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Good Morning America honors Martin HS choir director Surprises retiring teacher Kay Owens

April 19, 2024
Good Morning America honors Kay Owens

Good Morning America Honors Mama O! It was loud in the Martin High School auditorium this morning. In fact, the whole country could hear the cheers. That’s because they were live on Good Morning America. ABC News reporter Will Ganss – a Martin grad – brought the GMA crew to Arlington to celebrate and congratulate…

Watch Board Brief from trustees meeting on April 18, 2024 Board names new junior high school

April 19, 2024
Watch the Board Brief from April 18, 2024

Joey Rodriguez Junior High School Arlington ISD’s Board of Trustees meeting on April 18, 2024, is in the books, and here are a few of the highlights. “El Mariachi Tejano,” Sam Houston High School’s mariachi band, kicked off the meeting by performing “No Volvere,” by Jose Alfredo Jimenez, in honor of the school’s much-loved soccer coach,…

Board names new school Joey Rodriguez Junior High Rodriguez was beloved Sam Houston High School soccer coach

April 19, 2024
Joey Rodriguez Junior High rendering

Joey Rodriguez Junior High Arlington ISD’s newest school will honor the legacy of beloved soccer coach Joey Rodriguez. The future Joey Rodriguez Junior High School is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2025. The new school is funded by the 2019 Bond and will replace the aging Carter Junior…

See what a day in pre-K is really like … Watch the fun, play-based curriculum in action

April 18, 2024
day in pre-K

It’s always a fun day in pre-K “It’s fun learning,” said Jennifer Pettiford, McNutt Elementary School pre-K teacher. “When they come to a pre-K class, they’re going to be doing interactive learning. That means hands-on.” You can read about it, but you really have to see it. Check out the video below to see what…

Seven students win full TCU scholarships Sam Houston High School Texans are about to become Horned Frogs

April 17, 2024
2024 TCU scholarships

Students named TCU Community Scholars Once a Texan, always a Texan. But this fall, seven more Sam Houston High School seniors will be Horned Frogs, too!   “It warms my heart every year,” said Sam Houston counselor Cynthia Carter. “It takes time, and these kids work so hard.”   Selected as Texas Christian University (TCU) Community…

Fairytale event for pre-K and kindergarten kids is Monday, April 22 Come have fun with your kids at Once Upon a Time …

April 17, 2024
Fairytale pre-K and kindergarten event - Once Upon a Time ...

This fairytale is real Once upon a time in a land far away … Actually, the time is next Monday, April 22, from 5-7 p.m. And it’s not so far away – it’ll be at the Arlington ISD Professional Development Center. But it will be magical and a very special time with your little ones.…