ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013The University of Texas Elementary School

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Dear UT Elementary School family,

Thanks to all of you the 2012–13 school year has been a time of innovation and growth at UT Elementary School! With our new building in full operation, we are able to carry out our mission with renewed strength even as we address ongoing budget cuts. We are deeply apprecia-tive of all of our donors who have made the new facility possible and helped fund some important changes at the school.

The biggest change to our curriculum this year involved restructuring special areas instruction to provide enrichment programming to all of our students during the regular school day. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programming, multicultural arts, wellness and special health and fitness instruction are no longer just for after-school. These classes offer new opportunities for students, ages four to eleven, to collaborate, problem-solve, think creatively and become lifelong learners.

Another new initiative is our food-service delivery program that provides students a nutritious, fresh breakfast and lunch made ‘from scratch’ every day— a program that would not be possible without the beau-tiful St. David’s EduKitchen and Healthy Horns Hall. The University of Texas School of Public Health’s research shows our program makes a significant difference to students and their families.

Because the new building has a space named the Klein University Classroom, we are hosting college courses on our campus for those UT Austin undergrad-uate and graduate students who intend to go into K–12 education. They not only learn from their professors in this classroom but are able to observe our practices and often conduct research here in collaboration with our teachers and families.

Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of our role as a demonstration program has been our work this year with the Austin District Charter Collaborative. The collaborative, funded by a grant from the Gates Foundation, represents an unprecedented public com-mitment by Austin Independent School District (AISD) and private charter schools to cooperate, innovate and

provide strong community-focused stewardship that will maximize each member’s knowledge, help imple-ment best practices and share resources to benefit students and families across Austin. UT Elementary has taken the lead on establishing a shared professional development action team. Together with Austin ISD, we will hold an SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) Institute, to give anyone who is interested a free oppor-tunity to learn more about how we teach children skills like cooperation, empathy, and perseverance—skills that will help them succeed well beyond their school days.

As we finish our tenth year of operations, we look towards the future and how we hope to continue serv-ing our students, the university, and the educational community to the best of our capabilities. We have completed the initial steps of strategic planning and will continue this fall to develop an implementation plan and regular evaluation of our progress.

We envision a world where all children, regardless of background, are successful and ready for college. Thank you for your support in these endeavors— we could not do this without you.

Letter from School Leadership ............................................1

Letter from the Vice President ............................................ 2

New Classes Enrich Learning

Across the Curriculum .......................................................... 3

Gender and Map Demographics ..........................................7

University of Texas Partnership Influences

Students and Curriculum ..................................................... 8

Nurturing the Whole Student:

Chef Alvarado and Healthy Horns Hall ............................. 11

Teacher of the Year ...............................................................12

Partner Spotlight ..................................................................12

Stars of Texas Winners .........................................................13

Expenses and Revenue ........................................................14

Donor List ...............................................................................15

Community Partners ............................................................17

Management Board ..............................................................18

Development Council ...........................................................18

Contents

Dr. Melissa M. Chavez, Executive Director and Principal

Kelly Mullin, Director of Academic Programming

Our MissionTo develop students into lifelong learners through rigorous, research-based curricula, individualized instruction, high expectations, and a nurturing environment that includes parental and commu-nity involvement.

To provide opportunities for professional develop-ment and outreach for The University of Texas at Austin’s academic units.

To serve as a model of an exemplary educational program for diverse learners.

Letter from School Leadership Melissa & Kelly

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Always on the cutting edge of education practices, UT Elementary School has done something many schools have not been able to—incorporate classes that are often considered enrichment activities into the daily curriculum. This year students have been able to experience a full range of STEM, art, physical education, health and wellness activities during the regular school day. “These enrichment classes are not only highly engaging, but provide an opportunity for all students to develop skills and intellectual habits such as creative problem solving, communica-tion, leadership and tenacity—skills they need to be successful students and later professionals in the 21st century,” explained Kelly Mullin, director of academic programming.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Classes Open Students’ Eyes to New Possibilities In STEM teacher Felicia Adams’ classroom, students stay engaged and enthusiastic with activities like build-ing Lego™ robots, making water filters and testing water quality. They also learn how to program computers using scratch programming and C++, create digital stories and learn about architecture and engineer-ing. Every student at UT Elementary School has the opportunity to learn about new technologies, problem-solving, principles of science and community service through STEM programming.

