Arlington School & Family Magazine January/February 2016 | Page 28

School District & Administration

Opportunities Abound at AISD Event
By Bruce L. Nunes
The inaugural Opportunity AISD event was a huge
success with parents and students coming out to learn all
about the unique programs the Arlington Independent
School District have to offer.
Despite heavy rains that evening, the event still took
place with students from all over the district coming to
see what AISD had to offer. No room went to waste as
program showcases were lifted for display from fine arts to
advanced academics. Professionals and interns gave their
time to educate students and parents alike of the many
opportunities available in the AISD.
“The AISD has wonderful programs to provide kids with
the opportunity to learn and experience,” said Fort Worth
symphony musician and AISD student’s mother Xiao Sheng.
“And what we have here really goes to show that.”

program seeks to mold minds for the professional world.
The AVID campus coordinator at Shackelford Junior High,
Karla Hill, went into more detail as for the reasons behind
the program and to whom this may pertain.
“A good number of our kids will be first generation college
students,” Hill said. “It is designed for students who are in
pre-AP classes but who are struggling or the ones who are
in academic classes and making straight As.”

This year marks the first go for many new programs as well.
One such program is the Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics Academy, which is designed to prepare
younger students for college in the aforementioned fields
of study. Collaborating with the University of Texas
at Arlington, the STEM Academy h