Join the Little Longhorn League for a Spirit Night at the Chuy’s on Barton Springs Road. Monday, October 9 from 4pm to 9pm **Make sure you mention the fundraiser if dining in person or use the code for online ordering**
UT Elementary School is happy to announce that our new principal is Lara Wilder! Principal Wilder began her educational career as a Middle School Language Arts and History teacher before becoming an administrator. After 10 years in the classroom, she became an instructional coach as part of Austin ISD’s East… read more
During the first week of August, all faculty and staff from both UT University Charter School and UT Elementary came together at the Thompson Conference Center for two days of celebration and professional development. This years’ theme for the UT Charter School System (UTCSS) is: Change Starts Here – Trust… read more
On Thursday, April 20, UT Elementary hosted their annual fundraiser, the Visualize Graduation Society Dinner. The event has the goal of raising $100,000 to support our Margin of Excellence Programs, i.e. Orchestra, Spanish and STEAM. Our school framers included these classes for all students because based on research they improve… read more
After a three-year hiatus, UT Elementary’s STEAM class brought back their Science Fair Competition. On Thursday, January 26, almost 40 community members spent about two hours speaking with Little Longhorns about their science projects. As we had 64 projects, we needed about 40 judges to allow each project to be… read more
Strategic Planning for Both School Districts On January 20, UT University Charter School and UT Elementary kicked off their strategic planning sessions with stakeholders from both districts convening to begin the process. Members from both boards, parents and facility representatives along with classroom and district staff came together to start… read more
The Austin Empty Bowl Project is a fundraiser that was created by local potters that benefits the Kid’s Café program of the Central Texas Food Bank and the Meals for Kids program of Meals on Wheels of Central Texas. At their annual event which is held the Sunday before Thanksgiving,… read more
UT Elementary hosted its annual Thanksgiving Luncheon after a pandemic hiatus. Families were invited to share lunch with their students and volunteers from our community served lunch to everyone. Chef Kim prepared a delicious lunch that was served to students by our board members Kathy Armenta and her husband Richard,… read more
Every year, UT Elementary hosts student teachers from UT’s College of Education who are completing the student teaching (aka Professional Development Sequence) phase of their teacher certification process. In addition to Angela Kim (who was highlighted in our October newsletter), Sebastian Davila is gaining his field experience at UT Elementary.… read more
UT Elementary 5th Grade students participated in Outdoor School this month and they had a blast! Outdoor school is a 3-day, 2-night sleepaway camp where students participate in a variety of hands on academic-based activities and outdoor sports. Outdoor School is very much academics based but it is also a… read more
