Austin ISD students will be promoting Peace through Pie this week with socials at schools throughout the district.

Peace Through Pie is a local, grassroots movement that began with Luanne Stovall. In 2009, the first pie social honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated at the Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville. Since then, local organizations have held their own pie socials to promote peace. The first high school event took place at William B. Travis High School in January 2012 with culinary arts students.

The Austin Independent School District will be closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Monday, Jan. 19.

All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period. The district will resume regular business and school hours Tuesday, Jan. 20.

For information about upcoming AISD holidays and events, please visit the district's calendar at www.austinisd.org/calendar.

Austin ISD is partnering with Edgenuity, an online education provider, to expand support for all high school students by offering free test preparation services for college entrance exams, including the SAT.

Beginning this week, AISD students may enroll in the Web-based courses, which will allow them to complete lessons at their own pace. The district encourages all sophomores and juniors to contact their campus counselors to schedule an appointment to discuss the new opportunity.

Student leaders will get the chance to ask real-world entrepreneurs questions about the traits, skills and experiences that have shaped their successes and failures. The roundtable will also gather input and generate discussion regarding Crockett High School’s new entrepreneurship track of study.

Who: Kelly Ballard Executive Director of the Bazaarvoice Foundation, Amy Bernhard from Austin Modern Homes, David Neff from Lights.Camera.Help., Tony Aguilar of Student Loan Benefits, Blake Shanley of Tiny Taiga and Jeremy Turner of the Atypical Mechanic