It was an intimate setting, and a time for Brandon Carr to chat with a handful of Dallas ISD students from Frank Guzick Elementary and Skyline High schools about reading. Little hands immediately went in the air in hopes that Carr would see. He obliges one. “Did y’all lose last night?” said a second-grader. It appeared the hardest question Carr would face in front of a dozen students was out of the way. But much like his poise on the field during adverse situations, Carr took it in stride. He weighed in, before getting to the real task at hand.…
Author: Robyn Harris
This weekend Dallas ISD teamed up with JCPenney to provide a unique shopping experience for families who have special needs children, specifically students with autism. The idea was to offer a less intrusive shopping experience for families who often times need more privacy and time to shop uninterrupted. The JCPenney flagship on Skillman, answered the call and opened its doors to dozens of families for two hours, before opening to the general public on Sunday, Aug. 14. The Dallas Morning News featured an article on the event. To read the full story, click here .
Hundreds of Dallas ISD students have participated in the Mayor’s Intern Fellowship Program all summer long, and many will end their internships at the end of this week. The Lakewood Advocated had a chance to feature some of the interns from Woodrow Wilson High School. Check out the full online article here.
Each year, students who participate in the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism (AOHT) cluster at Justin F. Kimball High School are thrust in to real-world experiences. But it’s not met without high expectations. Pants must be neatly pressed and, once shirts have been ironed, it is only fitting for them to be worn tucked in. Mary White, Kimball’s career and technology chair, implores excellence among each of her students, and she believes it starts with their appearance. Her goal is to make sure each AOHT student gets scholarships at the end of the program. White recently received her own nod…
The Dallas Independent School District will offer full day, tuition-based pre-K beginning fall 2016. The program will be held at select elementary campuses during the program’s pilot year. Registration began Monday, July 11, and is open to students who will turn 4-years-old by September 1, 2016. Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved this measure at the June board meeting. During the meeting, trustees set a tuition rate of $700 per month. Students must live within the district boundaries and may attend any of the designated sites. “Dallas ISD is proud to offer more families access to our high-quality pre-K program,”…
Eleven graduating seniors received a total of $10,000 in scholarships from the Metropolitan Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Through a lengthly application process, recipients were awarded based on academic merit and need. During the celebration honoring the graduates across Dallas County, students received scholarship monies to go to the college of their choice. The top recipients were awarded $1,500. To read more about the event, read an article written by the Dallas Examiner on the scholarship ceremony here.
Recent Emmett J. Conrad High School graduate, David Kapuku, earned his spot as the 2016 salutatorian, but not without challenges to adjusting to life in a new country. Hear his story of academic achievement, which led him to being accepted to the University of Texas at Austin. He plans to study petroleum engineering in the fall. LINK: For This Student, The Road From Africa Leads To Austin
Retirement may finally be sinking in for Ruth Kaiser, a gym teacher at Foster Elementary School, who taught for the last day on June 3, after 50 years in education. The Dallas Morning News spent some time with Kaiser on her last day of school before entering into retirement. See how she, along with other tenured teachers set to retire, spent their last day with students in the link below. LINK: At 75, gym teacher Ruth Kaiser is hanging up her whistle
Sarah Strother not only made a mark among her peers, by graduating at the top of her class over the weekend, but she also completed a trend her brothers started in 2012. On Saturday, May 28, she was the the last of three siblings to graduate from W.T. White High School, each named valedictorian of their class. The Dallas Morning News recently caught up with Strother and her family on how this tradition became one. An excerpt from that article reads: “I was kind of thinking that Luke could be one, John could be two and I could be three,” she said…
Thursday, June 2, marks the last day of school for students in Dallas ISD, but for a handful of teachers at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School it means it’s the end of a chapter in their careers as long time educators. The Lakewood Advocate published a piece on five Stonewall teachers who will retire at the close of school tomorrow. (Each of whom have worked at the school for more than 30 years!) Congrats on a job well done with Dallas ISD to all of our 2016 retirees. Read the full article in the link below. LINK: Last week of school for…