AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD’s Bryker Woods Elementary School invites the community to help celebrate its 75th anniversary this year.
Who: Mayor Lee Leffingwell will give a city proclamation at Bryker Woods’ morning assembly
What: An All-campus parade through the Bryker Woods Neighborhood and an all-school picnic. (In case of rain, a pep rally will take place inside instead of the parade.)
Parents, students and teachers were in for a treat when they arrived at Wooldridge Elementary School on Monday.
More than 850 community members, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, North Austin Civic Association and the Austin Police Department gave the school a makeover over the weekend.
The Family Support Co-op offers workshops, information and support to families of children with special needs. The effort is led by the Austin ISD Special Education Department and the Family and School Support Team.
The first workshop of the season will be 5:30–8 p.m. Sept. 23 at Kealing Middle School, 1607 Pennsylvania Ave. Six sessions will be offered with topics including early childhood, ADHD and autism.
AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD and the City of Austin have partnered to hold Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day and Career Fair this weekend.
Who: Assistant Director of Health Services Tracy Lunoff will receive a proclamation from Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole on behalf of AISD for a partnership that has been established with the City of Austin African-American Quality of Life Task Force.
AUSTIN, Texas—The Austin ISD Office of Academics, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Division at Austin Community College, invites the community to the Vision + Voice reception, an event featuring student poem videos and a poster gallery of the winning poems.
Who: Interim Superintendent Paul Cruz
Interviews in Spanish with: Principal Ami Cortes and Parent Support Specialist Cynthia Vasquez from Lucy Read Pre-Kindergarten; Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Enrique's Journey"; and Paola Ferate-Soto, Southeast Regional Youth Services Manager & Youth Services Outreach Coordinator at the Austin Public Library
Please join us for our annual Homecoming Parade as we march through our community from 10–11 am. The parade will end inside the main courtyard at Lanier High School with a pep rally and the start of our Fall Festival, which takes place 11 a.m.–3 pm.
Attendees may purchase tickets during the Fall Festival to participate in games and purchase crafts and food. Additionally, the Lanier PTSA will be selling Homecoming mums and Lanier logo T-shirts for cash.
This afternoon and evening, Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade and area rain showers may affect Austin traffic and cause delays to AISD bus routes and schedules.
Questions about transportation or specific bus route? If your child rides the bus and you would like to learn how specific bus routes may be affected, please call AISD’s transportation department between 7:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. at 512-414-0238.
Austin ISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Paul Cruz has been honored by The Austin Project with the 2014 Rostow Community Catalyst Award.
The Austin Project was founded in 1991 by Walt and Elspeth Rostow out of the LBJ School for Public Affairs. The organization was created to act as a catalyst to align community efforts and to scale initiatives that lift up systems and shared community efforts to address the chronic gap in access and equity among Austin’s poor and minority populations.
This year marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rostow award event.
What: Workshops, information, and support for families with special needs students. Light meal, child care activities, and interpretation in Spanish.
Where: Kealing Middle School, 1607 Pennsylvania
