Apply to AGS

Application Deadline for the 2012-2013 School Year:

Midnight on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

This year, AGS is doing everything we can to not only eliminate errors in entries of forms, but, more importantly, to go green! We ask that, if your are able to, please submit your applications online.   Thanks for helping AGS in our efforts!

 Please fill out the AGS Online Application and submit it below.***

***Be certain to download and print the Academy for Global Studies Community Covenant.  Sign it, scan it, and then upload it before submitting your application.  Alternatively, you may  fax, mail, or drop off the AGS Community Covenant to the AGS office (information below).  Your online application will be timestamped by our website and is not considered complete until your AGS Community Covenant has been received.

AGS Community Covenant

 

*The lottery drawings take place in Mid-March.  Letters will go out sometime after Spring Break to inform applicants of their status; either in or wait-listed.  

AGS APPLICATION

Student Information

Student's First Name *

Student's Last Name *

Student's Phone Number

000-000-0000 format please

student email

School Presently Attending *

Current Student School ID Number

Gender

Female

Male

Current Grade Level *

8th

9th

10th

11th

Birth Date *

xx-xx-xxxx format please

Ethnicity - Optional

*Ethnicity reporting is optional, information is used for local, state and federal reporting and has no bearing on admission

Home Street Address *

(Please include Apartment Number - if applicable)

City *

State *

Zip Code *

Parent/Guardian Information

Applicant Resides With: *

Name of Parent(s)/Guardian(s) the applicant resides with.

Relationship of Adult Resident(s) to Student:

Father

Mother

Step-Father

Step-Mother

Guardian

Other - please explain below

Please check all that apply

If other, what is your relationship to the student?

Mother/Guardian Name (First & Last)

Mother/Guardian Home Phone

000-000-0000 format please

Mother/Guardian Work Phone

000-000-0000 format please

Mother/Guardian Cell Phone

000-000-0000 format please

Mother/Guardian Email Address

Father/Guardian Name (First & Last)

Father/Guardian Home Phone

000-000-0000 format please

Father/Guardian Work Phone

000-000-0000 format please

Father/Guardian Cell Phone

000-000-0000 format please

Father/Guardian Email Address

Questions to be answered by future students of AGS

Please tell us about yourself by answering the following questions individually, in essay form, or in a format you would most enjoy (e.g. poem, story, letter, dialogue) - Choose between Option 1 and Option 2 below

1. What are you major interests?

2. Why are you interested in coming to the Academy for Global Studies?

3. What gifts or talents do you bring to the Academy for Global Studies?

How would you like to answer your "Special Interest Questions" *

Option 1: I would like to answer them in a text box

Option 2: I will upload a PDF file

Please select an option for a text/upload box to appear

Option 1: Please enter your answer to the "Special Interest Questions" above in this text box.

Option 2: File upload - PDF ONLY

Uploading Files. Please Wait.

Submit the AGS Community Covenant

Please download the AGS Community Covenant from the link at the top of this page. Once you and a parent/guardian have signed and dated the form, please scan and upload it below for submission with your application. If you would prefer, you may fax or mail it to the AGS office. You will find the fax number and mailing address below.

How will you submit your AGS Community Covenant?

File upload in the box below

Fax to (512) 414-7276

Mail or drop off at the AGS Office (address below)

Select an option. A file upload section will appear if you select that option.

Upload your scanned and SIGNED AGS Community Covenant

PDF or JPG files ONLY

Please enter the words below

Once you submit your application, please DO NOT refresh the page. This will cause duplicate applications to be submitted into our system. Thank you.

Gender *

Female

Male

We would prefer for you to fill out the application online.  If you are having trouble with the online submission, please email the AGS Secretary immediately and you may submit a paper application.***

***Please mail, fax, or drop off your completed and signed application at the AGS office (see below for address and/or fax information).  Applications postmarked after Feb. 10, 2012 will be automatically wait-listed.

AGS Application Paper Application

Please drop off or mail your completed AGS Community Covenant or paper application to :

The Academy for Global Studies at Austin High School

1715 W. Cesar Chavez

Austin, TX 78703

Or Fax it to: (512) 414-7276

In Accordance with the Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX Education Amendment of 1972, section 504-Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992, the Austin Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap.

Admission into the Academy for Global Studies is limited to students whose home high school is Austin High, or who have previously secured a transfer to Austin High.  Admission is determined by blind lottery.