Announcements
Metz Elementary School Walk Against Hate
Metz Elementary School students, parents, faculty and staff are joining together in a Walk Against Hate.Participants will walk around the school and convene at the front of Metz for a short presentation. Walkers will wear a Metz shirt or white T-shirt to show…
Austin ISD Welcomes ADA Legacy Tour
Archer Hadley, an Austin ISD student who champions increasing accessibility for people with disabilities, joined Superintendent Paul Cruz to welcome the ADA Legacy Tour Monday, March 2, to Austin High School.The Road to Freedom ADA Bus tour is traveling…
Austin ISD Thanks School Social Workers and Parent Support Specialists
This week, Austin ISD honors school social workers and parent support specialists. Day in and day out, these employees do important work in serving our students, families and school communities.A school social worker’s responsibilities are diverse and far-…
Austin ISD Hosts Sustainability Resource Fair
Austin ISD will host a Sustainability Resource Fair from 6:30–8:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second St.The fair will showcase resources to help AISD schools focus on recycling, composting and other ways to keep trash out of…
La Feria Draws More Than 10,000 Attendees
More than 10,000 students and their families attended the ninth annual La Feria Para Aprender this past weekend. Austin ISD Superintendent Paul Cruz was one of five special guests who kicked off La Feria activities. He was joined by Congressman…
Rationale for canceling classes puts safety first: An op-ed from Dr. Paul Cruz
When forecasts of winter weather and hazardous road conditions force the school district to delay start times or close for the day, the first thing Austin school district leaders think about is how the decision will affect our students and families.
Austin ISD Sustainability Projects Keep Austin Beautiful
Martin Middle School seventh-grader Carlos Venegas has been honored with the Keep Austin Beautiful 2015 Youth Achievement Award. Venegas participated in a project at Lady Bird Lake. He pulled an eight-foot log out of the water and investigated the…
Austin ISD Presents First Technology Fair
UPDATE: Because of weather conditions, the event start time is delayed until 10 a.m.Bowie High School is proud to host the first Austin ISD Technology Fair, showcasing technologies used in classrooms throughout the district. Teachers will demonstrate…
15 Austin ISD Students Selected for Presidential Scholars Program
The U.S. Department of Education has selected 15 Austin ISD students as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. Students from Anderson, Bowie, LASA and McCallum High Schools were selected."It is quite an honor for Anderson to have…
Eastside Memorial Schools Join Creative Learning Initiative
The Eastside Memorial Vertical Team has been selected to be the next group of schools to join the Creative Learning Initiative. They will join the CLI in the 2015–16 school year.A committee of parents, teachers and administrators participating…
My Go Red Day at Austin ISD–By Mathews Elementary School Student Pauline Caldwell
Hi! This is Pauline Caldwell, a sixth-grader at Mathews Elementary. I am shadowing Ms. Blair at Austin ISD, and I get to learn about all of the cool things she does.Today also happens to be the Go Red day where everyone in Austin ISD participates in wearing…
AVID Certifies Bedichek as a National Demonstration School
On Feb. 4, Bedichek Middle School was selected to join the ranks of approximately 140 AVID National Demonstration Schools.AVID—Advancement Via Individual Determination—is a kindergarten through postsecondary curriculum that aims to turn underperforming…