Dallas ISD’s Human Capital Management, in partnership with School Leadership and Communication Services, is excited to announce this year’s twelve Teacher of the Year finalists, representing a wealth of background and experience across the district. From this group, the district-wide Elementary, Secondary, and Choice/Magnet Teachers of the Year will be announced at the inaugural 2021-22 Dallas ISD Educator of the Year Awards, in Partnership with Dallas Education Foundation, Sponsored by Reliant at the Statler Hotel on May 10, 2022. Learn more about these excellent educators below: Elementary (PK-5) Finalists Wildrem Andrade Matamoros – Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary Born in Honduras,…
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Students at W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy and Anson Jones Elementary School are sharpening their reading and writing skills through a new learning program. Greiner and Jones Elementary are among a handful of Texas schools piloting the Amplify program, and campus leadership is already noticing gainful results. The program’s main focus is to improve students’ reading comprehension and sharpen their written communication skills, said Greiner Principal Yvonne Rojas. The middle school has been implementing Amplify in two seventh-grade classes since the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. “We’ve noticed that our students have gained a new understanding of descriptive writing…
Dallas ISD’s Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program is a home-based home visitation program that focuses on parent-involved early learning and provides solutions that strengthen families. HIPPY aims to help parents prepare their children for success in school and beyond and empower parents as their child’s first and most influential teacher. One goal of the program is to increase father engagement by strengthening the father-child bond. Research shows that children do better when dads are involved. So, in 2020, HIPPY joined forces with Dallas ISD’s Pre-K Partnerships and All Pro Dads to broaden their approach in working…
Las competiciones de robótica vuelven a ser eventos presenciales, ¡y los equipos de Dallas ISD siguen sobresaliendo! Este año, seis escuelas primarias y ocho secundarias avanzaron al VEX Robotics World Championship que se llevará a cabo del 3 al 12 de mayo en el Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center de Dallas (la lista de escuelas se encuentra a continuación). Asimismo, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Townview Science & Engineering Magnet, Emmett J. Conrad High School, Woodrow Wilson High School y Sunset High School avanzaron al campeonato estatal FIRST Tech Challenge UIL, que se realizará el 8 y 9 de…
¡Rápido! Déjame escuchar el discurso que harías si ganaras un Oscar, o lo que dirías si conocieras al presidente. Dime las palabras motivadoras que usaría un entrenador para animar a su equipo. Responde a algunas preguntas para conseguir el trabajo de tus sueños, o dame tu mejor idea para un anuncio de vitaminas para niños. Estos son algunos de los retos a los que se enfrentaron alumnos de cuarto y quinto grado de Truett Elementary School, que participaron en el concurso Amazing Shake el 19 de febrero. “El concurso se enfoca en enseñar a los estudiantes modales, disciplina, respeto y…
Robotics is back to in-person events, and Dallas ISD teams continue to excel! This year, six elementary and eight middle schools advanced to the VEX Robotics World Championship taking place May 3-12 at the Dallas Convention Center (see list below). Also, advancing to the FIRST Tech Challenge UIL State Championship, April 8-9, are: Irma Rangel’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy, Townview Science & Engineering Magnet, Emmett J. Conrad High School, Woodrow Wilson High School, and Sunset High School. Additionally, a record nine elementary and six middle school FIRST LEGO League teams competed at the North Texas Regional Championship. Competing at the VEX…
Quick! Let me hear the speech you’d give if you’d just won an Oscar, or what you’d say if you met the president. Tell me the winning words a coach would use to rally his losing team. Answer a few questions to land the job of your dreams, or give me your best pitch for a children’s vitamin commercial. These are some of the pop challenges faced by fourth and fifth graders at Truett Elementary School, who competed in the school’s Amazing Shake Competition on Feb. 19. “The contest places an emphasis on teaching students manners, discipline, respect and professional…
Frente a una audiencia de 900 personas compuesta por directores, ejecutivos de negocios, líderes comunitarios y padres de familia, el superintendente Michael Hinojosa detalló el sólido progreso de Dallas ISD en los últimos años. La Fundación Educativa de Dallas y Dallas ISD se unieron para organizar el Estado del Distrito el pasado 4 de marzo. El evento marcó los 42 años del Dr. Hinojosa en el campo de la educación, y mostró el progreso y los logros obtenidos por Dallas ISD durante sus 13 años al frente del distrito como superintendente. El evento comenzó con una dinámica presentación por parte…
Booker T. Washington High School ganó el primer lugar en la 43a Competencia Anual de Simulacro de Juicio de Preparatorias de Texas qué se llevó a cabo el sábado, 5 de marzo, en el George Allen Courthouse. Con esta son ya dos victorias consecutivas para el equipo, ya que también ganó en el 2021. La competencia contó con la participación de más de 20 equipos de todo el estado. Se debatió un caso hipotético de tribunal civil redactado por abogados locales de la Asociación de Abogados de Dallas. Los equipos, que se han convertido en los mejores en su distrito…
Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts won first place at the 43rd Annual Texas High School Mock Trial Competition on Saturday, March 5, at a competition held in person at the George Allen Courthouse. The win marks back-to-back championship titles for the team, as they also took home the win for the 2021 competition. The competition included more than 20 high school teams from across the state, to argue a hypothetical civil court case written by local attorneys with the Dallas Bar Association. These teams, which have emerged as the best among their school districts…