Gonzalo Garza Independence High School
Gonzalo Garza Independence High School | |
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Location | |
1600 Chicon Street Austin, Texas 78702 United States | |
Coordinates | 30°16′39″N 97°43′16″W / 30.277522°N 97.721025°WCoordinates: 30°16′39″N 97°43′16″W / 30.277522°N 97.721025°W |
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Type | Public school |
Principal | Dr. Linda Webb |
Faculty | 22 |
Grades | 10-12 |
Enrollment | 211 (2014-2015) |
Website | Official Website |
Gonzalo Garza Independence High School is an alternative high school created by in the Austin Independent School District and is located at 1600 Chicon Street in Austin, Texas.[1] It opened in January 1998 under then-principal Victoria Baldwin and is open to any student entering his or her third year of high school with 10 or more credits. Garza offers a non-traditional, self-paced approach and enrolls about 300 students. In the 2005-2006 school year, Garza had 194 graduates.[1]
Garza has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Austin Chronicle award for Best Public School Model.[1]
Garza has no official sports team. Dr. Linda Webb Dr. Webb is the former principal of Pillow Elementary and is a winner of the 2007 HEB Excellence in Education Award.
Awards and recognitions
- Best Public School Model by The Austin Chronicle
- Best Program Model - CSI Garza by The Austin Chronicle
- AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Corporation) - Garza National Model To Provide Internet Access To Students Without Technology At Home
- World Congress Informational Technology (WCIT) Recognized Garza As Their American Model School
- Austin Independent School District Board Recognition for Victoria Baldwin on the Harvard Graduate School of Education Principal's Center
- National Advisory Board Harvard Graduate School of Education Principal's Center
- American Youth Policy Forum for Youth Development and Policy Research Washington DC recognized Garza as an exemplary school
- 2003 Program of the Month for January for AED Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
- 2001 Family PC Magazine Top 100 Wired School
- 1999 Vera Institute of Justice New York, Model School
- 1999 US Department of Education and Department of Justice, School Safety Report Recognition
References
- 1 2 3 "Garza Independence High School". Austin Independent School District, accessed September 30, 2011.