Abercorn
International
School

Join us at our Open House to explore our stunning facilities and to get a chance to meet with our Director of Admissions and Headmistress and discover what makes Abercorn International School so special. Upcoming dates: Thursday May 31st, 10am – 12 noon Tuesday June 12th, 10am – 12 noon Please contact Brooke in the Admissions Office [...]

When you are a parent, it seems that you spend an eternity filling out forms and applications for your child. There are medical forms, and permission slips, and of course applications to school.  Although there is information that we must gather in order to properly place your child, our priority is to help each family [...]

It may be clear that public education is not the right system for your child, but how do you sort through the sea of alternative options that all seem to tout an open environment of creativity, learning and sharing? At Abercorn, we educate within the philosophy of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme. One of the [...]

Abercorn’s athletic programme is designed to help students improve and master various skills while developing good sportsmanship, discipline, cooperation and leadership. Other key elements of our athletic programme involve mental focus, positive thinking, teamwork and game strategy. It is very important in the early years of formal education to give pupils a sense of the [...]

Excerpts from this post quote Dr. Charles Raison, CNNhealth’s Mental Health Expert, who is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona in Tucson. His original research can be found HERE.  Our philosophy at Abercorn International School – Lakeway is that a child must have all of his or her needs met before [...]

As reported by Lauren Barack of The School Library Journal,  new research from Library Research Services, which reviewed standardized test scores from Colorado schools in 2005 and 2011, found that reading scores statistically increased when schools retained or gained a school librarian. “There is a positive and statistically significant relationship between advanced reading levels and endorsed librarian [...]

VIDEO:  We Are Austin took an in-depth look at the warm, stress-free education that happens every day behind the doors of Abercorn International School in Lakeway, Texas. In this featurette, hear directly from Head Mistress Grainne O’Reilly, and our wonderful staff as they tell the story of Abercorn – Lakeway! Our brain-friendly approach to education replaces the question, [...]

There are two camps in session this summer run by Lupine Lane at Abercorn International School. For more information please click here or contact Lauren and Carl directly via this link. We look forward to sharing a summer camp experience your children will never forget!  

This year’s Thanksgiving  Festival was an outstanding success – not only due to the many large boxes of tinned and dried foodstuffs that we were able to donate to the Capitol Area Food Bank, but also due to the large cash donation that we were also able to make because of the generosity of the Abercorn International families [...]

Please take a few minutes to watch our segment on KEYE TV’s We are Austin program. We hope you enjoy this brief introduction to part of just what makes our school so special.