Emmanuel Gillespie, exalumno de Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, hoy deja su huella en la escuela como maestro de artes visuales y artista profesional. Antes de convertirse en maestro en su antigua preparatoria, fue contratado para hacer una escultura de Ernie Banks, otro exalumno de Booker T. y leyenda del béisbol quien jugó con los Chicago Cubs. Gillespie esculpió la estatua que fue revelada en 2018, en honor al ícono del deporte y nativo de Dallas. Gillespie empezó su carrera artística como estudiante en Booker T. en la década de 1980. Posteriormente, obtuvo su…
Author: Jirah Fleming
Emmanuel Gillespie, a former student at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, is leaving a lasting impact on the school as a current visual arts teacher and a professional artist. Before he became a teacher at his former high school, he was commissioned to create a sculpture of Ernie Banks, a Booker T. alumnus and baseball hall of fame legend who played for the Chicago Cubs. Gillespie crafted the bronze statue, which was unveiled in 2018, to honor the sports icon and Dallas native. Gillespie began his artistic journey as a student at Booker T.…
Durante años, las instalaciones punteras de cine y música en New Tech High School at B.F. Darrell se dejaron de usar, hasta que Trenton Starks les infundió nueva vida cuando se convirtió en el maestro de cine de esa escuela. La especialización de cine, que Starks dice es una joya oculta de Dallas ISD, fue la visión de Channel Hutchinson, directora de New Tech. “En un principio, la especialización solo era de animación”, dijo Hutchinson. “Trabajé con el liderazgo escolar para agregar una especialización en cine. Ahora tenemos cine, animación y videojuegos”. Starks tomó las instalaciones y creó un programa…
For years, a state-of-the-art film and music facility at New Tech High School at B.F. Darrell sat unused until Trenton Starks brought it to life when he became the school’s film teacher. The school’s film pathway, which Starks said is Dallas ISD’s hidden gem, was the vision of Channel Hutchinson, principal at New Tech. “Initially, our career pathways were only in animation,” she said. “I worked with school leadership to add a pathway in film. We now have film, animation and gaming.” Starks has taken the facility and created a comprehensive film program and student film festival. This has given…
Beverly Tillmon, elementary math teacher at Personalized Learning Preparatory at Highland Meadows, represents the best of what it means to be an educator. Recently selected as the school’s 2024-2025 Campus Teacher of the Year, her leadership, guidance and 55 years of experience have rewarded Tillmon with the unofficial title of matriarch at the campus. Tillmon stepped into this school year confidently after spending time out of the classroom to provide guidance as a math instructional coach. The key to being a great math teacher, Tillmon says, is to “stay ahead of the game, always prepared for what is to come…