AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD’s Pecan Springs Elementary is hosting its first Winter Wonderland Festival, a family oriented event.
What: Winter Wonderland Festival, including nutrition classes and health services
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14
Where: Pecan Springs Elementary School, 3100 Rogge Lane
Where: Austin High School, 1715 West Cesar Chavez
What: The League of Women Voters of the Austin Area will host a community conversation that will focus on issues that are particular concern in District 5. Participation requires pre-registration. You may register by emailing Nancy Oelklaus at nancyoelklaus@gmail.com.
Coffee, breakfast tacos, and interpretation services will be provided.
Trustee for District 5: Amber Elenz
Where: Summitt ES, 12207 Brigadoon Ln, Austin, TX 78727
What: Annual Vietnamese Celebration
AUSTIN, Texas--Blackshear Elementary School is putting its own spin on "Take your Son or Daughter to Work Day" by hosting "Take Your Parents to School" Dec. 16 through Dec. 20.
Throughout the week, parents can schedule time in their son or daughter's classroom to observe and experience the teaching and learning processes that have made Blackshear an exemplary school.
AUSTIN, Texas—Today, St. David’s Foundation awarded a $1.06 million grant to the Austin Public Education Foundation to expand Austin ISD’s Social and Emotional Learning initiative. |
Bedichek Middle School will celebrate its first Luminaria Lighting with choral and instrumental performances by their music department as well as a group sing-along and refreshments. This festive event, which the SCORES program helped faciliate, seeks to promote and celebrate the cultural diversity at Bedichek, affirm community unity, instill school pride, and celebrate the changing of the season. Guests from all faiths, ages, and backgrounds are welcomed to attend.
Superintendent Meria Carstarphen thanked St. David’s Foundation and AISD partners for their investment in the district's Social Emotional Learning program and initiative.
In her Power of Us blog, the superintendent wrote:
Anderson High School has been awarded the National College Board’s Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts. The school is one of only a handful in the nation to receive the prestigious award in 2013.
The awards celebrate schools whose arts programming promotes learning and creativity in innovative and exemplary ways, and provide funding to assist educators in sustaining and expanding their arts programs.
Dear Team AISD,
As the winter break approaches, we are coming together to provide you with an update on compensation. As part of AISD’s consultation process, the district and Education Austin worked together to reach an agreement about compensation earlier this year.
Last week during the 28th Annual Keep Austin Beautiful Awards Luncheon, the Keep Austin Beautiful organization honored Pickle Elementary School as the best of the best in Austin for their campus beautification efforts. The school was honored along with other individuals and groups for their efforts to enhance and protect Austin's environment.
