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To combat inequity in education and expose more students to the power of coding, Microsoft is providing weekly virtual workshops for students at William Hawley Atwell Law Academy and Sarah Zumwalt Middle School. The workshops cover topics from designing apps, creating games, and learning how to understand and use data. Microsoft is looking to expand this program to more middle and high schools in next school years.  Zumwalt Middle School principal Bobby Nevels is excited to be part of the pilot program. “Our students thoroughly enjoyed the courses each week,” Nevels said.  “It was time well spent and was very…

Five months after a tornado destroyed their campus, Thomas Jefferson High School students faced another challenge in March when the pandemic caused all learning to go virtual. After learning from home this school year, seniors like Alejandra Resendez and Lilah Alarcon returned to campus on April 12 to finish out their high school career together and with a sense of normalcy. While keeping safety as the priority and following all established safety measures, Dallas ISD launched the Finish Strong ‘21 campaign to strongly urge seniors like Resendez and Alacon to return to on-campus learning five days a week. Eyes on…

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“Todo depende de ti. Si yo pude, tú también puedes”. Estas son las palabras que Salvador Becerra, maestro de construcción en el Instituto de Profesiones del Este, comparte con frecuencia con sus estudiantes. Tras más de 34 años como conserje y trabajador de mantenimiento en Dallas ISD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center y otras compañías, Becerra no dudó en aprovechar la oportunidad de ser maestro y compartir su amplio conocimiento y experiencia con los estudiantes. “Enseñar es un regalo que me permite ser parte de un cambio positivo en la comunidad y compartir todo lo que he aprendido en…

“It’s up to you. If I can be successful, you can, too.” These are the words Salvador Becerra, a construction instructor at Career Institutes East, regularly shares with his students. After more than 34 years as a custodian and maintenance man at Dallas ISD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and other companies, Becerra jumped at the opportunity to share his wealth of knowledge and experience as a full-time teacher.  “Teaching is a gift that allows me to do my part to change the community and share everything I’ve learned in the real world,” Becerra said.  Becerra has a degree…

Dallas ISD’s Visual & Performing Arts Department is proud to announce that Dallas ISD has been awarded the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Best Communities for Music Education Award for the second year in a row. The NAMM Foundation’s Best Communities for Music Education Award is a signature program of the NAMM Foundation that recognizes and celebrates school districts for their support and commitment to music education and efforts to assure access to music for all students as part of a well-rounded education. This year, NAMM asked all submitting districts to share their stories and experiences of how instruction…

El Administrador de Elecciones del Condado Dallas, Michael Scarpello, recuerda a los votantes elegibles que la votación adelantada para la elección conjunta del sábado 1 de mayo de 2021 comienza el lunes 19 de abril de 2021 y termina el martes 27 de abril de 2021. Para la elección conjunta habrá 33 ciudades y 14 distritos escolares con varias carreras en la boleta. Visite www.dallascountyvotes.org para ver una boleta de muestra completa. Cualquier votante calificado del Condado de Dallas para la elección conjunta puede votar en persona en cualquiera de los cincuenta y ocho (58) lugares de votación adelantada en…

Dallas County Elections Administrator Michael Scarpello reminds eligible voters that Early voting for the Saturday, May 1, 2021 Joint Election begins Monday, April 19, 2021 and ends Tuesday, April 27, 2021. For the Joint Election there will be 33 Cities and 14 School Districts with various races in the ballot. Visit www.dallascountyvotes to view a complete sample ballot. Any Dallas County qualified voter for the Joint Election may vote in person at any of the fifty-eight (58) early voting locations on the dates and times indicated below. Voters must present an acceptable method of photo ID. ID requirements can be…

Antonio y Sandra Verduzco llevan entre los dos 53 años en Dallas ISD como estudiantes y empleados. Ambos crecieron en Oak Cliff pero asistieron a escuelas en lados opuestos del distrito. Antonio estudió en Nancy J. Cochran Elementary School, T. W. Browne Middle School y W. H. Atwell Middle School, hasta que se graduó de Skyline High School en 1993. Sandra, por otro lado, empezó su educación en su natal México y llegó a Dallas a los 9 años sin saber inglés y asistió a L. P. Cowart Elementary School, luego Stockard Middle School hasta graduarse de Sunset High School…

Antonio and Sandra Verduzco have been part of Dallas ISD for 53 years combined as district students and employees. Both raised in Oak Cliff, they attended schools on opposite sides of the district. Antonio is a Class of ’93 Skyline graduate, having spent his early years in Dallas ISD at Nancy J. Cochran Elementary, T.W. Browne and W.H. Atwell middle schools. Sandra started her education in México, where she was born. She arrived in Dallas, speaking no English, at the age of 9 and attended L.P. Cowart Elementary, then L.V. Stockard Middle School, graduating from Sunset High School in 1997.…