Announcements
Students Attend Annual Performance of The Nutcracker
Nearly 7,000 third grade students from 71 麻豆果冻传媒 ISD elementary schools attended Ballet 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 performance of The Nutcracker at the Long Center, Dec. 6-8. Each student paid a small fee to attend. This annual event requires coordination of buses, drivers and鈥
Pickle Penguins Collect Canned Foods for Brown Santa Program
The 2011-12 Pickle Elementary Penguin Spirit Squad organized a week-long canned food drive to help ring in the holidays and give back to the community.The cheerful squad asked the entire school to collect can foods to benefit the Brown Santa Program, a鈥
Board Votes in Favor of Recommendation for In-District Charter with IDEA Public Schools
On Dec. 20, 麻豆果冻传媒 Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to establish a college preparatory, in-district charter program with IDEA Public Schools. The Board voted in favor of the recommendation by a vote of 6 to 3. The proposal is one of six鈥
Crockett High School Places at Texas Thespian Festival
In early December, five students from Crockett High School competed at the Texas Thespian Festival: The Age of Change.The students, representing Troupe #1924, attended workshops, competed in acting events and auditioned for scholarships. The Crockett鈥
Zavala Student Wins National Hispanic Heritage Safety Poster Contest
Last week Zavala Elementary held an assembly in honor of fifth grade student, Sof铆a Valadez who won the national Hispanic Heritage Safety Poster Contest, put on by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The contest is held annually鈥
TEA Releases List of Public Education Grant Schools
On Dec. 8, the Texas Education Agency released the list of schools identified under the Public Education Grant program for the 2012-13 school year. The TEA places schools on the list if 50 percent or more of their students failed any TAKS subject area in two鈥
AISD Schools Earn 236 Gold Performance Acknowledgements
Monday, the Board of Trustees recognized 65 elementary schools, eight middle schools, eight high schools and four alternative education schools for achieving Exemplary or Recognized ratings in the state accountability system and/or earning Gold Performance鈥
Kealing Places First in the Nation at the Knowledge Master Open
AISD is proud to announce that Kealing Middle School placed first in the nation at the Knowledge Master Open Fall Middle School Competition. The academic meet challenged students with 200 rigorous questions, basing participants鈥 scores on both accuracy鈥
Oak Springs Student Wins Winter Poem Card Contest
Oak Springs fourth-grader Rebecca Salazar earned the Badgerdog Literary Publishing鈥檚 winter poem card contest. Badgerdog is an 麻豆果冻传媒-based nonprofit organization that provides creative writing workshops to schools, offering programs that emphasize鈥
General Transfers to Thirty Three Schools Frozen
Each year, the 麻豆果冻传媒 Independent School District reviews each school鈥檚 capacity to determine which schools should be frozen to transfers. Transfers are frozen for schools that have, or are expected to have, enrollments that exceed their capacities. Also,鈥
Libraries Collaborate with 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Museum
Libraries in twelve schools are participating in 鈥淐uentos de Familia/Family Stories,鈥 a partnership between the 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Museum and AISD. The project was inspired by the family storytelling themes of renowned artist Carmen Lomas Garza and the museum鈥欌
Learn about IDEA in-district charter, north central overcrowding and approved proposals for 2012-13
In December, the AISD Board of Trustees approved six Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendations, including expanding dual language immersion programs, addressing overcrowding in north central elementary schools and creating, an in-district charter to鈥