An Update about CAST’s New East Side School

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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 East Side. The school is intended to build on the success of the Pre-K-12 Advanced Learning Academy (ALA), which typically has a wait list… Continue reading An Update about CAST’s New East Side School

What Is the Role of the Learner?

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 that some of the colors bled or were slightly faded. My brother and I used these Lego blocks to build entire cities and craft crazy… Continue reading What Is the Role of the Learner?

What Are We Learning from Apprenticeship Work?

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 of leadership using haikus. It was the second meeting of our CAST Network Student Advisory, a group of young people from across our campus who… Continue reading What Are We Learning from Apprenticeship Work?

CAST Med and CAST Imagine Partnership and Workforce Development Coordinator

CLICK HERE HERE TO APPLY About CAST: The Centers for Applied Science and Technology is a 501(c)3 network of public-partnership schools working with San Antonio area independent school districts. The CAST mission is to reinvent schooling to maximize options for students, while preparing them for the jobs of the future. CAST has 8 schools in four… Continue reading CAST Med and CAST Imagine Partnership and Workforce Development Coordinator

Ignite Your Mentoring Potential at CAST Schools Speed Mentor Match Days

CAST High School Students Need You! Do you want to be a future mentor? Join CAST Schools at Speed Mentor Match Days for the opportunity to connect with 10th-grade students and decide if you want to be a mentor. This unique event allows you to meet our bright, motivated students and find your mentoring fit.… Continue reading Ignite Your Mentoring Potential at CAST Schools Speed Mentor Match Days

What Does It Take to Innovate?

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 was a fun chance to field thought-provoking questions from smart young(-ish) people who have big ideas to change the world. They focused on what it… Continue reading What Does It Take to Innovate?

CAST Hosts Virtual Town Hall with KSAT 12

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 students preparing to transition into adulthood and the workforce, being a mentor to young people during this crucial time can act as a bridge that… Continue reading CAST Hosts Virtual Town Hall with KSAT 12

Imagining a Brighter Future with CAST

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 and native trees on San Antonio’s Southside. The Arboretum, a former golf course, has been hosting a series of focus groups and surveys with… Continue reading Imagining a Brighter Future with CAST

CAST Schools Performs Three Years of Fear at Patterson Performing Arts Center

This week, CAST students performed ‘Three Years of Fear’, based on the book ‘Tafolla Toro’ by Lorenzo Gomez III. The play, put on and performed entirely by CAST students , recalls Lorenzo’s three years of middle school at Tafolla Midde School, and how it was important for him to reach out and ask for help… Continue reading CAST Schools Performs Three Years of Fear at Patterson Performing Arts Center

Industry Partner Highlight: VelocityTX

Rene Dominguez, left, president and COO of the Texas Research and Technology Foundation, David Fonseca, executive vice president of Velocity TX, and Randy Harig, chief executive officer of the Texas Research and Technology Foundation, stand for a picture on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.

This week, I want to brag about (and thank publicly) one of our board members, Rene Dominguez, the CEO of VelocityTX. Dominguez is the CEO of VelocityTX, a bioscience research campus located in San Antonio’s historic East Side, recently proposed a $60 million center for medical innovation to mesh with the Defense Health Agency’s… Continue reading Industry Partner Highlight: VelocityTX

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