In This Issue
- Join the PTSA
- Spring Fundraiser
- 2019 Facility Master Plan Survey
- AISD Budget Process
- Computer Science at AHS, volunteers needed
- AP registration
- Volunteer in the AHS office
- Resources for parents of LGBTQ
- Senior News- Dedication Day, Hall of Honor
- Teen mindfulness group
- Accolades: AHS A/V program, Wrestling
- Extracurricular Info: Guitar class
- College Center News
- Juniors: SAT prep
- Jobs, internships, enrichment
- Clint Small summer STEAM camp volunteers
- prom dress giveaway
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Upcoming Events
3/6: National College Fair, 5:30pm @Palmer Events Center
3/7: Late Start
3/27: AHS College Night, 6:00 @AHS Library
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 2/22/19)
Valedictorian
S.F. Austin High Class of '63
Salutatorian
The Wade Family
Summa cum Laude
Bart & Barbara Knaggs
The Kolerich 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
Hon. Eddie Rodriguez & Family
Dave Welland
Honor Roll
Jimmy & Amy Barnard
Heather & Bobby Chesney
Amy & Ken Jones
Law Office of Ramiro Lopez PLLC
Sara & John Marler
Hayden & Drew Miller
Nathan Family
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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Take AISD Survey to Shape ATHLETICS, CTE and FINE ARTS of Tomorrow!!
This survey is underway for the 2019 Facility Master Plan update. Please use the link below to complete the survey prior to next week, Feb. 28 when it closes.
Also, consider this a nudge to distribute these links to others on Facebook pages, neighborhood assns. and other AISD stakeholders. Encourage everyone to participate – to educate folks about our offerings and to ask them for input for the future. Families with young or future students especially need to be encouraged because they will be the ones to benefit from future fine arts, athletics and career readiness programs/facilities.
As a reminder, this master planning effort is funded by the 2017 Bond and community input provided now will inform future bonds –which would need to be approved for any capital improvements.
Master Planning Survey link, language selection in the upper right corner: bit.ly/AISDFacilitiesSurvey
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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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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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Senior$ - AHS Scholarships!
FAFSA – It is not too late to fill it out for help with paying for college. Let us know your FAFSA plans HERE If you need help, or if you are NOT going to be doing one.
NEW Planning on attending ACC after you graduate from Austin High? Here is how you apply! Make sure to list it in Naviance as a college you are applying to, so we can send your transcript there.
The Austin High Continuing Education Scholarship, awarded by alumni – Due 2/25 Complete AISD General app & write your essay about your future plans. (20 scholarships) Turn into the college center.
NEW Austin Foundation Communities has 20 scholarships just for Austin High Seniors too! Apply HERE (20 scholarships)
Report all the SCHOLARSHIP offers you get from colleges & awards between now and May 1. We collect all data and your awards will be listed on the graduation brochure!
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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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Congratulations to the Austin HS A/V program. Two movies advanced to the state championship competition in UIL this year. Austin HS is the only movie program in the state of Texas this year to get two live action movies into the state tournament this year. (Ann Richards got three movies in but they are all animated movies.)
In the documentary category:
"Austin High, Divided"
produced by Ben Fremin and St. John Requejo
In the narrative category:
"2450"
produced by Dante Caputo, directed by Bill Shoener, cinematography by Calvin Jessen,
editing and music composition by Greg Mills
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Wrestling Season Wrap Up
The following wrestlers competed at the district meet:
Girls:
Kimberly Martinez (2nd / Advanced to Region)
Sirena Gatica (5th)
Boys Varsity:
Diego Moreland (4th / Advanced to Region)
Freddy Marquez (6th)
Alex Gloux (DNP)
Boys JV:
Brian McNeece (DNP)
Zabdiel Rodriguez (3rd)
Will Sundy (5th)
Region meet results:
Girls:
Kimberly Martinez (DNP)
Boys:
Diego Moreland (DNP)
*DNP = Did Not Place
Special thanks to coaches Paul Moreno & Sal Meza for a fantastic wrestling season!
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