Austin Corps

So excited for Zach to have this experience at a City Council meeting! Zach got to meet both Mayor Kirk Watson and District 5 Councilman Alter @AkinsAISD @AISD_CTE @AkinsAHA @AkinsAISD

AustinCorps celebrating the closing of season of learning and growing. Thanks City of Austin for empowering us so we can empower others! @AustinISD @AkinsAISD @AkinsAHA

We are so proud of Ada and Carmen who were chosen to present today at City Hall for the AustinCorps closing ceremony. #thefutureisbright @AustinISD @AISD_CTE @AkinsAISD @AkinsAHA

What an awesome surprise! Thanks Mayor Kirk Watson for spending time and sharing your words of encouragement with AustinCorps this morning! @AkinsAISD @AISD_CTE @AkinsAHA @AustinISD

Carmen is participating in a team building day with Austin Watershed Protection at the Lady Bird Wild Flower Center. She’s getting to learn more about Texas ecology and exploring a couple of underground caves!

One of Carmen’s jobs is to handout Earth Camp stamps for campers picking up trash. We’re so proud of her leadership and serving as a great role model for these kids.

Such an exciting day! We found fossils, looked for something edible and learned that Austin used to be an ancient ocean.

Carmen is helping out with the city’s Earth Camp program for her AustinCorps internship. She helps to lead nature and ecological field trips at parks all over the city. Today she’s at Gracywoods Neighborhood park. @AkinsAHA @AustinISD @AkinsAISD @AISD_CTE

AustinCorps interns are still keeping up the good work of trying to re-unite lost dogs with their owners and keeping up with the fast pace of the Austin Animal Center. @AkinsAHA @AustinISD @AISD_CTE @AkinsAISD

At Austin’s Permitting and Developing Center, where one of our interns is getting to experience the process behind our city’s rapid growth! They’re getting to see the efforts being made by the city to be more inclusive and equitable in its future growth.

Our Austin Corps interns are doing awesome work at their sites!Supervisors are encouraging them to apply for entry level positions at the city when they graduate. What a great opportunity for students to develop professional skills! @AkinsAHA @AkinsAISD @AustinISD @AISD_CTE

Visiting Idey and Bryan at the Airport today!! They’re working on reports for the development of a new cargo facility. Austin is growing so rapidly, it’s awesome that these students are getting to be part of their city’s future 😊. @AISD_CTE @AkinsAHA @AustinISD @AkinsTAFE

Sneak peak at Zach’s Austin Corps assignment at the Communication and Public Information Office where he’s working with his mentor to plan a monthly community engagement meetings. @AkinsAHA @AkinsAISD @AISD_CTE @AustinISD

Visiting Ada at her internship with Austin Public Health where she’s tracking data related to social media interactions and editing APH’s Instagram protocols! @AkinsAHA @AkinsAISD @AISD_CTE @AustinISD

Visiting an Austin Corps student at City Hall today!!! They are working on editing and updating the city’s diversity and inclusion handbook… Awesome! @AustinISD @AkinsAISD @AkinsAHA @AISD_CTE

AustinCorps students busy organizing tags at the Austin Animal Center!!! @austinanimals @AISD_CTE @AustinISD @AkinsAHA @AkinsAISD

So proud of these Austin Corps students! Today is their interview day and they’re rocking it 😊 So excited to see where they will be interning next semester! What amazing career prep program and partnership the city of Austin! @mrsjendawson @AkinsAHA @AISD_CTE @AkinsAISD

AustinCorps practice interview session. I love it when students from different schools learn with each other! @AkinsAHA @AkinsAISD @AISD_CTE @LBJJags @NortheastECHS

Today Akins AustinCorps took a tour of the Oakwood Chapel/ Cemetery & got some special insight on Austin’s local and often complicated history. From unmarked graves in the segregated section all the way to one of the women in the battle of Alamo @AISD_CTE @akinsechs @AkinsAHA