New Akins Teachers 2019-2020
New teachers attended work for the first time today, following an orientation and received the keys to their brand new classrooms.
View ArticleModern Warfare beta shocks reviewer with faster gameplay
There is a lot of hype for the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which was released a beta version on Sept. 12 on PlayStation 4. And soon Xbox One and PC gamers will have a chance to test out the beta...
View ArticleMelanie Martinez impresses fans with album and film
After 4 years of musical silence, Melanie Martinez is back in the spotlight with her new album and a supporting feature-length film titled K-12. On Sept. 6, Melanie Martinez released her second album...
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Teens adjust to increase in tobacco purchasing age
Two students are in line at the convenience store. One turned 18 August 31, the other just 24 hours later. Both get carded to purchase an e-cigarette. One is denied. Why? On September 1, Texas became...
View ArticleNew district program brings free lunches to students
Free for all students. That was the exciting news that students received at the beginning of the school year, regarding cafeteria meals. Akins, like many other Austin ISD schools, has a high percentage...
View ArticleCouch Surfing
During April of 2018 until the beginning of this school year, senior Reed Henri lived for months having to couch surf to nd a safe place to sleep. “My mom and I had a falling out. And she felt like it...
View ArticleSoaring On
After nine years of helping students move on from Akins, Sarah Simmons is making a move of her own. In mid-September, Simmons, the school’s college and career counselor since 2010, announced that she...
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Is My Chemical Romance making a comeback?
Whip out your old band posters and dust off your band merch because My Chemical Romance has just teased a possible reunion album. After six long years since the band’s split, MCR has recently started...
View ArticleThe Eagle’s Eye named a CSPA Crown Finalist
Yesterday, The Eagle’s Eye was named a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Crown Finalist. This is a national level-award that recognizes the work of the newspaper staff from the last school year....
View ArticleInterview with an Alum: Life After High School
John Espinoza is an Akins 2014 graduate who now for a company doing global security research. The Eagle’s Eye sent him a few questions to answer to find out about his journey after leaving high...
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School’s Staff and Students Deal with Grief
The daily grind of high school doesn’t usually factor in time to contemplate matters of life and death. But death has a way of intruding into our lives and upending our routines. And for young people...
View ArticleSSS offers unique services to address student needs
For more than 10 years, Akins’ Student Support Services program has served thousands of students in need of counseling services. It’s a program that is unique to Akins and originated in 2006 from an...
View ArticleEarly college high program allows students to graduate with an associate’s...
W. Charles Akins Early College High School. It’s that “Early College” part that is new and unfamiliar to Akins students even though it is part of the school’s new name since the beginning of the...
View ArticleStudents find alternate ways to travel without a car
Once upon a time, owning a car was the primary goal of almost every teenager. From the 1950s to about 2010, owning a car was a gateway to independence that so many teenagers desire to have. It allowed...
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Austin Corps give students firsthand education
There are courses at Akins that can be interpreted and observed as an experience rather than a class. The Austin Corps program happens to be one of those courses. Instead of sitting in a class and...
View ArticleBaseball boosters upset about lack of access to field
The Akins baseball teams will likely not have a functional baseball field that they can use to practice or play on until January 17, which is just a couple weeks before they play their first official...
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Big moments in the 2010s at Akins
2010 STEM academy opens In 2010, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Academy opened, offering students new elective courses focusing on biomedical science, aerospace engineering, and...
View ArticleEditorial: Teens should make an effort to be heard
Besides the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the elections of 2020 will soon begin to dominate the headlines of national media outlets and discussions about the future of our country. The primary...
View ArticleStudents learn audio storytelling to document local folklife
Learning about government by talking to artists isn’t the most common way to teach civics, but for social studies teacher Linda O’Neal, it makes perfect sense. O’Neal, who teaches the Austin Corps...
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