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Open for Learning Newsletter: Being safe and prepared this holiday / Boletín informativo Abierto para el aprendizaje: Seguros y preparados en estos días festivos
We know that our AISD community wants to have a joyous holiday season while also staying safe. / Sabemos que nuestra comunidad del AISD quiere tener una temporada de fiestas alegre y al mismo tiempo permanecer segura.
Oak Hill Presents School’s First Ballet Folklorico
Oak Hill Elementary School students will perform the school’s first-ever Ballet Folklorico for the student body as part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration at 2 p.m. Monday, May 5.The event will feature 20 students—boys and girls from various grades—performing traditional Mexican folk dances to music. Reflecting the culture of Mexico, girls will wear colorful lace skirts and blouses. Boys will wear…
AISD Names Edmund Oropez Interim Chief Schools Officer
AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD has named Edmund Oropez, the district’s associate superintendent of high schools, interim chief schools officer to lead, manage and support AISD’s more than 120 schools.Earlier this month, the trustees named Paul Cruz, the district’s chief schools officer for the past five years, as interim superintendent.
Trustees Recognize 24 National Board-Certified Teachers
Trustees recognized 24 new National Board Certified teachers during the board's meeting April 25.
AISD Board of Trustees Approves Appointment of New Executive Director of Academics and Social and Emotional Learning
On Monday, Austin ISD's Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Elisabeth Goodnow to lead the Academics and Social and Emotional Learning teams. Goodnow most recently served as assistant superintendent for academics and schools at Cedar Hill ISD. In this role, she oversaw district implementation of curriculum, instruction and assessment.
84 AISD Seniors Earn Recognition in Presidential Scholars, National Merit Programs
This year, 84 students earned recognition for outstanding academic performance from the Presidential Scholars Program, the National Merit Scholarship Program, the National Hispanic Recognition Program, and the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Thirteen students earned recognition in more than one program.
Austin ISD 2017–18 Instructional Calendar / Calendario Escolar 2017–18 del Austin ISD
Austin ISD wants to share some important dates for the 2017–18 school year. With the board’s approval Monday night that Austin ISD become a District of Innovation, there is more flexibility in the instructional calendar.Specifically, the district is allowed to begin instruction before the fourth Monday in August.Key dates
District Hosts Laptop Clinic
The customer service and support area within the Austin Independent School District's Department of Technology is offering a teacher laptop clinic through Friday, Aug. 17, to provide teachers and staff with tools to help prepare for the new school year. The Teacher Laptop Clinic will provide technical support to teachers and other school-based staff for their AISD-issued laptops and assist with…
32 Students from Dobie Middle School Complete Half Marathon
Evan Gonzalez, eighth-grade social studies teacher at Dobie Middle School, first heard about the tremendous positive effect that Marathon High was having on East Los Angeles scholars when he ran a full marathon in Los Angeles this past summer. He petitioned for Dobie to be one of the pilot schools in the program in AISD, and after demonstrating that there was a huge need for something special…
AISD Celebrates Youth Art Month March 21-April 14
AUSTIN, Texas--More than 1,500 artworks representing 113 schools will be on display for the public at One Congress Plaza, 111 Congress Ave., for the next month as part of Austin ISD's Youth Art Month beginning this weekend.A reception will kick off the art celebration 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 23 at One Congress Plaza. Refreshments and free parking in the plaza's parking garage will be available.