Announcements

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

Students Named Semi-finalists in Prestigious Siemens Competition

Four AISD students have been named semifinalists in the 2011 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation鈥檚 premier science research competition for high school students. This competition recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering鈥

Anderson "Apple at Work" Bond Showcase Dec. 9

Come celebrate Anderson High School's pursuit of excellence at their 鈥淎pple at Work鈥 Bond Showcase Friday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. (seated program begins at 6:30 p.m.). The event includes an open house to view how students are using the facility. What:鈥

鈥淗igh Hopes鈥 for AISD: State of the District

The curtain rose on the 2011 State of the District address at McCallum Arts Center to reveal Superintendent Carstarphen standing in the rain, produced through the wizardry of McCallum theater team members.Holding an umbrella and wearing a rain coat and boots鈥