Welcome to Clint Small’s Green Tech Academy!

Thanks for checking us out! We are Clint Small Middle School, but there is nothing small about us. With over 1200 students, we offer a variety of courses that cater to all types of interests. Whether programming robots in our Pre-engineering program, milking goats to make soap or growing and cooking your own food, students from all over Austin come to our school to explore, learn and have fun.

If you live outside of our attendance zone and are interested in becoming a CSMS Cougar, you are in the right place. Explore this page to learn more about the application process and to sign up for a tour.

Check back here for the 25-26 application and
tour information in October 2024. 

If you have any questions please email jennifer.newell@austinisd.org

Zoom Q & A Sessions

Join us online for a chat about our academy. Meet some teachers and learn about why your student would choose small's green tech academy for their middle school education.

Pick a date that works for you:

• 24-25 Dates to be Determined - check back in October for updated information

Tours

By popular demand we have opened some on-campus tours.

Our tours will focus on:

• Get a look and feel of small
• What makes small special
• Small's middle school philosophy
• Our dual language program
• Our green tech academy
• How apply

24-25 Dates to be Determined - check back in October for updated information

About our Program

The Clint Small Middle School Green Tech Program includes innovative course offerings in environmental studies and technology. CSMS is a National “Green Ribbon” school, and the first school in Texas to earn the Eco-Schools USA Green Flag Award from the National Wildlife Federation.

Our unique program allows students to select an academic track that focuses on the environment, technology, or a blend of the two. The Green Tech curriculum includes a wide variety of visionary electives, including many opportunities for outdoor learning, project-based learning, and team collaboration among students.

Over the years, students, teachers, and volunteers have transformed more than 4,000 square feet of barren space surrounding our campus into native habitat for ruby-throated hummingbirds, monarch butterflies, songbirds, small mammals and more. They have built a greenhouse, a meditative labyrinth, wildflower gardens, a rain garden, and a reconstructed prairie. They also have productive food gardens, orchards, and habitat corridors. Starting this year 2023/2024 we are expanding our Green area. Learn more here:

Highlights of the Green Academy include:

• more than 300 native plant species planted by students
• outdoor classroom spaces and greenhouse
• raising chickens, ducks, goats, and sheep
• composting, recycling
• water harvesting

To learn more about what some of our Green Academy students have been up to, visit the In Small Gardens blog and follow us on Instagram.

Highlights of the Tech Academy include: 

• STEM Advanced Learner program leading students to high school math and science courses in the 8th grade
• Project Lead the Way pre-engineering curriculum
• state-of-the-art Career and Technical Education (CTE) wing
• classes in robotics, animation, engineering, app design, and more
• options to earn high school credit with select tech electives

Important Dates for 25-26 Applications

• 25-26 Dates to be Determined - check back in October for updated information