9th Grade Learning Expedition - Texas Coast

Trip Dates:

Trip payments: Payments for the Texas Coast trip can be made via the Austin High Web Store. Click on the Academy for Science and Innovation Tile and use the drop-down menu to select the correct installment option. You can also pay via check. Check payments must be submitted in an envelope marked with student name, grade, trip name, amount included. Checks should be submitted to Maria Quick in the Second Floor Academy Office between 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Please reach out to Miranda Grabowski (miranda.grabowski@austinisd.org) with questions about signing up for the Texas Coast learning excursion.

 The payment schedule for Texas Coast 2026 is as follows:

• Deposit: $ due on

• Installment 1: $ due on

• Installment 2: $ due on

• Installment 3: $ due on

Trip Overview: ASI 9 th graders travel to Port Aransas & Corpus Christi to investigate human-ecosystem interactions. They visit the Texas State Aquarium, the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife fish hatchery. Students also interact with US history when they visit the USS Lexington.

For trip enrollment and Austin High travel scholarship information, please contact Miranda Grabowski (miranda.grabowski@austinisd.org), Renae Jackson (renae.jackson@austinisd.org), or Tanya Mast (tanya.mast@austinisd.org)