serve as infantry platoon commanders in the rifle company and to provide advanced employment and training considerations of weapons company platoons.
Atlanta Education Foundation to honor Distinguished Alumni Nov. 4
The Atlanta Education Foundation will honor Distinguished Alumni and Service recipients Nov. 4, at Rabbit Stadium at halftime of the football game. Honorees are recognized for their outstanding achievements with a reception at the Atlanta High School cafeteria at 5:30 prior to the football game.
Cortney Youens Lee
Dr. Cortney Youens Lee, AHS Class of 1996, attended Southwest Texas State University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in three years with a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry. She then completed medical school at Texas Tech University School of Medicine, earning recognition as a member of the national Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as well as election as President of the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Student Senate.
Leigh Walker Stanley
Leigh Walker Stanley is the 2022 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for her 34 years of dedicated and diligent work in education as a classroom teacher and her current 6 years of volunteer work on the Atlanta Education Foundation. Stanley, an Atlanta native and lifetime Rabbit, attended Atlanta schools all 12 years of her youth graduating in 1974. Mrs. Stanley taught 32 of her 34 year teaching career in an Atlanta ISD classroom-28 years at Atlanta Primary and 4 years at Atlanta Elementary.