Showcase Your Learning Space at Home Students Across San Antonio have kicked off the school year learning virtually. Our CAST Marketing Communications Interns challenged their peers to showcase their learning space. Add yours today!
By Bekah McNeel August 12, 2020 Heading back to school in San Antonio this month is full of unknowns. The pandemic is raging. Remote learning is glitchy. In-person learning, if and when it happens, is subject to layers of safety protocols as inevitable outbreaks loom. It’s hard to imagine adding one more variable to the… Continue reading These Three Principals Are Opening New Schools This Fall. If That Sounds Challenging, You’re Right
Modern career and technical education programs emphasize both college and career readiness—even during a pandemic. By Bekah McNeel August 14, 2020 Long before hand-washing PSAs flooded social media and public billboards during the Covid-19 pandemic, Karol Servellon was championing the cause. As a high school student at the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center—a.k.a. The Met—Servellon… Continue reading CTE and the Demands of the Moment
The Urban Education Institute at UTSA surveyed students and families in select school districts across Bexar County and CAST Schools to document how COVID-19 affected teaching and learning, and what lessons we can learn from this experience. Learning at CAST has always extended beyond the four walls of the classroom. The research showed how… Continue reading Six Reasons Why the CAST Model Equipped our Schools to Effectively Pivot to Distance Learning
Carol Mendenhall, Director of Program Design and Professional Development for the CAST Schools Network, shares why the 2020-2021 school year is, “The Year of Courage.” “To live into the future means to leap into the unknown, and this requires a degree of courage for which there is no immediate precedent and which few people realize.”… Continue reading 2020 – 2021: The Year of Courage
All CAST Network Teachers and Administrators are invited to join us as we launch the 2020 – 2021 School Year by celebrating our work and each other. Friday, August 7th @ 9 AM This session will provide an opportunity for us to connect and to reflect as we start this unique school year together. Click… Continue reading CAST Launch
By Ryan Sprott, July 28, 2020 Schools around the world are now facing pressing questions, such as: ● How can we deliver quality instruction while some students work from home and some are at school? ● How will students collaborate meaningfully when following social distancing protocols? ● How can we seamlessly shift back and forth… Continue reading How Interdisciplinary PBL Can Solve This Year’s Scheduling Dilemmas
This is my conversation with Fernando on what is happening with CAST Tech and the San Antonio Esports scene, what CAST Tech Gaming is, how it started, how you can support and join. Fernando and I are both CAST Tech seniors in the UX pathway. Jonathan: What brought you to CAST Tech? Fernando: “I actually… Continue reading CAST Tech building an Esports future
David Robinson Jr. joined students, educators and parents for CAST LIVE and led a discussion on the digital divide in San Antonio. As learning moved virtually to help slow the spread of COVID-19, many students lacked the necessary broadband services to access online learning tools and lessons. Students from low income households or rural areas… Continue reading CAST LIVE: A Discussion on the Digital Divide in San Antonio with David Robinson, Jr.
CAST schools are committed to providing all students with real-world, hands-on experiences and an internship during their high school years. Dr. Ydania Pezzat, Partnership Coordinator for the high school, visited with the intern team to learn more about their experiences at the SAVE Clinic. CAST Med… Continue reading CAST Med Students Share Their Experiences as Interns at the SAVE Clinic
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