In This Issue
- Join the PTSA
- Spring Fundraiser
- AISD Budget Process
- Host an exchange student (currently enrolled at AHS)
- Computer Science at AHS
- AP registration
- Volunteer in the AHS office
- Senior News- Dedication Day, Hall of Honor
- Accolades: National Merit Finalist
- Extracurricular Info: Guitar class, Link Crew, fine arts, water polo, lacrosse
- College Center News
- Juniors: SAT prep
- Jobs, internships, enrichment
- Clint Small summer STEAM camp volunteers
- prom dress giveaway
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Upcoming Events
2/18: No School
2/19: Austin High Varsity Basketball bi-district playoff game
2/23: AHS Lacrosse Hoedown
3/7: Late Start
4/13: Spring Fundraiser
5/2: Late Start
5/2: Trustee Awards, 8:30am @AHS Gym
5/22: Project Graduation
5/31: Graduation, 10am @Erwin Center
6/24-6/27: AHS Basketball Camp
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AHS Extracurricular Schedules
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Share the love and join PTSA during the month of February. We are 8 members shy of reaching our membership goal this month, to receive the XOXO award. Please Join
Remember this is a legislative year, and the more members we have, the bigger the impact Texas PTA will have for all of us. We are nearly close to half a million Texans that back the future.
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Announcing All In for Austin High!
WHO is invited: ALL AHS parents, alumni, faculty and community supporters
WHATis the event: A fun evening of friends and fundraising to benefit Austin High School
WHEN: Saturday, April 13 from 7-10 p.m.
WHERE: Austin Central Library rooftop garden, 710 W. Cesar Chavez
WHY: It will take ALL of us to make up for a lack of state funding and ensure Austin High School continues to offer ALL students a 21st-century learning experience including challenging and diverse academics, experiences and extracurriculars. 100% of these funds stay at AHS.
HOW can you help? Sponsor and attend this important event! Sponsorships of ALL amounts are welcome.
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2019 All In for Austin High Sponsors
(as of 2/15/19)
Valedictorian
S.F. Austin High Class of '63
Salutatorian
The Wade Family
Magna cum Laude
Tuan & Michelle Nguyen
Janie Morton Park
The Stripling Family
Wilson Goldrick Realtors
Summer & Justin Youngblood
Cum Laude
Debbie & Tim Collins
The Cozart Family
Allison & Kelly Dwyer
Evangelina & Keith Kreeger
Nancy & Tom Nesbitt
Kristie & Anthony Peterman
Dave Welland
Honor Roll
Heather & Bobby Chesney
Amy & Ken Jones
Law Office of Ramiro Lopez PLLC
Sara & John Marler
Hayden & Drew Miller
Jill Nichols & Mark Plunkett
Marianne & Mark Seiler
Staley Family
Sublime Mattress by Amazon - Veronica Forster
Principal Amy Taylor
Ashley & Baron Unbehagen
Exemplary
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Benson
Steve & Lea Ann Fowler
The McCartt Family
Mary Jane & Arturo Monsivais
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BUDGET PROCESS MESSAGE from AISD:
Thank you for your interest in AISD’s Academic Investments and Austerity Planning. Your input will be vitally important as we synthesize multiple sources of feedback in the coming months. Austin ISD is the place where students thrive, read and excel. We are making investments to prepare our students for college, career and life. This is how:
- Thrive: all schools will meet state and local accountability standards. We will do so in a way that gets more students in the best learning environments, which in our planning means 21st century learning facilities.
- Read: all students will read on level by third grade.
- Excel: AISD will invest in our teachers with competitive salaries and benefits; we will make the investments to retain and recruit teachers.
We are facing tough budget decisions. In light of these challenges, keeping a sharp focus on our highest priorities will be critical to our continued success. As you know the district is facing challenging fiscal circumstances. This past June 2018, the Board of Trustees approved a budget that uses $30 million of the district fund balance, or savings, and we anticipate a shortfall of roughly $65 million by the upcoming school year, 2019-20.
We have included resources in this budget toolkit to help explain our process and priorities, including an FAQ, Finance Video, and online form to submit questions or comments.. We will continue working with our community members, families and staff throughout the process, and we encourage you to stay involved.
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Hey Hey Austin High!! We have a Swedish exchange student looking for a host family from now until the 1st week of June. Please contact Liz Jenkins if you can help us. Emilia Spangberg is 17 a great student and speaks English very well! She really wants to finish her visit to America at Austin High.
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Austin High School has an exciting opportunity to further our computer science program next year. We are investing in our students by partnering with Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS to build and grow our CS program. There are more than 500,000 open computer science positions without qualified talent to fill them across all industries. We are trying to help ensure our students have access to the necessary education to ensure a successful future for them.
Action We’re Taking
Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS is a program that recruits, mentors, and places passionate technology professionals into high school classrooms as volunteer instructors. These volunteers bring subject matter expertise and will join Mr. Yin to teach computer science together. TEALS provides training for both parties, rigorous curricula, and opportunities for students to continue their education outside of the classroom.
We are committed to our continued partnership with TEALS. We currently offer several CS courses, but the following courses have TEALS support: “Introduction to Computer Science” and “Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science.” The introductory class is based on the award-winning University of California Berkeley CS10 course and is adapted specifically for high schools. The other course will prepare students to take the college board’s AP computer science A exam in May.
As a TEALS partner school, Austin High School needs to assist with volunteer recruitment from the computer science and software engineering fields to team-teach these courses with our teachers. Austin High School would hold the courses first period, if possible, to permit the volunteers to attend their jobs.
