“Reflecting on my time at CAST Lead High School, I can confidently say it was a transformative and inspiring chapter in my life,” Rocko Herrera, CAST Lead ‘24, shared with… Continue reading CAST Alumni Spotlight: Rocko Herrera
Last week, I attended the San Antonio Report’s education forum. I found myself immediately nodding when the keynote speaker, former Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona told the audience: “this is… Continue reading Finding Opportunities in the Current Moment
On Wednesday, students from the Advanced Learning Academy, CAST Tech, and CAST STEM took to the stage at MacArthur High School to compete in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) One-Act… Continue reading ALA, CAST Tech & CAST STEM Perform in UIL One-Act Play Competition
This week, CAST had the absolute privilege to be featured in multiple ways at the national Empower Schools Innovation School Action Summit held at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, starting off… Continue reading CAST Network Represents at Innovation Action Summit
This past week, the Advanced Learning Academy (ALA) took its current Sophomores and traveled to Puebla, Mexico. The fourth-largest in the country, Puebla is a city in east-central Mexico, southeast… Continue reading Advanced Learning Academy Visits Puebla, Mexico
November 13, 2024 Dear Families: This letter is to inform you of an element in SAISD’s negotiations around the proposed downtown baseball stadium that involves ALA-Euclid. All elements… Continue reading A Letter to ALA Euclid Families
Be a Community Judge: Make an Impact Are you passionate about youth civic engagement? Do you want to make a real difference in how young people understand and interact with… Continue reading Join Us as a Judge: Empowering Young Voices at Speak Up Speak Out San Antonio
On Wednesday, CAST Med High School participated in a ‘Mass Casualty Exercise’ hosted by the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council at Boeing Tech Port. The exercise pulls in students and… Continue reading CAST Med Participates in Mass Casualty Exercise with STRAC
This week, CAST students performed ‘Three Years of Fear’, based on the book ‘Tafolla Toro’ by Lorenzo Gomez III. The play, put on and performed entirely by CAST students ,… Continue reading CAST Schools Performs Three Years of Fear at Patterson Performing Arts Center
This week, I want to brag about (and thank publicly) one of our board members, Rene Dominguez, the CEO of VelocityTX. Dominguez is the CEO of VelocityTX, a bioscience… Continue reading Industry Partner Highlight: VelocityTX
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