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Committee Announces Eight Names for Renaming of Lee Elementary School
After a robust community engagement process, the Lee Elementary School’s Campus Advisory Council announced it has identified eight names to be considered for the renaming of Lee Elementary School.The community submitted hundreds of names from which the eight were chosen. From the eight, the CAC will submit three of these names to the Board on May 3, which is scheduled to take action on a new name…
LASA Robotics Students Give Back with Invention of State-of-the-Art Wheelchair
When students from the Liberal Arts and Science Academy’s robotics club were asked if they were willing to pour two years and hundreds of hours into building a robot for a young man on the other side of the country—someone they would likely never even meet—the class didn’t miss a beat.“Yes!”
H-E-B Excellence in Education Healthy Campus Grant - Due November 11th
The H-E-B Excellence in Education Healthy Campus grant is designed to assist school campuses with resources and funding to increase health and nutrition education for their students. Grant monies are awarded to develop, implement and improve activities and programs centered around the three pillars of H-E-B's statewide health improvement effort: Food, Body and Life. Twelve schools will each…
Austin ISD Superintendent Plans Back-to-School Visits
Austin, TX—Austin Independent School District Superintendent Meria Carstarphen will welcome back students, teachers and staff members for the 2012-13 school year with special campus visits.The superintendent will visit campuses across the district during the first two days of classes.Monday, Aug. 276-6:30 a.m. – Media availability with Kris Hafezizadeh, director of transportation, at Saegert bus…
Travis High School Hosts Annual Tamalada
Students, teachers, parents and community members joined forces Thursday at Travis High School to make more than 40 dozen pork and chicken tamales.This was the eighth year for Travis High's tamalada, or tamale-making party, which welcomes members of the extended Travis family to participate. "The parents and community members really step up," said Principal Ty Davidson. "They always do."The…
Two AISD Finalists for H-E-B Education Awards Advance to Statewide Competition
Blackshear Elementary Fine Arts Academy Principal Betty Jenkins and Bedicheck Middle School Principal Dan Diehl are finalists for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards in the elementary and secondary principal categories, respectively.
Parent Support Specialist One of 20 in Nation Nominated for Positive Impact Award
Mycah Lee Arellano, a Walnut Creek Elementary School parent support specialist and host of The Eagle Talk Show, has been nominated for a Hispanicize “Positive Impact Award.” Arellano’s talk show—the first academic talk show in the state—is sponsored by AISD and is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of parental involvement.
How to Help Keep Student Meal Accounts Current
A recent social media campaign is encouraging donations to school districts to help offset negative balances on student meal accounts. Food Services Director Anneliese Tanner said that at Austin ISD, no students are ever denied a meal because their accounts aren't current.Instead, the district absorbs the cost of feeding all students who need a lunch, running at a deficit of about $14,000 on…
Superintendent Check-In: Elementary Q&As
(El español está disponible abajo) Will my child be able to attend school face-to-face beginning on August 18? No. What we know now is that school will begin on August 18 but in a remote format for at least the first 3-weeks of school.
LASA Ranked No. 14 Among 25 Best Public High Schools in the U.S.
In a recent survey of public high schools, the Liberal Arts and Science Academy, or LASA, was ranked No. 14 among the top 25 high schools in the nation. School data site Niche ranked high schools based on 27 million reviews from more than 300,000 students and parents. Respondents rated schools for academics, teachers, student culture and diversity as well as resources and…