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Cowboys and Reliant Energy honor Arlington ISD teachers with Reliant Class Acts Teacher of the Month grants

Dallas Cowboys surprise two Arlington ISD teachers

January 31, 2024
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Cowboys and Reliant Energy present $4,000 grants Arlington ISD teachers are scoring touchdowns in the classrooms every day, and the Dallas Cowboys have noticed.  “Today is a very special day,” said former Dallas Cowboy Joe Looney.  As a teacher himself, he knows it’s important to give back to his community.   That’s why Looney, Rowdy…

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National Signing Day 2022 - Martin student athletes

44 Arlington ISD student athletes receive scholarships

February 2, 2022
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Follow your dreams! Promise and perseverance were on full display at Arlington ISD’s National Signing Day ceremony Wednesday morning. More than 40 students representing all six traditional high schools gathered at the Arlington ISD Athletics Complex before family, friends, coaches and administrators to celebrate a milestone moment in their lives. “Today, for me, meant that…

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Dallas Cowboys Honor Teachers

Dallas Cowboys Honor Two Arlington ISD Teachers!

November 3, 2021
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The only team on a hotter winning streak than the Dallas Cowboys may be the teaching team in the Arlington ISD. William McAlister, a social studies teacher at Carter Junior High, and Adams Elementary third-grade teacher Tarri Miller were honored this week as the Dallas Cowboys/Reliant Energy Class Acts teachers of the month for September…

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Ellis Elementary teacher Antonio Young honored by Dallas Cowboys and Reliant Energy as Teacher of the Month

Ellis Elementary teacher honored as Class Act Teacher of the Month

January 28, 2021
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Arlington ISD teacher first to win the award Ellis Elementary sixth grade teacher Antonio Young expected Thursday to be just like any other day at school. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Young’s morning started when he was escorted outside the school by principal Keith Boyd to find the Dallas Cowboys bus, team mascot Rowdy,…

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Short Elementary Principal Katina Martinez inducted into the School Breakfast Hero Hall of Fame

Short Elementary principal inducted into School Breakfast Hall of Fame

November 30, 2020
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Students do better when they eat breakfast Breakfast in the classroom may not sound like a good idea at first. Food means messes and distractions – not exactly what teachers want in their classrooms. But when David Lewis, Arlington ISD director of food and nutrition services, proposed the idea to Short Elementary Principal Katina Martinez,…

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