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THE MAROON UPDATE
In This Issue

- Instructional Model Preferences for after 10/5
- PTSA: Meeting, Links, Membership update, TX PTA Scholarships, Spirit Merchandise
- Austin High ID Badges
- September is National Suicide Prevention Month
- Class of 2021 email list
- Extracurricular:  Football Store, Men's Lacrosse Store
- College & Career Center: Financial Aid info (FASFA)
Upcoming Events

9/24: PTSA General Meeting & Speaker, 6pm
9/25: AHS Face Mask order deadline
9/28: ID Photos for badges, session sign up link coming soon
9/29: Financial Aid 101, 7-8pm
9/30: Financial Aid 101 (Spanish), 7-8pm
10/1: Financial Aid 101, 7-8pm
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Principal's Monthly Report
Instructional Model Preference Survey
Want to change your survey response? 
Email survey@austinisd.org to reset your survey and receive a  new personalized link that will allow you to change your response.

Your voice is always valuable to us, and especially now as the district continues working through reopening campuses for the 2020–21 school year. Below is a link to the final, short survey that asks your instructional model preference for your student(s) starting on October 6. Answering this survey is critical for our campus reopening efforts by helping us understand what you think is best for your student(s).  
 
Survey link: https://austinisd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EKb4cCqXqzNC97 
Please note that surveys can only be taken once per each student enrolled. You will need your student’s ID number to access the survey and respond for your student. Questions about the survey or requests for help with the survey can be sent to survey@austinisd.org.  

To decrease the chance of COVID-19 transmission and the need to contact trace, families can choose to stay home or come to campus to complete virtual work. After October 5, students will be assigned a learning group of classmates in a designated classroom.  The period of time students are assigned a learning group will be determined and adjusted according to updates around the pandemic.  Campuses will not have traditional passing periods. Breakfast and lunch will be held in the classroom.  The curriculum is the same whether students are learning from home or from school.
Let AHS know your learning preference for after Oct 5
PTSA General Meeting & Parent Ed Speaker
Thursday, September 24
6:00pm via Zoom       
Meeting ID:  976 1453 0695
Passcode:  AHPTSA
Join us for our first general meeting and parent education speaker of the 2020-2021 school year.  We will have a quick meeting, including an update from Principal Taylor, followed by our speaker:  
Quaran-Teens:  How to help our teens adjust to digital learning and address their emotional needs during this time of uncertainty.
Presented by 
Wanda Montemayor, O. Henry Wellness Counselor & private therapist, and Sherri Patton Grubb, Austin High Wellness Counselor

Everybody is welcome! 
 
We know we are facing a unique set of challenges this school year,
but the Austin High PTSA is committed to continuing our support for
our students, families, faculty, and staff.
 
Your membership, donations, and volunteerism will help ensure 
a successful school year for everyone.
 

To thank you for your support, PTSA Members 
will receive their choice of either 
a traditional Block A or an iconic Mr. Maroo bumper sticker.
Stickers will be available during the Spirit Wear distribution on October 20 & 21.
 
Visit austinhsptsa.org to:
·       Become a Member 
·       Sign up for the Maroon Update, Remind Texts & Social Media
·       Complete a Volunteer Interest Form
·       View the PTSA Calendar and Parent & Student Education Programs
·       Link AHS to your Randall's Card & AmazonSmile 
·       Check out AHS Face Masks 

THANK YOU to these PTSA members as of September 16th :
 
