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• NEW- Establishing a Strong Community- Engagement and Feedback Session
• Quick News and School Calendar
• Academic and Counseling Center Corner-Final Exam Schedule
• Athletics-Physicas for 23-24 School Year
  
• Grade Level News-This Week in ACES
• Fine Arts News-Art in Action, Dance Team Tryouts
• Campus Advisory Counsel-Meeting Minutes, Principal Report, Next Meeting Tuesday, May 23rd.
• PTA- New 2023-2024 Board
• Registration for 2023-2024 school year

Mustangs-

We hope you will be able to join us for our first session of Establishing a Strong Community. Our goal is to continue to improve our school culture by creating an environment where all students feel accepted and welcomed.

Through collaboration, family feedbac, and participation, our systems will strengthen respect and inclusivity amoung students, teachers and staff and promote kindness.

Please join us on at O. Henry Middle School as Frankie Mendoza, Coordinator of Retorative Practices, and Statia Paschel, Director of SEL and Cultural Proficiency and Inclusiveness guide us our work on these campus goals.

Jewish American Heritage Month

Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

Save the Date

5/22 : Athletics Awards-8:30 AM

5/24 End of the Year Field Trips 8:30-3:30

5/25 Mustang Day and 8th Grade Promotion at 9:00

NEW---TECH TURN IN

All students will be turning in their Chromebooks for the summer. We will be collecting devices on Thursday, May 18th

Monday, 5/15- "A" Day

Final Exams- Algebra, French, Spanish

4:00-HW Club

Tuesday, 5/16 "B" Day

Final Exams- Algebra, French, Spanish

7:00 Tennis Party

Field Trip- Girls Outside at Camacho Ranch

Wednesday, 5/17 "A" Day

Final Exams- Algebra 2, Geometry, Principals of Businesss, Principals of IT

4:00 HW Club, GSA Club, Strengthening Club

Thursday,5/18 "B" Day

**Students turn in their Chromebooks for the summer

Final Exams- Algebra 2, Geometry, Principals of Businesss, Principals of IT

4:00 HW Club

Friday, 5/19 "C" Day

HS Credit Projects Due: Art, DM, Dig Com, Engr, Health, P-AV, P-Bus, PLTW

8:30-- PTA Let's Get Connected Coffee

Austin High Students on Campus- Teach for the Day

2023-2024 AISD Physicals

AISD Physical Form - English

AISD Physical Form - Spanish

Physical Night at AHS - May 9

Parent Release Form - AISD Physical Day

Important notes:

1. All current physicals will expire on June 15th 2023

• If you plan to attend AISD conditioning camps and workouts over the summer, you will need to bring a new physical before you can participate.
• All coaches encourage athletes to submit their physicals before the end of THIS school year, by May 25th 2023.

1. In order for physicals to be valid for the entire 23-24 school year, they need to be completed after April 15th, 2023.

   
   

2. Austin High School’s Sports Medicine program will be hosting an AHS Physical Day again this year, open to all AISD students. UT Medical doctors will be performing the exams. This is a fundraiser for the AHS program and an easy way to get your physical.

• May 9th starting at 6pm in the AHS main gym
• $20 for per student, $30 per sibling pair (siblings do not need to attend AHS)
• Cash or check made payable to "Austin High Sports Medicine"
• Must complete the Parent Release form and Pre-Participation form (medical history) and submit them the day of

"There are short cuts to happiness and dance is one of them!"

Hello Mustangs! I just wanted to let you all know about the Mustang Dance Team auditions for next year's dance team! They will be held after school in Portable 3 on Friday May 19th!!! at 4:30pm. All are welcome to try out! (Make sure to wear comfortable dance or work out clothing) As a member of the dance team you will get a chance to perform on stage, choreograph your own dances, make new friends, and be a part of an amazing team! Hope to see you there!

Please be there on time ready to warm up with the current dance team. Auditions should last from 4:30-5:45pm

Students in ACES this week will participate in:

• NO ACES on Monday due to STAAR
• The Ultimate Relay Races
• Mustang Day Final Vote
• Thank you notes to our Teachers
• Mustang News, Study Hall, Back-Pack Clean Out
• Outside Time

Please find our CAC Meeting minutes on our campus web page linked here.

April Agenda

March Meeting Minutes

Principal Report

Speaking at a CAC Meeting

Our next CAC meeting will be May 23rd from 4:00-5:15.

If you are interested in speaking to our CAC using our citizen communication time, please email our CAC Co-chairs Paula Cook (paula.cook@austinisd.org) or Suzzane Perez (suzannep@gmail.com)

Citizen Communications is the first item on the agenda and is time set aside for non-members to make comments to the CAC. The co-chairs may limit the time given to individual speakers and will ensure that the districts "Citizens Communication and Visitor Guidelines" are applied. Under these guidelines, except for requests for clarification, dialogue shall not occur between the speaker and the members. If the CAC is interested in hearing more from a speaker, the speaker may be invited to a future meeting and be placed on the agenda. The CAC may also call a special meeting specifically for the purpose of open-dialogue with non-members but it must be posted for discussion on specific topics.

2023-2024 SLATE OF PTA OFFICERS

President - Christy Merritt

President-Elect (First VP) - Alison Darnell

Secretary - Jill Rhoden

Treasurer - Lauren Sicarelli

Treasurer-Elect - Lindsay Hadlock

VP Fundraising / Ways and Means (Second VP) - Lissa Anderson

VP Support / Services (Third VP) - Jennifer Skloss

VP Communications (Fourth VP) - Kathleen Loughlin

Navarro Early College High School will be offering registration help to all AISD families on May 13th from 9AM to 1PM.

Hello, Mustang Parents!

I hope this message finds you and your family well.

This is a reminder to register your student to O. Henry for the upcoming school year, 2023-24. If your student plans to attend O. Henry next year, you must register him/her online as soon as possible.

Your student registration is also critical to helping us determine how many students we will have in each class, and how many teachers we will need.

Please keep in mind that student registration must be repeated each year, even if yours is a returning student. Filling out the class choice sheet does not mean your student has already registered.

Follow the link according to what applies to you (new or returning). If there are any documents that you're unable to upload, you are welcome to email them to me

(lizbeth.rodriguez-loza@austinisd.org). Please be sure to include your student's name in any emailed communications.

Also, if you run into any technical problems with the website or your login, please call our Parent Support Line at 512.414.9187.

https://www.austinisd.org/enroll

Want to give water polo a try? The Austin High Water Polo Team will be running two tryout clinics May 10 & 15 @ Texas School for the Deaf, 6:00-8:00 PM.

We will go over the basic rules, do a few drills, and then some scrimmaging. Any interested girls or boys come give it a try! Please email Coach Calver @ drew.calver@austinisd.org for more details.