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New junior high is funded by the 2019 Bond This was a little different than an outdoor concert at the Levitt Pavilion. This outdoor venue featured piles of rubble. And the backdrop for Carter Junior High’s orchestra, band and choir included two huge yellow earth movers. As the student musicians played and sang, the walls…
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Board honors student of the month and community partner Arlington ISD’s Board of Trustees meeting on October 5, 2023, is in the books, and here are a few of the highlights. There’s no better way to start a board meeting than with some smooth jazz. The award-winning jazz ensemble from Martin High School – Martin…
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Rankin students will want to eat their veggies All parents know the struggle of getting kids to eat their vegetables. But what if kids knew that a vegetable was more than just a gross item on the grocery shopping list? Well, that’s what the Eat Well Feel Well Garden & Nutrition Project is for.…
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Teaching is the joy of Blanca Wiegman’s life We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by spotlighting several Arlington ISD staff members about their Hispanic heritage. This week we caught up with Blanca Wiegman, a pre-K teacher at Bebensee Elementary School. 〉How long have you been a teacher? And how long at Bebensee and Arlington ISD? Being…
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Circle your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 24. That’s when the window for enrolling students for specialized programs for the 2023-24 school year opens. And what better way to kick off that window than with a big event? And this year’s Explore Arlington ISD is bigger than ever. That’s what happens when you continue to provide new opportunities…
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STEMtacular event includes entire families If you could choose a superpower, what would it be? To fly? Teleport? Super strength perhaps? Here at Arlington ISD, superpowers are endless. Our superheroes [our teachers] are always finding ways to launch every child’s learning experience every single day and help them become superheroes themselves! That’s why last week our…
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Thornton celebrates with singing, dancing and tamales Tamara Edwards, Thornton Elementary School’s music teacher, lined her choir students up on the stage stairs and then sat down at the piano. The standing-room-only crowd in the cafetorium, along with the overflow in the library watching the live stream, waited patiently for the students to start singing…
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CBS anchor presents award to Buksa Last week, Speer Elementary celebrated “Buksa Day” – as her students called it – here in Arlington ISD. The school recognized fifth-grade teacher Sarah Buksa for the dedication that she pours into her students and their families. The one thing about the day was that Buksa had no idea it was…
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Ariee Richards runs with a smile If you’re in a race with Ariee Richards, you won’t see the smile on her face. You’ll only see the back of her head. But you’ll know she’s probably smiling because that’s how she lives her life. With a smile – even when she’s running one of track’s most…
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High school students meet with college reps When Tyler Hastings was a third grader, his mother – who found him to be fiercely independent for an eight-year-old – asked him a rather odd but revealing question: “Do you even need parents?” He told her he did. For food, shelter and maybe the occasional allowance tossed…
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