There is a buzz about the town. Have you heard about the Giant Mum for Homecoming?
Emmalee Alatorre and her floral design class launched a project to make the largest-ever Giant Mum for the 2024 Homecoming game between Yorktown Wildcats vs Pettus Eagles. The Giant Mum was made of coffee filters, glitter from the Dollar Store, printed paper laminated, hot glue, staples, and tape. It was initially 35 ft. long and had to be downsized to 20 ft. to fit into the building.
Alatorre majored in agricultural education at Tarleton State University and is presently working on a master’s degree in plant and soil science at Texas Tech. She is in her fourth year of teaching and is a newcomer to Yorktown. Yorktown welcomed her with open arms two years ago and made her feel at home. She likes teaching at YISD because she can teach a wide variety of classes ranging from advanced animal science, small animal, equine, principles of agriculture stock production, and floral design. The Lions Club awarded her Teacher of the Month for September.
