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Celebrating Family & Community Engagement / Celebrando la Participación de la Familia y la Comunidad

National College Fair Held in Austin April 9; AISD Students Encouraged to Attend

One of the largest college fairs in the nation will be held in Austin Tuesday, April 9, and students in the Austin Independent School District are encouraged to attend to learn about their college options.The Austin National College Fair is free, open to the public and will provide valuable resources for students and parents attempting to navigate the college-admission process.

LASA Student Awarded 2018 Texas Health Rising Star

Liberal Arts Science Academy student Sruthi Ilangovan, 16, will be awarded the 2018 Texas Health Rising Star award at the Texas Health Champion Award Ceremony tonight. Each year, the Rising Star Award is presented to young Texans who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their community in an effort to raise awareness and reduce the burden of obesity. Sruthi is the president of the Health…

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MEDIA ADVISORY Look Both Ways: AISD, City Promote Safety at 11th Annual Back to School Bash

Austin ISD and the City of Austin will hold a press conference during the Back-to-School Bash to promote safe travels to and from school. The Back to School Bash informs AISD parents and students about district and community resources available to families for a safe and successful start to the new school year. This is an initiative of the AISD Department of Communications and Community…

Classes Canceled for Palm Elementary School Students on Nov. 2

During the storms on Oct. 30, portions of 23 classrooms at Palm Elementary School were flooded with 4–5 inches of water. Because of the damage caused by the water, Palm students will not report to school on Monday, Nov. 2. AISD restoration crews removed the water from the building and began cleanup on Saturday. The damaged wing of the building has been…

Austin ISD Launches School Bus Stop Arm Safety Initiative

Austin ISD is partnering with American Traffic Solutions to address motorists illegally passing school buses that are stopped and boarding or disembarking children. 

Austin ISD at the Juneteenth Parade

Austin ISD invites the community to join faculty, staff, students and their families and the District All-Star Band to march in the annual Historical Juneteenth Parade. Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. AISD participants will meet no later than 9 a.m. at the Rising…

Govalle Students Code to Keep Computers

Two classes of Govalle Elementary School fourth-graders are taking part in a program designed to encourage students to code. Codestarter.org is a nonprofit organization that supplies laptops to students to help develop coding skills in traditionally underrepresented populations. Govalle students will take coding classes with a new Google Chromebook supplied by Codestarter. If the…

MEDIA ADVISORY: About 50 AISD Students First to Attend Dell Medical School Health Sciences Summer Camps

Editor's Note: Please contact Leslie Lyon-House, Dell Medical School content producer, at 512-495-5064 (w), 512-452-8682 (c) if you would like to cover part or all of these sessions. Media will not be allowed to cover or attend a session without an RSVP.