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…
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…
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…
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…
Greater Arlington Chamber Scholarship Program Seniors from six Arlington ISD high schools were awarded scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 thanks to the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce and the Pettinger Foundation. The Greater Arlington Chamber Scholarship Program (GACSP) awards graduating seniors a scholarship of up to $2,500 to be used at any college or…
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…
