Announcements

Coats for Kids

Coats for Kids 2021

Students across ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD are going to be a little warmer this holiday season because of Coats for Kids. Coats for Kids is sponsored by the Junior League of ¹û¶³´«Ã½app in collaboration with ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD. Along with Jack Brown Cleaners, KVET, and KVUE—The Junior…

""

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD educator selected as Bilingual Teacher of the Year

Luz Alvarez-Sims, Travis Heights Elementary fourth grade teacher, was named the 2021 Bilingual Education Teacher of the Year by the Texas Association for Bilingual Education.

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD advocates honored with HABLA awards

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde and district advocate Gloria Vera-Bedolla were among 32 local Latino leaders honored at the Habla con Orgullo awards this month for their strong representation of the Hispanic community.

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD and Dell Technologies open new STEM learning center

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD and Dell Technologies celebrated the opening of a new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning center at Northeast Early College High School. The new center will provide students the opportunity to join the high-demanded industry…

Dr. Elizalde and Evan Smith

COVID, student success top themes at State of the District

Superintendent Stephenie Elizalde spoke to how ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD continues to deal with keeping children, staff, and their families safe more than a year and a half into the pandemic. The State of The District interview was conducted by Evan Smith of the Texas…

COVID test

New COVID-19 testing method allows for safer classrooms

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD could test more students for COVID-19 via a new method where students from the same class put their swabs into one testing vial. Why it matters: This new approach — called pooled testing — could allow ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD to target campuses where students…

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD looking for feedback via pre-K Survey (En Español)

Families can let ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD know what they think about pre-K through a survey. Why it matters: ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD is looking to improve the pre-K experience — from enrollment processes to communications and beyond. This survey will give us the data on where we need…

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Hosts College Prep Week (En Español)

It's never too early to start thinking about college. That's why ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD will be hosting Go Get It Week starting Monday, Oct. 18, where campuses will engage elementary, middle, and high school students about college awareness. During the week, students…

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Police Unit

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Police awarded grant to elevate mental health crisis responses

The ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Police Department was awarded a $248,245 grant from the ​​U.S. Department of Justice to hire its own Licensed Mental Health Professionals.

banner

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD Previews How Data Is Used To Engage Underserved Communities In Long-Range Planning

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD families got a preview on Tuesday of how data is being used for ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD’s long-range planning, which could determine which improvements and new facilities are included in the next bond.  “Long-range planning helps us anticipate student…

Teacher in the classroom

¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD AP Test Scores remain consistent despite COVID disruption

The recent release of Advance Placement testing scores revealed that despite COVID-19 disruptions, ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD students passed their AP exams at a similar rate to the last two years. The Advanced Placement program is offered in all ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD high…

New tests measure student growth through adaptive technology

At your next parent-teacher conference, you may discuss results from a new test at ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD called the MAP Growth, which is given to students in elementary school. This test is new to many families because it’s only the second year ¹û¶³´«Ã½app ISD has…