To those looking in from the outside, the job of keeping a school running safely and efficiently may not look so tough. But ask any principal and you’re likely to get a totally different perspective. Tuesday, Oct. 14, one-hundred sixty-one citizens and community leaders will get a chance to make their own assessment when they serve as guest principals at district schools as part of the annual Principal for A Day event. Principal for A Day places volunteers from the worlds of business, government, and community leadership in the offices — and shoes — of real principals for one day.…
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Today we launch the new Dallas Reads website. Throughout the year we will be celebrating reading and asking you, “what are you reading?” Take a look at some fun a few of our students had celebrating literacy!
The issue of equity and how to ensure that all Dallas ISD students have fair and equal access to the promise of Destination 2020 framed the discussion about the next phase of the plan held at Thursday’s board of trustees briefing session. The district’s leadership presented concepts to expand options in the areas of early childhood education, school choice, and college and career readiness, and recommended plans that will shape the implementation of the next phase of Destination 2020. Introduction Executives in charge of the three areas shared statistics defending the need for more and different options to increase the…
Dallas ISD employees are adding their support to efforts to discover a cure for breast cancer by participating in the Denim Day for a Cure fundraiser benefiting the organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure. On Oct. 24, staff members will join thousands around the country in making cash donations and wearing pink and/or denim in support of breast cancer awareness. Employee donations will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which will use the proceeds to help provide life-saving screenings in the form of low-cost or free mammograms, diagnostic testing and breast cancer treatment to uninsured or underinsured Dallas…
En 1989, Marcus Gates le dijo a su entrenador en la preparatoria, “Acuérdate de estas palabras, un día, voy a ser un entrenador en esta escuela”. Hoy, no solamente es el entrenador de James Madison High School, es también el director atlético e imparte clases acerca de como prepararse para para ir a la universidad. Marcus es un gran líder para motivar a los jóvenes para que vayan a la universidad, Gates se inspira en las memorias de su abuela cuando el era chico, ya que ella trabajaba largas horas para apoyar a su familia de 9 miembros. “Al verla…
Students from several Dallas Independent School District schools have recently been named among some of the most prestigious scholars in the country. The honors include National Merit, National Achievement and Texas AP State Scholar acknowledgements. National Merit Scholar Program Students are recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program after taking the previous year’s Preliminary National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an initial screen of program applicants. To become a finalist, each semifinalist must submit a detailed scholarship application, have an outstanding academic record and submit endorsement letters written on their behalf. National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected…
Editor’s note: During the Thanksgiving holiday, The Hub will take a look back at some of the best and most popular stories from our first semester. This story was originally published on Oct. 9, 2014. The Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School welcomed veteran anchor John Seigenthaler and Executive Producer Mary Caraccioli of the network Al Jazeera America on Oct.2 as part of its Speakers Forum series. The forum features professionals and community leaders who inform and expose students to new ideas and perspectives to broaden their understanding of the world. Seigenthaler and Caraccioli shared their views on journalism and helped the students understand…
If you knew without a doubt that you could help improve one child’s ability to read, would you think it worthwhile to give an hour a week to that child? Dallas ISD is betting you would. The district’s Office of Volunteer and Partnership Services wants to recruit you and at least 4,999 other volunteers to provide support for struggling readers in Dallas ISD elementary schools. To pledge your support or request more information, complete the brief Literacy Tutor Pledge/Interest Form here . All respondents who complete the interest form will receive an email with further instructions on how to get…
Today’s Dallas ISD interesting personality for Throwback Thursday is Laura Santos, Executive Administrative Assistant in the Chief of Staff Office. She has been employed by Dallas ISD since 2006 and is a proud graduate of Dallas ISD, having attended Jefferson Davis Elementary (now Barbara Jordan), Atwell Middle, and Skyline High. She enjoys hiking and time with her family. Character traits she most admires in people are determination, sincerity and devotion. Ice cream and cereal are her faves, but cookies, cakes, pies and muffins are serious contenders. Laura doesn’t like to start out her day with wrinkles – ironing is an…
Schools are generally named for people who have attained prominence locally or nationally in the fields of education, science, art, statesmanship, political science, or the military; who were early pioneers of Dallas or Texas; or who were outstanding U.S. presidents. Nathan Adams Elementary (built in 1969) was named for an innovative banker who was an early leader of the First National Bank of Dallas (now part of Bank of America). He was also an innovator in the field of oil and gas financing