KIPP Austin Vista Middle School

Come join us at the COPA KIPP soccer tournament this Saturday. Boys first game will start at 8am and the girl’s first game will start at 1pm. You won’t want to miss out!

Save the date! Come join us to celebrarte our 8th graders hard work as they will end one of their journeys and transition to their new one.

The school year is coming close to an end and there are different ways to thank and show appreciation to all of our amazing teachers.

Let’s congratulate our 4 perfect attendance of the month winners 🎉🎉🎉 they have shown to school everyday ready to learn and we want to celebrate their hard work by gifting them a pair of AirPods. Yayyy! New raffle coming up for the month of May.

Parents and guardians, please join us as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week! Scholars can spread joy to their teachers by bringing them a sweet surprise 🧡💛🎉

Last week we started Level-Up which is our fancy branding for how we track and reward student progress in the weeks leading up to STAAR and/or EOC tests.

Students earn weekly rewards in each class for leveling up.

Students who level-up a certain number of times will earn a bigger reward at the end of the tracking period.

We got our first week level up kids posted already. Can’t wait to see our students progress get bigger as well as our list. Gooo VISTAA!!

Families, please join us on Thursday, March 3, either at 9 am or 6 pm, as we look ahead at KIPP Austin Vista during a virtual town hall event. Our KIPP Austin Regional Superintendent Justin Scott and School Leader Sally McKenna will share important updates about what's to come for KIPP Vista. Content in each session will be identical and in both English and Spanish. A recording will be shared with an accompanying letter of information for families that cannot attend.

Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/KIPPVista3-3

Familias, por favor únanse a nosotros el jueves 3 de marzo, ya sea a las 9 am o a las 6 pm, mientras miramos adelante en KIPP Austin Vista durante un evento virtual del ayuntamiento. Nuestro Superintendente Regional de KIPP Austin, Justin Scott, y la Líder Escolar Sally McKenna compartirán actualizaciones importantes sobre lo que está por venir para KIPP Vista. El contenido de cada sesión será en inglés y en español. Una grabación será compartida con una carta de información adjunta para las familias que no pueden asistir.

Enlace de Zoom: https://bit.ly/KIPPVista3-3

Due to the weather, soccer practice has been canceled after school today Wednesday February 23.

Krista Franklin is a writer and visual artist, the author Too Much Midnight (Haymarket Books, 2020), the artist book Under the Knife (Candor Arts, 2018), and the chapbook Study of Love & Black Body (Willow Books, 2012). She is a Helen and Tim Meier Foundation for the Arts Achievement Awardee, and a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Her visual art has exhibited at Poetry Foundation, Konsthall C, Rootwork Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Studio Museum in Harlem, Chicago Cultural Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the set of 20th Century Fox’s Empire. She has been published in Poetry, Black Camera,

Both Boys and Girls soccer games for Monday February 21 has been posponed to a later date. There will be no soccer games tomorrow. We will have soccer practice when we come back on Tuesday.

J. Johari Palacio was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1975, a first-generation child of Belizean immigrants, who relocated with his father to southern California when he was a child. An interdisciplinary artist since his beginnings in South Los Angeles' illustrious late 80s street art scene, he works primarily in the medium of sound art, but also video, photography, mixed media and creative nonfiction. Palacio’s practice revolves primarily around subterranean and street culture, underground music and sound, the landscape of the metropolis, and human interaction in these environments. His current journey has him residing in Austin, Texas. https://www.jjoharipalacio.com/

Today's BHM moment celebrates Erin Jackson who won the 500m speed skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics yesterday! She is the first African American woman to win gold in speedskating!

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/erin-jackson-history-olympic-speedskating-gold-medal