For the first time ever, students have also applied their growing knowledge to compete in the city-wide First Lego League and Junior First Lego League.

“Our STEM programming has reached students who

previously felt like they weren’t good at school,” Adams said. “The hands-on environment gives students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in other classes by experimenting and building on what they have learned,” said Adams. “It gives students a real-world perspective and has opened their eyes to poten-tial careers they didn’t know about.”

Case in point: one fifth-grade student had not con-sidered attending college until he met an engineer this year and learned about what engineers actually do. Adams reported, “His mother now says that he is talk-ing about which middle school to attend and wants to go to college to become an engineer.”

This year marked the tenth year of operation for the University of Texas Elementary School. It has been a thrill being part of the school’s progress.

UT Elementary represents The University of Texas at Austin’s commitment to the community and to strengthening the education pipeline for children from all backgrounds and ethnicities. We could not be prouder that the school continues to redefine what a quality education means for children in East Austin and other urban areas.

The school is fortunate to have many friends and supporters who are making certain the school’s facili-ties are able support the learning environment. We thank all of those who made the new building pos-sible and who are working to help ensure the second phase for classrooms becomes a reality. Our support-ers know that once you visit the school and meet the Little Longhorns, you realize what starts here really will change the world.

Dr. Gregory J. VincentVice President for Diversity and Community Engagement,

W.K. Kellogg Professor in Community College Leadership,

Professor of Law

Letter from the Vice President

UT Elementary represents The University of Texas at Austin’s commitment to the community and to strength-ening the educa-tion pipeline for children from all backgrounds and ethnicities.”

‘‘ NEW CLASSES ENRICH LEARNING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

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Physical and Health Education engages bodies and minds Forget the drudgery of physical education (PE) class that you remember from your childhood. Led by Coach

“K”, aka Bob Knipe, physical and health education for UT Elementary School students is a joyful learning experi-ence in the school’s new gymnasium. Students practice basic skills like catching and throwing every day, but they also perform exercises like Silly Shark Squats and Mon-key Mountain Climbers and play fun learning games that reinforce healthy lifestyles.

“The gym has made a huge change in our program,” said Knipe. Built-in AV equipment makes it possible for students to engage in a variety of activities in PE and start their days with activities to engage both their bodies and brains before going to home room.

In traditional schools, students might have PE once or twice a week, but Knipe says, “Our kids receive health, wellness, and fitness every day of the week. What I teach is applied throughout the whole school and reinforced.” And what students learn in other classes is reinforced in his classes, too. He explained that his classes overlap nice-

ly with the school’s Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program because it provides a venue where relationship building and collaboration happen naturally. “It puts them in situations that are challenging and forces them to use the skills they have learned in SEL.”

“At UT Elementary we’re trailblazers,” Knipe said. “We are creating new best practices and have spaces and tech-nology that support them.”

Integrating wellness and our worldThe well-established garden at UT Elementary has been a point of pride for years and now the garden has become the starting point for a total wellness program.

“The program connects students to the world around them,” said wellness teacher Rebecca Vore. “By devel-

oping a connection to nature, there is a natural flow for health and wellness that comes from understanding.”

Starting with study of the human body, the wellness program also teaches students about nutrition, and ecology. In a recent unit, all classes discussed what types of soils are suitable for which animals and plants and how to amend soil. They also performed experi-ments with different types of soils. Every other week, students work in the school garden and harvest veg-etables for Chef Mario Alvarado to use in school lunch-es. In cooking classes, students learn easy recipes and healthy tips like adding crunchy fruits and vegetables to a salad satisfies the same “crunch” satisfaction most of us like in potato or tortilla chips.

Vore said, “The goal is to tie what students learn in the garden into the classroom as much as possible.” She envisions creating additional spaces where stu-dents can go outside and learn, including wildlife gar-dens, a pond, a chicken coop and even a bird blind for students to watch birds.

