{"id":6,"date":"2017-02-03T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6///ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//aisd.net/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//secondary-campus/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//about/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//"},"modified":"2025-06-25T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:45:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6///ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//www.aisd.net/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//ousley-junior-high/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//about/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/t<h2></ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//h2>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<ul>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<li>(682) 867-5700</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//li>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<li><a href=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"https:/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6///ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//goo.gl/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//maps/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//P9cR3CKUUmo/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" target=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"_blank/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" rel=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"noopener/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/">950 S. 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Parkway<br /ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/nArlington, TX 76018</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//a></ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//li>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//ul>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/t<h2>School Spirit</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//h2>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<p>Mascot: Panther Colors: Blue, Silver, and Black</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//p>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<p>Motto: Eyes on Excellence</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//p>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<ul>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<li>Every Wednesday we wear school colors to show your panther spirit.</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//li>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<li>Encourage and support all of Ousley&#8217;s extracurricular activities.</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//li>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<li>Encourage all to help develop POSITIVE TRADITIONS for Ousley students to follow for years to come.</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//li>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//ul>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/t<h2>History</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//h2>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<p><img decoding=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"async/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" data-src=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"https:/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6///ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//www.aisd.net/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//ousley-junior-high/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//wp-content/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//files/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//sites/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//40/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//2017/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//04/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//ousley-emma.jpg/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" alt=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" width=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"166/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" height=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"205/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" src=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"data:image/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" class=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"lazyload/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" style=/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/"--smush-placeholder-width: 166px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 166/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//205;/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/" /ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//>Emma Ousley was born in Fort Worth in 1906 and graduated from Pascal High School./ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/u00a0 She earned bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees from North Texas Teachers College, majoring in English.</ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6//p>/ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/n<p>Just months after her death in 1956, Arlington High School moved from the corner of Abram and Cooper to its present site on Park Row and Cooper./ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/u00a0 The old site was converted to a junior high and renamed Emma Ousley Junior High School./ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/u00a0 Ousley Junior High was Arlington&#8217;s very first junior high school./ousley-junior-high/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/6/u00a0 In 1968, it was sold to the University of Texas at Arlington for campus expansion. 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