The Del Valle High School Class of 2020 headed off to college with more than $5 million in scholarships. The graduates earned financial support from local service organizations, the US Military, and individual public and private colleges and universities. The class Read More

A group of five Visiting International Teachers arrived in Austin this week from Spain to start new roles teaching in Del Valle ISD. The 2020-2021 School Year is the 5th year of participation for DVISD, and while the teachers’ journeys to the United States looked very Read More

Del Valle ISD educators continuously work on updating their teaching and engagement with students. This summer, a team of DVISD fine arts educators took those tools statewide at the Center for Educator Development’s Fine Arts Virtual Summit. The Summit was a virtual Read More

Jennifer Martin, a 3rd-grade teacher at Gilbert Elementary School, always had a passion for bringing the joy of literacy to her classroom, community, and the world. With an extended school closure, remote learning time, and a lack of a nearby public library to Gilbert Read More

Five Del Valle High School graduates are heading off to college this month with a scholarship from Del Valle Education Partners. Stephanie Cardenas (UT Austin), Kaitlyn Mendez (UT Austin), Alondra Silva-Martinez (Texas Tech), Giselle Vences Barrueta (St. Edwards), and Read More

For over 31 years, For The Children, Inc. has provided school supplies for students across the Central Texas area. The organization has a long history of working with Del Valle ISD (DVISD) to provide school supplies for students, and this year was no different. For Read More

While the routine parts of the school year have taken a different look in 2020, the partnership between Del Valle ISD and Austin YES continued with the same focus on ensuring students have what they need to learn. This year, with assistance from DVISD Curriculum and Read More

Del Valle ISD hosted a virtual Professional Learning Academy for new and returning teachers in preparation for remote learning for the first eight weeks of school. With the local and state governance establishing remote learning guidelines, the district ensured that Read More

The special education leadership team participated in the Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE) 2020 Interactive Conference. The conference was presented over two- and one-half days via a virtual platform and provided a variety of learning Read More

Four Del Valle High School (DVHS) alumni from the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) cohort completed the curriculum portion of the program on June 26. The MC3 provides high quality, apprentice-level content to young people interested in construction to prepare them Read More

Austin Community College (ACC) accepted four Del Valle High School (DVHS) Class of 2020 graduates into their Career Scholars Program. As program members, Angel Campuzano, Jason Medina, Clarissa Cortez, and Sara Fuentes-Garcia receive an all-inclusive scholarship to Read More

Six Del Valle ISD (DVISD) employees are guest presenters for the 2020 Virtual Summit—Fine Arts: The Language of Connection hosted by the Center For Educator Development in Fine Arts. The state-wide summit runs June 15 through August 14 and provides educators an Read More

Superior HealthPlan’s employees in Austin hosted a fundraising initiative collecting $2,235 in five days, paying off student lunch debt for three Del Valle ISD schools. Initially, the group set a fundraising goal of $2,000, which would fully pay off student lunch debt Read More

To close the school year, DVISD schools found new ways to celebrate students and say goodbye to 5th-grade students heading on to middle school through socially-distanced parades, recognition events, and videos. Baty, Creedmoor, Gilbert, and Del Valle Elementary Read More

The City of Austin Fleet Services notified nine graduating Autotech seniors of their eligibility for an exclusive Fleet Automotive Internship Program with the City. The offer is the culmination of a first-year partnership with the City.  During the 2019-2020 school Read More

During these uncertain times, Ojeda Middle School art teacher Sequoyah Johnson shared her passion for creativity through virtual art lessons with her students and gained a following for her ceramics art through her online store The Coy Collection.  After her Instagram Read More

On May 18, Del Valle Middle School (DVMS) utilized distance learning concepts to launch a virtual Spring career fair website for students. DVMS counselors Alexis Baker and Diana Birdsong recruited 44 industry professionals, from within the Austin area and expanding Read More

Del Valle High School (DVHS) earned the distinction of a Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) Unified Champion School. The campus applied to be a SOTX banner school in January and was awarded the distinction soon after. Schools are awarded the distinction by SOTX by aligning Read More

The sixth-grade teachers at Ojeda Middle School (OMS), including elective teachers, recognized students who showed outstanding adaptation to online learning. Teacher Amy Reynolds and Parent Community Liaison Rebecca Gomez arranged a surprise visit to these students to Read More

Del Valle Elementary bilingual fourth-grade teacher Sara Dominguez and Ojeda Middle School seventh-grade math teacher Sara Payne were named DVISD Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year at the May 19 School Board Meeting. A committee from Del Valle Education Read More

Del Valle High School (DVHS) teacher Victoria Longoria was named a finalist in the 2020 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards, spotlighting her as one of the best educators in Texas. She was one of five secondary educators across the state of Texas to be named a Read More

Ben Hofer, the 15-year-old founder of LunchCounts! and student at St. Andrews High School in Austin, donated over $4,000 to pay off lunch debts at two Del Valle ISD schools. LunchCounts! has raised more than $16,000 in the last two academic years to help reduce school Read More

Students in the Top 10 of the Del Valle High School Class of 2020 were recognized on May 1, with surprise visits to notify them of their class rank. With school buildings closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremonial Read More