Arlington School & Family
As part of their commitment to foster a college-going culture, Tarrant County College Southeast Campus and Arlington Independent School District joined together to open TCC’s new $13 million Tarrant County College Southeast/Arlington ISD Collegiate High School. TCC and AISD officials were joined by community leaders to officially open the 30,000-square-foot building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in August 2014. The Early College High School (ECHS) includes nine classrooms, two science laboratories with a preparatory room between them and one computer laboratory. It also includes a learning resource center, a 400-seat cafeteria/ auditorium, administrative offices and 250-parking spaces. As part of the partnership, Texas Trust Credit Union donated $35,000 to help launch the new school and will provide financial education resources and workshops throughout the school year for students, parents and faculty. The ECHS has the designation of an early college high school by the Texas Education Agency. This designation is for innovative high schools located on or near a college campus that will allow students who are at risk of dropping out of school and likely would not otherwise consider attending college an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and up to 60 college credit hours. Students have access to Tarrant County College facilities, resources and services, including the faculty, libraries, labs, artistic and cultural activities and extracurricular activities, as appropriate. There is no cost to the student to attend the school. The Arlington ISD will pay for tuition, fees and required textbooks to the extent those charges are not waived by Tarrant County College. “A clear objective in our strategic plan is for our students to have leading-edge learning experiences, and opening an early college high school certainly helps us to fulfill that goal,” Arlington ISD Superintendent Marcelo Cavazos said. “A collaboration such as this with our community partner Tarrant County College is vital to our students’ success and will make a tremendous positive impact on their future.”
As part of their commitment to foster
a college-going culture, Tarrant
County College Southeast Campus and
Arlington Independent School District
joined together to open TCC’s new
$13 million Tarrant County College
Southeast/Arlington ISD Collegiate
High School.
TCC and AISD officials were joined
by community leaders to officially open
the 30,000-square-foot building with
a ribbon-cutting ceremony in August
2014. The Early College High School
(ECHS) includes nine classrooms, two
science laboratories with a preparatory
room between them and one computer
laboratory. It also includes a learning
resource center, a 400-seat cafeteria/
auditorium, administrative offices and
250-parking spaces.
As part of the partnership, Texas Trust
Credit Union donated $35,000 to help
launch the new school and will provide
financial education resources and
workshops throughout the school year
for students, parents and faculty.
The ECHS has the designation of an
early college high school by the Texas
Education Agency. This designation is
for innovative high schools located on
or near a college campus that will allow
students who are at risk of dropping out
of school and likely would not otherwise
consider attending college an opportunity
to earn a high school diploma and up to
60 college credit hours.
Students have access to Tarrant County
College facilities, resources and services,
including the faculty, libraries, labs,
artistic and cultural activities and
extracurricular activities, as appropriate.
There is no cost to the student to attend
the school. The Arlington ISD will pay
for tuition, fees and required textbooks
to the extent those charges are not
waived by Tarrant County College.
“A clear objective in our strategic plan
is for our students to have leading-edge
learning experiences, and opening an
early college high school certainly helps
us to fulfill that goal,” Arlington ISD
Superintendent Marcelo Cavazos said.
“A collaboration such as this with our
community partner Tarrant County
College is vital to our students’ success
and will make a tremendous positive
impact on their future.”
