Early voting kicked off this week in Texas! Like education, voting is key to a strong democracy. With all the ads, noise, and partisanship, it’s tough to separate fact… Continue reading Get Your Vote on!
Last year, the CAST nonprofit board encouraged me to participate in executive coaching, and at the end of the process, my coach encouraged me to craft a vision statement. It… Continue reading Who Is Your Tourch-Bearer?
CAST Schools was initially born out of an industry-led effort that also led to SA Worx, which is now an arm of Greater SATX. Roughly 10 years ago, a small… Continue reading Building Pre-Apprenticeships at CAST
Readers of our newsletter will know that CAST Schools announced last June that we were working with the San Antonio ISD (SAISD) to open a new elementary campus on the… Continue reading An Update about CAST’s New East Side School
When I was a child, my father worked for a plastics manufacturer and as part of his work he somehow acquired an enormous box of defective Legos. I mostly remember… Continue reading What Is the Role of the Learner?
Last week, young people from across our campuses came together at the Contemporary at Blue Star to engage in team building activities, make collaborative art pieces, and express their ideas… Continue reading What Are We Learning from Apprenticeship Work?
This week, I had the opportunity to share a bit about the CAST story to graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Policy. It… Continue reading What Does It Take to Innovate?
On Thursday, CAST Schools hosted a virtual town hall in partnership with local news station KSAT12. The town hall aimed to highlight the importance of mentorships for today’s students. For… Continue reading CAST Hosts Virtual Town Hall with KSAT 12
This week, 49 6th grade students from CAST Imagine, CAST’s very first middle school, toured the Arboretum San Antonio, a brand new park designed to be a place for trees… Continue reading Imagining a Brighter Future with CAST
Students from CAST STEM are getting ready for a big move to Palo Alto College. CAST STEM’s Partnership Facilitator, Tim Bishop, is excited about this change, saying that the move… Continue reading CAST STEM Students Ready To Transition to Palo Alto College
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.
