January 2016

2016 Travis Rebel Expo

Travis Early College High School invites the community to our annual showcase, the Travis Rebel Expo.  

Visitors at TREX can learn more about our CTE courses, including engineering, video game design, health science, law and more, as well as courses available in dual-credit, AP, core content and languages other than English.

Representatives from our fine arts and athletics departments will also be on hand!

AISD Schools Serve a Slice of Peace

The start to the semester gets a little bit sweeter for Austin ISD students this week as they promote Peace Through Pie throughout the district.

Luanne Stovall began Peace Through Pie in 2009 at the Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville as a way to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Culinary arts students at Travis Early College High School hosted the first high school event in January 2012 and now, more than 5,000 students participate in the annual festivities.

AISD Peace Through Pie events include:

2015–16 Parent & Families Survey Now Available

The Austin ISD 2015–16 Parent and Families Survey is now open and accepting responses through Feb. 29.

Parents throughout the district are encouraged to participate so they can share their feedback on district and campus performance.

The survey includes questions about how well school staff and leadership communicate with parents, as well as how easily parents may communicate about their students and how families learn about programs offered at their school. 

The results will help inform district leadership on how best to improve services for our students.

Bilingual STEM Fair - AISD Hispanic Futures

Date
Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 8:30 am to 12:10 pm
Where
Akins HS, 10701 S. First St., Austin TX 78748

The AISD Hispanic Futures Program and local nonprofit Con Mi Madre invite the Austin community to the free Bilingual STEM Fair.

This is an interactive fair that will expose students of all ages and their families to careers in the STEM field. The event is sponsored by Google. 

To register visit http://goo.gl/forms/dm12XVRhgc

For more information, please visit www.conmimadre.org.

Austin ISD Releases Demographic Report

Today, Austin ISD released its annual demographic report.

 

The report shows the district will see student population increases in northwest, far south and southeast Austin. Some schools, such as Blazier, Doss, Hill and Menchaca elementary schools, are expected to be above capacity. Overall, the district expects an average annual reduction in student population of less than 1 percent over the next decade.

 

Facilities and Bond Planning Advisory Committee (FABPAC)

The Austin ISD Board of Trustees appointed the Facilities and Bond Planning Advisory Committee to evaluate the district's capital improvement needs and to provide recommendations on long-range facilities planning, amendments to the Facility Master Plan and the scope of work and timing of future bond programs.

The committee will meet 6:30–8:30 p.m. in the Blazier Elementary School library, 8601 Vertex Blvd.