Masks will be optional at district schools and facilities starting July 1. Since June 5, the district has highly encouraged everyone to continue wearing masks inside schools, on buses, and all district facilities. Masks were required at schools and facilities prior to June 5.
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It’s the last day of the school year, and Boude Storey Middle School Principal Jaqueline Rivers is teary as she thinks about why her heart is still in education after 28 years of working in Dallas ISD. “I’ve always worked in schools that had high needs,” Rivers said. “I’ve had students who are homeless, who are in foster care, who are coming from no resources. And to see them beat the odds and overcome challenges and go on to live productive lives, there is no other feeling like it in the world.” But Rivers has one word to describe this…
Paolaenid Rodney-Hernandez has been on the path to study neuroscience since she was in ninth grade, and has not missed a single academic or athletic opportunity that has presented itself along the way. Having already finished two years’ worth of college credits while in high school, the Hillcrest E-TECH graduate will start the Fall 2021 semester as a medical neuroscience student and an official member of the Power Dancers at the University of Texas at Dallas. “I have over $400,000 in combined scholarship offers from the 14 universities that I was accepted to,” Rodney-Hernandez said. “My mom is a single…
Dallas ISD’s Social and Emotional Learning Department hosted the Student Leadership Summit Virtual Symposium earlier this month. Middle schools and high schools from across the district participated in the summit with a total of 295 staff and students. Summit session topics included school, identity and voice. The past three semesters have brought students a multitude of challenges to students, from isolation due to the pandemic to racial injustices. The summit gave students a safe space to process their thoughts as well as empower students to use their voices and lead positive change in their communities. Students were selected by Campus…
Ya nos estamos preparando para el año escolar 2021-2022, y queremos que todos permanezcan sanos y seguros para cuando volvamos a las escuelas para clases presenciales. Este verano, Dallas ISD y Parkland Hospital llevarán a cabo varios eventos de vacunación contra la covid-19 para personas de 12 años en adelante. Las escuelas que optaron por participar ofrecerán el servicio a estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad. El personal de Parkland administrará la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech, a partir de la semana del 28 de junio para la primera dosis y el 19 de julio para la segunda. Todos los menores de…
El Departamento de Aprendizaje Socioemocional de Dallas ISD realizó el simposio virtual para líderes estudiantiles este mes. Varias secundarias y preparatorias de todo el distrito participaron con un total de 295 miembros del personal y estudiantes. Entre los temas que se trataron estuvieron la escuela, la identidad y la voz. Los últimos tres semestres provocaron múltiples desafíos para los estudiantes, entre ellos, aislamiento debido a la pandemia e injusticias raciales. El simposio dio a los estudiantes un espacio seguro para procesar sus pensamientos y les dio la oportunidad de hacerse escuchar y encabezar un cambio positivo en sus comunidades. Los…
Gracias a una coalición de organizaciones como Zan Holmes Community Outreach Center y Cornerstone Baptist Church, exalumnos de James Madison High School y las voluntarias Mary Morgan y Diane Johnson, 112 estudiantes de Madison High School recibieron una canasta con regalos justo antes de graduarse. Las canastas contenían artículos de higiene, mochilas, productos para sus futuros dormitorios universitarios, tarjetas de regalo, bocadillos y platillos hechos al horno como parte de la donación en celebración de su logro.
As we prepare for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, we want everyone to be healthy and safe when we return to all in-person instruction. This summer, Dallas ISD and Parkland Hospital are hosting several pop-up COVID-19 vaccine sites for individuals ages 12 years and up. Schools that opted into the program will offer service to both students and members of the community. Parkland staff will administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot, beginning the week of June 28 for the administration of the first shot, and will return the week of July 19 for the second dose. All minors must receive parental…
Thanks to a coalition of concerned citizens—individuals, organizations and alumni, including the Zan Holmes Community Outreach Center, Cornerstone Baptist Church, James Madison Alumni, and volunteers Mary Morgan and Diane Johnson–112 Madison High School seniors were showered with a variety of gifts just before graduation. The students received swag baskets with hygiene items, backpacks, products for their dorm rooms, gift cards, snacks and home-baked goods to say congratulations, job well done!
A pesar de la pandemia, los equipos de robótica competitiva de Dallas ISD siguen cosechando éxitos al nivel más alto. Tres equipos femeniles ganaron premios en VEX Robotics World Championship, ¡donde compitieron contra más de 200 equipos de todo el mundo! Las LadyBots de Casa View Elementary School ganaron el Online Challenge STEM Research Project Award. GirlPower de Winnetka Elementary School ganó el Energy Award y las RoboBeasts de Robert T. Hill Middle School obtuvieron el Innovate Award. La robótica competitiva ayuda a promover el interés en las ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM).