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Reminder: AISD Closed Friday
Austin, TX—The Austin Independent School District will be closed for a staff and student holiday Friday, March 29.All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period. The district will resume regular business hours Monday, April 1.For information about upcoming AISD holidays and events, please visit the district's calendar at www.austinisd.org/calendar.For more information,…
Media Advisory: AISD Celebrates Staff with Salute
AUSTIN, Texas—Salute, co-hosted by Austin ISD and Austin Partners in Education, is a celebration at the Long Center for the Performing Arts to recognize some of AISD's outstanding team members for their continued dedication to student excellence and achievement in our schools.
Vision+Voice Announces Winners of Annual Poetry Contest
The annual 2016–17 Vision+Voice poetry contest, a collaboration between Austin ISD and Austin Community College, has announced the winners of this year's competition. Winning poems from students at every grade level will be paired with art by an ACC art student to create posters, and all the winning poems will be collected into a 2016–17 anthology.An award reception to see the poetry and…
AISD Receives $3.5 Million Education Innovation and Research Grant From U.S. Department of Education
Austin ISD was named one of nine national recipients of a more than $3.5 million Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Early-Phase Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The EIR grant program funds projects that develop and implement evidence-based innovations to improve student achievement for high-need students and evaluate those innovations.
AISD After-School Programs Celebrate 15th Annual Showcase
Austin ISD Prime Time and ACE 21st Century After School Program celebrate the 15th annual showcase Saturday, April 25, to highlight the importance of after-school programming.ACE-Austin and Prime Time provide extended learning opportunities for students and their families and offers innovative, hands-on activities that reinforce and complement students' regular academic programs. All…
Board President's Update, May 2
On May 2, Vincent Torres, president of the AISD Board of Trustees, provided the following quick update to the AISD Community.
MEDIA ADVISORY: AISD’s Emily Smith Featured in “American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom”
AUSTIN, Texas—AISD’s Emily E. Smith, one of 50 teachers featured in Random House and Welcome Books’ “American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom,” as well as a group of her peers, discuss classroom culture.Who: Emily E. Smith, a teacher at Cunningham Elementary School, and Amy Lloyd, principal at Cunningham
2020 Census
The U.S. Census Bureau has changed the deadline to complete 2020 Census forms to September 30, 2020. The Census Bureau is currently following up on non-responses.
Crockett Vertical Team Selected to Join The Creative Learning Initiative
The Crockett Vertical Team has been selected to be the next vertical team to join the Creative Learning Initiative in 2014–15.A committee of parents, teachers and administrators participating in the Creative Learning Initiative evaluated four vertical team applications. All applications were kept anonymous. A 100-point scale was used to evaluate each application based on responses to two…
District's Top Swimming, Diving Student-Athletes Compete at State Meet
Austin ISD athletes are aiming to make a splash when the 2019 University Interscholastic League swimming and diving state meet convenes at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Friday. More than 25 AISD swimmers have qualified for the Class 5A and 6A competitions, one of them being perennial qualifier Ella Collins, a senior representing Anderson High. Collins is making her…