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District Programs<br />
GM<br />
Foundation<br />
Supports<br />
AISD<br />
GM’s <strong>Arlington</strong> Assembly plant, in<br />
partnership with the GM Foundation,<br />
proudly supports the <strong>Arlington</strong><br />
Independent <strong>School</strong> District. With a<br />
focus on K-12 STEM education, this<br />
partnership has provided funding for<br />
programming, training, materials<br />
and most importantly role models for<br />
students of all ages in this community.<br />
Over the past few years, through<br />
multiple GM Foundation donations,<br />
and with the volunteering support by the<br />
team at GM <strong>Arlington</strong> Assembly plant,<br />
thousands of students in <strong>Arlington</strong> were<br />
able to participate in new educational<br />
programs to help foster their learning<br />
and development.<br />
We brought the students at Sam Houston<br />
High <strong>School</strong>, The Great Minds In<br />
STEM, Viva Technology program<br />
through a $25,000 grant from the GM<br />
foundation. This national K-12 education<br />
program is designed to engage students,<br />
teachers and parents with STEM<br />
challenges that stimulate their interest<br />
in the application of technology and<br />
provide STEM-focused career pathways.<br />
This program creates awareness, supplies<br />
STEM resources and provides access to<br />
STEM career pathways.<br />
Capturing children’s attention at<br />
a young age in math and science<br />
is essential. That’s why the GM<br />
Foundation provided a $7,000 donation<br />
to Roark Elementary school to establish<br />
a Junior Achievement program aimed<br />
at helping prepare young people for<br />
the real world. Some of the subjects<br />
include showing them how to generate<br />
wealth and effectively manage it,<br />
how to create jobs which make their<br />
communities more robust, and how<br />
to apply entrepreneurial thinking<br />
to the workplace. Students put these<br />
lessons into action and learn the value<br />
of contributing to their communities.<br />
Working with GM employees students<br />
get a hands on approach to problem<br />
solving and diversified role models.<br />
With the help a $10,000 donation from<br />
the GM Foundation, it was possible to<br />
bring the USHLI Student Leadership<br />
Series to local area middle schools.<br />
The goal of this Student Leadership<br />
Series is to ensure that every child has<br />
an opportunity to obtain the level of<br />
education that is consistent with his or her<br />
maximum potential and the opportunity<br />
to be successful in life and career. Our<br />
objectives are to motivate students to<br />
stay in school, improve their academic<br />
performance, graduate, and to pursue<br />
and successfully complete some level of<br />
post-secondary education or training.<br />
In addition to the Student Leadership<br />
Series, the GM Foundation also provided<br />
a $20,000 grant to bring the LNSEC<br />
after <strong>School</strong> Science Corp Program<br />
to Carter Junior High <strong>School</strong>. During<br />
a critical time in their learning and<br />
development, Science Corps is a middle<br />
school program designed to encourage<br />
students’ interest in science, technology,<br />
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)<br />
fields by exposing them to real world<br />
STEM applications and problems.<br />
Science Corps curriculum focuses on<br />
activity-based modules and sessions led<br />
by GM STEM professionals from the<br />
<strong>Arlington</strong> Assembly plant.<br />
Knowing that everyone enjoys a bit of<br />
healthy competition, GM employees<br />
created the STEM All-star team to<br />
recognize AISD students for their high<br />
achievement in STEM-related subjects<br />
and the many GM employees that have<br />
contributed to the awareness of STEM<br />
within this community.<br />
The educational support from GM<br />
to the <strong>Arlington</strong> community also<br />
focuses beyond traditional STEM<br />
programming and integrates the<br />
importance of environmental<br />
conservation and wildlife maintenance.<br />
In 2014, the GM Foundation also<br />
provided a $10,000 grant to create a<br />
natural habitat and outdoor classroom<br />
that encompasses more than 4 acres<br />
of managed wildlife, including an<br />
observation deck, nature trail, nesting<br />
boxes and wildflower prairie. The area<br />
was certified as a Wildlife at Work and<br />
Lands for learning program by the<br />
Wildlife Habitat Council.<br />
In addition, the <strong>Arlington</strong> school<br />
district, along with others, were also<br />
awarded GM Foundation funding,<br />
which supports the GREEN education<br />
program in water quality and<br />
environmental sciences.<br />
The GM Foundation and <strong>Arlington</strong><br />
Assembly plant are thrilled to have the<br />
opportunity to make such a difference<br />
in this vital community, we’re looking<br />
forward to a bright and successful 2015.<br />
About the GM Foundation:<br />
Since its inception in 1976, the GM<br />
Foundation has donated hundreds<br />
of millions of dollars to American<br />
charities, educational organizations and<br />
to disaster relief efforts worldwide. The<br />
GM Foundation focuses on supporting<br />
Education, Health and Human Services,<br />
the Environment and Community<br />
Development initiatives, mainly in<br />
the communities where GM operates.<br />
Funding of the GM Foundation comes<br />
solely from GM. The last contribution<br />
to the GM Foundation was made in<br />
2001. For more information, visit www.<br />
gm.com/gmfoundation. †<br />
12 <strong>Arlington</strong> <strong>School</strong> & <strong>Family</strong> - January 2015
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