Welcome

Welcome to the website of the James Bowie High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) in Austin, TX.  Find out how to join our organization today! Our PTSA committees offer many exciting and interesting volunteer opportunities. The Bowie PTSA usually meets on the second Tuesday of each month of the school year at 6:30pm in the Bulldog room. Please join us at our next meeting!

Additional Bowie information can be found on the Bowie High School website and by joining the JBHS Newsgroup. You can also follow Bowie PTSA on Twitter!

Upcoming Important Dates

March 15 - 19 Spring Break

Thursday, March 25 Late start day

Thursday, April 1 Deadline for submissions for the Bowie Bulletin

 

Bowie PTSA bylaws changes

Changes to the Bowie PTSA bylaws have been made and will be voted on at the next general meeting on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 6:30 pm. Any current Bowie PTSA member can request a copy of the proposed changes as well as a summary of the differences between the current and proposed bylaws. Send an e-mail to Kellye Graham at kgsolutions@msn.com to request a copy.

James Bowie PTSA Scholarships

The James Bowie PTSA will be awarding $500 scholarships to four Bowie Seniors who plan to attend a certificate program, trade school, two-year-college or four-year college program.  One of the four scholarships will be awarded to a Senor planning to attend a certificate program, trade school, or two-year college.  Eligible students or their parents/guardians MUST BE members of the Bowie PTSA by Thursday, March 11 and must have a minimum GPA of 2.75. 

BOWIE PTSA 2009-2010 GOALS:

• Support teachers, parents & students so that students can realize their education and career dreams. 
• Facilitate communication for parents and students (Bowie Bulletin, weekly newsgroup, etc.)
• Provide relevant program services for parents, students and teachers (community service, career fairs, drug & alcohol awareness training, facilitate outreach & awareness, debt management, financial literacy, etc.)
• Upgrade communication technology in the cafeteria to better facilitate outreach & awareness training, district wide training events & spirit events.

Austin Council of PTA (ACpta) News

Raise Your Hand Texas

Raise Your Hand Texas is a non-profit, bi-partisan advocacy organization made up of business and community leaders, parents, taxpayers and concerned citizens, all with a single focus: supporting the more than 4.5 million students in the Texas public education system. View the Raise Your Hand Texas Newsletter Archive.

 

New Counseling Office website

The JBHS Guidance and Counseling Office now has its own website. Be sure and take a look!

 

2009-2010 Parent survey

Dear Bowie Parents and Families,

Recently, your son/daughter brought home an AISD Parent Survey from Bowie. We invite and encourage all parents to take a few moments to complete the AISD Parent Survey. Parent Surveys are one important way for AISD to receive valuable feedback from parents about our schools. Parent Surveys help District leaders make decisions on how to improve our schools. Parent Surveys also help to recognize the things that our schools are doing well.

Results are distributed to Campus Principals, district administrators, and the Board of Trustees. The Bowie HS campus results will be on the AISD website.

Please return completed surveys to school with your son/daughter or mail them, in the envelope provided, to the AISD Department of Program Evaluation. You may prefer the option of completing the Parent Survey on-line. If so, go to: http://www.austinisd.org/academics/parentsinfo/parent_survey/ to complete this survey.

Whichever you choose, please complete this survey by March 12, 2010. Thank you for taking the time to help Bowie understand our strengths and opportunities for improvement.

AISD calendar for 2009/2010

The 2009-2010 AISD calendar is posted on the AISD website.

Dress Code

Students (and parents), please review AISD's dress code policy.

AISD Board of trustees meeting schedule

All scheduled board meetings, and their respective agendas and minutes, may be viewed at boardbook.org.  

To view Board Briefs, go to the AISD News Archive and search for "Board Briefs."