Paul Alvarado, Anderson Ewing Family, Archuleta Skelly Family, Badinelli Garrison Family, Matthew Butterfield, Noah De Lissovoy, Fish Family, Teresa Greenhaw, Hinojosa Donisi Family, Jessica Johnson, Dana Kadavy, Shelley Kilday, Stephanie Krizak-White, Margiotta deVarga Family, Moore Family, Jennifer Morey, Nathan Family, Rachel Noffke, Lisa Peters, Peterson Bull Family, Moyara Pharis, Potts Family, Laura Rockefeller, Andrea Scarborough, Wendy Schneider, Adam Stephens, Stephanie Tickle, Ashley Unbehagen, Jose Vela, Webster Family, Yllander Huh Family, Abel Family, Ricardo Baca, Beard Family, Simel Bey, Elise Bridges, Chichester Family, Lesley Childress, Stella Colunga, Day Family, Lisa Doggett, Dunn Bey Family, Gershon Family, Sandy Guzman, Hubert Family, McLarty Family, Karen Rabon, Chip Rives, Sara Y. Rosales, Heather Schuelke, Stewart Family, Teague Family, Delaine Teeple, Upchurch Family, Kathleen Woodhouse, Dennis Barrett, Tasha Callahan, Melissa Campbell, Campbell Family, Adina Chirogianis, Clare Family, Distel Family, Dwyer Family, Amber Elenz, Susan Farley, Wendy Foster, Christie Gaderson, Chastity Hodges/Jones Family, Hannah Huckaby, Stephanie Jastrow, Anna Larson, Maebius Family, Marler Family, Kimberly McEathron, Meinzer Family, Miller Family, Murphy Family, Nesbitt Family, Collin Ohanian, Parker Family, Jason Pitts, Ross Family, Shaw Family, Swift Family, Tate Family, Mary Miles Temple, Jennifer Voss, Waggoner Family, Worsham Family, Adams Family, Jennifer Banda, Amy Barnard, Katie Bartley, Amy Beisenherz, Maria Bergh, Lynn Boswell, Denise Brown, Kathleen Buch, Kylie Calvert, Chesney Family, Susan Chopra, Cochran Family, Brad Colbert, Cost Family, Holly Crosswell, Rodney Crouther, Shannon Cunningham, Day Family, Downing Family, Eathorne Family, Eno Family, Kellie Farris, John Fitzpatrick, Stacey Gardner, Henry Garlock, Jayne Gottschall, Melanie Greene, Stacy Gunkel, Lauren Halpern, Susan Hewlitt, Whitney Hyde, Laura Ihrig, Irwin Family, Wendy Jones, Daphne Kahle, Kalbacher Family, Sharmila Kassam, Debbie Kent, Knaggs Family, Sarah Laipis Eno, Lindsey Langley Sartain, Alana Lilie, Mark Littlefield, Stacy Mackintosh, Amy Martin, Clayton Maxwell, Vanessa McNamara, Rixi Melton, Brenda Mendoza, Minnigerode Family, Moreno Family, Mosser Family, Michelle Nguyen, Jessica Nittolo, Norman Family, Allison Orr, Pacheco Family, Mary Ellen Phelan, Tracy Proler, Reider Family, Brodie Rodemacher, Ronald Rosenberg, Scott Family, Scott Family, Cilla Scott, Lee Simmons, Amy Smith, Smith Family, Stewart Family, Kelly Stouse, Philippa Strelitz, Holly Sudduth, Laura Tadayon, Kelly Tagle, Mona Taylor, Cara Tomlinson, Kathie Tovo, Michelle Traudt, Trejo Family, Wade Family, Casie Wenmohs, Kasey Williams, Rosemary Wynn, Sandra Yancer, and Yonge Family 

along with these supportive TEACHERS… 
Charlsie Johnson, Adriana Longoria, Tanya Mast, Tara Miller, Ana Maria Solis, Stacy Webster, Kerri Ault, Lisa Baylor, Cecilia Brittain, Billy Brown, Holly Carlton, Alexandra Caspers, Rolando Duarte, David Edwards, Patty Fuentes, Amber Guerrero, Jason Kramer, Ralph Miller, Camille Nix, Pam Quackenbush, Norma Jean Ramos, Lance Roberts, Jocelyn Satterwhite, Lawrence Sclerandi, Melanie Sherwood, Mauri Sparks, Amy Taylor, Cherry Whipple, Kelly Wroblewski, Jordan Attra, Elizabeth Clausen, Christopher Todd Coffey, TR Forrest, Brian Frock, Emma Gryger, Katie Holbrook, Brad Ingram, Linda Lessner, Laura Luddy, Maura Masters, Jessica Mitchell, Finny Philip, Tony Randel and Kristen Vassallo


Austin High Face Mask 
(offered by PTSA)


The store is open! 
Order Deadline: Friday September 25th
Order Delivery: On Campus, October 20th &21st, time TBD
Student ID Badges- Make up day, Monday, 28th, 9-12
Stay tuned for sign up...

