Educational child care provider Kiddie Academy recently recognized “the best of the best” in their franchise system at an award ceremony held during their annual Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Kiddie Academy of Pflugerville received the Life Essentials: Pillar Award...

In celebration of the 75th birthday of Curious George, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has announced Curious World Tour, a free playful learning festival for kids and families. The tour will arrive in Round Rock and Austin this week and is a nationwide pop...

Seton Healthcare Family warns that sitting in a hot car is a serious but preventable cause of heat strokes among the elderly during the summer months. Visits to the emergency room for people 65 and over increase during the summer, accounting for about 9 percent of...

Pollyanna Theatre presents Trouble on the Double, a play for children ages 4 - 10, on July 9 - 17 at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. The play, by Holly Hepp-Galván, follows the story of young twins. The two may look alike, but their personalities are very...

Recently, Children at Risk researched and ranked 60 public high schools, 99 middle schools and 265 elementary schools from seven area counties. At the top of the list for their respective categories were LASA High School in Austin ISD and Canyon Creek Elementary...

Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum has announced that admission is free all summer, thanks to generous donations during Amplify Austin. The museum is accepting donations, but waiving admission fees through Aug. 31. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the museum is...

The Texas Education Agency has awarded $4 million to the College of Education at UT Austin to design and launch the state’s new literacy and reading-to-learn academies. The goal of the academies is to provide professional development for Texas K-5 elementary school...

Through the USDA Summer Food Service Program, local school districts will continue to serve free breakfast and lunch to local children and teens 18 and younger, regardless of economic status and whether or not the child attends the school. Participants enjoy meals...

In late May, the Bullock Texas State History Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and museums across America, to offer free admission to the nation’s...

MD Anderson Cancer Center and the CATCH Global Foundation recently announced an expansion of its sun safety education program aimed at children in grades preschool through 1st grade. The program, called Ray and the Sunbeatables: A Sun Safety Curriculum for K-1, will...

The City of Austin’s Health and Human Services’ Austin Healthy Adolescent Program (AHA) announced it is presenting “Stigma,” a play to create awareness of HIV/AIDS and its impact on the community. The play will be performed Friday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,...

Austin nonprofit Manos de Cristo is set to help thousands of Central Texas children, Pre-K through 5th grades, with their annual Back-to-School program July 18-22. The program prepares low-income students for the school year by providing each child with two sets of...