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Thinkery Opens in Del Valle

On Thursday, September 12, Del Valle ISD students cut the ribbon to unveil Thinkery – Del Valle, a groundbreaking neighborhood museum. This space, a collaboration between Thinkery and Del Valle ISD, is designed to provide accessible, joyful learning opportunities and...

Stepping Stone School Announces Exciting Grand Re-Opening!

Stepping Stone School, a privately owned preschool that provides premier early education and care to central Texas families, announced its grand-reopening at its Cedar Park campus. The campus is located near 183 and Jollyville Road, across from the Lake Creek...

You Good?

Crisis Text Line, a national nonprofit that provides free, 24/7, confidential text-based mental health support in English and Spanish, has launched a new campaign called “You Good?” designed to offer accessible tools to make it easier to check in on friends, family...

Paragon Prep School in Austin to Celebrate New Campus with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony on Sept. 26

The celebration will include activities for the whole family, including food, face painting, petting zoo, and more WHAT: On Thursday, Sept. 26 from 3-6 p.m., Paragon Prep will be celebrating the opening of its new campus on Great Northern Boulevard with a...

Nominate A Favorite Teacher

Nominations for the 2025 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards are now open to all Texas public school professionals and close on October 7, 2024. Teachers, counselors, principals, early childhood centers, school boards and districts can win cash prizes for their...

Flag Football Highlights Greater Austin YMCA Fall Youth Sports Schedule with Focus on 2028 Summer Olympics

Austin, TX – August 23, 2024 – With flag football’s global popularity driving its Olympic debut in the 2028 Summer Games, the Greater Austin YMCA is launching its first fall flag football programs for kids, along with perennial favorites soccer and volleyball. All...

Back-to-School Fair for Families In Need

Year after year, the price of preparing a child for school increases. In 2023, parents expected to spend an average of $597 per child, according to a 2023 Deloitte Back-to-School survey. This cost is beyond the reach of thousands of low-income, working-poor...

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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...

5 Ways To Make Mom Friends in Austin

Sep 2, 2024 | 0 Comments

During the early days of my parenting journey, working from home was a blessing and a curse. I was grateful to continue my career while staying at home with my son, but I missed being able to connect with other adults. Being new to Austin didn’t help...

Role Playing Games: Fire Up Your Child’s Imagination

Jul 31, 2024 | 0 Comments

The setting is your family room. The props are simple: a towel, a sofa cushion and an empty water bottle. The actors? A pair of four-year-old best friends. The one wearing her father’s bedroom slippers commands, “I’ll be the daddy, and you be the baby.” For the...