Throughout this week, Austin ISD is celebrating and highlighting ways in which the school community can take a moment to think about how they can make the earth and our community a better place and act to protect the planet.
When students step onto an Austin ISD campus in the 2021-22 school year, they can rest assured they’ll be able to get a healthy lunch at no cost.
The United States Department of Agriculture announced on April 20 they are extending free meal benefits through June 2022, allowing Austin ISD to keep serving its free lunches.
Every day in Austin ISD schools, we teach our kids that our founding documents hold their equality under the law as a self-evident truth and that every last one of them has unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our job as educators is to prepare every student, every day with what they need to thrive in a world that too often falls short of the founders’ promise. Yesterday, our students saw that promise kept with a measure of justice in an often unjust world.
By Jack Orloff
Thanksgiving for the Ann Richards Marching Stars will be sweeter than pumpkin pie as they were selected as the first all-female public school band to march in the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Due to the pandemic last year, all of the Marching Stars events had to be canceled, including their anticipated performance at the 2020 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
"Having to tell our seniors that we couldn't go was something I'll never forget," said Stephen Howard, band director.
Students of all experience levels are welcomed to shine onstage this summer during the free Summer Theatre Series program from the Austin ISD Visual & Performing Arts Department. Current fifth through 12th-grade students are invited to try out as actors, dancers, technicians and musicians. Audition help is available, and no experience is required.
RaceTalks opens the door for Austin ISD parents and caregivers to have ongoing conversations about race in our community. Please join us for monthly conversations with a different focus on race and why it matters, on Tuesday, April 27 at 7 p.m.
Every year, students throughout the state grab their video cameras and head outside to compete in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's annual Take Care of Texas Video Contest. The goal is to produce the most entertaining and compelling content demonstrating how to keep Texas’ air and water clean, reduce waste, and conserve water and energy.
Students of all experience levels are welcomed to shine onstage this summer during the free Summer Theater Series program from the Austin ISD Fine Arts Department. Current fifth through 12th-grade students are invited to try out as actors, dancers, technicians and musicians. Audition help is available, and no experience is required.
By Jack Orloff
On Thursday, parents from Eastside ECHS and Garza Independence High School pressed school administrators around equity and other topics as part of the ongoing Conversations with the District series.
The events were part of a series of conversations designed to build relationships and foster dialogue between district leadership, AISD staff and community members about essential issues in Austin ISD.
Both conversations quickly steered toward the topic of addressing enrollment challenges and the possibility of affordable housing on surplus AISD lots.
By Scott Thomas
There are no cuts coming to arts programs in Austin ISD, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said in response to recent questions. In fact, she said, they are looking to expand programs in certain areas.
“Rest assured there are NO cuts coming to our arts programs,” said Elizalde “It is unfortunate that misinformation is communicated [...] I personally excelled because of arts programs so I need no convincing of how important the arts are.”