Envisioning the world through the artsArt teacher John Harris was hired to create an arts pro-gram to introduce students to other cultures and their languages, history and geography through appropriate art forms. “My job is to expose kids to as much infor-mation about their world as possible through the arts—whether that’s dancing, singing, music or visual arts,” said Harris.

This year, students studied China. In addition to making dragon and shadow puppets, students learned about Chinese cultural influence in America and Chi-na’s relationship with neighboring countries. Students also studied Brazil in a unit that included lessons on samba dancing and the Amazon rainforest. Students worked on a large-scale mural after studying Brazil’s geography and the science behind global warming.

Harris sees the need for “make-and-take” art in elementary school, but most of his students’ art assign-ments are process-oriented projects that allow students to learn an applicable skill. A unit on Egypt and the Pyramids led to the study of measurement and acquir-ing dexterity using a pencil and a ruler. Harris taught second-grade students to accurately render cubes and triangles with a two-point perspective; something that is almost never done in elementary school. “It is amaz-ing to watch second graders ‘get’ geometry,” he said.

“Being here has really opened my eyes

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Brian Bryant: Drawn to the kids at the ‘back of the classroom’Brian Bryant, Ph.D., has always had an affinity for working with struggling students. “When I was going through school, I noticed that there were a group of kids in the back of the classroom,” he said. “I was always drawn to those students.”

For more than 12 years, he has had an adjunct fac-ulty lecturer appointment in the University of Texas Austin’s Department of Special Education. He is cur-rently a research fellow with the Vaughn Gross Center

for Reading and Language Arts and project director of the Texas Assistive Tech- nology Partnership.

At UT Elementary Sch- ool, Bryant has led a re- search team of educa-tion students comparing teacher-led instruction with tablet application-

based testing. “There are lots of tablets in schools now,” Bryant said. “This was our first opportunity to make comparisons.” His research findings from 2012 and 2013 suggest that students made gains using technology and teacher-directed education, but they preferred learning from teachers. In add-ition to his cutting-edge research, Bryant donates curriculum sets and funds for special education mat-erials to the school.

Dolly Lambdin: Promoting a model for wellnessDolly Lambdin, Ph.D., has been on the UT Elemen-tary School Management Board for four years.

“I’m excited about it as the school’s pillar for students,” she said. She is also a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin. It was one of her students, Brian Dauenhauer, who developed the Healthy Families Initiative—the school’s suc-cessful coordinated wellness approach. Bob “Coach K” Knipe, has continued to build on Lambdin and Dauenhauer’s legacies.

As part of the school’s Response to Intervention three-tier model, Lambdin said her work with UT Elementary School also allowed her to introduce her UT students to a quality physical education program in progress. More than a dozen of her students vol-unteered at UT Elementary School during the 2012–2013 academic year.

In 2013, Lambdin was elected president for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. “Part of my mission as AA-PHERD President-elect is to help families around

the country understand the importance of good nutr- ition and activity to helping the whole student,” she said. “I want to promote the idea that it can be done at other schools the way it has been done at UT Elementary School.”

UT Elementary School’s educational

philosophy is grounded in

research generated by faculty from

departments across The University of Texas at Austin.

The University of Texas Elementary School’s affiliation with The Univer-sity of Texas at Austin is more than a contractual partnership. Since the elementary school’s inception ten years ago, University of Texas at Austin faculty have shared their many intellectual resources and talents with students and teachers. UT Elementary School’s educational philosophy is grounded in research generated by faculty from departments across the university. The relationship is reciprocal, however, as elementary school faculty and staff provide valuable feedback for that research.

“Most of the faculty not only provide input on our curriculum and meth-ods of instruction, but they also allow us to train their interns and oversee students who do research on our campus,” said executive director Melissa Chavez. “We use that research and best practices to share with others through national conferences, educational articles and blogs written by our teachers and administrators. We also present to other educators in the Austin and Central Texas community.”

A classroom space for UT faculty is an important part of the new build-ing, especially for College of Education faculty members.

Meet four UT faculty members who make a difference at UT Elementary School every day.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PARTNERSHIP INFLUENCES STUDENTS AND CURRICULUM

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As one part of UT Elementary School’s three-fold mis-sion, the school has paid special attention to nurturing students on multiple levels, both mind and body.

