Almost 800 Leander ISD students traveled all over Central Texas and beyond to explore different career opportunities during COOL Week.
COOL stands for Career Opportunities On Location. Students got a peek at almost 200 businesses, some as far as Houston, Dallas and Galveston, for the work-based learning experience. Destinations included a wide variety of places like newsrooms, government offices, veterinary clinics and hi-tech companies.
Recognizing visionary leadership within its ranks, the Board of Trustees selected Executive Director of Secondary Curriculum Chrysta Carlin as the assistant superintendent of pathways and innovation.
Read MoreIn this video, the spotlight is on internship and pre-apprenticeship opportunities available to our students through community partnerships.
Read MoreIn this video, the spotlight is on IncubatorEDU, an entrepreneurship program available at Vista Ridge and Vandegrift high schools, where students connect directly to community and industry in a real-word, project-based learning setting.
Read MoreIn this video, the spotlight is on COOL Week, a program within our College & Career Pathways program, where seniors have the opportunity to “try on” careers before they enter post-secondary education and training.
Read MoreIn Leander ISD, a district goal is to prepare each student for college and career success. Check out this video of Aleksei Edwards, a member of Glenn High School’s first graduating class, who was named a Dell Scholar. He is one of 500 students to receive this scholarship, which will offer ongoing support for the duration of his college career.
Read More
At the LISD Board meeting Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, students, staff and community members were recognized for a variety of accomplishments from academics, athletics and fine arts, to community service.
Read More
Leander ISD is one of 447 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 8th Annual AP District Honor Roll. To be included, LISD had to – since 2015 – increase the number of students participating in AP while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher.
Read More
All LISD students and parents are encouraged to attend the district’s College Fair on Wednesday,...
Read More
Leander ISD Superintendent Dan Troxell, Ph.D., announced that 87 percent of Leander High School’s...
Read More