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Canned Food Drive at Methodist Children’s Home

The Student Council at Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) conducted a canned food drive for the month of November leading up to Thanksgiving break. Each homeroom collected cans for about two and a half weeks and then on November 16th, the cans were counted.  Mrs. Patterson’s homeroom class collected 196 cans… read more 

Meet Dr. Lucy Vélez, UTUCS College & Career Transition Coordinator

To help UT University Charter School teens prepare for life after high school, our district recently hired Dr. Lucy Vélez as our College & Career Transition Coordinator. This new position will facilitate our district’s efforts to provide accessible postsecondary information for students, staff and parents. Lucy explained that the unique… read more 

Survey for Stakeholders About Special Education

The Division of Review and Support at the Texas Education Agency (TEA) strives to improve special education services for Texas Local Education Agencies (LEAs.) The monitoring process is intended to help school districts continuously improve services and facilitate positive student outcomes. Please provide feedback through this 10-20 minute survey. This… read more 

Vegetable Soup Garden at SJRC

The students of SJRC have started a Vegetable Soup Garden. By Ms. Margaret Womak, ELA teacher at SJRC in Bulverde A conversation about food insecurity once they leave care, a situation many of our students have already experienced, was discussed in class, and the students began brainstorming solutions. They searched… read more 

Meet Andrea Menchaca

Welcome to Andrea Menchaca, UT Charter School System’s new SEL Coordinator UT Elementary has been a national leader in Social-Emotional Learning for a long time.  Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL for short, teaches children to recognize and identify the emotions that they, their classmates or their family members may be feeling.… read more 

3/2021 Newsletter – Boletin del distrito

This month’s newsletter features the UT Charter School System staff and faculty of the year and articles about UT Elementary’s Accordion Program and the district’s Special Education Department. Check out the March newsletter here:  3 2021 UTCSS Newsletter English   Vea nuestro boletín de marzo aquí: 3 2021 UTCSS boletin… read more 

Sarah Mahoney – 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year

Sarah Mahoney first started working with young people as a counselor at a summer camp for handicapped kids. Sarah, who uses a wheelchair for mobility assistance, said that she has been a recipient of services since she was three. She said that she chose to become a special needs teacher… read more 

40 for Forty – UTCS’ fundraiser for computers

UT Charter Schools partners with residential facilities that are serving students who have specialized needs. Many of our schools educate children who are living in group foster care settings. Some are hospitals that provide education while the young person is in recovery. A few are maternal care programs that serve… read more 

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