In the past thirty years, childhood obesity has doubled in children—18 percent of kids between six and 11 years old are considered obese compared to just seven percent in 1980, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A major component of childhood obesity is poor nutrition, which also leads to a student who is, overall, less successful than one who eats well and exercises.

As a shining example of the CDC’s Coordinated School Health model, which links physical education and healthy eating to improved academic perform-ance, St. David’s Health Foundation funded the con-struction of a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen at UT Elementary School.

Executive chef Mario Alvarado was hired in June 2012, once the kitchen was complete, to make healthy meals for students. The kitchen underscores an impor-tant connection between food, fitness and academic excellence for lifelong learners. “My best teaching tool has been establishing a connection between students and their food,” Alvarado said. “You’re not just feeding children just anything—you have to feed them right.”

Before starting from scratch at UT Elementary School, Alvarado worked in high volume restaurants and fine dining. He even worked at Disney World where he had to

match the menu to whatever was in season. That experi-ence prepared him to cook for young people. “You can tailor the menu to get students to expand their palettes,” he said. He used recipes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as templates to start making his own dishes. Everything in the kitchen is compostable, so the kitchen has zero waste.

In a year’s time, the kitchen has pro-vided free breakfast and lunch for all stu-dents. This is funded primarily through the federal free and redu- ced lunch program. Revenue from teach-ers’ and visitors’ lun-ches and coffee sales also support the free breakfast and lunch program.

“I am so proud of our accomplishments with our new kitchen,” said executive director Melissa Chavez. “Not only did we serve fresh, healthy food every day, but we created our own menus based on what researchers tell us is best for kids! We are so thankful to the St. David’s Foundation for making this possible.”

Joel Guzman: Simplifying the squeezebox Joel Guzman is a Grammy Award-winning musician who has been teaching accordion after school at UT Elementary School since 2013. The Washington na-tive is the son of migrant workers who loved playing Tejano and Conjunto music at their family gatherings. Guzman was a child prodigy and started playing the

accordion when he was four years old. Currently an adjunct professor in the Butler School

of Music, Guzman said that it was a meeting with Mickey Klein after a private performance that led to his popular accordion class for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders. Intrigued by what Guzman calls his squeeze-box, Klein invited Guzman to teach the accordion to students twice a week.

Hohner, which makes accordions, donated 25 of the instruments to the school for use in the program – an-other act of generosity from Mickey Klein.

Guzman learned the accordion from his father, Lupe Guzman. “My father wasn’t formally trained,” Guz-man said. “He had an informal background, so I had a trained ear like a lot of students here. Using techniques my dad shared with me, I’ve been able to simplify the instrument for them…It’s not just a stereotypically Mexican musical instrument.”

Guzman says that being able to teach UT Elementary students an instrument that has such a textured and global history expands their horizons by giving them a deeper appreciation for the accordion’s place in Ameri-can culture.

Laurie Scott: Infusing the culture of UTES families with music and talentLaurie Scott, Ph.D., brought the UT String Project to UT Elementary School in the fall of 2009. In the long history of the UT String Project, which began in 1948, it had never had an outreach program, Scott said. Scott has been teaching music for 36 years and much of her work has been focused on teaching teachers how to create public school strings programs.

The String Project at UT Elementary began as an afterschool program on Wednesdays as part of a mas-ter’s project started by Jessica Embach, one of Scott’s graduate students. It has evolved into a project that involves 100 students who are being taught by Scott’s undergraduate and graduate students at the Butler School of Music.

In 2013, almost half of the UTES student population played stringed instruments—roughly 40 fifth-graders and 60 kindergarten through fourth-graders. The fifth-graders practice once a week and the other students come after school. “We’ve created a culture of students playing stringed instruments and created access,” Scott said. “My goal is for students to leave UT elementary and soon be leaders in their middle school orchestra programs and that they continue to play,” Scott said.

The overarching goal for the Strings Project is that students “infuse the culture of their families and their communities with music and talent.” She hopes to find funding for a full-time strings teacher at UT Elemen-tary School. “I’m really proud of the teachers who have been a part of the dream I’ve had since I moved to Aus-tin in 1981.”

