On Friday, October 15, UT Elementary hosted the retirement celebration of Dr. Edwin R. Sharpe. Dr. Sharpe, who retired this spring after serving The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas System for 50 years, was a founding board member of UT Elementary in 2003 and remained… read more
Dr. Ed Sharpe, one of UT Elementary’s founding board members invited his friend Dr. William Cunningham to come visit our campus. Dr. Cunningham has served in many roles at UT over the years; he was the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Business, President of UT Austin and… read more
UT Elementary’s beloved Chef Wayne passed away in early September. His longtime coworker and friend Chef Kimberly shared her memories of him. The UT Elementary community is deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved Chef Wayne. Wayne George Jr. passed away on September 6 from complications due to a… read more
Welcome to Andrea Menchaca, UT Charter School System’s new SEL Coordinator UT Elementary has been a national leader in Social-Emotional Learning for a long time. Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL for short, teaches children to recognize and identify the emotions that they, their classmates or their family members may be feeling.… read more
UT Elementary was founded by The University of Texas to offer families in Austin the opportunity to educate their Pre-K through 5th grade students in collaboration with the intellectual resources of our flagship university. UT Elementary is currently accepting applications for a few vacancies in Pre-K through 5th Grade for… read more
We are now accepting PK Applications for 2021-2022 Lottery. Please visit the Prospective Parent tab to print the application. The application can be turned in in-person or by email to j.montoya@austin.utexas.edu. If you chose to email your application please be sure to follow-up with a phone call to ensure your application has… read more
This month’s newsletter features the UT Charter School System staff and faculty of the year and articles about UT Elementary’s Accordion Program and the district’s Special Education Department. Check out our March newsletter here: 3 2021 UTCSS Newsletter Eng-compressed Vea nuestro boletín de marzo aquí: 3 2021 UTCSS boletin… read more
View the entire January 2021 Newsletter here Vea el boletín completo de enero de 2021 en español aquí Boletin en Espanol
One part of the mission for UT Elementary is “To provide opportunities for professional development and outreach for The University of Texas at Austin’s academic units.” This part of our mission is exemplified by the school’s participation in and facilitation for research projects conducted with students at our elementary school.… read more
