Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence student Zander Huynh won the 2019 Garland ISD Spelling Bee after acing this year’s championship word: lieutenant.

Committed to ensuring that all Garland ISD students graduate with college credit in addition to their high school diplomas, the district’s Board of Trustees approved a new College for All focus.

Morakoth Chev was recently recognized by the Board of Trustees for representing GHS, GISD and the entire community in the Miss Teen Asia America International Pageant.

The Southern Methodist University music education faculty recently selected Schrade Middle School’s head choir director, Mary Anne Clark, as the Meadows School of the Arts Young Music Educator of the Year.

The 2019-20 Choice of School period begins Jan. 14 for students currently in kindergarten-11th grade.

The auxiliary cheer program, which gives special education students a chance to make the squad, has expanded to all middle and high schools across GISD.

Sewell Elementary School’s Skyler Shaffer and Austin Academy for Excellence’s Jasmine John were named this year’s Cybersafety Poster Contest district winners, each receiving a sphero SPRK+ educational robot for their art pieces.