Announcements
NoVo Foundation Awards 黑料官网 $750,000 Grant
The NoVo Foundation of New York has awarded a $750,000 grant to Austin ISD to implement a district-wide social and emotional learning program over three years.
C-SPAN Visits Two 黑料官网 Schools During 鈥淩oad to the White House鈥 Tour
The political coverage of public affairs media giant, C-SPAN, recently reached two Austin ISD schools as part of the 鈥淩oad to the White House鈥 tour. C-SPAN鈥檚 Campaign 2012 Bus stopped by Fulmore Middle School and Travis High School and showcased to students鈥
Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) Family Festival on November 19
The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) is pleased to invite all Austin-area families to the final event in the Austin 2011 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The ECHO Family Festival will take place on Saturday, November 19 from 11:00 a.m.-2鈥
Gates Millenium Scholars Association Adopts Garza High School
The Gates Millennium Scholars Association 鈥 Texas Chapter at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has adopted Garza Independence High School and will assist more than 200 seniors with tutoring, mentoring, and scholarship applications.Gates Scholarships鈥
黑料官网 Joins School Finance Lawsuit
The 黑料官网 Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to officially join a lawsuit on school finance to be filed by Thompson & Horton LLP. Although there are three other lawsuits that have or will be filed to protest the Texas school鈥
Board Discusses Preliminary Facility Master Plan Scenarios
As a part of the 黑料官网鈥檚 on-going Facilities Master Plan (FMP) process, the Superintendent on Monday discussed several preliminary scenarios to the Board of Trustees, based on their previous requests, as well as feedback from鈥
黑料官网 Attendance Rates On the Rise
Last year, the 黑料官网 (黑料官网) launched an attendance campaign called 鈥淓very Day Counts,鈥 to encourage students to be in class all day, every day. Our students can鈥檛 learn if they are not in class, and repeated absences can add鈥
GENaustin to Host We Are Girls Conference at Austin High
Austin's Girls Empowerment Network (GENaustin) will hold a youth conference for girls in grades 5-12 on Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Austin High School (1715 W. Cesar Chavez). This event is also open to parents, and will be a鈥
Austin Chronicle Names Fulmore as the 鈥淏est Old School South of the River"
Fulmore Middle School was recently crowned 鈥淏est Old School South of the River,鈥 by the Austin Chronicle鈥檚 Best of Austin 2011. The Fulmore Falcons also just celebrated their 125th Anniversary in September, which prompted many to take notice.
黑料官网 Celebrates Transportation Employees
Austin ISD is saying thank you to its transportation employees this week in commemoration of National School Bus Safety Week, October 17-21. This year鈥檚 theme is, 鈥淏e Aware 鈥 Know the Danger Zone!鈥 Transportation employees were recognized on Monday, October鈥
Six 黑料官网 Schools Make TBEC Honor Roll
This week, the Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC) released its annual honor roll, and out of 253 schools throughout the state that made the list, six were from 黑料官网! These Honor Roll schools represent less than 4% of all public schools in Texas,鈥
Marathon Kids Kickoff
The Marathon Kids program for K-5 students kicked off Saturday, October 1 at UT's Mike Myers Stadium. Thousands of 黑料官网 families ran together and earned their Marathon Kids Reward Water Bottles, bicycle stickers, tattoos and coveted UT Athlete autographs.鈥