Austin in Action
In October, educators from Shakespeare’s Globe in London, England, spent two weeks visiting classrooms in Round Rock as the beginning of a 10-year theatre-based language arts program. The program is the result of a nearly $49,000 grant from Round Rock ISD’s Innovative...
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Family Link at Legacy Ranch recently opened its newest location, the Legacy Austin Children’s Home, in south Austin. Founded nearly 10 years ago by Executive Director Mariah Wilde, Family Link is a Christian based foster care and adoption agency providing...
Austin in Action
Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity solutions company, announced its recently-earned designation as a mother-friendly worksite. The company’s Austin and Irving, TX, locations earned the award through the Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program, administered by...
Austin in Action
On Nov. 15, the Anti-Defamation League Austin held its No Place for Hate Youth Summit at UT’s Royal-Memorial Stadium. Participants included more than 550 seventh and eighth grade students and educators from 55 local middle schools. The event works to empower...
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Eighteen local mom entrepreneurs have teamed up to offer fellow busy mothers a family friendly shopping experience with free bloody mary cocktails, coffee, locally made gift-ready items, on-site kid activities and holiday photo mini sessions. Shop and mingle with...
Austin in Action
The treasures from Egypt’s legendary boy king land in Cedar Park at the Texas Museum of Science & Technology (TXMOST). The traveling exhibition opens on Saturday, Nov. 12, and brings to life the enigmatic, opulent age of 18th Dynasty Egypt with a collection of...
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On a cloudy afternoon in November, Anne Fyffe’s 3rd grade class pulses with activity as students collaborate in small groups to meet her weekly Figure It Out Friday challenge. Some of the students try to talk through their ideas while others immediately begin...
Austin in Action
On Sunday, Nov. 13, community members and law enforcement officials come together to participate in the 9th annual Run with the Heroes 5K at Camp Mabry (2200 W. 35th St.). The race starts at 8 a.m. on the Parade Ground. Awards will be presented to the top three...
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The robotics team at St. Gabriel’s Catholic School recently visited ARM, Inc., to present the team’s work. “The team learned that it takes passion and vision to make these programs available for their enjoyment and that, without many area volunteers, there wouldn’t be...
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In parts of the US, corporal punishment in schools is used as much as 50 percent more frequently on children who are African American or who have disabilities, a new analysis has found. Corporal punishment—typically striking a child with a wooden paddle—continues to...
Austin in Action
Eastside Memorial High School in Austin ISD was named the 2016 Zero-Waste Champions by Keep Austin Beautiful, in partnership with the Bleed Orange Live Green initiative and Austin Resource Recovery. Each year, the award recognizes a local Austin school for outstanding...
Austin in Action
Fair Opportunity Project, comprised of college students from Harvard, Stanford and Yale have created a college admissions and financial aid guide being sent to every public high school in America. Attempting to level the college application playing field, Fair...
