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Month: October 2022

Sammy Epps honored as Cowboys Class Act for October

Bowie High School Coach honored as Cowboys Class Act

October 31, 2022
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Sixth Arlington ISD teacher named Cowboys Class Act Last Monday might have been rainy, but the weather couldn’t stop the joy at Bowie High School. Students and staff were all smiles when the Dallas Cowboys and Reliant Energy surprised Sammy Epps with the Cowboys Class Acts honor for October. Epps is a health teacher and…

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Citizens Bond Oversight Committee tours Webb Elementary

Citizens Bond Oversight Committee tours Webb Elementary

October 28, 2022
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Committee holds quarterly meeting The Arlington ISD’s Citizens Bond Oversight Committee toured the new Webb Elementary School building to kick off its meeting on Tuesday. The new Webb building is still under construction but is scheduled to open in January. Following the tour, the committee members met in the current Webb library to receive updates on…

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Hope Squad conference

Arlington ISD Hosts Inaugural Hope Squad Conference

October 25, 2022
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Everything’s bigger in Texas. The food portions, pickup trucks, houses and even hope. Take it from the 1,156 students who showed up to the Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts for the first Texas-sized Hope Squad Conference last week. Students from 58 schools from 21 school districts across North Texas met to connect…

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National Dyslexia Month

Arlington ISD Celebrates Dyslexia Awareness Month

October 24, 2022
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October may be known for autumn weather, ghouls and goblins, but it’s also Dyslexia Awareness Month. Schools in the Arlington ISD celebrated this month to raise awareness about the disorder that can cause difficulty learning to read, write or spell. Students identified as having dyslexia typically experience challenges in phonemic awareness and manipulation, single-word reading,…

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National Principals Month Kelli Smith from Shackelford Junior High

Celebrate National Principals Month with Kelli Smith

October 24, 2022
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National Principals Month October marks National Principals Month, and we want to honor the principals who work hard in our vision of making the Arlington ISD a premier school district and leader in education.  Today we’re spotlighting Shackelford Junior High second-year principal Kelli Smith. The Arlington ISD product has known she wanted to be in education…

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Wimbish playgrounds

New playgrounds open at Wimbish World Language Academy

October 21, 2022
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Wimbish World Language Academy makes 19. That’s 19 Arlington ISD elementary schools that have received new playgrounds as part of the 2019 Bond program. But who’s counting? All the elementary students certainly are! And the teachers are, too. “Students screamed and jumped, and even the teachers were as excited as the children,” said Wimbish principal…

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