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ACHS salutatorian Maria Ortega It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2023 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. Meet Arlington Collegiate High School’s salutatorian Maria Ortega. NAME: Maria Ortega SCHOOL: Arlington Collegiate High School COLLEGE: University of North Texas INTENDED MAJOR: Psychology What is your dream and how do you plan…
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ACCHS Valedictorian Larissa Jimenez It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2023 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. Meet Arlington College and Career High School’s 2023 valedictorian Larissa Jimenez. NAME: Larissa Jimenez SCHOOL: Arlington College and Career High School COLLEGE: University of Texas at Austin INTENDED MAJOR: Medical laboratory science What…
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ACCHS Salutatorian Okikiola Joseph Alokan It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2023 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. First up is Arlington College and Career High School’s salutatorian Okikiola Joseph Alokan. NAME: Okikiola Joseph Alokan SCHOOL: Arlington College and Career High School COLLEGE: University of Texas at…
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During last Saturday’s annual Father Fest, Eric Rice was making the rounds with one daughter under his left arm and another under the right, chatting with fellow parents from Dunn Elememtary, including principal Mary Helen Burnett. Rice and his fellow Dunn Dragon parents had just been recognized as a Fathers and Families Friendly Campus, a…
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Bailey Junior High’s new parking lot off Bowen Road is complete. But that’s just the start of the 2019 Bond project at Bailey. Now that school is out for the summer, work on the transformational project will really get going. It’s a large, complex project that won’t wrap up until the end of 2024. With…
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Gates scholars started together at Berry Elementary Yessenia Martin and Kruz Hernandez have set the bar high for early college graduates in the Arlington ISD. Not because they’re graduating from high school with their associate degrees. That’s now the norm at both Arlington Collegiate High School and Arlington College and Career High School. No, both…
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Haynes is a long-time district volunteer Last week the two newest members of the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees were sworn in, and we wanted to give you a chance to get to know them a little bit. Leanne Haynes is the district’s new Place 7 representative. Haynes does everything in her role at the…
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Students donate proceeds to charity Forget The Parks Mall. Ditto Elementary School was the place to shop last Saturday. Mini-entrepreneurs – aka Ditto third through sixth graders – filled the cafeteria with their budding businesses and offered all kinds of products and services for sale to the public. There were jewelry stores, homemade juice bars,…
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Richardson is a long-time PTA member Last week, the two newest members of the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees were sworn in, and we wanted to give you a chance to get to know them a little bit. First up is Brooklyn Richardson, who is the Place 6 representative. Richardson is the director of youth…
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After-school meeting with the mayor Not many fifth graders have a meeting with the mayor after school. But four Webb Elementary School students made the short trip to city hall last week for an appointment with Arlington Mayor Jim Ross. “I can’t get over these awesome fifth graders from Webb Elementary School who want a…
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