In 2022, Bloomberg designed Summer Boost in response to COVID-related learning loss to support students over a five-week period in advancing academic progress in English Language Arts (ELA) and math… Continue reading 2024 Summer Boost Report across CAST Schools
Current Associate Principal Dr. Maricela Alarcón has been promoted to Principal of the Advanced Learning Academy 4th-12th grade campus. Additionally, Jennifer Barber, presently serving as Associate Principal, has been promoted… Continue reading CAST Schools and San Antonio ISD Announce New Principals at Advanced Learning Academy
As schools across the CAST Network prepare for upcoming graduations, the Advanced Learning Academy (ALA)’s goodbyes are a bit more personal. Because the Advanced Learning Academy is a K-12 school… Continue reading Made in SA – The Advanced Learning Academy
Meet Aliana. A student at the Advanced Learning Academy, Aliana is also a member of CAST’s Student Advisory, and just recently helped coordinate CAST’s 2024 Youth Rally. When she is… Continue reading CAST Student Spotlight: Aliana Chavez
On Tuesday, K-3 students of the Advanced Learning Academy were able to showcase their Wonder Workshop PBL, with this semester focusing on “A Loose Parts Showcase”. Loose parts play utilizes… Continue reading ALA Wonder Workshop PBL: A Loose Parts Showcase
This week I arrived for a series of meetings at the SAISD Headquarters only to be politely greeted by a young man who I did not immediately recognize. Luis Salazar… Continue reading Seeing Familiar Faces in New Settings
2024 is off to an incredible start! I want to take a minute to celebrate some of the exciting things happening at our CAST Schools already this year, as we… Continue reading Looking Forward to the Rest of the New Year with CAST
When CAST Schools opened in 2017, we had a vision for hands-on, career-connected high schools to give young people in our community an opportunity to explore high-demand, high-wage jobs in… Continue reading What We Can Learn from Our Younger Schools
Over 250 parents and family members joined the Advanced Learning Academy Solar Eclipse Event to watch the partial eclipse and participate in STEM activities. The event, led by Jon Cacy,… Continue reading Advanced Learning Academy Solar Eclipse Watch Party
This past Friday, CAST Schools performed ‘Three Years of Fear’ adapted from the book ‘Tafolla Toro’ by Lorenzo Gomez III at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. ‘Tafolla Toro: Three Years… Continue reading CAST Performs Three Years of Fear at Charline McCombs Empire Theatre
The Centers for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) Network is a tax-exempt organization as described in Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service code. CAST Schools are partnership schools with a focus on STEM careers, project based learning and work-based learning. Key partners include public school districts, higher education institutions, and local employers from target industries.
