Join us for CAST Bash

Join us for CAST Bash Thursday, October 29 @ 6 PM via ZOOM Join Us! The CAST mission is to reinvent schooling in order to maximize options for students while preparing them for college, career, and life. If you’re a rising freshman for the 2021-2022 school year, join us to learn more about each of… Continue reading Join us for CAST Bash

CAST Med Teacher wins SAISD Foundation Innovative Grant

Students from CAST Schools Shared Their Summer Internship Experiences

CAST Fiesta 2020-2021 Family Kick-Off

Let’s Fiesta to kick-off the 2020 – 2021 School Year All CAST Network students, families, staff, facilitators and partners are invited to our virtual Fiesta! This includes members from each our CAST Schools: CAST Tech, CAST STEM, Advanced Learning Academy, CAST Med, and CAST Lead. Thursday, September 24 6 PM Join us via ZOOM: https://castschools.zoom.us/j/95753364085?pwd=YmFsOG84a3R3UzNjUy9lYzVzbmJSUT09… Continue reading CAST Fiesta 2020-2021 Family Kick-Off

A chat with CAST Tech Principal, Dr. Alcala

CAST Tech is being led by principal Dr. Melissa Alcala, a chat on how she is doing with the pandemic affecting CAST Tech High School. From her favorite color to her favorite foods, let’s get to know our fearless leader. I am Jonathan Rodriguez, Communications and Marketing Intern for CAST Tech, and a senior in… Continue reading A chat with CAST Tech Principal, Dr. Alcala

My Learning Space at Home

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!

These Three Principals Are Opening New Schools This Fall. If That Sounds Challenging, You’re Right

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

CTE and the Demands of the Moment

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

Six Reasons Why the CAST Model Equipped our Schools to Effectively Pivot to Distance Learning

  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

2020 – 2021: The Year of Courage

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