Please help --if you or someone you know works in the computer science or software engineering field and would be interested in making a difference in our students’ future success, please contact Amy Taylor at 512-414-1250. You can read more about TEALS on their website at http://www.tealsk12.org. I am excited about this opportunity and look forward to hearing from many of you.
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Austin High School Volunteer Opportunities
- Can you volunteer a few hours a month, a few times a month or even every week?
- Please, join our volunteer team in working in the Attendance Office
- A great way to get to know AHS and its staff and faculty better and help the school save money
Attendance Office Volunteer
- help sign students in and out, fill out tardy passes.
Volunteer Shifts
Shift times: 8:30am -11:15am, 11:15am-2pm or 2pm-4:20pm.
- Volunteer monthly, weekly, whatever works with your schedule!
- We also need substitute volunteers for when volunteers can't make their shift.
- Drop-ins welcome: stop by anytime between 8:30-4:20 and help out in either attendance or phones in the main office.
Sign Up!
If you would like to volunteer with attendance, please, check out our schedule of available shifts with this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sztV0xaGsLTRuKA7r7bbnW5yG0nFkh0CDTj8_NwjFeQ
If you find a spot you’d like (or more than one) email me, and I will sign you up. Remember, substitute volunteers and drop-ins are also welcome.
Thank you for your consideration,
Ali Clare aclare76@gmail.com
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Attention Seniors: Would you like to give a speech at this year's Dedication Day in April? Do you have a message you would like to share with our student body? The Hall of Honor Steering Committee is looking for several seniors who would like to give a keynote speech during the Dedication Day Grand Assembly in the Gym (for the student body). Students may use notes during the speech or memorize it. Speeches should be approximately 2-4 minutes in length. Your goal is to inspire younger students to get the most out of their time at Austin High and to address your Senior class about the future as a Loyal Forever Maroon. Possible topics include "What does it mean to be Loyal Forever?", "What I wish I knew as a freshman...", "What does it mean to be a Maroon?", or "Everybody is somebody at Austin High!"
We will have speech tryouts the week before Spring Break.
Seniors should see Ms. Windham (in room 303), Ms. Joucken (in room 206), or Ms. Stewart in the library if you are interested!
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Seniors! Apply for the Hall of Honor Maroon Society NOW!
The Maroon Society honors outstanding Maroons who have contributed to the Austin High community with their service, commitment, and example of what it means to be Loyal Forever.
ALL SENIORS are eligible for Maroon Society. Any interested senior may submit an application to be considered for the Hall of Honor Maroon Society. Maroon Society honorees will be announced and honored at the Dedication Day Grand Assembly. Each Maroon Society honoree will receive a small scholarship for college.
To be considered for Maroon Society, your application must be delivered in person to Mrs. Windham in Room 303 by WEDNESDAY MARCH 13, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.
You can pick up an application in the AHS Library, OR print a copy HERE.
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PARENTS OF SENIORS!! The Class of 2019 needs your help - NOW!! Donations are needed to make sure Prom and Project Graduation are not affected. We are still $8,000 short of our fundraising goal.
Please use the link below (or copy link into your browser) to make your donation to ensure these events will happen - the school cash online link accepts credit cards. We are on our way to reaching the goal, but need your help in all $ amounts - no amount is too large or too small.
DONATE NOW: $50, $100, $250, $500 (OR MORE).
Here is the link to the AISD School Cash web site - you are just a click away of making this happen for the Class of 2019!
https://austinisd.schoolcashonline.com
From here, sign into your child's account and you will see the item on your senior's tab. If you don't have an account linked to your child, search for Class of 2019 and find the it that way.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE PROJECT GRADUATION COMMITTEE? PLEASE EMAIL Ashley Putman: ashcput@gmail.com
Thanks so much for your help! Check out the Class web site to keep up with all the activities, website updates will be coming soon! - www.austinhighseniors.com
Class of 2019 Boosters – Fundraising Committee
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TEEN MINDFULNESS GROUP
Austin Child Guidance Center is excited to offer a Teen Mindfulness and Dealing with Stress Group for ages 13 to 17. This group will work with teens to learn mindfulness and coping skills to handle big emotions such as anger, depression, and anxiety.
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 Austin High is extremely proud of our very own Alex McGahagin on his National Merit Finalist Award. Alex is a senior and will be recognized at our graduation ceremony. More about the National Merit Scholarship Corporation can be found at: www.nationalmerit.org
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VARSITY BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS!
Our Varsity team will take on Cibolo Steele
Tuesday the 19th @Seguin HS, 6pm tipoff.
GO MAROONS!!
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Hey all sophomores and juniors!! Apply to Link Crew for next school year! Link Crew is a leadership organization here on campus that helps freshmen, new students, runs Maroon Roundup and advisories, and helps special needs students. We have gone paperless! Go the link www.tinyurl.com/ahslinkcrewapp to apply. Applications are due by February 20th. See Attra or Ault with questions or if you need link help! Be a leader at Austin High!
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 Interested in joining Austin High’s water polo teams (men and women) Email maroonwaterpolo@gmail.com
Practices begin February 18th and the season will end by early May. No experience required… just an ability to swim and a willingness to learn!
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Kick up your heels at the Maroons Lacrosse fundraiser on Saturday, February 23rd! This evening promises to be fun and includes live music and a silent auction – all to benefit the HS and youth lacrosse organizations.
Sponsorship opportunities available as well – please contact Cathy Vasquez @ cathyvasquezgarcia@gmail.com We look forward to seeing y’all there!
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