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Celebrate AISD Classified Employees March 5-9
Classified Appreciation Week, will be celebrated from March 5-9, to build awareness about the crucial role and essential contributions of AISD's more than 6,000 classified employees including cafeteria workers, secretaries, teachers’ aides, food service staff, custodians, maintenance workers, paraprofessionals and bus drivers, among others.
Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC)
Attention foreign language teachers!
Kealing Teacher One of 10 in Texas Chosen for New Science Teacher Academy
Kealing Middle School teacher Kimberly Bruch was chosen as one of 35 New Science Teacher Academy fellows from across the country for 2016-17.
Lesson Plan Created by AISD Teacher Shared Globally as a TED-Ed Animated Series
A lesson plan created by a Linder Elementary School teacher has been developed into an animated educational video by TED, a nonprofit organization famous for its inspirational 18-minute talks and its “Ideas Worth Sharing” tagline, and is now being shared globally with learners from all over the world.Joy Lin, the math specialist at Linder Elementary School, created a lesson that uses pop culture…
Thinking Outside the Box (and Classroom); Discovery Hill Provides Outdoor Learning Opportunities for AISD
This month, Austin ISD students and teachers literally got their hands dirty when they celebrated the opening of Discovery Hill: Bugs Brains and Blooms, the district’s first demonstration schoolyard habitat.The new outdoor habitat, adjacent to Pleasant Hill Elementary School, features a solar classroom and plants and materials native to Central Texas. The site will be used as an AISD field…
AISD Students Outscore State Average on ACT and SAT; Largest Gain in National Exams is 43 Points on SAT Writing Exam
Austin, TX—Students in the Austin Independent School District continue to score higher on the SAT and ACT exams than their counterparts across the state, according to data released today by the College Board.The 2012 average SAT score for AISD students was 1496—greater than the average state score of 1434 and comparable to the national average score of 1498. Students who took the ACT exam…
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Celebrating Family & Community Engagement / Celebrando la Participación de la Familia y la Comunidad
Board Briefs: Special Meeting and Board Dialogue (April 1)
Consent AgendaThe AISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve, as originally drafted, a resolution regarding the use of bond proceeds, providing for the appointment of an oversight committee, and addressing matters relating to future facility master planning.Trustees also unanimously approved an order approving polling locations, times and dates for election day and early voting and the…
City Budget Supports AISD Families
Austin ISD’s parent support specialists, the Prime Time after-school program and AISD Channel 22 will receive funding in the city of Austin’s 2016-17 budget, which took effect Oct. 1.The city funds will continue to help support the district’s community engagement and social service initiatives at a critical time when AISD estimates it will send $406.1 million to the state through the…
Join "We Give Books" Campaign and Support Literacy at Lucy Read Pre-K
Lucy Read Pre-Kindergarten Demonstration School has partnered with the Austin office of Pearson for a We Give Books campaign, an initiative focused on building awareness in the community about the importance of reading to young children. Parents, students and community members are encouraged to participate in the campaign by reading a free book online at www.wegivebooks.org.