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Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a Hindu Harvest Festival that celebrates the end of Winter by welcoming the longer days of the summer season. This festival is also known as Sankranti, which celebrates the Sun God, Lord Surya. This festival is celebrated through family gatherings, ritual bathing, prayers, and food to signify a desire for unity, peace, harmony. Source: Bagwan, Tania. (2022, January 14). History…
Dia de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day)
Dia de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) is a day of honoring the three Wise Men who brought gifts to baby Jesus. This day is observed through family gatherings, food, and prayers by the Christian and Latino community. Source: Three Kings Day or Epiphany? What these two holidays celebrate and have in common. (2022, January 6).
AISD Reopening Update / Actualizacion de reapertura de AISD
(El español está disponible abajo) Thank you for your patience as we work on plans for the upcoming school year. I’m writing to bring you up to speed on what we have been working on to support our 81,000 students and 12,000 staff members. When will school start?
Women's History Month profile: Ann Richards (en español)
This is the first in a month-long profile series spotlighting women leaders and trailblazers for whom Austin ISD schools are named. As Austin ISD begins its celebration of Women’s History Month, we profile former Texas Governor Ann Richards. Texas trailblazer: Richards grew up near Waco in the small town of Lakeview and began her career in Austin ISD as a teacher at what is now Lively Middle…
Austin ISD Earns Honorable Mention for Innovation and Excellence in Public Schools
Austin ISD—along with Denton, Fresno, Peoria and Richland school districts—earned honorable mention in the 23rd annual Magna Awards program for school districts with more than 20,000 students.
Austin ISD and Dell Technologies open new STEM learning center
Austin ISD and Dell Technologies celebrated the opening of a new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning center at Northeast Early College High School. The new center will provide students the opportunity to join the high-demanded industry of cybersecurity.
AISD Invites Families to Screening of “The Graduates/Los Graduados” Documentary
AUSTIN, TX—Next week, Austin ISD in partnership with KLRU and Austin Public Libraries present an evening of community cinema, featuring “The Graduates/Los Graduados” documentary. What: Documentary on Latino education in the United States: remarks by Pauline Dow, AISD’s chief academic officer.
Implementation
Implementation in Austin ISD Beginning in 2010, SEL implementation began rolling out systems and strategies through AISD’s vertical team structure. A vertical team consists of a high school and its feeder middle and elementary schools. As of 2015–16, all schools in AISD are officially implementing SEL.
Media Advisory: Austin ISD Promotes Literacy During International Read for the Record Day Oct. 21
AUSTIN, Texas—Austin ISD will be promoting reading throughout its elementary schools during International Read for the Record Day.What: Interim Superintendent Paul Cruz will read “Bunny Cakes,” by Rosemary Wells to bilingual kindergarteners.When: 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21Where: Barrington Elementary, 400 Cooper Drive
AISD’s Blaine Helwig Earns Top Award from U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education has recognized Blaine Helwig, principal at Graham Elementary School, with the esteemed Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding Leadership.Helwig is among seven principals in the United States to earn the department’s top awards for administrators this year.