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Student CTE organizations (CTSO) teach real-world skills CTSOs offer future-building experiences and opportunities

February 9, 2024
CTSO - CTE Month

There’s a CTSO for every student Arlington ISD’s career and technical education program is all about providing future-building opportunities for students. And many of those opportunities extend beyond the classroom. That’s the case with all the district’s many career and technical student organizations (CTSOs). These organizations offer students the opportunity to learn a wide range of real-world…

Martin High School senior wins music scholarship Matthew Stringer plans to become a choir director

February 8, 2024
music scholarship winner Matthew Stringer - scholarship is from the TMEA

Scholarship from the Texas Music Educators Association With so many pathways, how do you choose the right one after high school?  For Martin High School senior Matthew Stringer, it came easy.   “I realized I wanted to become a choir director when my choir was performing with a local choir called the Arlington Master Chorale,” said…

Ag student sells steer at Fort Worth Stock Show for $47,500 First Arlington ISD student to make it to the Junior Sale of Champions

February 8, 2024
steer sold at Fort Worth Stock Show for $47,000

Senior battling cancer as she raises steer There is nothing that’s stopping Arlington High senior Brooklyn Sinclair from taking care of her steers.  Not the 30-minute drive she makes twice daily from her home in North Richland Hills to the Arlington ISD Agriculture Science Center. Not the fact that she made a lot of those…

Arlington ISD Celebrates National School Counseling Week School counselors deserve recognition all year long

February 7, 2024
school counseling week 2024

National School Counseling Week is Feb. 5-9 It’s National School Counseling Week, so we’re highlighting a group of dedicated professionals who really deserve recognition all year long. School counselors’ job description is long and varied, but it’s all in the name of supporting students. And it’s a whole lot more than helping students pick classes…

Fifth and sixth graders win Arlington ISD Area Spelling Bee Practice pays off for the top spellers

February 6, 2024
Spelling Bee 2024

Spelling Bee champs now head to regionals There’s no spell check in the Arlington ISD Area Spelling Bee. It’s practice that pays off.  For Morgan Garner, a fifth grader from Jones Academy of Dual Language and Fine Arts, and Will Farnell, a sixth grader from Ditto Elementary, it sure did.   Out of 61 participants, both students…

Corey Cub Chorus to perform at music educators convention One of three Texas choirs selected for Texas Music Educators Association convention

February 6, 2024
Corey Cub Chorus

Corey chorus performance will honor teachers Prepping since September, the Corey Cub Chorus from Corey Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language is almost ready to take the stage at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) convention this week.  But it all started back in July when Corey’s music teacher, Felipe Rosales, submitted a recording…