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Christmas in Bloom

The Junior League of Austin (JLA), the city’s largest women’s service organization and the fourth largest Junior League chapter in the world, is celebrating its 49th annual A Christmas Affair, presented by Nyle Maxwell Family of Dealerships. The beloved Austin...

Promise Scholarships and Tuition Grants

The Foundation, in cooperation with the Comptroller’s office, encourages Texas families to save for college by offering scholarships and tuition grants to eligible third through ninth graders who are beneficiaries of a contract in the Texas Tuition Promise...

Texas Performing Arts Expands Education and Engagement Programs

Texas Performing Arts (TPA), recently announced an expansion of its education and engagement programs for K-12 students. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, TPA will quadruple the number of students it reaches annually to more than 16,000 through programs...

Paragon Prep School in Austin Opens Brand-New, State-of-the-Art Campus

Paragon Prep opened a brand-new state-of-the-art campus to serve ages 3 through middle school students and features innovative learning environments that provide ample space for enhanced learning. The new building provides space to serve more families and...

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Two Elementary Students Score 100% on the STAAR Math Test

This summer Harmony Arts Academy Cedar Park students Viaan Gubbala, a current 4th grader, and Darish Singh, a current 5th grader achieved a 100% math score on the STAAR test. Darsh, whose teacher Joy Anderson said he loves solving problems on the board,...

Camping, Kids and F1

Does your family love camping? Does your family love racing? Austin has one of the premiere events for kids of all ages at Circuit of the Americas (COTA). Families can experience an F1 Sprint as well as performances by Grammy-Award winners Eminem and Sting....

Love Bluebonnets? October is the Optimum Month to Plant.

Want bluebonnets in your yard in the spring? October is the time to plant. If you are new to Austin or you’re a native Austinite, bluebonnets are part of Austin culture and our way of life. In the spring, we love to take our little ones, our fur babies,...

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The Life Changing Magic of Purging Toys

Oct 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

Until recently, I was convinced my life would be better if only we had more space. Until we got a bigger house or remodeled, I thought a special organizing system for our burgeoning collection of toys and books would do the trick. I lived in constant fear of a painful...

Celebrating the Austin Way – That’s Weird, Right?

Oct 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

I don’t know about you, but it’s been a while since “the holidays” really felt like the holidays to me. I mean, sure life is always changing, but when it came to that wonderful season, it always started with Halloween and gluttonous amounts of candy, slid seamlessly...

31 Days of Fun

Sep 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

Parenting can be busy and can become a series of routines that look and sound like a to-do list: wake up, get to school, pick up from school, do homework, eat dinner, get ready for bed, and then we do the same set of things the next day and so on and so on. Without...