Please note: Dallas ISD recently made it easier for staff and students to access Youtube for professional and academic purposes. Here is how to view the above Youtube video: Staff signed into YouTube with their Google login (district email and EAD password) will have unrestricted access to YouTube. Staff signed into Chrome browser or a Chrome device will not be required to enter credentials for YouTube again, but may need to click the sign in button in the top right corner of the YouTube page to gain unrestricted access. Denver Bronco Linebacker Corey Nelson recently returned to his middle school…
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As part of the Intensive Schools Network, Raúl Quintanilla, Sr. Middle School receives additional campus resources that it puts to great use. The school has multiple community partnerships that help students, teachers and parents. For example, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) President Domingo Garcia has donated incentives, including tablets to sixth-graders, to students who achieved academic excellence. Meanwhile, the Sylvan Learning Center provides foundational math skills to students, and Frost Bank provides financial literacy workshops to parents. Quintanilla Principal Angela West said these partnerships are instrumental in the school’s success. Watch the above video to learn more.
Nakia Douglas, a Dallas ISD Principal of the Year, said that leading students at the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy is similar to a parent raising their child. He has watched his students grow and see their own dreams come true. He has been proud as his students have become stronger and more prepared to succeed after school. “We are teaching our young men that every opportunity you have to learn and grow to become better, take full advantage of it,” Douglas said. “Embrace your challenges, embrace your struggles, because it’s preparing you for a future you can’t even imagine.”…
Hundreds of Dallas ISD students gathered at Fair Park recently where they took on instant challenges with the Star Wars theme: May the Creative Force Be with You. Destination Imagination is an educational program in which students solve open-ended challenges and present their solutions at tournament competitions. Sponsored by the Student Activities Department, elementary and secondary students – in Star Wars costumes – worked in teams and on deadline with tasks and performance-based, hands-on activities throughout the day. Dallas ISD has more than 160 teams from 74 schools competing in Destination Imagination. The 2016 Dallas Regional Tournament is scheduled for Feb. 20…
Michael Ruiz, a Dallas ISD 2015 Teacher of the Year, caught the educator bug in the 11th grade when his teacher asked him to act as the substitute for a class. After teaching trigonometry to his peers and friends, one of his classmates came up and told him he did an awesome job. “After that day, I was hooked,” Ruiz said. Later in life, Ruiz gave up a job as a business development manager at a tech company to become a teacher. Today he teaches fourth-grade at W.B. Travis Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted. While he might have made…
The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees were briefed on the first draft of a long term, comprehensive program and facilities plan, and were asked to consider taking the first steps on a “Bridge Plan” designed to address the district’s most pressing and immediate needs. SEE ALSO: Comprehensive Plan provides the path forward
Dallas ISD’s Future Facilities Task Force was presented the first draft on Tuesday of recommendations regarding how the district’s facilities can be utilized and enhanced to best prepare students for college and the workplace. Check out this video to learn more.
Manny Scott, one of the original Freedom Writers, went from being a dropout to earning his Ph.D, thanks to the help of an inspiring student teacher. In presentations around the country he shares his experience with students to help them take responsibility for their lives. He works to eliminate bullying and encourages students to spread a philosophy of compassion and understanding. In this video, Scott brings his message of empowerment to students at T.W. Browne Middle School.
Today, more than 100 Dallas ISD student-athletes and their families gathered at Ellis Davis Field House to celebrate athletic signings to colleges and universities across the country. National College Signing Day highlights the achievement of student athletes while encouraging their commitment to higher learning. When asked what this occasion means to students and their families, Dallas ISD Athletic Director said this: “I think what we try to do is make it a big highlight, we to try to celebrate with them their accomplishments,” said Dallas ISD Director Gil Garza. “They’re parents make a tremendous amount of sacrifice in four years…
When you think of Distinguished Teacher Review meetings you think of collaboration and conversation but do you ever think of…a party? That’s exactly what the DTR eligible teachers from the Thomas Jefferson feeder pattern held when they combined working on their DTR applications with pizza, music and fun. Ms. Sculley, third grade teacher at Foster Elementary and DTR applicant, agrees with the process of rewarding hard working teachers. The party gives her and her fellow DTR applicant teachers the opportunity to collaborate on their applications, build camaraderie within their feeder patterns and have their DTR questions answered by their executive…