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Reminder—MEDIA ADVISORY: AISD Gives Salute to 'Best of'
Austin ISD, in collaboration with Austin Partners in Education, will celebrate its best-of-the-best at Salute this evening. The annual event recognizes some of the district's outstanding team members for their continued dedication to student excellence and achievement in schools.
Bo Eason Performs "Runt of the Litter" at Austin High School
The Austin High School Theater Department will host former Houston Oilers safety Bo Eason as he performs his one-man play Runt of the Litter. Runt of the Litter is a semi-autobiographical one-man performance, written and starred in by Eason, about two brothers striving for success in the world of professional football. The performance has been heralded as having broad appeal for sports…
Austin ISD Closes for Winter Break, Dec. 21–Jan. 2
Austin ISD will be closed for the winter break Wednesday, Dec. 21, through Monday, Jan. 2.All AISD offices and schools will be closed during this period.Regular business hours resume Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, for staff. Students return to classes on Wednesday, Jan. 4.For information about upcoming AISD holidays and events, please visit the district's calendar at austinisd.org/calendar.
MEDIA ADVISORY Rundberg-area Community Walks: What’s the Next Step?
Join AISD for a special announcement and a celebration of the Kellogg grant initiative to date. Find out from parents and schools what the process has meant to them, learn what’s next between AISD and the Kellogg Foundation and join a community walk to learn more about the process.Last year, The W. K. Kellogg Foundation awarded Austin ISD $330,000 for a nine-month planning initiative to build…
Girls Outside Clean Up 2019
For the second consecutive year, girls from 10 Austin ISD schools cleaned the Clint Small Middle School campus as a service project that marked the final event of the year for the Girls Outside Program. Throughout the day, approximately 200 girls collected bags of trash and recycling along the nature trail, campus and fields of Small. AISD Outdoor Learning Specialist Anne Muller said the girls…
'American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom' Features Cunningham Educator
AISD’s Emily E. Smith is one of 50 teachers featured in Random House and Welcome Books’ “American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom."The publishers joined forces to interview thousands of educators in every state during the past three years, which culminated in a book about 50 teachers who are changing education.
LASA Student Awarded 2018 Texas Health Rising Star
Liberal Arts Science Academy student Sruthi Ilangovan, 16, will be awarded the 2018 Texas Health Rising Star award at the Texas Health Champion Award Ceremony tonight. Each year, the Rising Star Award is presented to young Texans who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their community in an effort to raise awareness and reduce the burden of obesity. Sruthi is the president of the Health…
Maroon and White Night Showcase
Join us for Maroon and White Night to explore Austin High’s extensive academic and extracurricular programs and learn all about the academy model on November 29 at Austin High, 1715 West Cesar Chavez. The evening will kick off at 6:30 p.m. in the Austin High Performing Arts Center with a special presentation highlighting the many opportunities future Maroons will have when they join our Austin…
Media Advisory: News Media Access to Schools Limited During STAAR and TAKS Examinations July 7-10
AUSTIN, Texas—In July, Austin ISD students are scheduled to take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness and Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.To reduce distractions and help students focus on their tests, the news media's access to AISD campuses will be limited July 7-10.As has been the practice on test days in the past, the district will continue to limit…
Additional Student Holiday/PD Day
As part of being a District of Innovation, vertical teams are allowed to schedule additional professional development days for staff, thus creating extra holidays for students. The following campuses will have one of their District of Innovation (DOI) staff development days today, which means no classes for students at these schools: High Schools: Akins Crockett Navarro Northeast Travis…