George P. Austin Jr. High

Congratulations to the 1st Semester Top Readers--Josalynn Harris, Justin Payne, Kemaya Jones, Kayden Sweinhagen, Connie Kemp, Christian McKinley and Braeden Williams.

Outdoor Classroom update--our garden is growing. The student volunteers harvested collards this morning. Thank you to Deep South Food Alliance, Tuskegee University and Marengo Cou...

We are thrilled to announce that our amazing librarian, Ms. Witherington, has been awarded a $1,000 Alabama Power Grant to purchase new books for our school library! This generous...

Parents and Guardians, please check your child’s backpack for their progress report, which was sent home today! 📚✨ This is a great opportunity to review their academic progress a...

Andrew Philon, School Liaison, from the GEAR UP program at Auburn University visited with the 8th grade today and talked about the program. GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Re...

In preparation for our Veteran's Day Program on Friday, November 8th at 9:00 a.m. in the George P. Austin Junior High School gymnasium, we invite you to share information about a...

The Fall Book Fair is set to open November 1 - 8 (during school hours). It will be set up at the Linden Elementary School Library. The fundraiser is supporting both LES and GPA ...

“ Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”—Malcolm X Congratulations to our 1st 9 weeks Honor Roll students.

GPA would like to extend our sincere thanks to Daniel Dye from the State ABC Board and Carolyn Tyus from MADD for their impactful presentation, Under Age, Under Arrest , and for ...

This year, George P. Austin Jr. High School is utilizing a House System–a behavior strategy used in schools to foster a sense of community, encourage positive behavior, and promo...

G.P. Austin 6th grade traveled to Foscue Park (Demopolis, AL) on May 9th to participate in FAWN (Forestry Awareness Week Now). Sessions included forest products, Enviroscape, Wa...

The students pictured were selected by the G.P. Austin Jr High faculty and staff for showing Kindness (Character Education trait for March). Congratulations! #GPAproud #ki...

In Ms. Bruno's 6th grade science class they have been learning about the ocean and the seafloor. In lab, students used modeling clay to recreate the seafloor.

What a time we had at GPA during Read Across America Week. The students listened to different books written by Dr. Seuss and completed activities based on each of the books. The b...

It's time for our Spring Book Fair. February 9-15, 2024 at Linden Elementary School library during the school hours of 10:00am--2:30pm Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles ...

Congratulations to the following students who were the Top Scorers on the practice ACAP. Keep up the hard work! 8th grade (ELA, Math & Science): Shaniyah Ferguson, Londynn Gould...

Our garden keeps growing. On Friday, January 5, the students harvested 15 pounds of broccoli.

Fall Harvest at the GPA Outdoor Classroom: Our team harvested 110 pounds of collards and they are headed to the processing plant. Great job GPA.

Congratulations to Ms. Celise Luker Witherington, Library Media Specialist, on receiving an Alabama Power Foundation Classroom grant for the GPA Library.

Our garden is growing. Can't wait to enjoy the fruits of our labor.