AHB COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Where Students Love Learning

Austin’s oldest project-based micro school, serving elementary and middle school students.

Developing Kindness and Curiosity

AHB provides high academic expectations in a flexible and nurturing environment. We tackle meaningful and challenging work at a pace that makes sense for the child. Learning is approached with a spirit of fun and collaboration alongside friends.

PRACTICE + PROJECTS

AHB balances targeted practice in math, reading and writing with theme-based projects for science and history. AHB ACADEMICS

CARING, QUALIFIED TEACHERS

With an average of 18 years experience, AHB teachers actively engage students in the learning process. AHB FACULTY

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

At the heart of AHB is a supportive, close-knit community where students, teachers, and families collaborate. SEL AT AHB

11:1

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE

105

STUDENT LIMIT, K-8

Accredited

TEXAS PRIVATE SCHOOL

No Drop-Off Line

CONNECT WITH TEACHERS AND OTHER FAMILIES

100%

OF 8TH GRADERS ARE EARNING HIGH SCHOOL MATH CREDIT

100%

RATE CLASS CLIMATE AS VERY GOOD OR EXCELLENT

Spaces Still Available for 2025-26

We still have limited openings for the 2025–26 school year. Schedule a tour and see how your child can thrive at AHB Community School!

I love AHB because of the learning style. I love how I can actually understand what I learn, and how learning with projects makes school so much more fun. Everyone is so open-minded and I don’t have to be afraid of being myself, which makes me feel happier.
Laura R., Class of 2024

Middle school girls enjoy free time at part time school.

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In math, the middle schoolers wrapped up unit revi

In math, the middle schoolers wrapped up unit reviews and jumped into new material—geometry, probability, and factoring quadratic functions. The week ended with a challenging activity where students translated graphs into vertex, standard, and factored forms of quadratic equations.

ELA brought rich discussion and creativity. Students explored their novels through quick writes and deep questions, then shifted into analyzing mood and tone in literature. Activities included a “mood meter,” color-coding mentor texts, and even acting out common phrases to explore how word choice affects tone.

In Theme, students designed original creatures using ten different adaptations and described how those traits help them survive in their environments. We also launched into the topic of Evolution with a simulation showing how bunny populations explode—or decline—depending on environmental factors.

Alpha Adventures! This week, Alphas launched into

Alpha Adventures!

This week, Alphas launched into the upper layers of our atmosphere! We explored the stratosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere—learning how the ozone layer protects us, what causes “shooting stars,” and what it takes to live in space. After watching a real-life free fall from the stratosphere, Alphas designed their own space stations (disco nodule, anyone?) and compared them to how astronauts really live on the ISS.

In math, we explored number patterns with the 99 chart, practiced breaking apart 10, and worked on telling time by 5s. We even solved a tricky Magical Cat Problem using double-digit addition, multiplication, and strategy—whew! We wrapped up with ruler skills to prep for our measurement unit next week.

In ELA, we focused on digraphs like SH and CH, read about Yoko and her lovey, and wrote about our own treasured objects. We also traveled back in time with When Everybody Wore Hats and explored Frida Kahlo’s life to inspire our writing.

Another full week of curiosity, creativity, and connection!

Come join the fun!

Come join the fun!

Beta Update! In math, Betas were busy building s $Beta Update! In math, Betas were busy building skills and confidence! Ms. Andrea’s crew wrapped up their money unit with coin riddles, games, and balancing scale challenges—and totally rocked their assessment! Meanwhile, Ms. Kelly’s group explored fractions greater than one on number lines and used their bodies (literally!) to master numerators and denominators. In reading, we tackled tricky syllables and long vowel patterns, dove into fiction and nonfiction texts, and even used invisible ink during dictation! Book clubs are finishing up favorites like Fudge and The Littles, while one group is just getting started with Bunnicula. Our writers are deep in their nonfiction drafts—crafting clear paragraphs, using transition words, and organizing facts under thoughtful headings. Big thinking happening all around! Theme took us to space! From the geocentric vs. heliocentric debate to coding astronauts’ paths to the moon, Betas studied groundbreaking scientists and astronauts who changed the course of history. Truly out of this world!$

This week with the Gammas… ELA: Our young filmm

This week with the Gammas…

ELA:
Our young filmmakers were hard at work finishing up their movie masterpieces! From drawing to acting to directing, it was such a joyful, collaborative process. By Thursday, most films were nearly wrapped, so we celebrated with an ELA “free day”—think fiction writing, graphic novels, and even vocabulary list-making (yes, for fun!). Get ready: next week is our film premiere at Shipe Park, complete with red carpet and photo ops!

Math:
Measurement mania hit the Gammas! Year 1 made super creative posters to help visualize length, weight, and capacity, while Year 2 dove into metric conversions and practiced their decimal hopping. We also learned a new math game, Prime Climb—total hit! (Heads up: it’s at Target if you want to play at home.)

Theme:
This week’s focus: the digestive system. After a deep dive into a Google slideshow, we recreated the whole digestive process in a hands-on lab that was equal parts fascinating and gross. From “chewing” in a plastic bag to using pantyhose as intestines and finishing with a very memorable paper cup rectum—this one will stick with them!

Can’t wait to share their films with you next week!

Middle School Moments! After a week of Iowa testin

Middle School Moments!
After a week of Iowa testing, our brilliant middle schoolers dove into hands-on, creative projects across the board!

Math:
From alphabet-inspired equations to 3D city planning and vibrant stained glass graphing, every group brought math to life in their own unique way.

ELA:
We explored the colorful world of idioms—especially from other languages—and captured their figurative meanings with watercolor art.

Theme:
Organism Projects are underway! Students kicked off their research with detailed outlines and explored the wild world of adaptations through a fun outdoor gallery walk and a creative species design challenge.

Work and wonder, all in one week!

In Alpha Class This Week… We Looked Up! Our wee

In Alpha Class This Week… We Looked Up!

Our week began with a special visit from Pilot Mr. Howard, who taught us all about airplanes and the troposphere. We learned how lift, thrust, drag, and weight work together to keep those giant machines in the sky, and how pilots read clouds, temperature, and pressure to fly safely.

We also explored how light moves through clouds with a flashlight and cellophane experiment! We created cloud field guides and learned to identify cirrus, stratus, and cumulus clouds.

In the Classroom…
Math was all around us! We rebuilt our 0–99 board, spotted number patterns, and told time with our feet on a giant analog clock.

In ELA, we dove into digraphs, reflected on memories, and wrote first drafts of our own stories. Books like Thundercake and When Lightning Comes in a Jar helped spark meaningful conversations.

And Outside…
We practiced how to respond when someone says “STOP!”—freezing first, asking questions after. Big lessons in small moments.

Alphas are soaring higher every week!

Blast off! What a week in the Beta classroom! 🌎

Blast off! What a week in the Beta classroom! 🌎
We zoomed through the solar system, starting with a giant step-by-step model of the rocky planets. Turns out, space is way more spaced out than it looks in the books! The outer planets? We had to scale things down just to fit them on our playground!
From icy comets to blazing meteors, we explored space rocks with hands-on texture comparisons, then wrapped our minds around the mystery of black holes (so many curious questions!).
We ended our cosmic journey with a chill, step-by-step space drawing session—because after all that brain-stretching, even astronauts need a break!
#SpaceWeek #BetaClassroom #CosmicKids #LearningIsFun #FutureAstronauts

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AHB is a non-religious private school that combines engaging, project-based learning with core academic skill-building. Your child will enjoy learning that’s both effective AND fun, while finding a genuine sense of belonging in our supportive community. We can’t wait to welcome your family to AHB Community School.