Announcements
¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Recognizes Work of AISD AmeriCorps Volunteers
March 9–13 is national AmeriCorps Week, a time to recognize the work of ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD AmeriCorps volunteers.Now in its second year, the AISD AmeriCorps program includes 18 full-time volunteers at Reagan Early College High School and Travis High School.The main…
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…
¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Welcomes ADA Legacy Tour
Archer Hadley, an ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD student who champions increasing accessibility for people with disabilities, joined Superintendent Paul Cruz to welcome the ADA Legacy Tour Monday, March 2, to ¹û¶³´«Ã½app High School.The Road to Freedom ADA Bus tour is traveling…
¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Thanks School Social Workers and Parent Support Specialists
This week, ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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-…
¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Hosts Sustainability Resource Fair
¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD will host a Sustainability Resource Fair from 6:30–8:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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. ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app school district leaders think about is how the decision will affect our students and families.
¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Sustainability Projects Keep ¹û¶³´«Ã½app Beautiful
Martin Middle School seventh-grader Carlos Venegas has been honored with the Keep ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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…
¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Technology Fair, showcasing technologies used in classrooms throughout the district. Teachers will demonstrate…
15 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Students Selected for Presidential Scholars Program
The U.S. Department of Education has selected 15 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app 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 ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD participates in wearing…