Everyone on campus must have an id badge visible. 
  • New students in grades 10-12
  • Incoming 9th graders not from Small Middle School
questions: Linda Garcia, (512) 414-7200 , linda.a.garcia@austinisd.org
Sign up link coming soon
Families, as we prepare for learning on campus, students will be required to wear an ID badge.  AHS has made IDs for all returning students AND incoming 9th graders from Small MS (these students will get their ID when we return to on campus learning).  All new students and ninth graders from all other middle schools will need to come up to campus on September 28 to have their ID made.  Please follow the link to sign up for a time to have an ID made on September 28, only if you fit the underlined description above. 
Enlace de registro próximamente
Familias, mientras nos preparamos para aprender en el campus, se requerirá que los estudiantes usen una tarjeta de identificación. AHS ya tiene identificaciones para todos los estudiantes que regresan Y los estudiantes que ingresan al noveno grado de Small MS (estos estudiantes obtendrán su identificación cuando regresemos al aprendizaje en el campus). Todos los estudiantes nuevos y los de noveno grado de todas las demás escuelas intermedias deberán venir al campus el 28 de septiembre para hacerse su identificación. Siga el enlace para registrarse y obtener una identificación el 28 de septiembre, solo si se ajusta a la descripción subrayada anterior. 
September is National Suicide Prevention Month 

COVID 19 has created a new surge in mental health challenges.  Please check in with yourself and your children regularly.  It is not unusual to be experiencing an increase in symptoms of anxiety and/or depression right now.  Go to https://seizetheawkward.org/coronavirus for ideas about how to take care of yourself, your friends, and your children.

For more mental health resources, you can reach out to the Austin High Wellness Counselor, Sherri Patton-Grubb, and go to 
https://www.austinhighmaroons.org/student-wellness.html for resources and to follow student wellness on Facebook and Twitter.

If this is an emergency and you or someone you know is in crisis, please seek IMMEDIATE assistance during this time and call 911, Austin ISD Campus Police at 512-414-1703, or the Austin Travis County Crisis Hotline at 512-472-HELP(4357) to receive immediate crisis counseling assistance.

Additional crisis counseling assistance resources include:  
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 
  • Crisis Line:  1-864-271-8888
  • Crisis Text Line https://www.crisistextline.org/ and by texting the word "Start" to 741741
Class of 2021 email list
If you would like to be added to our email list so that you receive updates about upcoming Senior activities, please send your contact information to austinhigh2021@gmail.com.
Extracurricular Info
College & Career Center News & Updates
Financial Aid 101 Info Sessions

Project Advance College Advisors, HS Principals, Lead Counselors and all other College Access partners:

FAFSA season will be fast approaching! The FAFSA for the 2021-2022 school year GOES LIVE OCTOBER 1st.  In meeting with the Project Advance College Advising Team -we agreed that we would kick off FAFSA completion by hosting a couple of Financial Aid Info Sessions district-wide; to begin sharing with seniors and their families some of the key steps that must be taken in order to access the highest amount of financial aid for college and even other post-secondary options that accept the FAFSA. 
Please post/share the flyer attached. 


Also from early October through mid-November with our partnership with the DTC70/Austin Chamber of Commerce, each of your campuses will be co-hosting about 15 FAFSA/TASFA VIRTUAL HELP SESSIONS for SENIORS and their families through Zoom.  Once I have that flyer available to us, I will send that your way to also begin posting/promoting with your Class of 2021 families. 
 
NAVIANCE ACCESS: AISD changed the way students log into Naviance in January. Log into the AISD Student Portal (not the Cloud): https://portal.austinisd.org. Once the student logs in, search for and click on the Naviance tile
  1. Seniors Frequently Asked Questions about college applications and financial aid. (Hyperlinks to apps are open in this form too, letter of rec info, and more.) 
  2. Seniors Helpful table of who to ask for what in regards to your college applications  
  3. HERE Searchable list of Test Optional Colleges & policies (this is updated weekly) TEST OPTIONAL REALLY MEANS TEST OPTIONAL
  4. NEW NCAA prospective college athletes are not required to take an SAT or ACT for eligibility this year.
  5. HERE Austin High School College & Career Center Video Webinar on Applying to College 
  6. Fly in College visits for underrepresented students 
  7. HERE Austin High has started scheduling virtual visits for our students. Sign up in Naviance!
  8. Follow our FACEBOOK and TWITTER pages to get info too. 
  9. Make sure to update your email address in Naviance. Use the same email you will use to apply to college with, and make sure it is NOT your student issued AISD email.
  10. NEW AISD Scholarship Scoop - August https://www.smore.com/qwpj0-scholarship-scoop