AISD Japanese programs participated in the Austin Regional Japanese Speech Contest. Students' hard work in studying Japanese was evident in their presentations and impressed the judges. The first and second winners are invited to the Japanese State Speech Contest at Rice University. 

MS/HS Poem Division

• 2nd place - Andres Basabe (10th grade)

MS/HS Haiku Division

• 1st place - Estrella Diaz Mendoza (11th grade)
• 2nd place - Jazz Subido (9th grade)

HS Free Speech

• 1st place - Cale Acker (10th grade)
• 2nd place - Chaitanya Ghatty (12th grade)