Martin High School
You may have heard of Martin High School senior Vivian Nguyen before. She started a clothing line, Dyenosaur Apparel, a few years ago to celebrate youth creativity and support the community. Her success led to her becoming the youngest panelist at GenZ Girl Con, an online conference promoting women’s empowerment to hundreds of students and…
College Night at UTA was a hit! Attending college has been top of mind for Trinity Nguyen for a couple of years now, so it was not surprising that the Seguin High School senior’s time spent at Arlington ISD’s annual College Night at the University of Texas at Arlington was tactically brief. She’s narrowed her…
“Thunder!” AC/DC blared over the speakers as students knocked out pushups and pullups and ran laps on the elevated track. “Good job guys! Last one!” Arlington Police Officer Fred Kemp shouted over the music as he and a pack of students rounded the track. It’s the middle of summer, but these Arlington ISD students aren’t…
This summer camp was designed to change America. Quantum physics It’s a tall order. But it might have seemed like a tall order to get high school students to give up their lazy summer days to learn about quantum physics. And that wasn’t a problem. Dozens of local high school students filled several classrooms at…
In the week leading up to Arlington ISD graduations June 7 and 8, we are celebrating the Class of 2022 valedictorian and salutatorian for all seven Arlington ISD high schools. Name: Heather van Waasbergen, Co-Valedictorian School: Martin High School College: University of California at Davis Intended Major: Animal Biology What is your dream and how…
In the week leading up to Arlington ISD graduations June 7 and 8, we are celebrating the Class of 2022 valedictorian and salutatorian for all seven Arlington ISD high schools. Name: Christopher Dao, Salutatorian School: Martin High School College: University of Texas at Arlington Intended Major: Biology What is your dream and how do you plan to…
Once Nicole Tacconi starts her freshman year at Princeton University, she won’t have far to go to find some familiar faces. Tacconi, who is graduating from Martin High School and has been at the STEM Academy, can take a train to New Haven, Conn., to visit with Renee Antwi, who is graduating from Sam Houston…
It felt like a parade of Aggies at the Arlington Board of REALTORS (ARBOR) last week. ARBOR awarded its annual scholarships for graduating high school seniors to five local students, four of them from Arlington ISD. Two of the Arlington ISD recipients are heading to Texas A&M in August. The only student not from Arlington…
School Nurse Day Today marks School Nurse Day across the country. But with everything that’s gone on over the last couple of years, it really should be more like School Nurse Week, month or year. Since the start of the pandemic, school nurses have seen their jobs change and then change some more. But with…
Going to Carolina Who knew a dish of fried quail lollipops with a hot honey glaze, southern quail and dumplings, Carolina boiled peanut caviar, deviled quail eggs and Hoppin’ John rich and thyme cornbread cake with peach butter was worth $100,000? Preston Nguyen did. That was the prize money handed to the 2021 Martin High…