NURTURING THE WHOLE STUDENT: CHEF MARIO ALVARADO AND HEALTHY HORNS HALL

Executive Chef Mario Alvarado

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Star of Texas Awards Given to Three Outstanding Austinites

The Star of Texas Award is given to individuals who strongly support the mission of UT Elementary School and whose gifts of time and resources have significantly enhanced the school’s programmatic efforts and goals.

This year’s Star of Texas honorees have enabled UT Elementary to create more opportunities for current and future Little Longhorns so they can experience the first-class education they deserve.

Teacher of the Year Jan Evans Celebrates Nearly a Decade of Service to UT ElementaryThe 2012-2013 school year was a good one for UTES librarian Jan Evans. She turned 60, she celebrated 40 years of marriage and last, but never least, she was named Teacher of the Year.

The Fort Worth native comes from a family of Long-horns so it’s only right that she ended up at UT Ele-mentary after teaching stints at Zilker, Buda and Lake Travis elementary schools. She has been a teacher for more than 27 years—nine of those at UTES.

Though she has taught various subjects, most of her career Evans has taught math and science. She was one of the first second-grade teachers at UTES until, for family reasons, became a part-time staff member. She said, “I looked around to see what was a need that I could contribute, and we didn’t really have a library yet. So I said, ‘Let me build up the library.’”

She has been the librarian for seven years. She enjoys it because she gets to see every child in the school each week. “One on one, you get to say some-thing positive to every child in the school about their book,” she said. “And the kids are so responsive. They want to engage in the book.”

One of the most valuable practices at UTES, Evans said, is letting children talk about what they’re reading. “That’s when they learn. They really learn more from

each other. The chil- dren also have a lot of freedom to express themselves and explore and take risks.”

The teachers, like Evans, are also all- owed to try new thi- ngs and take risks: this year she served as both the librar-ian and the fifth-grade math and science lead teacher. Evans also works as the school’s gifted and talented coordinator.

The school is an hour-long commute from her home in western Travis County, but Evans says that she’s done that drive for nine years because “I truly believe in what this school is doing,” Evans said. “This school’s mission is to show that we can do this in an urban set-ting and it can and should be replicated. We’re not here to show that we’re special and we can do something no one else can do. We’re here to show that anyone can do this if you have the commitment and the programs.”

UT Elementary has a number of valuable community partners to help our students succeed throughout their academic career. This year we focus on two steadfast part-ners who have been committed to our school for years.

Generous supporter West Austin Youth Association (WAYA) hosts UT Elementary School’s annual fundrais-ing luncheon, provides annual field trips for every class, sponsors the fifth grade graduation ceremony, and spon-sors teacher appreciation events. Courtney Houston, WAYA executive director, said, “Our partnership with UTES, allows us to extend our positive youth sports cul-ture to more kids in Austin and expand WAYA’s role in the lives of Austin students.”

Additionally, as part of their Impact Tomorrow col-lege scholarship program, WAYA will award up to $4,000 per year to an outstanding former Little Longhorn who demonstrates financial need, integrity, scholarship, and extracurricular involvement starting in 2014. “Creating

this scholarship reinforces WAYA’s mission to encour-age every child to get involved and to reach their unique potential,” said Houston.

George Mitchell, president of The University Co-op vis-its UT Elementary at the beginning of each school year to give every Little Longhorn two school uniform shirts. It is no surprise that all Little Longhorns affectionately call Mr. Mitchell “Grandpa.” The University Co-op will also make available a scholarship to the first Little Longhorn to attend the University of Texas, which will pay for four years of tuition.

Mitchell said, “I’m extremely proud of all the Little Longhorns and I’m confident that they will continue to succeed in middle school, high school and beyond. We wanted to make this scholarship available as the Co-op’s contribution, with the hope that others will follow with similar commitments.”

Teacher of the Year: Jan Evans Star of Texas Awards

Partner Spotlight: WAYA and University Coop

Michael “Mickey” Klein: Showing he cares in many ways

Mickey Klein volunteers weekly in UT Elementary’s fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms, and supports the school with his wife Jeanne as a member of both the Visualize Grad-uation Society and the Development Council Capital Campaign Commit-tee. A humble man, Klein believes

that the best thing we can do for UT Elementary students is show them we care about them and their fut-ure. Fifth-grade teacher Mary Led-better said, “Mr. Klein has brought a whole new level of understanding and appreciation for history and philanthropy to my classroom.”

