Year: 2022
The Fat Tuesday celebration at the Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center had a special guest for the 75 or so people who showed up Tuesday night to celebrate Mardi Gras. Caleb, it’s been fun Caleb the Alligator was on the menu. To provide the attendees with all kinds of Mardi Gras fare, alligator was…
After the pandemic forced the annual Reading Rocks event at Crouch Elementary School to go virtual last year, the event was back in full swing this week as district officials and members of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ community fanned out across the school to read to students. “I’m glad you put me with the kindergarteners because…
In ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, we have a cultural tenet that we believe and try to embody – Get Better Every Day. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what it means to get better every day? What behaviors do we have to engage in daily to make that happen? What do we do when we hit…
You brought in the Chief? Normally when you hear that the chief of police paid a visit to a high school, you immediately think or ask what happened? Or what went wrong? Well, Arlington’s Chief of Police Al Jones paid a visit to Sam Houston High School not because there was any trouble but for…
All-Stars give back NBA All-Star Weekend may have been in Cleveland last weekend, but ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ had its own set of all-stars at Beckham Elementary. The school’s fifth- and sixth-grade classes got a surprise visit from Texas Rangers representatives and mascot, Captain. Kayla Vo and Brent Bolling were congratulated as the Fitness All-Stars of the…
Congratulations from ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Last week’s ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Board of Trustees meeting was a long one for all the right reasons. That’s what happens when you honor more than 60 outstanding high school juniors and seniors even before the decision-making starts. There were 61 ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ student scholars who were honored for being named a…
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ is now conducting its annual technology and learning survey to learn more about the technology use of our students both at school and at home. We encourage all parents, students (grades 3-12), teachers and campus leaders to participate. The data received will help the district make the best possible technology decisions for the future.…
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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ seniors, don’t forget the deadline to apply for the Chamber of Commerce scholarships is this week, Friday, Feb. 25. The Greater Arlington Chamber is giving out scholarships to 13 ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ seniors worth more than $30,000.  As a local partner of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, the chamber is committed to developing the community’s future by…
When Arlington City Councilwoman Ruby Faye Woolridge was 16, she walked into a whites-only movie theater in her hometown of Muskogee, Okla., knowing full well as a Black woman she wasn’t allowed to purchase a ticket, let alone stroll in and take a seat. She and about a half dozen others did so anyway, well…
