Austin High School News

Please remember that all immunizations must be up-to-date in order to attend the first day of school. Our clinic mailed notices the last week of school. If you have questions about your child’s immunization, please call 281-634-2096 and leave a message. If you have updated immunization reports, please bring them to the school or fax them to 281-634-2030.

Freshman orientation will be held Thursday, August 5, 2010 between 9 am and 2 pm. There will be 2 sessions held during that time. Session assignments and orientation details will be sent by mail.

• All volunteers must complete an online criminal history background check each school year
  
• All volunteer applications will be made inactive on June 30, 2010
• Volunteers and parents who wish to volunteer for the 2010-2011 school year, will need to update their application beginning July 1, 2010. Please see the document below.
  

To bring Raptor V-Soft in line with this:

• All V-Soft volunteer profiles will be expired on June 30, 2010
• Volunteers and parents who wish to volunteer for the 2010-2011 school year, will need to have their drivers license or ID card scanned through Raptor the first time they go on campus.
  
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Summer Reading is required for PreAP/AP students; recommended for all students. To view summer reading information/assignments, click the links below:

• AHS - 10th Grade
• AHS - 11th Grade
• AHS - 12th Grade

To view the FBISD 2010 High School Summer Reading List, click the document below.
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Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, FBISD will be changing bell schedules at the elementary and middle school levels. See the document below for details.
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Fall registration begins July 12, 2010 from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm by appointment only. Registration packets can be picked up at Austin High School.
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Click here for the guide and log sheet for the additional 20 hours of Behind-the-Wheel instruction.

For the sixth consecutive year, Austin High School has earned recognition as a No Place for Hate ® campus. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) awards this prestigious honor to schools that demonstrate a commitment to diversity and combating prejudice and discrimination.
 
In order to receive the award, schools must form a coalition of individuals to implement activities to promote respect, social responsibility, and diversity awareness. All faculty, staff, and students must sign the Resolution of Respect which appears in the student handbook. In addition, the campus must complete at least three activities to promote respect and diversity. The character education committee, chaired by Susan Lazarou, worked with a team of students to develop the activities which include: dog bones; You Make a Difference Awards; posters, flyers, and artwork depicting themes of diversity and friendship; a diversity survey with announcements about various countries represented by AHS students; a library display “Reflecting the World: Diversity at AHS.” The game represents spirit, dedication, and hard work of the individuals and clubs in achieving a common goal.
 
The Commander Baker softball game is the final activity for the year. The ADL will present the banner to the AHS community at the game on April 7 at 6pm. Congratulations to the faculty, staff and students of Austin HS!

The FBISD Parent Portal was made available to FBISD middle school and high school parents beginning Thursday, October 1, 2009. Click Here to Login to the Portal

At its May 24 Board Meeting, the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees named Mary Ellen Edge as the new principal of Austin High School. Edge is an experienced educational leader and has served in public education for 20 years. She has been the Associate Principal at Clements High School since July 2006. Before serving at Clements, she was the Dean of Instruction and an assistant principal at Bush High School. She was also at Austin High School for seven years where she served as an assistant principal, a special education department head and a special education teacher. She began her educational career as a special education teacher and worked in Rice Consolidated ISD, Sealy ISD and Port Arthur ISD.

Edge received her Bachelor of Education degree from Mississippi State University and her Master of Education in Administration from Houston Baptist University. She is pursuing a Doctorate of Education at Texas A&M University and expects to graduate in the summer of 2011. Edge is a graduate of Fort Bend ISD’s LEAD Principal’s Academy and was part of the Academy’s first cohort of aspiring administrators.

Current Austin High School Principal, Mike Leach, is retiring from Fort Bend ISD after 39 years in education with 34 of those in Fort Bend ISD. Leach has been the principal of Austin High School since it opened in 1995. In 2008-2009, Austin High School was named as one of the top high schools in the nation, state and Houston area.

For information from the counseling office, click HERE. Information on the counseling web pages is regularly updated.

A counselor will be available to answer student questions during all lunches each day beginning August 31, 2009. Look for the counselors information table in the food court.