Askew Magnet Program

 

Program Information

Askew Vanguard is a program of approximately 250 identified gifted and talented students from throughout the HISD district in Kindergarten – Fifth grades. For over 35 years, Askew has provided concentrated and accelerated instruction in all content areas making it a stellar gifted program.

 

An application must be submitted and qualification must be obtained before a student is eligible for participation.

 

 

 

 

Extracurricular

  •  Chess

  • Choir 

  • Volleyball

  • Drama Club

  • Name That Book

  • Track         

  • Odyssey of the Mind

  • Science Club

  • A+ After School Academy

Special Programs

  • Mobile Classroom Computer Lab

  • Computer Lab

  • Indoor Science Lab

  • Outdoor Science Lab and Living Garden

  • Amoco Science Program

  • Accelerated Reader

  • Science Fair

  • Spelling Bee

 

Enrichment Classes

  • Art   

  • Music

  • Theatre

     

  • Physical Education

  • Computer

  • Library

  • Spanish 

See What We Do


Here are photos of the wonderful things our Vanguard students are participating in:

 

Kindergarten Pumpkin Carving

 

Texas Time Traveler's - 3rd Grade Dig

 

The Vanguard Voice


Our fabulous 5th Graders display their journalism skills in the official Askew Vanguard Newsletter:  The Vanguard Voice.

 

The Vanguard Voice: Vol. 1

 

 

Alumni Updates


Askew students go on to do GREAT things! Check out some of our success stories:

 

Alumni News

 

 

Applications


2009 -2010 Vanguard Applications

 

Applications should be available online beginning December 1, 2008.

 

 

Application Dates and Deadlines

Dates and Deadlines for 2009-2010 School Year

Magnet Open House

December 6, 2008

Information sessions and school booths from all Magnet schools available for interested parents and students.

 

Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center

4400 West 18th St

 

9:00 am --12:00 noon

 

Magnet Awareness Week

December 8-12, 2008

 Askew Elementary will host Vanguard tours daily at 1:00pm

Applications Accepted Beginning

December 8, 2008

All Magnet programs

Application Deadlines for 1st Round of Screening

January 9, 2009
(Postmarked)

All Magnet programs

Applications received after the above date will be accepted on a space-available basis.

Magnet Notification Day

March 27, 2009

Parents notified by mail of status of
student’s application(s).

Magnet "Intend to Attend" Deadline

April 7, 2009

Parent notifies Magnet school of choice of student “intent to attend.”

 

 

Universal Concepts

For the 2007-2008 school year, Askew’s Vanguard program selected differing universal concepts depending on the grade level. These universal concepts allow for an interdisciplinary approach to learning and guide the Scholars and Knowledge framework.

  

Kindergarten – Patterns

         Patterns have segments that are repeated.

·        Patterns allow for prediction.

·        Patterns have an internal order.

·        Patterns are enablers.

 

Grade One - Community

·        Communities may be natural or constructed.

·        Communities are purposeful.

·        Communities can change over time.

·        Communities follow rules.

 

Grade Two – Relationships

·        Everything is related in some way.

·        All relationships are purposeful.

·        Relationships change over time.

 

Grade Three – Change

·        Change generates additional change.

·        Change can be either positive / negative.

·        Change is inevitable.

·        Change is necessary for growth.

·        Change can be evolutionary or revolutionary.

 

Grade Four and Five – Exploration

·        Exploration confronts the unknown.

·        Exploration requires recognized purpose.

·        Exploration may result in new findings or confirm old findings.

 

 

Contact Us

Call:

281-368-2100  

 

Fax:

281-368-2103

 

 

Email: 

Andy Williams

Magnet Coordinator

awillia8@houstonisd.org

 

Ramona Barrera

Magnet Secretary

rbarrer2@houstonisd.org