The Joe Childers Letterman Banquet

The eighth-annual Letterman Banquet (now called the "Joe Childers Letterman Banquet," after the man who created it), will be VIRTUAL, is here "live" on this page (as of Friday, June 5, 2020). It is a slideshow like the usual slideshow you are used to seeing at the banquet, except the descriptions for each team are on the screen on a slide, rather than being read. In addition, we have introduction videos at the beginning from Principal Dr. Chris Nichols, Dr. Major Wallace (JROTC), Athletic Director Matt Pratt, and Scholastic Director Scott Plaster. This awards presentation is FREE. Joe believed strongly that all four areas of the school (Athletics, Academics, Fine Arts, and JROTC) should be represented equally, and so we continue this innovative tradition under his name.

Awards for individuals on each lettering team are included in the slideshow (usually three per team). Students also get an Atkins Letter A for the first time they "letter" on a varsity, competing team, a patch with the name of the team for the first time they letter for a varsity team, and additional chevrons for each year they participate. While this banquet goes live on Friday, our virtual circumstances mean that you may not get all of your items right away.

SENIORS: Your trophies and patches will be available on the drive-thru graduation days of June 15 and 16. UNDERCLASSMEN: Arrangements will be made to get you your trophies and patches in the fall, when we physically return to school.

Here is the Program for the Event (this is the order of the Awards Slideshow, NOT the actual Slideshow, which goes live on Friday).

To view the Slideshow, you can also use the FULLSCREEN button (just like on YouTube). And you can use your Arrow keys on your keyboard to advance the slideshow (it is set to rotate automatically). 

The following varsity teams are a part of the Letterman recognition program:

A Cappella

Academic Team

Art Showcase

Baseball

Basketball – Men

Basketball – Women

Camel Coders (not this year)

Chamber Orchestra

Cheerleading

Chess Team

Color Guard Team (JROTC)

Concert Choir

Cross Country – Men

Cross Country – Women

CyberPatriots

CyberPatriots (JROTC)

CyberPatriots (All-Girls)

Dance Team

Drill Team (JROTC)

Economics Challenge

Environmental Debate

Envirothon

Football

Golf – Men

Golf - Women

HOSA

Indoor Track – Men

Indoor Track – Women

JLAB Academic Team (JROTC)

JLAB Leadership Team (JROTC)

Lacrosse – Men

Lacrosse – Women

Marching Band

Math Team

National History Day

Outdoor Track – Men

Outdoor Track – Women

Poet Laureate

Poetry Out Loud

Quill

Quiz Bowl

Raider Team (JROTC)

Rifle Team (JROTC)

Science Bowl

Science Olympiad

Show Choir

Soccer – Men

Soccer – Women

Softball

Swimming – Men

Swimming – Men

Symphony Orchestra

TSA

Tennis – Men

Tennis – Women

Twelve

Volleyball

Wrestling