Announcements
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
Update on Dyslexia Programming
The first of a series of video courses featuring multisensory reading strategies is in the final phase of development and will soon be made available to classroom teachers through the E-campus system. These video courses will provide teachers access to high-鈥
Harris Elementary Career Day & MindPOP Arts Showcase
On Nov. 11, AISD and coordinating organization MindPOP hosted 200 teachers at Lamar Middle School to discuss integrating arts curriculum in the classroom. Local arts organizations were on hand to talk to teachers about their programming and how it might鈥
Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendations Up for Vote Dec. 12
AISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen presented the administration鈥檚 Annual Academic and Facilities Recommendations, or AAFRs, for review and discussion by the Board of Trustees at the Dec. 5 Board Work Session. The following are summaries of the AAFRs:
Fourth and Eighth Grade Students Rank High on Nation鈥檚 Report Card
Superintendent Meria Carstarphen announced today that AISD鈥檚 fourth and eighth grade students continued to outperform their peers in large cities and other urban school districts on the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as鈥