Headwaters School
Headwaters School is an independent school in Austin, Texas serving students from early childhood through grade 12. Beginning with a Montessori foundation and progressing to the International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme, we design vibrant learning environments across our three campuses.
We invite our students, guides, staff, parents, and trustees to be Peacemakers, Advocates, Creators, and Thinkers. Read more on our About page.
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Academics
Our students grow from a Montessori foundation in our Early Childhood and Elementary programs into an International Baccalaureate® Diploma Programme in our high school. -
Student Life
Advisories, cultural dinners, project week, musical performances, open mic poetry, Model UN, chess club, Heroes of the Past, student trips...life at Headwaters is full of unique opportunities to connect and learn! -
Athletics
All Middle & High School students have the opportunity to participate in our after-school sports program. Teams compete in a league with other schools in the Austin Private School Association and other local leagues.
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YEAR WE WERE FOUNDEDOur Middle & High School program was founded in 2001, followed closely by our Early Childhood & Elementary program in 2002. -
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Students on three campuses125 Early Childhood students, 190 Elementary Students, 93 Middle School Students, and 144 High School Students. -
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Full-time faculty and staff membersAcross all three of our Austin campuses. -
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Average years of experienceOur seasoned faculty & staff create a rich environment for our students. -
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Million in college scholarship offers since 2012Our College Planning program helps juniors and seniors choose the path that is right for them. -
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Athletic Teams in four SportsOur Middle and High School athletics program includes volleyball, flag football, basketball, and soccer. -
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International StudentsFrom seven countries including Brazil, China, France, Mexico, Russia, Senegal, and Vietnam. -
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Weeks of Summer CampsOn our Early Childhood Campus.
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Ted Talks: Spring and All
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By Ted Graf, Head of SchoolSpring and All
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Ted Talks: Civil Rights Day 2019
On Friday, January 19, I got to be a student all day; it was both memorable and moving.Read More -
2019-2020 Headwaters Academic Calendar
Headwaters School has announced the 2019-2020 Academic Calendar.Read More -
End-of-Year Ceremonies, 2018-2019
Click here to see more details about end-of-year ceremonies for 2018-19 School Year.Read More -
Ted Talks: School as a Jazz Band
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"Jazz players look for and notice instability, disorder, novelty, emergence, and self-organization for their innovative potential rather than as something to be avoided, eliminated, or controlled. Indeed, jazz bands are very much human systems living at the edge of chaos. To understand their social complexity requires cultivating an aesthetic that values surrender and wonderment over certainty, appreciation over problem solving, listening and attunement over individual isolation."
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October 2018 Student Spotlights
High School Model UN, Hamlet, Visitors from Mexico, and Headwaters Shark Tank!Read More -
Guide Feature: Alli Breznicky
Read MoreAlli Breznicky is the Lead Primary Guide in the Bluebirds Community on the SpringsCampus.
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Headwaters Calendar
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PACTing with Roberto
Join Roberto for an opportunity to reflect on Blackbaud communications. What has worked well? What has been challenging? How can we make a collective effort to maximize Blackbaud as our central tool for communication? Your presence and insight is welcome. -
Upper El Parent Orientation
Parents of rising 4th graders, come learn what to expect in Upper Elementary!Creek Campus
Come Visit Us
At Headwaters, we value our unique, open-minded, and mutually respectful school culture as much as we value our engaging and challenging academics. We are looking for families who share these values and who are committed to and excited about continual growth and development.
Springs Campus
18 months to Pre-K