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Parent Leadership Conference: Empowered by the Multilingual Brain
The Austin Area Association for Bilingual Education in collaboration with the AISD Parent Engagement Support Office within the Department of Communications and Community Engagement is pleased to announce the second annual ¡Adelante! Parent Leadership Conference: Empowered By the Multilingual Brain.AISD families can register with their school’s Parent Support Specialists.Schools without a Parent…
A New Vision for AISD’s Joslin Elementary with TEA Grant
How a new #PilotJoslin initiative is reimaging, reinvesting, and reinventing an urban school in south Austin
Viene desde España a enseñar en la primaria Joslin (In English)
Austin ISD le da la bienvenida a la maestra Silvia Calatayud
East Austin Multicultural Fair
Austin ISD welcomes families and the community to the East Austin Multicultural Fair, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Sept. 20 at Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy, 6401 N. Hampton Drive.Join us for fun, food, prizes and more! The event includes health care providers, job information, after-school programs, adult education resources and programs for low-income students. It also features a…
MEDIA ADVISORY: Barrington Elementary to Celebrate Diversity at Multicultural Night on May 28
Barrington Elementary School and its Dual Language Committee invite the community to Multicultural Night, celebrating the diversity of its community and families.What: The celebration will showcase music and dance performances, along with food from different cultures. The purpose is to provide the Barrington community with an opportunity to learn about diversity and to share their experiences…
Austin ISD to Launch Optional Arabic, Korean, Vietnamese Language and Culture Programs for 2016–17
Austin ISD students will have more language options next year as the district launches Arabic, Korean and Vietnamese programs at a handful of schools.
Wooten Elementary Parent Day Draws Big Crowds
It’s a scene you expect to see in Austin: hundreds of people standing shoulder-to-shoulder and eagerly awaiting the start of a lively music performance from some of the city’s greatest talent. But the crowd didn’t gather outside a downtown venue or massive auditorium. Instead, they huddled together in a more unlikely place—the Wooten Elementary School cafeteria.
Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendations Up for Vote Dec. 12
AISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen presented the administration’s Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendations, or AAFRs, for review and discussion by the Board of Trustees at the Dec. 5 Board Work Session. The following are summaries of the AAFRs:
Austin ISD Celebrates National School Choice Week
Austin ISD is joining school districts throughout the country to celebrate National School Choice Week. With 130 schools, AISD has a wide variety of educational choices offered nowhere else in Central Texas, with unique and innovative programming supporting all students.
Free Spanish-language Parent Workshop
The Austin independent School District’s Hispanic Futures program presents “Los Años Maravillosos” (the Wonder years), a new Spanish-language workshop for parents of students in grades 5-8.The workshop will be presented at 6:30 p.m on Thursday, Jan. 31, at Burnet Middle School, 8401 Hathaway; and at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, at Garcia Middle School, 7414 Johnny Morris Road.