Mark your calendars!
Future Important Dates
January 10th: Orchestra Spirit Night at Bush's Chicken on Brodie Ln
January 14th: Financial Aid Application Drop-in Hours in College & Career Center, 10am-6pm.
January 15th: Texas Financial Aid Priority Deadline
January 21st: Staff and Student Holiday
January 23rd: AISD Scholarship Fair
January 26th: Crockett ECHS Showcase 9:00-1:00 at Crockett High School
January 30th: Crockett ECHS Showcase 5:30-7:00 at Crockett High School
January 30th: Austin Youth Career Fest Field Trip
January 31st: Late Start Day
February 2nd: AVID College Readiness Symposium (details below)
February 7-10th: Adam's Family in the PAC
February 12th: CAC Meeting 5:30 Library
February 12th: PTSA Meeting 6:30 Library
February 15th: Student Holiday, Staff Professional Development DOI Day
February 18th: Student Holiday, Staff Professional Development Day
March 7th: Late Start Day
March 18th-22nd: Spring Break Holiday
April 4th: Late Start Day
April 7th: Cap10k
April 19th: Student Holiday, Staff Professional Development Day
May 2nd: Late Start Day
May 24th: Last Day of Classes for Students
May 27th: Staff and Student Holiday
May 28th: Student Holiday, Staff Professional Development Day
May 29 - Graduation (10:00 am)
CROCKETT HIGH SCHOOL VERTICAL TEAM CALENDAR w / District of Innovation Days UPDATED 6.21.18
The Crockett PTSA (Parent Teacher and Student Association) needs your help! Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings, which are the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm in the back of the Crockett library. Our next meeting is February 12th. Membership is only $10 for the year! Joining is quick and easy and can be done online at JoinPTA.org! Come and see how YOU can make a difference!
Please Join our Cap10k Team
Crockett Community,
On April 7th, join us on our winning streak for the largest and second fastest HS team. Don't worry if you don't run - walking and jogging is also encouraged. You can do it!
Current registration for school teams is $25. The fee will then increase each month until the race. Here is the link to join and encourage students to join - https://eventdog.com/a/eventpage.php?eID=12701&dID=0.
Our goal is to register one to two students per adult. We can do it! Just be sure to select Crockett HS and carefully select t-shirt sizes as changes cannot be made during packet pick-up.
Senior Jordyn Carter Scored 2,000th Point of Her Career
On January 2nd, in a game against Lanier, with 1:27 left in the 3rd quarter, senior guard Jordyn Carter scored the 2,000th point of her career, on a freethrow. 2,000 points is a remarkable achievement - an achievement that has required her to average 16.4 points per game throughout her 4-year varsity career. In the milestone game against Lanier, she scored 14 points and had 10 assists.
She is hard-working, unselfish, committed, a good leader, very talented, and makes everyone around her better. Her confidence and energy have helped to lead this team to its' most successful season is school history. Each of her four years has shown an increase in team victories, with the past two seasons being record-breaking ones.
News from our Guitar Program
Select members from our top guitar program will be performing at Austin Classical Guitar's annual education fundraiser and gala: Guitar Under The Stars on February 9 at the TFWC Mansion. This year the featured performer is Paraguayan Guitarist Berta Rojas (seen in our classroom for the PBS documentary Sing Me A Lullaby).
https://www.austinclassicalguitar.org/guitars-under-the-stars/
Guitars Under the Stars – Austin Classical Guitar
Join us to celebrate of the power of music to change lives. We started in one school in 2001. Since then, ACG has established guitar education programs in schools from Austin to St. Louis, from Nicaragua to Nepal.
And Russian classical guitarist Irina Kulikova will be visiting to speak, perform and conduct a master class on January 23rd prior to her concert on the 26th.
You are Invited to Austin ISD's AVID College Readiness Symposium
Austin ISD's AVID in collaboration with St. Edward's University hosts the second AVID College Readiness Symposium.
AISD high school AVID students and their families will participate in college preparatory breakout sessions.
The event is free and open to Austin ISD's high school AVID students and their families.
We look forward to seeing you 9 a.m.–noon Feb. 2 at St. Edward's University, Ragsdale Center in the Jones Auditorium, 3001 S. Congress Ave.
For additional information, please contact your student's AVID elective teacher.
Tennis Season Begins
No Place for Hate and CIS/XY-Zone Team Up
No Place For Hate and CIS/XY-Zone students are teaming up during the week of January 21st to celebrate Live In Peace Week. During this week, students will promote our campus values of peace, resilience, integrity, diversity, and engagement through school-wide information and activities. Students will discuss the No Place For Hate Resolution of Respect pledge in their advisories and will have the opportunity to sign it. No Place For Hate students encourage Crockett families to bring discussions of the Resolution of Respect into their own homes and communities.
Alateen Meetings at Crockett HS
Communities In Schools (CIS) has partnered with local Alateen sponsors to bring weekly Alateen meetings to Crockett HS. Alateen provides support and resources for teens whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking, substance abuse, or mental illness.
Teens come together to:
· share experience, strength, and hope with each other
· discuss their difficulties
· learn effective ways to cope with their problems
· encourage one another
For additional information or to recommend your student for these meetings, please contact Tara Domasco, CIS Program Manager, at 512-414-7810.
Dear Team AISD,
I am #AISDProud to announce that Capital Metro’s board of directors voted to make permanent the pilot program that allows our students to ride their buses for free.
In June, Capital Metro began the summer pilot that offered free rides for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and it received overwhelmingly positive feedback.
Frequent, reliable transportation is critical to solving the dual challenges of mobility and affordability faced by many of our students and their families, and the pilot program.
This supports our vision for reinventing the urban school experience, and also Capital Metro’s goals of increasing ridership while developing future participation, simplifying the customer experience and promoting equity among Austinites.
Central Texas students with valid ID, and MetroAccess customers younger than 18 can use all Capital Metro service free of charge. Students without a valid ID can visit Capital Metro’s transit store to obtain identification. For more information on the program, please visit capmetro.org.
I also want to know how we can help you – our AISD family—with your commute! You are invited to take a few minutes and respond to a survey for Capital Metro regarding your transit preferences. The results of this survey will explore ways our work with the agency can be further enhanced.
With the program’s continuation and the strengthening of our partnership, our students have another safe option to get to school at no cost. We are thankful for our collaboration with Capital Metro.
Sincerely,
Paul Cruz, Ph.D.
Superintendent
College Readiness Checklists for 2018-2019
Because Crockett Early College High School is committed to preparing all students to Graduate College, Career, and Life Ready, check out the College Readiness Checklists for your student's grade level for important information, events and dates. Please visit with your child's school counselor for more information.
9th Grade College Readiness Checklist
10th Grade College Readiness Checklist
Crockett High School
Kori Crawford
Principal
Email: kori.crawford@austinisd.org
Website: www.crocketths.org
Location: 5601 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: (512) 414-2532
Twitter: @AustinCrockett
