Year: 2020
Arlington ISD Teachers Share The Advantages Of Free Full-Day Pre-K Pre-K will be full-day for all 4-year-olds next school year in the Arlington ISD for the first time. That’s exciting news for Pre-K teachers because they know how much the extended school day will help the district’s youngest learners. “Extending our academic program for 4-year-old…
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Swift Elementary Art Teacher Roxanne McKee Shows Us How To Make The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift What would Mother’s Day be like without your student bringing home something homemade from school for mom? How to projects can seem far fetched. Well, thanks to Swift Elementary art teacher Roxanne McKee, you won’t have to worry about…
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Do You Have 4 Minutes? That’s All You Need For This Workout Wednesday Session Six weeks into Workout Wednesday and Duff physical education teacher Matt Bostick is introducing many of you to a new word – Tabata. The good news is that if you’re a fan of quick workouts, Tabata is right for you as…
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Arlington ISD returns with more ways to explore the great outdoors from your home We’re taking trips to the great outdoors with this edition of 5 Ways to Explore the World Without Leaving Home. So swap out the books from your backpack after you’ve finished your Arlington ISD At-Home Learning Hub assignments and load it…
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Arlington ISD Asks Students To Share Their Appreciation For Teachers Students: It’s been a crazy school year for you and your teachers! Now that the year is almost over, let your teachers know how much you appreciate them. Our teachers always work hard, but they’ve gone to new, extraordinary lengths to help you keep learning…
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Arlington ISD Future Of Swimming Is Taking Shape There’s no water yet, but the big concrete hole in the ground is starting to look like a real pool. Construction crews positioned most of the side panels last week, giving shape to the Arlington ISD’s future swimming “home.” “We are very excited to see the Arlington…
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Rankin Elementary Pre-K Student’s Fight Against Cancer One of the smallest pre-K students in the Rankin Elementary community has provided the biggest of lift of spirit during the pandemic that closed schools for the remainder of the school year. Eliana Cardenas, a Pre-K student who had her year cut short last September because of a…
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Registering For Arlington ISD Free Full-Day Pre-K Is Easy Registering your child for Pre-K is a major milestone. But it may also feel like an overwhelming, complicated process, especially with schools closed for COVID-19. But don’t worry: It’s not as bad as it seems, and we’re here to help you get through it. Follow this…
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Makerspace Challenges You To Use Your Design Skills This week’s makerspace activity comes from Shackelford librarian Alicia Vandenbroek. Her “Design it Challenge” encourages you to identify a problem where you live and develop a solution for it. You can use a computer or whatever materials you have at home, but you’ll definitely have to use…
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Bowie High School Football Players Receive A Doorstep Surprise Bowie High School head football coach Danny DeArman can still remember the day he got his Alvarado High School letterman jacket and how excited and prideful he was to wear it. So, it was a no-brainer for him to make two days’ worth of special deliveries…
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