With aspirations to work for a company like Tesla Motors, Lexus, or Apple, Xavier Mangubat will attend UT Austin next year to major in Corporate Communication. Mangubat, who has been a student at Wayside: Sci-Tech Preparatory for all 4 years, says Wayside Schools impacted him the most by teaching him to adapt and make do with [...]
A deep dive into the history behind Public Charter School funding inequity, and why it shouldn’t exist By John Troy, President of the Board of Directors, Wayside Schools I believe that every child deserves access to an excellent education that prepares them for success in career and life, regardless of race, socioeconomic background, or the [...]
Written by Jo Garcia, the grandmother of students attending Wayside Schools As a result of my experiences with navigating and understanding educational systems, I have learned that sharing information is a great way to advocate for the best education that will meet our children’s needs. Along with sharing information comes voicing concerns and giving input for positive [...]
The Wayside: Sci-Tech Preparatory (STP) Varsity Ravens basketball team saw nothing but net this season, taking their talent and winning attitude all the way to Nationals, where they won 3rd place. This is the first time in Wayside Schools’ history that a sports team has qualified for Nationals. According to their coach, Derek Banks, part of [...]
Why Charter School Funding Is So Important We need your help in the fight for equitable education funding for your student. Currently, Public Charter Schools are funded $1,400 less per student than our traditional Independent School District (ISD) peers. This is because unlike traditional ISDs, we do not receive any money to build or maintain [...]
Wayside Schools to Host Annual Gala In February, Wayside Schools will host its annual fundraising gala, Wayside Schools: The Extraordinary Story. Sponsorship opportunities are available starting at $2,500. Tickets will go on sale starting on January 18th. There will be a limited number of tickets, so if you would like [...]
Bella Duran, a Junior at Wayside: Sci-Tech Preparatory, reached for the moon and landed a spot at NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program. She will be heading to Houston this summer for an all-expenses-paid, 6-day Aerospace camp. When asked how she heard about the program, Duran shared that her Algebra teacher, Mrs. Powers, introduced [...]
Students at Wayside Schools have become the first charter school students in Austin to begin large-scale composting. Through the Wayside EcoWaste Initiative, more than 70% of cafeteria waste at Wayside Schools will now be sent to a local composting facility instead of local landfills. Composting is a natural process where organic waste material – items such [...]
Wayside: Eden Park Academy students recently got a taste of the world around them from the comfort of their own Gymnasium during their annual Global Citizen’s Night. To prepare for this event, each grade level was assigned a different country at the beginning of the school year and has been studying their respective country since [...]
What started with a 3-D printer donated by Staples to Wayside: Sci-Tech Preparatory (STP) high school grew into a group of inquiring minds using technology to give those in need a helping hand-- literally. In September, STP’s 9th grade engineering students, led by their teacher, Tammy Koelling, used 3D-printing to create and assemble the pieces [...]