William “Bill” Lasher: A firm supporter from the beginning

With UT Elementary from its incep-tion, Dr. Bill Lasher currently serves on the school’s management board, and also supports the school as a member of the Visualize Gradua-tion Society with his wife Lou Ann. Lasher is Professor Emeritus of the College of Education’s Higher Adm- inistration program, and former vice provost for the university.

Executive Director Melissa Chavez said, “Dr. Lasher is one of the most supportive faculty members from the University of Texas at Austin. He was working on UT Elementary before there was even a building in place—one of the biggest cheer-leaders for our school and still is today ten years later. “

Randy Ramirez: A passionate Little Longhorns fan

Randy Ramirez is a native of Aus-tin who graduated from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdo-ches. He returned to Austin after college, and currently works at Adaptev where he leads an interna-tional team of software developers. Randy is an enthusiastic fan of both the big and Little Longhorns, and supports the school as a member of the school’s management board

and with his wife Lisa as mem-bers of the school’s Development Council Annual Giving Committee. “Since Randy first learned about our school two years ago, he and his family have lent enormous amounts of time and all of their talents to support UT Elementary,” said Executive Director Melissa Chavez.

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Visualize Graduation SocietyThe Visualize Graduation Society is a multi-year giving society for those who have pledged to invest at least $1,000 per year of unrestricted funds for a period of five years or more. Our Visualize Graduation Society members play a criti-cal role in our ability to fulfill our mission, and are invited to join our fifth-grade graduation ceremony each year.

Jennifer and Sam AdairAnonymousLaura and Steve BeuerleinBrooke Anne BroescheMack and Sally BrownDiane Pedrotty Bryant Buena Vista FoundationPenny and Dan BurckNorma V. Cantu

Ruy and Dionne CarrascoRick ChambersPreston and Robiaun CharlesMelissa Chavez and Charles SotoGraciela and Francisco CigarroaBill and Sandy FivecoatMike GoldenLisa and Sandy GottesmanVaughn GrossTed and Margaret HenkenAmy and Kevin ImesSuzon and Bill Kemp FamilyMichael and Jeanne KleinLaura Merritt and J. P. KloningerFritz and Mary KorthBill and Lou Ann LasherCindy Lo and Scott Francis,

Red Velvet Events, Inc.Michael and Lynda MacLeodChristine Mattsson and John McHaleKeith and Alice MaxieKris and Bryce MillerMithoff Family Charitable FoundationKaren Nelson

Howard and Amy NirkenPat and Julie OlesJane and David OshinskyTess and Greg PetersLisa and Randy RamirezGeorge and Fran RamseyDon and Gina ReesePaul and Virginia RestaJohn C. Schweitzer,

The Schweitzer Family FoundationJames and Mallory ShaddixDan and Maura SharpMolly and Ed SharpeSusie and Chris ShieldsThe Stahl Family FoundationKatie StarleyStudio 8 ArchitectsGregory J. Vincent Barbara WallaceJoe Bill WatkinsBuzzy WoodworthHarriet Youngblood

2012–2013 UT Elementary Donors Contributions received September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013

Where does my donation go?

We strive to set the stan-

dard for excellence in

education and share best

practices widely. Your phil-

anthropic gifts go toward

the programs and materials

that would not otherwise

happen—including STEM

and wellness courses,

field trips, teacher develop-

ment, tutoring, summer

school, Saturday camps,

and technology. We consid-

er these items a vital part of

insuring that our students

are academically success-

ful, engaged in learning, and

on the path to college.

