Attention 5th through 9th graders! You might be eligible to apply for a scholarship award from the Match the Promise Foundation. But act fast--the deadline for entries is Dec. 31, 2017. Students who qualify to apply: are beneficiaries of a Texas Tuition Promise Fund®...

Over the past four months, thousands of students across the nation coded original apps as part of the 2017 Congressional App Challenge, a competition hosted by Members of the US House of Representatives. In early December, a team attending Westwood High School was...

The popular holiday movie Elf will enjoy a special showing during the annual Austin Trail of Lights. Austin Parks Foundation (APF) has announced the screening will take place Tuesday, Dec. 19. The evening will kick off with the animated short Prep & Landing at...

A musical theater favorite comes to Bass Concert Hall in the form of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I. Lincoln Center Theater's critically acclaimed production, directed by Bartlett Sher, won four 2015 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. Set in...

Starting this fall, all babies born at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center will receive their first Round Rock Express cap and a certificate of fandom, thanks to a new partnership announced recently. "We're thrilled to partner with St. David's Round Rock Medical...

To help Austin youth prepare for a successful financial future, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area hosted a “Reality Store” in October at the Bertha Sadler Means Young Women’s Leadership Academy with the help of local experts from Charles Schwab.   The...

In conjunction with December’s US Vintage Racing National Championship at Circuit of the Americas, young drivers ages 15 to 25 learned the ins and outs of starting and driving manual transmission vehicles through the Hagerty Driving Experience. Before getting behind...

Nov. 7 marked the premiere episode of Hodges Half Dozen, a TLC reality show about Temple residents Liz and Daniel Hodges, their new quintuplets and 2-year-old son Rowan. The quintuplets—named Teagan, Connell, Liam, Nolan and Dillion—were born at Seton Medical Center...

Austin-based startup Yip Yap was recently selected as the winner of a national contest called Startup Suite hosted by Suiteness. As the winner, Yip Yap will get to meet with top venture capitalists in San Francisco.   Yip Yap’s signature product, Pipsqueak, is a...

In October, St. Gabriel’s Catholic School partnered with Google to bring the Expeditions Augmented Reality (AR) Pioneer Program to its classrooms. With this program, teachers used AR to bring 3D objects into the classroom, where students explored the objects up close...

A recent report from Austin Public Health finds that childhood obesity remains a serious problem in Travis County. The report, released in October, found that more than 28 percent of Travis County students in grades 3 – 12 were overweight or obese. Furthermore, the...

At its annual awards celebration in December, Keep Austin Beautiful recognized Jose Garcia-Chong with its Dell Youth Achievement award and The Expedition School with its Samsung Litter Abatement award. Garcia-Chong spent three years as a member of the Green Teens club...