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2016 Travis ECHS Fine Art Fest
Please join students from Travis Early College High School and the Travis family of schools for the inagural Fine Art and Craft Festival!The event will feature live perfomances and art from students at Travis ECHS, Fulmore and Mendez middle schools, and Dawson, Galindo, Linder, Rodriguez and Widén elementary schools. Visitors can sample creations form the Travis culinary students, take tours…
Attendance
Español YOU COUNT! Attendance Matters When you miss school, you miss out—not only on academic enrichment, but on fine arts and extracurricular opportunities and camaraderie with fellow students. Daily attendance in school is a strong indicator of future success. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s mastery of the instructional materials.
Elementary School Dual Language Program
Dual Language Campuses Dual Language in Elementary Austin ISD offers Dual Language programs at 57 elementary schools, providing students with a multilingual education. Spanish/English Dual Language is available at 55 schools, Mandarin/English Dual Language at 3 schools, and Vietnamese/English Dual Language at 1 school.
AISD Closed for Memorial Day Holiday
Austin, TX—The Austin Independent School District will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday Monday, May 27.All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period. The district will resume regular business hours Tuesday, May 28.For information about upcoming AISD holidays and events, please visit the district's calendar at www.austinisd.org/calendar.For more information,…
Sept. 14 Kickoff Event for AISD Attendance Incentive Program
AISD team members and their families are invited to the kickoff celebration for the AISD Attendance Incentive Program. AISD created the program in partnership with University of Texas Athletics to recognize and reward excellence in attendance and to promote healthy living for all AISD team members.
AISD to Monitor Weather Throughout the Night
AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD would like to inform its communities that it will monitor weather and road conditions throughout the night and early morning and make any decisions that would affect classes by 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28.Based on information from the National Weather Service and a local meteorologist, the district has been advised that not enough reliable information exists to make a…
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:
'Vision + Voice' Poetry Contest for K–12 Students
**Submissions for the 2014 contest are no longer being accepted. Please visit austinisd.org in fall 2016 for details on the 2016 contest.**
Open for Learning Newsletter: Vaccine partnership, rapid testing and more! / Boletín informativo Abierto para el aprendizaje: Asociación para vacunas, pruebas rápidas, ¡y más!
Top Story: Vaccine Partnership Over winter break, Ascension Seton made available to Austin ISD a limited number of COVID-19 vaccines for immediate use. We are grateful for our 24-year partnership with Ascension Seton, which allowed some of our most vulnerable staff to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.
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.