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Crow Leadership Academy's namesake's granddaughter visits the school

Crow Leadership Academy Gets Special Visit from Namesake’s Family

September 13, 2021
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The halls of Crow Leadership Academy rang with laughter and joy as Megan Wichman, great-granddaughter of the school’s namesake Corinne Crow, reveled in her family’s longtime legacy in Arlington ISD. While Wichman and her husband were in Arlington for Labor Day weekend, they decided to pay a visit to the school her family so greatly…

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Arlington Master Chorale to perform 9/11 memorial concert at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts

Arlington Master Chorale performing 9/11 Memorial concert

September 9, 2021
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The Arlington Master Chorale will commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a memorial concert at the Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts this Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.   The all-volunteer chorus, led by their music director Randy Jordan and collaborative pianist Dr. Jane Silvey Andrews, will perform twice on Saturday, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.  Jordan, a former director of music at Martin High School for 23 years, is overjoyed to perform…

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What's Your Big Idea

High school winners of entrepreneurship contest honored

August 5, 2021
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Who said you had to be an adult to become an entrepreneur? A group of Arlington ISD students is breaking barriers by planning unique businesses in their community while still attending high school. The students entered and won the What’s Your Big Idea Entrepreneurship Contest, which consisted of brainstorming and providing a new solution for…

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Arlington Collegiate senior receives Innovation Scholarship from the Chamber of Commerce

Senior surprised with Chamber of Commerce scholarships

May 26, 2021
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Arlington Collegiate High school senior Kevin Baylon must have known something was up when he walked into his school’s library and saw his parents with a bunch of his teachers. But that was just a small surprise compared to what was coming. Representatives from the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce and the Pettinger Foundation were…

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Dr. Orsini presents pre-K scholarship

Pre-K scholarships awarded in fun ceremony

May 25, 2021
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Parents and their small children anxiously waited inside Pearcy STEM Academy’s cafeteria. Dr. Jackeline Orsini, Arlington ISD’s director of early childhood learning, and her team warmly welcomed the parents and spoke to the exuberant children.  Orsini announced to the families that their children are the first recipients of a new pre-K scholarship. The children will get to attend pre-K free-of-charge for the 2021-22 school year!   Orsini called each child…

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STAR Awards online ceremony

STAR students Awards delivered to top 2% of AISD

May 24, 2021
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The Arlington ISD is home to plenty of amazing students. And then there are also STAR students, who are the top two percent of graduating students from each of our high schools. The district normally honors them at the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition luncheon, but because of COVID-19 protocols, the event took place online this…

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