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Stockard Middle School guitarist Joseyline Umana will have her song, “The Pressure She Carries,” featured at the Country Music Hall of Fame’s 43rd annual Words & Music Night. “My song is about my feelings, being under pressure, and always trying to be my best,” says Joseyline. She is one of 11 students selected to be featured from the United States, Canada, and Australia. Joseyline, a seventh grader, is a member of Stockard’s Modern Band, a class that teaches music standards through popular music and instruments such as guitar, bass, and drums. This year, teacher Beth Poquette Drews teamed up with…

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Rosemont Lower llevó a cabo una ceremonia el 19 de mayo para reconocer a los alumnos de quinto grado que completaron cuatro años del programa “Idioma Extranjero en la Escuela Primaria (FLES)”. Rosemont fue la primera escuela de Dallas ISD en implementar el programa FLES en el 2018. Desde entonces, nueve escuelas han adoptado el programa, ofreciendo oportunidades de aprendizaje de uno o dos idiomas, incluyendo chino, alemán, coreano y español, en cada escuela participante. “Cuando los estudiantes aprenden un idioma, se abren vías en el cerebro que contribuyen al desarrollo de las habilidades de aprendizaje de idiomas”, dijo Amy…

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Rosemont Lower hosted a ceremony on May 19th to honor their fifth-grade students who completed four years of the “Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES)” program. Rosemont was the first Dallas ISD school to implement the FLES program, in 2018. Since then, nine campuses have adopted the program, offering language-learning opportunities for one or two languages – including Chinese, German, Korean and Spanish – in each participating school. “When the students are learning any language, it opens those pathways in their brain for language-learning skills,” said Amy Anderton, director of the Dallas ISD Department of World Languages. “Frequently, if…

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Y el GANADOR REGIONAL ES … ¡Travis Vanguard de Academically Talented and Gifted! De las 77 escuelas de Dallas ISD y dos de Richardson ISD (RISD) que compitieron, el equipo de Travis Elementary, recibió la mayor cantidad de puntos, y fue nombrado campeón del 2022 del Lone Star Challenge de esta competencia académica, celebrada en Skyline High a principios de mayo. Después de pasar todo un año repasando los materiales de estudio del Lone Star Challenge y de leer la novela “Rompiendo la nariz a Stalin”, los 623 estudiantes estaban listos para poner a prueba su conocimiento en el gimnasio…

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And the OVERALL REGIONAL WINNER IS … Travis Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted! With 77 Dallas ISD schools and two Richardson ISD schools (RISD) competing, Travis Elementary’s team, which received the most points, was named the 2022 Regional Lone Star Challenge champion of this Texas-sized-academic competition held at Skyline High in early May. After spending an entire year examining Lone Star Challenge study materials and reading the novel “Breaking Stalin’s Nose,” all 623 students were ready to test their expertise as they filled Skyline High’s Mayo Gym. The competition is the baby sibling to the Academic Decathlon and…

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Lily Maminabulewa nació en Fiyi y tenía cinco años cuando se mudó con su familia al norte de California. Aunque recuerda muy poco de aquella época, si se acuerda de la despedida de su abuela, quien se encontraba muy conmovida por razones que la pequeña Lily aún no entendía. Maminabulewa es la mayor de cinco hermanos y fue la primera de su familia en graduarse de la universidad. Resalta que no encaja en el molde que a menudo se asigna a los asiático-americanos y a los de las islas del Pacífico. “La gente da por hecho que, si eres asiática,…

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Born in Fiji, Lily Maminabulewa was five years old when she moved with her family to Northern California. Leaving at such a young age, she remembers little about that time except saying goodbye to her grandmother, who was “very emotional” for reasons young Lily did not yet understand. The eldest of five children, Maminabulewa was the first in her family to graduate from college. She is quick to note that she does not fit the mold often assigned to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. “People just assume, ‘Oh, you’re Asian, you’ll be a lawyer or a doctor or an engineer!’…

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Trevor Cunningham, un estudiante ejemplar en el programa de salud/medicina en Career Institute East de Lincoln High School, está decidido a ser un enfermero registrado exitoso y ayudar a las personas sordas y con problemas de audición como él. Trevor admite que uno de sus mayores desafíos ha sido colaborar con otros estudiantes, pero su determinación de ayudar a los demás lo ha ayudado a superar todos los obstáculos para cumplir sus aspiraciones. “Me mantengo motivado porque me gusta ayudar a la gente. Estoy decidido a tener éxito y quiero ayudar a las personas sordas y con dificultades auditivas”, dice…

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Trevor Cunningham, an exemplary student in the Health/Medical pathway at Career Institute East at Lincoln High School, is determined to be a successful registered nurse and to help deaf and hard of hearing people like himself.  Trevor admits that one of his greatest challenges has been collaborating with other students, but his determination to help others has helped him overcome every obstacle to fulfilling his aspirations.  “I stay motivated because I like helping people. I am determined to be successful, and I want to help deaf and hard of hearing people,” Trevor says. His best advice is to “just be…

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Setenta y ocho estudiantes de Dallas ISD obtuvieron un total de $238,000 en becas financiadas a través del Torneo de Golf Anual del Superintendente. Setenta y seis de ellos recibieron cada uno $3000 para sus costos universitarios. Además, este año, se otorgaron las becas de liderazgo del superintendente de $5000 cada una a dos miembros de la Junta Escolar de Adolescentes. A continuación, se incluye la lista de los estudiantes. ¡Felicitaciones! Premio Nombre del estudiante Escuela $3,000 Rodrigo Wilson Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy $3,000 Daisy Rivera Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy $3,000 * Bryan Adams High School Leadership…

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