Graduation
ACHS VALEDICTORIAN SAMANTHA FERNANDEZ It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. Meet Arlington Collegiate High School’s valedictorian Samantha Fernandez. NAME: Samantha Fernandez SCHOOL: Arlington Collegiate High School COLLEGE: Texas Woman’s University INTENDED MAJOR: Nursing 〉What is one piece of advice you would give an incoming…
ACHS salutatorian Vanessa Trejo It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. Meet Arlington Collegiate High School’s salutatorian Vanessa Trejo. NAME: Vanessa Trejo SCHOOL: Arlington Collegiate High School COLLEGE: Texas Woman’s University INTENDED MAJOR: Nursing 〉What is one piece of advice you would give an incoming…
ACCHS SALUtatorian OYINlOLA Alokan It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. Meet Arlington College and Career High School’s salutatorian Oyinlola Alokan. NAME: Oyinlola Alokan SCHOOL: Arlington College and Career High School COLLEGE: University of Texas at Arlington INTENDED MAJOR: Biology 〉What is one piece of…
Moore’s perfect attendance started at Ashworth Elementary Seguin High School senior Connor Moore has made it a point not to miss anything during his senior year of high school. That should come as no surprise to anyone who knows Moore. He hasn’t missed anything since he started in the Arlington ISD as a kindergartener at…
ACCHS VALEDICTORIAN RICHARD AGUILAR It’s graduation season and we are celebrating the Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian for all eight Arlington ISD high schools. Meet Arlington College and Career High School’s valedictorian Richard Aguilar. NAME: Richard Aguilar SCHOOL: Arlington College and Career High School COLLEGE: University of Texas at Austin or the University of Texas at Arlington…
Building legacies Everyone can see the construction going on at the front of Arlington High School. But on a recent Saturday, there was construction in the back, too. More than a dozen Arlington High students donning blue jeans, neon-orange T-shirts and white hard hats measured and sanded wood planks, drilled holes and hammered nails. No,…
Scholarship includes Amazon internship Most students don’t get Amazon deliveries at school. But two seniors from Arlington ISD’s STEM Academy at Martin High School just got packages that will change their lives. “I had no idea what was coming,” said Karmen Chandler. What began as a typical meeting for members of the school’s Roboboat team…
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…
Rebekah Lara is heading to Rice University Rebekah Lara never thought that going to college could be an option for her. Paying for tuition, books, lodging and supplies was just going to be too much. But now she is heading to Rice University in the fall, thanks to the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship. “The week…
Students opt for military academies Last month, thousands of Arlington ISD students ecstatically walked across a stage to receive their high school diplomas. Their parents, too, were overwhelmed with joy as their “babies” will soon leave the nest and head off to various colleges and universities this fall. Some have enrolled at the University of…