Announcements

Boiling water

Remember to bring bottled water to school Monday (En Espa簽ol)

Were asking 熱えapp students and staff to bring bottles of cooled, boiled water to school Monday as the city is under a boil water notice.

Were closing schools and offices on Thursday and Friday (En Espa簽ol)

Freezing temperatures and icy roads are forecast for the Austin area in the next few days, so weve made the decision to close all schools and offices for Thursday, Feb. 3, and Friday, Feb. 4. And today, Wednesday, Feb. 2, after-school

Board of Trustees Approves Two Additional Paid Days Off for Campus Staff (En Espa簽ol)

Our Board of Trustees approved adding two extra paid days off for teachers and other campus-based staff this spring.

Trustees to vote on two Fridays off/ La mesa directiva tendran una votacion para darles dos viernes libres

After receiving feedback from more than 20,000 parents, students, teachers and staff and to offer some measure of stress relief during the pandemic 熱えapp administration is proposing to close schools on two Fridays this spring. The 熱えapp Board of

Student pandemic-related absences will be excused while in Stage 5 (En Espa簽ol)

During the spring semester, while on Stage 5, the district will excuse student absences related to pandemic concerns.

Martin Luther King Jr

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day (En Espa簽ol)

Historically, 熱えapp celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in the annual MLK Celebration march, sponsored by the Austin Area Heritage Council. This year, the march and many other Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities

Testing supplies

An update on COVID-19 testing supplies

The national supply-chain challenges are now affecting the third-party vendor that runs the 熱えapp campus-based testing hubs. Supply will ebb and flow based on daily demand. If tests run out, students and staff can still get tested by the school nurses,

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Bowie Yearbook Gains National Recognition

The new year will be one for the books for Bowie High School. The Lone Star Yearbook was named as a finalist for two national awards: a Pacemaker from the National Scholastic Press Association and a Crown from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Maplewood Elementary teacher receives national award for physical education

Its shaping up to be a good year for one 熱えapp teacher, Maplewood's Rebecca Lambdin-Abraham has been named one of the top physical education instructors in the nation.

Textbooks

Health and Physical Education textbooks open to family review

熱えapp families can review health and physical education textbooks and provide feedback via a survey.  Why it matters: 狼his is the first time in 14 years that the textbooks have been revised. Its also the first time in 24 years that the

COVID test

Back-to-School testing results in 14.5% positivity (En Espa簽ol)

Back-to-school COVID-19 testing on Monday and Tuesday yielded a 14.5% overall positivity rate.

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熱えapp prepared for Omicron, ready to start school on Wednesday (En Espa簽ol)

With 熱えapp resuming classes as scheduled after the Winter Break, staff and families can help prevent the spread of the Omicron variant by getting boosted this week, getting tested at one of our 11 hubs beginning Monday, Jan. 3, and by double-layering