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Focus On Your Future
Focus On Your Future is an all-campus, all-day event at Akins High School in which every student and staff member is engaged in activities educating students on succeeding in high school and post-secondary endeavors.Akins will leave its normal bell schedule and allow each grade level to have a unique experience that day with classes focused on what they should be focusing on that year:
AISD Makes the Choice a Little Easier
As part of Austin ISD’s National School Choice Week celebration, Superintendent Paul Cruz announced that Austin ISD will offer transportation to Gus Garcia Young Men’s Leadership Academy districtwide, starting next school year. Districtwide transportation will allow more young men in sixth- through eighth-grade who wish to go to an all-boys school the opportunity to do so.
All Austin ISD classes are canceled tomorrow, Jan. 16 / Todas las clases del Austin ISD están canceladas el 16 de enero
To ensure the safety of all our students and staff, all Austin ISD classes and activities are canceled tomorrow, Jan. 16.We will continue to monitor the weather and receive updates from the National Weather Service.For the most up-to-date information, please visit the district's website or follow us on social media.The AISD community is also encouraged to refer to local news and public safety…
FMP Meeting at Reagan HS
Where: Reagan HS Cafeteria, 7104 Berkman Dr., Austin, TX 78752What: The FMP will outline the current status and future use of district facilities, guide the development of future capital improvements and supports planning for future bond elections. The public will have the opportunity to provide feedback on issues under consideration for inclusion in the FMP.
AISD Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee Seeks New Members
The Austin ISD Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee is now accepting applications for new members and co-chairs.ESAC provides guidance to AISD on environmental education, stewardship and sustainability. People with diverse interests and backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Co-chair nominations can be submitted by AISD students, staff, parents or community members.Nominees are…
Youth Film & Food Festival
The best of food and film collide from from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 14th at the Marchesa Hall and Theatre. The Youth Film and Food Festival showcases students from elementary through high school in the fields of media and culinary arts.Participants will gather for the screening of student-created 30 second (psa) films, visit healthy living and food stations and celebrate their great work in…
AISD One of 20 to Participate in Local Academic Accountability System Pilot
Commissioner of Education Mike Morath announced last week that 20 school systems, including Austin ISD, will participate in a pilot to develop their own local academic accountability system. The Texas Education Agency will oversee a small-scale pilot program in the 2017–18 academic year.Established by House Bill 22 and passed during the 85th Texas Legislature earlier this year, the local…
School Counselor Certification Program Information Session
The School Counselor Certification program at Region 13 provides a certification program designed to prepare successful teachers to become school counselors through an alternative route.For additional details, please visit www4.esc13.net/school-counselor.When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015Where: Region XIII Education Services Center, 5701 Springdale Road, Austin
College Signing Day Celebration
Austin ISD seniors will participate in Central Texas College Signing Day, a community-wide celebration that brings together 1,000 college-bound seniors from school districts throughout the region.Inspired by the NCAA’s National Signing Day, College Signing Day reinforces the idea that excellence in the classroom should be given as much attention as excellence in athletics.
Board Welcomes New, Returning Members During Swearing-in Ceremony
The Austin ISD Board of Trustees swearing-in ceremony last night welcomed returning trustees Amber Elenz (District 5), Jayme Mathias (District 2), Ann Teich (District 3) and Yasmin Wagner (District 7).Wagner was elected to fill the remainder of an unexpired term as the District 7 trustee after she filled the seat following the death of former trustee Robert Schneider. The board also welcomed…