The Assistance League of Austin (ALA) Operation School Bell (OSB) Steering Committee voted and approved to include the Del Valle ISD Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) with a Uniform Closet.  The Uniform Closet supports the DAEP by providing Middle and Read More

On Monday, February 17, Del Valle ISD (DVISD) campus teachers, instructional aides and administrators participated in a staff-led professional development mini-conference at Del Valle High School from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The purpose of the conference is to Read More

The Del Valle Opportunity Center (OC) is bringing literacy to life with two new programs- a faculty and student shared book club and a student reading buddy program.  The OC Book Club provides an opportunity for students and teachers to gather during lunchtime to Read More

Students in Peyton Wynn and George Marchetti’s third-grade classrooms at Hillcrest Elementary School are working on changing the world with their idea one speech at a time. Preceded by a class discussion about the topics students cared most about, each student Read More

The passing of the Del Valle ISD (DVISD) 2019 Bond included approximately $22 million for district-wide technology upgrades, enhancements, and new technology acquisitions. The first shipment of devices for middle schools was received by the Instructional Technology Read More

On Friday, February 7, County Judge Sarah Eckhardt visited the Del Valle High School (DVHS) to speak with the Superintendent’s Student Leadership Cohort (SLC), a group of freshmen to senior students who are interested in leadership and community service. Additionally, Read More

Del Valle Middle School (DVMS) was awarded first place at District’s January 25 University Interscholastic League (UIL) academic tournament held at Ojeda Middle School. The DVMS UIL team brought home over 200 medals for students placing within the top six of their Read More

The counseling programs at Baty Elementary School, the Opportunity Center, Del Valle Middle School are recipients of the Texas School Counselor Association (TSCA) Counselors Reinforcing Excellence in Texas (CREST) award for the 2019-2020 school year. The CREST award Read More

Chris Barton, the Austin-based author of “What Do you Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan,” recently spoke with all of the 4th and 5th graders at Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School. During the visit, he read his book to the Read More

The Del Valle High School (DVHS) Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) successfully completed their Headquarters Inspection on February 3. The instructors and cadets earned an overall unit assessment score of “Meets Standards”– the Read More

Univision’s ¡U62 En Ruta! Primera Hora Live visited Popham Elementary School on Friday, January 31, to broadcast several segments live on the channel’s morning show. The station broadcasts in San Antonio and Austin, and also featured extended interviews on Facebook Read More

Gilbert Elementary School (GES) recently opened its doors after school for a Girls Night event for students in grades 3-5. The event provided GES female students a place to gather with their friends and teachers, have fun and, most importantly, learn the value of a Read More

Students from the Del Valle High School University Interscholastic (UIL) League Academic Team competed against 29 other schools at the Medina Valley UIL tournament, which featured events including speech and debate, copy editing, hands-on computer science, and more. Read More

Three Texas State Troopers visited Mrs. Edith Valadez’s first-grade classroom at Creedmoor Elementary School to talk with her students about what it takes to become a state trooper and the responsibilities of the job. The officers also discussed their personal Read More

Del Valle High School (DVHS) Government teacher Dr. Joel Parker is bringing history to life as he uses the Presidential impeachment hearings to teach his students about the process, ramifications and history of Presidential impeachments, past and present. Tish Read More

Del Valle High School audio-video (AV) production teacher Tim Johnson offered his students an opportunity to participate in the Texas Department of Information Resources’ second annual Cybersecurity Awareness Public Service (PSA) Competition as part of the students’ Read More

Del Valle ISD dyslexia teachers participated in an Escape Room themed professional development on January 7. The teachers learned how to broaden their use of digital reading supports in the classroom. During the training, teachers were given information followed by Read More

Texas State Representative Eddie Rodriguez visited Del Valle High School World Affairs Council student interns to speak with them as part of a recurring engagement opportunity with Austin-area leaders. The World Affairs Council of Austin is an organization that aims Read More

Eleven visual art teachers from Del Valle ISD (DVISD) have original works of art featured at the Mix ‘n’ Mash: Cosmología group exhibition at The Mexic-arte Museum. The exhibition, Cosmología, showcases art focused on the science of the origin and Read More

The Del Valle Child Development Center (CDC) encourages parents and children to participate in the 1000 Books before Kindergarten initiative. The initiative encourages parents to read 1000 books to their children beginning in infancy. Parents are asked to record the Read More

The LEAD program at Baty Elementary School hosted a Winter Showcase Event on December 12 for parents and families to celebrate student achievement and creative work during the fall semester of the LEAD afterschool program. Over 130 students in kindergarten through Read More

Students at Gilbert Elementary presented their Living Museum and Theater to families and guests. At this annual event in which the entire campus participates, students research a person who interests them in some way—the identified person might be famous, someone they Read More

Smith Elementary School Student Senate members celebrated the holiday giving season by volunteering at the Central Texas Food Bank. The food bank serves 21 counties in Central Texas. The group of about 18 students devoted four hours to the food bank helping inspect, Read More

Ana Horton, the Hillcrest Elementary School librarian, recently had a story selected and published in Chicken Soup for the Soul’s It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas book. The book is a collection of more than 101 personal stories from Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Read More

Three Del Valle High School band members were selected to audition for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-State Area competition in January. The student musicians, Juan Castaneda, on euphonium, Jaden Brackmann, on trumpet, and Juan Diaz on contrabass Read More