Announcements
C-SPAN Visits Two AISD Schools During Road to the White House Tour
The political coverage of public affairs media giant, C-SPAN, recently reached two 熱えapp schools as part of the Road to the White House tour. C-SPANs Campaign 2012 Bus stopped by Fulmore Middle School and Travis High School and showcased to students
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
Gates Millenium Scholars Association Adopts Garza High School
The Gates Millennium Scholars Association 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
AISD Joins School Finance Lawsuit
The AISD 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
Board Discusses Preliminary Facility Master Plan Scenarios
As a part of the 熱えapp School Districts 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
AISD Attendance Rates On the Rise
Last year, the 熱えapp School District (AISD) launched an attendance campaign called Every Day Counts, to encourage students to be in class all day, every day. Our students cant learn if they are not in class, and repeated absences can add
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
Austin Chronicle Names Fulmore as the Best Old School South of the River"
Fulmore Middle School was recently crowned Best Old School South of the River, by the Austin Chronicles Best of Austin 2011. The Fulmore Falcons also just celebrated their 125th Anniversary in September, which prompted many to take notice.
AISD Celebrates Transportation Employees
熱えapp is saying thank you to its transportation employees this week in commemoration of National School Bus Safety Week, October 17-21. This years theme is, Be Aware Know the Danger Zone! Transportation employees were recognized on Monday, October
Six AISD 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 AISD! These Honor Roll schools represent less than 4% of all public schools in Texas,
Marathon Kids Kickoff
The Marathon Kids program for K-5 students kicked off Saturday, October 1 at UT's Mike Myers Stadium. Thousands of AISD families ran together and earned their Marathon Kids Reward Water Bottles, bicycle stickers, tattoos and coveted UT Athlete autographs.
Target Corporation Gives T.A. Brown Elementary a Library Makeover
It was a full house at T.A. Brown Elementary on Friday, October 14th, as students, staff, district employees, representatives from the Heart of America Foundation and Target Corporation, volunteers and community members anxiously awaited the unveiling of