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. 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.
Garza has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Austin Chronicle award for Best Public School Model.
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.
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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
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References
External links
- Garza Independence High School at AustinISD.org
- Gonzalo Garza Independence High School homepage
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