Austin High School

Winter Break begins December 21. School resumes January 7, 2019.

End of Semester Bell Schedules/Final Exams

Friday, December 14th is a C Day. Check out the bell schedule HERE.
Final Exams are from Monday, December 17 to Thursday, December 20. Check out the bell schedules HERE.
Students return to school from Winter Break on Monday, January 7, 2019.

PSAT Test Results & SAT Study Guides

10th & 11th grade PSAT Score Online Access HERE
Paper reports for all grade levels will be available after the winter break, at that time, you can email diana.clawson@austinisd.org to access.
9th grade students and parents will receive an email from AISD on Dec. 18th that explains how to access and interpret 9th grade PSAT scores.

AHS Media Arts

Magnolia
This is a short movie about an 18-year-old graduating high school who is held back from life by her mother. This video was created in the Austin High Media Arts Program. It is over 10 minutes long and was screened in October with the other narrative short films made in the program. It won the Audience Award at the Narrative Showcase Screening.
https://vimeo.com/303847398

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Student Bands and Musicians at Austin High
This is an introduction to some of the musicians and student bands at Austin High. This video was created as a news piece for KAHS. It is over 10 minutes long and it contains links to listen to the music of the students.
https://vimeo.com/303785097

Ms. Taylor performed with Austin High's Ballet Folklorico as a fundraiser for the group. Esoooo!

Dancers from Austin High's Ballet Folklorico performed at Pease Elementary's Hispanic Heritage Festival September 28th.

The Academy for Global Studies juniors attended the American Indian Heritage Festival at the Bob Bullock Museum on September 28th.

High Tech Academy Freshman had a recent project work day using the MakerSpace and working in the iLab.

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Tennis coach Leslie Oduwole was named No Cut Coach of the Year for Texas by the USTA, recognizing her goal of letting everyone on the team participate. Check out AISD in 3 to see the award ceremony and an interview with Coach Oduwole.

Ms. Whipple accepting a teaching award on Halloween...dressed as a witch!

Texas Senator Kirk Watson presented history teacher Cherry Whipple a 2018 Outstanding Teacher of the Humanities Award from Humanities Texas. In addition to Ms. Whipple's award, Austin High receives $500 to spend on Humanities-related resources.

Linda Garcia and Norma Ramos received AISD Rave Awards for outstanding customer service in November.

AHS Theatre students earned more national qualifiers than any other school in AISD at the Texas Thespian Festival this year. We also earned 2nd in State for the Tech Team Challenge.
National Qualifiers:

Ben Fremin - Lighting Design
Serena McPhail - Costume Design
Tori Salazar - Stage Management
Ben Fremin, Jade Shaver, Dito Mycue, Isaiah Pena, Tori Salazar -
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One Point from Qualifying:

Aislinn Walker - Monologue
Sydney LePage, Sydney Kenner, Logan Miller - Group Musical
Jade Shaver - Costume Design
Liam Brinks, Lili Coovery, Emma Galbraith, Jillian Etherdge, Dylan Hoffman, Joel Klemn, Katherine Holmes, Alex Karnell, Ellis Mahoney, Tiffany Olszanowski, Adie Sutherland, Aidan Springer, Brecklyn Quinlivan - Group Musical

Excellent Rating

Chloe Goodman, Divina Baca - Duet Musical
Sofia Martin - Solo Musical