2012-2013 BUDGET

Expenses

Revenue

53% instruction

68% state funding (for average daily attendance, special education, bilingual ed, etc)

19% philanthropic gifts6% federal funding

(for title programs and free and reduced lunch)

4% earned income such as pre-k tuition

3% university of texas at austin

31% maintenance & operations

6% food services

5% development

2% student transporation

2% guidance, counseling, evaluation services

1% health services

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First United Methodist Church Sanctuary Choir

Friends of the UniversityFrost BankGoogle Inc.H-E-BKDK-Harman FoundationThe Klein Foundation*L & M Charitable Foundation Inc.Lone Star SteakhouseT. C. Lupton Jr. Family FoundationThe Missionary Society

of San MiguelQuick Quick and AssociatesRanger ExcavatingRiverbend ChurchThe Stahl Family FoundationState Farm Companies FoundationTextron Charitable TrustTides FoundationUniversity Co-operative SocietyUniversity Federal Credit UnionUniversity Masonic

Lodge FoundationThe Variable Annuity Life

Insurance CompanyWAYAWellness MattersWheeler Avenue Baptist ChurchThe Wine and Food Foundation

of TexasY.M.C.A. of Austin

2012-13 Community Partners

A Community for Education (ACE)ACCESS to LearningAction Based LearningActive Life MovementAustin Bat CaveAustin Children’s MuseumAustin District-Charter CollaborativeAustin EnergyAustin Independent School DistrictBig Red Dog EngineeringBLOCKS Science CollaborativeCenter Stage TexasCity of AustinDell employeesEast Austin College Prep SchoolExpanded Food and Nutrition

Education Program Travis CountyFrost Bank Green Gate FarmsH-E-BH20 for LifeHumanities TexasIBM employeesIgnite A DreamJoe’s BakeryJordan Shipley Summer CampKDK-Harman FoundationKeep Austin BeautifulKIPP AustinLower Colorado River AuthorityMcKinney Roughs Nature ParkMEND

Neighborhood LonghornsPALS ProgramPan-Am Recreation CenterResponsive ClassroomState Farm Youth Advisory BoardSt. Andrew’s Episcopal SchoolSustainable Food CenterTexas Child Study CenterTexas Parks and WildlifeUniversity Co-opUniversity Federal Credit UnionUniversity of Texas at Austin Blanton Museum of Art Cockrell School of Engineering College of Education College of Communication College of Fine Arts College of Natural Sciences LBJ School of Public Affairs Rec Sports School of Architecture School of Human Ecology School of Nursing School of Social Work University Development Office UT Physics Circus UT Strings Project UT TaekwondoUniversity of Texas at Houston Health Science CenterUTES Parent ForumWayside SchoolsWeAreTeachers.comWest Austin Youth AssociationWine and Food Foundation of TexasY.M.C.A

*Donors who have contributed to the capital campaign this year

Friends of the Little Longhorns IndividualsFelicia AdamsCassandra L. Alvarado Bliss H. Angerman Anonymous*Brittany BainM. BarrientezJanet M. Bates Hannah M. Beck Laura and Steve Beuerlein*Leslie D. Blair Allison O. Block Adam and Lynn BonskyKurt Boring David B. Bourland Noelle M. Boyle Seth M. Boyton Andria E. Brannon Tom C. and Martha BrunsBrian R. Bryant San Juana Campos Antoinette Cangelosi George C. Charles Donald and Shirley ChaseRobert ChavarriaJanie and Gareth W. Cook Manuel R. Criado Beth and Andy DeckKelley Denby Edwin Dorn Janet K. Evans Maria E. Farahani Maria FigueroaArlis H. Flores Andrea L. Flower

Janice M. and Steven J. Friesen Elizabeth L. Garcia Dorothy Garretson Ryan R. and Leslie Leal GaunaCharles and Suzanne GeigerDiana S. and James K. George Carolyn GoldstonMark A. Gooden Lisa and Sandy GottesmanJack and Catherine GourleyCathy L. Hagenbaumer John HarrisMary Juan Harris*Richard L. Hasenmyer Richard and Christi Hay Julian Vasquez HeiligCarlos and Elis Hernandez Betty HewellDan HornHoward HumphreysKerin and Jonathan Hurley Jennifer Jackson Libby Jacobson and Mike GagneBeatrice Jones Sharon and Dean JusticeFlora KasmiroMolly KellyMarsha Kelman Ted G. Kennedy Tema KhieuMichael and Jeanne Klein*Bob KnipeJacqueline F. Lain Dolly Lambdin and Larry AbrahamNorma L. Leben Ellen Le BlancMary LedbetterPam LedbetterH. Perry Lorenz*

