{"id":6,"date":"2017-02-03T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aisd.net\/secondary-campus\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:45:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>(682) 867-8000<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1C733iju4Wm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3900 SW Green Oaks Blvd.<br \/>\nArlington, TX 76017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>School Spirit<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Colors: Royal Blue &amp; Kelly Green<\/li>\n<li>Motto: Where the best begins!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Our mission is to build trusting relationships and teach through mistakes while holding students and staff to high expectations.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Vision<\/h2>\n<p>Our vision at Boles Jr. High is to support each student in becoming resilient, empowered, and independent.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Goals<\/h2>\n<p>90-70-30 Students achievement for all content areas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To intentionally plan for student engagement every day.<\/li>\n<li>To prioritize mastery-based learning.<\/li>\n<li>To close the achievement gap among all student populations.<\/li>\n<li>To close the disciplinary gap among all student populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>History<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-content\/files\/sites\/36\/2017\/04\/Boles_Namesake.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-content\/files\/sites\/36\/2017\/04\/Boles_Namesake.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Truett C. Boles\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Dr Truett C. Boles<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Boles led Arlington Independent School District through a period of rapid growth.\u00a0He served on the board for 15 years, and held the office of board president eight times.\u00a0Dr. Truett C. Boles gave outstanding leadership in our school district during his tenure from 1966 to 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Boles grew up in Littlefield, Texas, a small town northwest of Lubbock.\u00a0His father was a high school principal and his mother taught school at one time.\u00a0He attended Texas Tech University where he met his future wife, Beth.\u00a0On November 10, 1951 they were married and in January 1957, they moved to Arlington, where he became the first medical specialist of his kind in the community.\u00a0He retired from his medical practice June 26, 1998 after 47 years!<\/p>\n<p>Dr. and Mrs. Boles have two children.\u00a0Their son, Chris, a molecular biologist is married and has the Boles&#8217; first\u00a0granddaughter, who is seven.\u00a0Their daughter, Becky, is an architect recently married another architect.<\/p>\n<p>Trustee Diane Patrick, who chaired the subcommittee that selected the school name, said Boles &#8220;guided the district through an era of unprecedented growth&#8221; during his tenure from 1966 to 1981. &#8220;His name is on the dedication plaques of 25 buildings in the district, and that doesn&#8217;t even included all the additions to schools.&#8221; (Fort Worth Start Telegram, January 15, 1986)<\/p>\n\t<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-content\/files\/sites\/36\/2020\/01\/ErneryAward2019.jpg\" alt=\"Boles Energy Award 2019\" width=\"680\" height=\"496\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 680px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 680\/496;\" \/><\/p>\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-content\/files\/sites\/36\/2020\/01\/NationalCollegePSAT.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/512;\" \/><\/p>\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-content\/files\/sites\/36\/2019\/08\/honorroll_logo2_2019-01-723x689.jpg\" alt=\"Honor Roll\" width=\"414\" height=\"395\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 414px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 414\/395;\" \/><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(682) 867-8000 3900 SW Green Oaks Blvd. Arlington, TX 76017 School Spirit Colors: Royal Blue &amp; Kelly Green Motto: Where the best begins! Mission Our mission is to build trusting relationships and teach through mistakes while holding students and staff to high expectations. Vision Our vision at Boles Jr. High is to support each student&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10400,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":"5","href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26428,"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/26428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/boles-junior-high\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}