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During AISD's Closure (due to COVID-19), Akins Early College High School staff is still working from home. Starting on April 6th, teachers are starting Online Learning for all their students at home. Click on the link above for information on the following: (Student Online Learning Schedule, New Student Registration & Withdrawal Information from the Registrar's Office, Contact Information for Admin & Counselors, Mental Health, Principal's Newsletters on Updates, Graduating Senior Information)

Hello Akins Family! I know this time of social distancing and school closures is unprecedented and scary but please know we are working diligently to get our online (BLEND) program together within the next two weeks for all of our students to be successful through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. We will be launching online learning on April 6th, 2020. (This is as of today 3/26/2020). I will be updating you weekly in this format. (Click above to read more on the newsletter)

The above link provides information about next school year for students who plan to attend Akins High School for the 2020-2021 school year.

Please help us by filling out the AISD Parent/Family Survey. Your feedback is so important to us!

Click above to learn about the new 2020-2021 Real Estate License Program at Akins Early College High School.

Many thanks to Mr. Garcia for stepping in for Ms. Salazar today. Also thank you to Rob Story who gave a basic presentation on Blend for our parents. Thank you to our other participants Sarah Greenwood, A+1 Federal Credit Union, and Sara Balkanli, CIS (Communities in Schools). Last by not least my wonderful volunteers Mrs. Tofoya, Hilda Reyes, Trudy Richards, and Maureen Gerlofs for helping me pull off the Coffee with the Principal today. Here are some pictures we wanted to share with you.

Akins is in its second year of its Dual Language Program. Students in the DL Program come from any of the 7 academies at Akins Early College High School. The purpose of this program is to offer non-native & native Spanish speaking students opportunities to learn the course subject in the academic Spanish language. For example, in the DL World Geography course, students would learn vocabulary, continents, countries & cultures all in Spanish. In a DL geometry class, students would learn all the mathematic terms/vocabulary in Spanish. (Click on the right side link in order to learn more information about Austin ISD's DL language program K-12.)

The link above provides information about the 2020-2021 Course Selections for each Academy's pathways, including endorsements. Each student must graduate with an endorsement at the end of 4 years. (An endorsement is a series of Career & Technology Education courses.)

Starting in the 2019-2020 school year, Akins High School will become an Early College High School. Participating students get the opportunity to earned an Associate Degree in General Studies before they graduate from High School. (Click above for more information.)