Albert H. Lundstedt Jamie MacWilliamsEllen MangelsdorfAnthony MaxieKeith and Alice MaxieGeorge H. Mitchell The Jennifer Huggins

Modesett FamilyMarcia MolinarCarolyn T. Myers Julie NanceJames and Hazel NunnChris and Katie OgdenPat and Julie Oles*Hector OrtizRebecca Clowe PalmerRebecca, Nikolas, Brooklynn

& Walker ParrottRobert H. Paslay Jim and Sheri QuickRegina RihnMegan RojoRodney S. Ruoff Kyle Schlesinger Marsha Schlesinger Laurie P. Scott Scarlett SmithBob and Shirley SteerMenthola Stevenson Carol M. Thomas Juanita VazquezRebecca VoreMichelle VossJennifer L. Wang Evelyn and Wyeth WiedemanKimberly WilsonMarc T. Winkelman Harriet YoungbloodAngie Pete Yowell and Curt YowellDanielle ZibilskiLynda E. Zierer

OrganizationsAustin Commercial GroupAustin Pi Beta Phi FoundationGarth C. Bates Jr. Memorial FundBig Red SunBuena Vista FoundationChevron CorporationCielo Su Terra Personal

Chef ServicesCriado Law Group PLLCDell Inc.Emmanuel Episcopal ChurchExxonMobil FoundationCreekmore and Adele Fath

Charitable Foundation

18 UTES ANNUAL REPORT | 2012–2013

2012-13Management Board

Dr. Jennifer Adair – 2012 Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education

Dr. Robiaun Charles – 2013 Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Development, DDCE

Dr. Chiquita Watt Eugene – 2014 (2nd term) City of Austin

Dr. Andrea Flower – 2015 Department of Special Education, College of Education

Dr. Mark Gooden, Chair – 2012 Department of Educational Administration, College of Education

Cathy Hagenbaumer – 2013 Finance Manager, DDCE

Dr. Julian Heilig – 2013 Department of Educational Administra-tion, College of Education

Dr. Dolly Lambdin – 2013 Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education

Dr. Bill Lasher – 2015 Professor Emeritus, Community Volunteer

Randy Ramirez – 2015 Senior Web Developer, Adaptev

Suzette Ruedas – 2015 UTES Parent

Dr. Laurie Scott – 2015 Department of Music and Human Learning, College of Fine Arts

Dr. Ed Sharpe – 2013 (3rd term) Department of Educational Administration, College of Education

2012-13 Development Council Members

capital campaign committee

Betsy Abell Buena Vista Foundation

Hughes Abell Llano Partners, Ltd.

Laura Beuerlein Heritage Title Company of Austin

Lisa Gottesman Community Volunteer

Sandy Gottesman Live Oak-Gottesman Group

Vaughn Gross Community Volunteer

Betty Hewell Seton Fund

Rusty Kelley Blackridge, TX

Jeanne Klein The Klein Foundation

Michael Klein The Klein Foundation

Perry Lorenz Community Developer

Howard Nirken DuBois, Bryant, & Campbell, L.L.P.

Julie Oles, Co-Chair Community Volunteer

Pat Oles, Co-Chair Barshop & Oles Co.

annual giving campaign committee

Leslie Blair Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

Penny Burck, Chair Community Volunteer

Kathy Estes Frost Bank

Sandy Fivecoat WeAreTeachers.com

Courtney Houston West Austin Youth Association

Aileen Krassner Community Volunteer

Leslie Leal-Gauna Q Communications Group

Lisa Henken Ramirez NetSpend Corporation

Randy Ramirez Adaptev

Buzzy Woodworth Woodworth Homes

staff

Dr. Robiaun Charles Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Development, DDCE

Dr. Melissa Chavez Executive Director, UT Elementary School

Dr. Sherri Sanders Associate Vice President, DDCE

Dr. Ed Sharpe Management Board Vice-Chair, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Gregory J. Vincent Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement

Angie Pete Yowell Development Officer for UT Elementary School, DDCE

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