Wes Massey's special education class travels with Tigers to Athens Academy

Commerce special education teacher Wes Massey worked with Athens Academy and Commerce High School head football coach Lenny Gregory so his class could travel with the team to the Tigers' away game on Sept. 19. The students watched from a section of their own, wearing Tigers gold-and-black football jerseys, as Commerce played on Slaughter Field in Athens.

The outing meant a lot to Massey, a Commerce High graduate and former Tigers football player. The Jackson Herald reported that he also arranged trips this year to the Atlanta Falcons training camp, Clemson University, and a Disney on Ice show, hoping to share his love of athletics with students who might not otherwise have those experiences.

Photo: from Facebook, via The Jackson Herald.