Announcements
Photo Slideshow: 2014 Student Art Show
ºÚÁϹÙÍø's 2014 Youth Art Month celebration—Art Can Take Many Shapes—highlights student artwork from throughout the district.Hundreds of photos, sculptures, drawings and much more are on display at the district art show inside the Wells Fargo building downtown,…
Update from ºÚÁϹÙÍø Board President
On April 4, Vincent Torres, president of the ºÚÁϹÙÍø Board of Trustees, provided the following message to ºÚÁϹÙÍø employees, families and community members about the contingency plan should Superintendent Meria Carstarphen be officially selected April 14 to lead…
ºÚÁϹÙÍø to Host Free City-wide Electronics Recycling Event April 26
The ºÚÁϹÙÍø will host a free, city wide electronics recycling event on Saturday, April 26 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot at Austin High School at 1715 W Cesar Chavez Street.Consumers are encouraged to bring their used…
ºÚÁϹÙÍø School Nurse of the Year, ºÚÁϹÙÍø School Health Assistant of the Year
Cassie Moffitt has been selected as ºÚÁϹÙÍø School Nurse of the Year and Victoria Valero as ºÚÁϹÙÍø School Health Assistant of the Year.For the second year in a row, this honor has gone to a school health team who work together covering two busy schools, Clayton…
Grand Opening of Lanier High School Community Garden
Lanier High School, along with its community, neighbors, and sponsors, officially unveils the new Lanier Community Garden with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, on Thursday, April 17 at 1:30 p.m. The Lanier Garden was made possible as a part of a Green…
Cunningham Elementary Teacher Named as Finalist for an Austin Under 40 Award
Emily Smith, a fifth grade teacher at Cunningham Elementary School and an Austin ISD Demonstration Teacher, has been nominated as a finalist in the Youth and Education category of the Austin Under 40 Awards.Since 1998, Austin’s Young Women’s Alliance and the…
Watch: Graham Elementary Achievements Highlighted in Department of Education Video
The achievements of Graham Elementary School have been highlighted in a video released last week by the U.S. Department of Education, which selected Graham—a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School—as one of only four schools in the nation to be featured in the…
Youth Art Month, SXSWedu to be Featured in Inside ºÚÁϹÙÍø April 3
The seventh episode of Inside ºÚÁϹÙÍø is scheduled to premier Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. Katiana McClellan, a junior at Lanier High School, will host the episode. Inside ºÚÁϹÙÍø airs on ºÚÁϹÙÍø TV Ch 22 every Tuesday, Thursday and…
2013 Federal Report Cards Are Now Available
Federal Report Cards for the state, the district and each of ºÚÁϹÙÍø’s campuses are now available on the Texas Education Agency’s website, http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/frc/2013/srch.html
40th Annual Poetry Declamation Contest
On Saturday, April 26, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., there will be an annual event, hosted and organized by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, at The University of Texas at Austin, to invite all K-12 students in Austin and the surrounding area, including some of the…
ºÚÁϹÙÍø Seeks Nominations for Latino Community Awards
The ºÚÁϹÙÍø invites the community to submit award nominations for citizens and organizations supportive of Latino students or services that enhance the academic achievement of Latino students. Three Latino Community Awards will be…
Maximize Financial Aid Opportunities by Submitting Applications by March 31
With graduation around the corner, ºÚÁϹÙÍø's High Schools Office would like to remind parents of high school seniors about the importance of their son or daughter's application for financial aid. Their chances of receiving the greatest amount of money are…