Daniel Sustaita, a 12th-grade student at Del Valle High School, won the 2020 Del Valle ISD Holiday E-Card competition. This year’s winner will be featured as an e-card to families, staff, and the community through email, social media, and the district website. Read More

Del Valle Elementary students put their problem-solving and critical thinking skills to the test during “Hour of Code,” a week-long national event. “Hour of Code is designed to introduce students to computer science-related careers. During the event, coding activities Read More

Students in Angel Alvarez’s 4th-grade class at Hillcrest Elementary experienced a first-hand, interactive experience with an archaeologist to tie their social studies curriculum to an expert in the field. The class is studying Pre-Colombian and Native American Read More

Mrs. Patricia Taylor, Parent Community Liaison at Dailey Middle School (DMS), was honored for her outstanding leadership and community service in education by the Austin NAACP during the 55th annual Dewitty/Overton Freedom Fund Banquet. Taylor has been the Parent Read More

The collaboration between Del Valle ISD and the Junior League of Austin’s Coats for Kids program continues this December with distribution events across the district to maintain safety during the pandemic. This year, families pre-registered to receive coats with Read More

The Del Valle Child Development Center staff is studying Conscious Discipline Social-Emotional Learning videos to support resiliency and foundational growth in early childhood development. Through the “I Love You Rituals,” Safe Place practices, Baby Doll Read More

Del Valle Early College High School 11th-grade student Juan Monsivais Pena aspires to work for NASA in the future, and this school year will provide him with experience to help him fulfill that dream. Juan was selected for NASA’s Online High School Aerospace Read More

Paraprofessionals, instructional aides, and long-term substitutes have a path to become a classroom teacher through a grant in Del Valle ISD. Now in its second year at DVISD, the Grow Your Own (GYO) grant program, supported by TEA and ESC Region 13, provides districts Read More

Newton Collins Elementary School students virtually met with two award-winning authors as part of the 2020 Reading Rock Stars program, sponsored by the Texas Book Festival. Students in Pre-K through 2nd grade met Gianna Ruggiero, illustrator of Every Night is Pizza Read More

Dailey Middle School 6th grade student Kimberley Rodriguez is a winner of the Texas Teen Book Festival essay contest. This year’s theme is “We Need More Diverse Books.” The contest was open to 11 through 18-year-olds across Texas. As a winner, Rodriguez earned Read More

Schools across Del Valle ISD conducted mock elections to give students opportunities to express their “votes” in the presidential election. Elementary campuses voted on everykidvotes.org, a virtual platform used in schools across the country. Studies Weekly, a Read More

The Del Valle High School Cardinal Belles received a special invitation to the 2021 State Championship scheduled for March. It is the first time that the team earned the special invitation in all four categories of Team Hip Hop, Team Novelty, Team Open, and Team Prop. Read More

A group of ten Del Valle ISD Construction Management students received Chromebooks through a COVID-19 Relief Grant in collaboration with the University of Texas Division of Diversity and Community Engagement department, El Concilio de East Austin, the League of United Read More

The Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) announced that Del Valle ISD is among the 42 winners of the 2020 District of Distinction Award. Districts received the honor by providing a well-rounded education that advocates and integrates visual arts curriculum to Read More

Creedmoor Elementary School celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 with daily social media recognition of local Hispanic leaders. The school originally planned to start an in-school Hispanic Heritage Month celebration this year but had to Read More

Del Valle ISD Librarians worked hard to find innovative ways to support students and the community during virtual learning. Without students in school buildings, campus librarians along with the district operations department collaborated to provide literacy resources Read More

Del Valle ISD welcomed more students back to campuses on October 13 after starting the year with remote learning. Since the summer, the district has been in regular contact with families and staff, using surveys and Superintendent meetings to gather feedback for the Read More

For Hillcrest Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Nicholas Solis, sharing stories he crafted for his students is a regular occurrence. On September 23, his words reached a wider audience of children as his first published book, “The Staring Contest” Read More

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