Announcements
April 11 Update from ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Board President
On April 11, Vincent Torres, president of the ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Board of Trustees, provided the following update to ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ employees, families and the community:Dear ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ community,The Austin SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Board of Trustees met this past Monday in open session and Tuesday in…
Information on Opting Out of Standardized Tests
Many parents, and even many educators, are dismayed by the frequency and emphasis on standardized tests in public schools. These testing programs are required by state and federal law. Other than very specific exceptions related to English language learners,…
Photo Slideshow: 2014 Student Art Show
ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'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 ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Board President
On April 4, Vincent Torres, president of the ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Board of Trustees, provided the following message to ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ employees, families and community members about the contingency plan should Superintendent Meria Carstarphen be officially selected April 14 to lead…
ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to Host Free City-wide Electronics Recycling Event April 26
SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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…
ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ School Nurse of the Year, ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ School Health Assistant of the Year
Cassie Moffitt has been selected as ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ School Nurse of the Year and Victoria Valero as ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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 SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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 ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ April 3
The seventh episode of Inside AISD scheduled to premier Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m. Katiana McClellan, a junior at Lanier High School, will host the episode. Inside ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ airs on ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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 ASA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™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…