Cuando Christi Canady-Boyd, asistente de terapuerta del habla en Skyline High School, fue diagnosticada con cáncer de mama en 2021, le dio mucha ansiedad hablar con su supervisora. No sospechaba que la conversación desembocaría en cuatro años de solidaridad y apoyo, pues ahora decenas de estudiantes caminan cada año en el Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. “Era mi primer año en Skyline, pero la había conocido en [W.H.] Gaston [Middle School]”, dijo Sonja Nix, subdirectora de Skyline High School. “Cuando me lo contó, dejé el rol de supervisora y me puse el de amiga, y le pregunté qué…
Author: MariCarmen Eroles
When Joshua Spindler teaches government class at Moisés E. Molina High School, he encourages students to get educated about current issues that will affect them in the future. This is especially important in years like 2024 with national elections when they get to have a voice in how those issues are handled, he said. “When I tell them about some of the issues, they get depressed,” said Spindler, who has been a social studies teacher for the past 10 years. “I tell them, ‘look, you can’t solve a problem until you understand it completely.’” He also tells them that they…
Jamie Contreras is building on his family legacy – not just as principal at Gabe P. Allen New Tech Academy, but also in Oak Cliff and West Dallas. Every day he walks through the school, he sees a hallway or a room that was there when his father attended in the 1960s and knows he is in the right place. “When you look around, you can see where it has been updated, but you can also see what’s original to the school, and I can hear dad,” he said. “When I see the young boys here, I can see how…
Dallas ISD empezó el año escolar 2024–2025 con menos de 70 vacantes, la menor cantidad en casi diez años. Esto significa que el distrito llenó el 99 % de las plazas de docente antes de empezar las clases, un logro que fue posible gracias en gran parte a los esfuerzos del equipo de reclutamiento y selección de Gestión de Capital Humano (HCM, por sus siglas en inglés). El equipo de 16 integrantes trabaja todo el año para identificar y reclutar a los mejores maestros del mundo a través de contrataciones estratégicas, viajes y participación en eventos importantes. Su objetivo principal…
Dallas ISD started the 2024-2025 school year with fewer than 70 vacancies—the lowest in almost ten years. This means the district filled 99% of teacher positions before classes started, an accomplishment due in great part to the efforts of Human Capital Management’s Recruitment and Selection Team. The team of 16 members works year-round to identify and recruit the best teachers worldwide through strategic sourcing, travel, and participation in critical events. Their primary objective is to have a certified teacher in every classroom at the start of the year, a process that often starts a full year in advance. Meeting the…
When Christi Canady-Boyd, a speech therapy assistant at Skyline High School, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, she was anxious about talking to her supervisor. Little did she know the conversation would lead to a four-year legacy of love and support as dozens of Skyline Raiders walk every year in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.“It was my first year at Skyline, but I had known her from [W.H] Gaston [Middle School],” said Sonja Nix, assistant principal at Skyline High School. “When she told me, I took off my supervisor hat and put on my friend hat…
Daniel Poveda y Mónica García han dedicado sus carreras al servicio de la comunidad de Dallas ISD compartiendo también su rica herencia cultural en el salón de clase. La pareja originaria de Venezuela tiene una gran pasión por la enseñanza que se refleja en su compromiso con la próxima generación de estudiantes. Poveda ha trabajado en Dallas ISD por 16 años, primero como maestro y hoy como especialista educativo para estudiantes inmigrantes y bilingües emergentes en el Departamento de Lenguaje Dual ESL. Llegó a Estados Unidos con 14 años y recuerda lo difícil que fue adaptarse a una nueva cultura…
Daniel Poveda and Monica Garcia have dedicated their careers to serving the Dallas ISD community while bringing their rich cultural heritage into the classroom. Originally from Venezuela, the couple’s passion for teaching reflects their deep commitment to uplifting the next generation of students. Poveda has been with Dallas ISD for 16 years, first as a teacher and now working as an instructional specialist for emergent bilingual and immigrant students in the Dual Language ESL Department. He arrived in the country when he was 14, and remembers the challenges of adapting to a new culture and language. His passion for teaching…
La concentración, la emoción y el compañerismo se mezclan en una de las actividades extracurriculares más populares de Dallas ISD: los deportes electrónicos (esports). El departamento de Actividades Estudiantiles de Dallas ISD pretendía lanzar la actividad en 2019 con 20 escuelas, pero cuando se les preguntó a las escuelas secundarias si les interesaba, la respuesta fue abrumadoramente positiva: 62 escuelas querían participar. La nueva actividad extracurricular comenzó en esas escuelas con 800 estudiantes de sexto a doceavo grado que participaron en los torneos del distrito ese año. “Tuvimos una respuesta tan grande, que tuvimos que revisar el presupuesto porque no…
Concentration, excitement, and camaraderie mix in what is one of the most popular extracurricular student activities in Dallas ISD: esports. Dallas ISD’s Student Activities department wanted to launch the activity in 2019 with 20 campuses, but when the department asked secondary schools if they would be interested, the response was overwhelmingly positive—62 campuses wanted to participate. The new extracurricular activity launched at those campuses with 800 students in sixth through 12th grade participating in district tournaments that year. “We got such a great response, and then we had to look at the budget because we hadn’t budgeted for so many…