CAST Book Review: Hidden Potential

Organizational Psychologist Adam Grant examines the stories of individuals who outperformed expectations, going well beyond what appeared to be innate abilities in anything from diving to becoming an astronaut. Americans… Continue reading CAST Book Review: Hidden Potential

CAST Book Review: Good Power

Ginni Rometty, the former CEO of IBM, combines memoir with advocacy in her recounting of her rise to leadership from a challenging childhood in a field dominated by men. Raised… Continue reading CAST Book Review: Good Power

CAST Book Review: Of Boys & Men

After we opened CAST Tech in 2017, we began to examine and re-examine ways we might more effectively recruit young women to our tech and entrepreneurship focused high school, where… Continue reading CAST Book Review: Of Boys & Men

CAST’s Plans to Embed Pre-Apprenticeships in All 6 Schools

Although it is still a work-in-progress (one which makes so much sense for the premier high schools partnered with local industry), we are working closely with the City of San… Continue reading CAST’s Plans to Embed Pre-Apprenticeships in All 6 Schools

CAST Med to Open a STEAM-Focused Middle School

CAST Schools began as a high school concept, opening CAST Tech in 2017, CAST STEM in 2018, and CAST Med in 2019. Also in 2019, the Pre-K-12 Advanced Learning Academy… Continue reading CAST Med to Open a STEAM-Focused Middle School

CAST STEM Begins Full Relocation to Palo Alto College

Beginning Jan. 9, our CAST STEM High School fully relocates to Palo Alto College! We’re delighted at the opportunity to partner with Alamo Colleges and Southwest ISD to pilot a… Continue reading CAST STEM Begins Full Relocation to Palo Alto College

Looking Backwards before Looking Forward

When a group of business and education leaders proposed the creation of CAST Schools in 2015, they recommended a network of 5-10 schools strategically located around San Antonio to provide… Continue reading Looking Backwards before Looking Forward

New Leadership at CAST Lead

In the upcoming Spring Semester, CAST Lead will see a change in its primary leadership team.  From a new interim principal & assistant principal to several teachers being given new… Continue reading New Leadership at CAST Lead

CAST STEM Hosts PBL Checkpoint at Toyota Experience Center

Throughout the semester, CAST STEM Students and staff have been working diligently on their year-long PBL. Earlier this year, CAST STEM launched their PBL as a school-wide effort. Now, fifteen… Continue reading CAST STEM Hosts PBL Checkpoint at Toyota Experience Center

How Youth Voice is Prioritized at CAST Schools

What is Youth Voice? Recently, I was asked to speak to the Alamo STEM Ecosystem group of educators about the concept of Youth Voice in the aftermath of the giant… Continue reading How Youth Voice is Prioritized at CAST Schools