The Austin Independent School District will hold summer STAAR EOC and TAKS tests beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, July 7.
Assessments will be given at all AISD high school campuses. LASA students will test at LBJ High School; Ann Richards will not be a testing site.
Students should report to their home campus according to the schedule below. Students should bring a photo ID and arrive a few minutes early to check in at the campus.
AUSTIN, Texas—The Austin Independent School District continues to serve free breakfast and lunch to local children through the Summer Food Service Program.
The program is federally funded, and any child between the ages of 1 and 18 can received a free breakfast and lunch, regardless of economic status and whether or not the child attends AISD. Federal regulations require that schools where the program is offered have at least 50 percent of students during the regular school year that qualify for free or reduced-priced meals.
AISD began the 2013–14 school year on Aug. 26, 2013, with more than 85,000 students, including 561 Grizzlies at the district’s newest facility, Janis Guerrero Thompson Elementary, which opened this year. During the first week of school, Superintendent Dr. Meria Carstarphen and other district leaders visited 14 schools to welcome students and staff.
AUSTIN, Texas--The Austin Independent School District will hold a media briefing to give an update on charges being filed in a case involving a Walnut Creek teacher, who was teaching at the summer program at Reilly Elementary School.
Austin ISD’s Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness, in the Office of Academics, announced in early June that AISD has become the largest No Place for Hate district in the nation.
AISD’s Whole Child/Every Child is a districtwide focus that includes a plan for integrating the Anti-Defamation League's No Place for Hate campaign.
The campaign highlights student coalitions that plan and implement projects and activities, resulting in students owning the projects and being responsible for enforcing the campaign’s main beliefs.
At Houston Elementary School, students showed up today to take advantage of a new book-lending program organized by teachers. The lending library takes place on stage in the school’s cafeteria.
Austin Community College hosts a college enrollment and resource fair June 14 at ACC Highland, 6001 Airport Blvd., as the college prepares to open the new Highland Campus in August.
Help AISD teachers, staff and board of trustees members celebrate Juneteenth as we take part in the city of Austin's annual parade!
Set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, the Historical Juneteenth Parade will follow a route leading to Rosewood Avenue.
Participants will meet at 8:30 a.m. at Kealing Middle School, 1607 Pennsylvania Ave., to take a school bus to the starting zone, located at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and IH-35. The parade will last until about 11 a.m.
AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD’s Pillow Elementary School collected more than 8,000 books with the help of staff and community to be redistributed to students for summer reading.
A group of teachers at Pillow set a goal to raise at least 10 books per student for the 565 students signed up for the school’s summer reading program, making their goal to raise 6,000 books.
Pillow Elementary School collected more than 8,000 books with the help of staff and community to be redistributed to students for summer reading.
A group of teachers at Pillow set a goal of collecting at least 10 books per student for the 565 students signed up for the school’s summer reading program, making their goal to raise 6,000 books.
With the help of neighborhood listserves, school flyers, a walking field trip and emails, more than 8,000 books were donated and distributed to students.
The books came from a variety of sources, including:
