Welcome to Austin Discovery School!
Austin Discovery School is a tuition-free, innovative charter school serving children in grades K-6.
A small, community oriented school, ADS offers spacious, naturally lit, beautiful classrooms with a 32:2 student:teacher ratio. Classrooms are full of movement and social interactions as learners work cooperatively and share their knowledge with one another.
ADS features hands-on math and science, integrates literacy across the curriculum, and offers fine arts and an organic Junior Master Gardener® program.
Our fresh approach to education emphasizes social responsibility, good health, and environment while pursuing a rigorous academic program.
There is a natural harmony when we come to appreciate and respect others, ourselves, and the environment we live in. By focusing on the whole child, ADS benefits our whole society.
ADS Receives Award from Comptroller for Financial Efficiency!!
ADS is a recipient of the Texas Comptroller’s 2011 Texas Honors Circle Award, which recognizes schools and districts that are achieving academic success through cost-effective operations. Award recipients achieve strong academic performance while spending relatively little compared to their peers.
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has announced that 46 Texas school districts and 313 school campuses received the Texas Honors Circle Award for high rankings received in the 2011 Financial Allocation Study for the Texas (FAST). FAST, mandated by the 2009 Texas Legislature, is an annual study that examines both academic performance and financial efficiency to identity school districts, charter operators and campuses that deliver high-quality education at relatively low costs. Combs created the Texas Honors Circle Award program to recognize districts and schools that receive high marks in the FAST analysis.
“In these challenging times where schools are under pressure to do more with less, it is more important than ever to shine a spotlight on those that are achieving strong student performance with cost-effective spending.” Combs said. “Your efforts to help out state and local governments wisely manage educational spending while preparing students for success in college or the work force is crucial to the future of Texas.”
The Texas Honors Circle program awards certificates based on FAST results. Districts and charters receiving the Texas Honors Circle Award have achieved a Five-Star FAST rating. Only 46, or 4% of all Texas school districts, earned five stars. Elementary campuses receiving the award achieved a five start FAST rating, while middle and high-school campuses rapped for the honor achieved at least a 4.5-Star FAST rating.
To view FAST’s results and to see a list of all the Texas Honors Circle award winners, go to www.FASTexas.org
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