Thornton Elementary
See what the new Thornton looks like If you’ve driven on Park Row near 360 anytime this school year, you couldn’t help but notice Thornton Elementary. It’s an eye-catcher and doesn’t look a thing like the old Thornton school building that used to be there. It doesn’t just look amazing from the outside. The inside…
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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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Old Knox building opened in 1958 It’s demo day. Actually, it’s demo days at the Arlington ISD’s old Knox Elementary School. It takes more than a day to tear down an old school. The building that also served as a temporary Thornton Elementary for the last two years is now officially being torn down to…
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The Arlington ISD’s Citizens Bond Oversight Committee kicked off its first meeting of the school year this week with a tour of the new Thornton Elementary School. The new Thornton, funded by the 2019 Bond, just opened last week. Following the tour, the committee members met in the Thornton media center to receive updates on the…
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New schools replace buildings from the 1950s The line outside the front door was long as students and parents waited to get in early Wednesday morning. But the wait didn’t dampen their enthusiasm to see the new Thornton Elementary School. The new Thornton and the new Berry Elementary opened for students for the first time…
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Furniture delivery started this week at Thornton You know a new building is almost complete when they start moving furniture in. That’s exactly what started on Wednesday at the new Thornton Elementary School, where they began rolling in the new library furniture. The new Thornton, under construction since the groundbreaking ceremony in December of 2021,…
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New Berry and Thornton elementary schools to open next school year The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee met this week to start working on its annual report to the Arlington ISD’s Board of Trustees. But first, the committee members got a tour of the future Berry Elementary. The new Berry is under construction and scheduled to…
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Construction passes halfway mark It’s been one year since the Arlington ISD broke ground on two replacement elementary schools – new buildings for Berry and Thornton elementary schools. On those two December 2021 mornings, there was nothing but chairs and a podium for the groundbreaking ceremonies. The sites where Berry and Thornton had once stood…
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National Principals Month October marks National Principals Month, and we want to honor the principals who work hard in our vision of making the Arlington ISD a premier school district and leader in education. Today we’re spotlighting Thornton Elementary School principal Alicia Rodriguez, who is in her 26th year in the district and the 13th as…
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Principal signs beam and tours building Wednesday was the last day of the summer, but it felt like July. Except under Thornton Elementary’s two big oak trees. The old Thornton building is gone, but the old oak trees are still there, ready to welcome many more generations of students. They are positioned perfectly at the…
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