Lubbock
Lubbock School for Young Women Leaders
First Students, First Faculty
6/1/2008
130 girls have been admitted to the first all-girls school in Lubbock to open in August. Summer will be filled with orientation programs: leadership presentation, volunteering presentation, Engineering design project, School mascot election process, School uniform size fitting, Half-day community service projects and summer reading programs. Todd Whitaker, author of What Great Teachers Do Differently, will hold a workshop for the new faculty. The faculty will also have a strategic planning retreat and technology workshop.
100 of the 130 new students met for lunch and a "first photo."
2008-2009 applications available
1/2/2008
Applications for the 2008-09 school are available online:
http://www.lubbockisd.org/ywl/
Dr. Kim Perry, Principal, will visit elementary schools in the Lubbock ISD January and February. Applications are due March 3.
LISD Reveals Who Will Lead Lubbock's First All Girls School
12/18/2007
Kim Perry will serve as the principal of the first all girls school in Lubbock. "We're getting young girls in 6th and 7th grade not only when they are learning about themselves but about different careers and colleges," says Perry. Read more...
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
9/14/2007
The district's board approved a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday with the Foundation for the Education of Young Women to open the single-sex school. The Dallas-based foundation will provide the district $1 million in seed money, allocating $250,000 each of the first four years the school is open. Read more...
San Antonio
Young Women's Leadership Academy
White Rose Induction Ceremony
5/25/2008 La Prensa
"White Rose" ceremony initiates opening of all-girls school in San Antonio. Read more...
White Rose Induction Ceremony
5/21/2008 La Prensa
August 2008 will bring the opening of the first ever all-girls public school in this city. 150 new sixth and seventh graders were honored in a White Rose Induction Ceremony. They were selected from a very long list of applicants. Foundation for the Education of Young Women Executive Director, Carmyn Neely, was on hand to greet these 2014 and 1015 students. Principal, Angela Dominguez, welcomed students, their parents and a new faculty. See more...
Vision SAISD
5/15/2008
Girl Power - Angela Dominguez, Principal. Read more...
2008-2009 applications available
1/2/2008
Applications for the 2008-09 school year are available online and are due February 15. Read more...
Trustees OK all-girls school
8/1/2007
The San Antonio Independent School District approved an agreement with the Foundation for the Education of Young Women to create the city's first single-gender public school. Read more...
Austin
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
Ann Richards school has successful first year
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
6/23/2008
Despite rocky start, Austin district's only all-girls' school shines on state achievement tests. Read more...
Ann Richards School is filled with 'stars'
1/17/2008
From the moment you walk through the front doorway at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, the influence of the late governor's legacy is unmistakable. Before her death, Richards was very involved in the school's creation, and insisted a "star" be part of the school's identity. Read more...
Ann Richards School Teacher Shamaa Lakshmanan Honored as Middle School Teacher of the Year!
1/2/2008
http://www.annrichardsschool.org/news/lakshmanan.php
2008-2009 applications available
4/9/2008
Applications for the 2008-09 school are available online:
http://www.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=166
The last day for these applications is February 8, 2008.
School Dedication
10/21/2007
A tribute was given to Governor Ann Richards and her family. Lee and Sally Posey were honored for their vision, generosity and guidance. Ann Tisch, founder and president of the Young Women's Leadership Foundation in New York, was guest speaker.
First day of school
8/27/2007
The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders opened August 27, 2007 at the site of former Porter Middle School in Austin. The school, while part of the Austin Independent School District, is augmented with private funding from the Foundation for the Education of Young Women and depends on the support of individuals, foundations, and corporations to provide enhanced academic, extracurricular, college preparatory and leadership development programs for its students. Principal, Jeanne Goka, has staffed the school staff and built the curriculum.
The school opened with 230 students split evenly between grades 6 and 7, and will add a grade each year until the first graduating class in 2013. The school will have 805 students when all grades are filled. Students from economically disadvantaged families are given priority in admissions.
For more information on the school: www.annrichardsschool.org
Ann Richards, 45th governor of Texas who died on September 13, 2006, was passionate about education and about creating opportunities for young women and minorities. The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders will be an expression of her lifelong spirit, priorities, and values.
Gifts may be made to the school, through the Austin Community Foundation www.austincommunityfoundation.org, 512-472-4483.
230 girls get Ann Richards' wish come true
8/19/2007
Source: American-Statesman
Two sisters tore open letters in March and sparkling confetti flew out. Instantly, they knew they would be two of only 230 girls walking through the doors of Austin's first All-girls public school. Read more...
Dallas
Irma Rangel Leadership School
Summer School
6/1/2008
Many Irma Rangel students will attend two camps. See camp listing by grade...
In addition to grade level camps, students will attend summer camps at Stanford University, ID Tech SMU, LSU Journalism, Studio Arts, Digital Media Academy UT Austin, UTA Engineering and Duke Young Scholars. Others will participate in internships at UT Southwestern Medical School STARS Program, Exxon Mobil Green Team, Dallas Bar Association and Women in Engineering sponsored camp at UT Austin.
Dallas ISD
5/29/2008
If the Texas Education Agency confirms the analysis, the 2008 rankings will become symbols of progress for the Dallas school system. The Irma Rangel Leadership School (magnet) will remain on the Exemplary list. Read more...
Dallas Education Foundation and Texas Instruments Foundation Announce 2008 Innovative Teaching Awards Recipients
5/21/2008
Kimberly Clark Ferguson, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School teaches Pre-AP Science, (7th). Read more...
Fine Arts
4/3/2008
The Irma Rangel Leadership School One Act Play, Asylum, was named District 5A Champion. With a cast of 14 and a crew of 5, this accomplishment was the result of much work and many rehearsals for the ladies involved. Read more...
Beal Bank Science and Engineering Fair
3/29/2008
More than 700 middle and high school students from around the Dallas area put their projects and innovations before the eyes of judges Saturday at the 51st annual Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Fair Park. Winners advance to the state-level competition in San Antonio in April. Atlanta will host the national competition in May. Read more...
2008-2009 applications available
1/2/2008
Applications for the 2008-09 school are available online:
http://www.dallasisd.org/parents/magnet/apptime.htm
The last day for these applications has been extended to March 20, 2008.
"We are the Pioneers"
Dallas ISD students among the state's first to experience single-sex public education
Winter 2007
There's a group of young women in Dallas who've been to tea with a potential First Lady. When they attend leadership conferences, they stride confidently up to fellow attendees and introduce themselves. They're actively involved in projects that benefit their community, but they're also focused on international issues. Last summer, a few of these young women traveled to Italy to take in art and culture. Read more...
Annual Installation Ceremony
11/28/2007
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was guest speaker at Irma Rangel's fourth annual installation ceremony. Following the program, each sixth grader walked across the stage and was given a rose by Senator Hutchison.
DISD students headed to Italy
5/26/2007
Dallas Morning News
Most students dread the thought of spending the summer having to do more studying. But eight students from the Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School might not mind so much. That's because they will get to do their studying in Italy. Read more...
Reflections on the Irma Rangel Students' Summer Study Abroad in Italy
Extraordinary Women in Exceptional Roles
3/21/2007
Irma Rangel held its second "Extraordinary Women in Exceptional Roles". Women shared their career successes and challenges with 6th through 10th grades in 50 minute sessions throughout the day. Classroom discussion allowed these extraordinary women to share with our young ladies 6th through 9th, in a relaxed atmosphere, about middle/high school/ college preparations, their career path, and the utilization of language arts, mathematics, science, technology, and fine arts in their future careers.
A Living Legend luncheon was held to honor Lee and Sally Posey, founders of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women.