Where: Bowie High School cafeteria, 4103 Slaughter Lane
What: Informational Community Meeting on the District's Preliminary 2013-14 Budget & Bond
Budget 6-7:30 p.m.
Bond 7:30-8 p.m.
Next meeting:
Wednesday, April 24th at Summitt Elementary, 12207 Brigadoon Lane
Light refreshments, childcare, and interpretation services will be available.
Imagine you’re an aspiring musician. One day you get a call, asking whether you are interested in opening for a slew of other artists performing at a community barbeque. Oh, and the barbeque takes place at one of the most famous music venues in the city. And the caller is actually a well-known, nationally syndicated TV personality. Also, you will perform before a crowd of thousands on the final day of the world-renowned South by Southwest music festival. And, the real kicker: you haven’t yet graduated high school.
The Austin Independent School District's Board of Trustees voted March 18 to name AISD’s new north central elementary school in honor of Dr. Janis Guerrero Thompson, a longtime educator whose work in the district included 17 years of service as a teacher and the former executive director of planning and community relations for AISD’s central office.
The Oak Ranch Community and the Travis County Sheriff's Office Present the 1st Annual 2013 Stand Up Anti-Bullying 5K Run. This event benefits the Anti-Defamation League.
8:00am Registration
9:00am Race Start
Saturday, March 30th
Oak Ranch Community
5717 Paseo Nuevo Circle
Del Valle, TX 78617
Austin, TX—Tonight, the Austin Independent School District’s Board of Trustees named the new north central elementary school in honor of Dr. Janis Guerrero Thompson.
The newly named Dr. Janis Guerrero Thompson Elementary School is located at 102 E. Rundberg Lane and sits on approximately 17 acres.
Liberal Arts and Science Academy Senior Alina Vega was named jury winner in the 2013 SXSW Film Festival’s High School Short Film showcase Tuesday, March 12.
Vega’s movie, “The Benefactress,” is about how the seamstress in a high school theatre company struggles through the run of a show, pushing through even as her life starts to collapse around her.
Vega is a film student in LASA Teacher Vanessa Mokry's Audio Visual Production practicum class.
Anderson High School’s basketball team finished the season just one game short of qualifying for the 5A state finals but the team and its fans still have a lot to celebrate.
Every varsity player on the team made the All-District Academic Team and could likely make the All-State Academic Team, the highest statewide academic achievement for student-athletes.
Every varsity player on the team also had over a 90.25 grade point average (GPA) with six of the team’s 12 varsity players having a GPA over 100.
Austin, Texas—During Spring Break, the Austin Independent School District will participate in SXSW activities—from a discussion on how education fuels Austin’s tech industry at the interactive festival to a performance at Rachel Ray’s Feedback event at the music festival.
Sunday, March 10: Pauline Dow Joins Panel on Fueling Austin’s Tech Industry
Austin, TX—The Austin Independent School District will be closed for Spring Break, Monday, March 11, through Friday, March 15.
All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period. The district will resume regular business hours Monday, March 18.
For information about upcoming AISD holidays and events, please visit the district's calendar at www.austinisd.org/calendar.
For more information, please contact the Department of Public Relations and Multicultural Outreach at 414-2414.
The AISD 2012-2013 parent survey is now closed. Results will be reported by school and for the district by the end of the school year. Reports will be sent to school principals, and the reports will be available at the following AISD website http://www.austinisd.org/dre.
