This March, the Principal of the Year Committee selected six finalists to compete for the honor of being recognized as Dallas ISD Principal of the Year. Two finalists were selected in each of three categories: Elementary, Secondary, and Choice/Magnet Schools. These finalists were among the top contenders selected from Network Cluster Principals of the Year, chosen by their peers in January 2022 and invited to apply for the district award. These campus leaders represent all areas of the district and have shown exemplary support of our staff, students, and community. From the finalists, one principal will be selected from each…
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¡No hay mejor forma de empezar el día que aprendiendo en prekínder! El prekínder es fundamental para tu futuro. El programa Pre-K de Dallas ISD apoya todas las facetas del desarrollo de un niño, incluida la alfabetización temprana, las matemáticas tempranas, las artes, las ciencias, el desarrollo socioemocional, el carácter y el liderazgo. Los planes de estudios de aprendizaje temprano del distrito abarcan lo académico de una manera que replica la vida real. Los estudiantes diseñan, pintan, leen, escriben, experimentan y más en colaboración mientras resuelven problemas, piensan críticamente y participan activamente en el aprendizaje. Los maestros modelan el lenguaje,…
What better way to start the day than Pre-K? Tomorrow starts here, because Pre-K is the blueprint for life. Dallas ISD’s Pre-K program supports every facet of a child’s development, including early literacy, early mathematics, the arts, the sciences, social emotional development, character and leadership. The district’s early learning curriculums encompass academics in a manner that replicate real life. Students collaboratively engineer, paint, read, write, experiment and more as they problem solve, think critically and actively engage in learning. Teachers model language, read stories and practice writing in journals every day. There is also a focus on partnering with families and…
Dallas ISD is proud to be home to outstanding neighborhood schools like Tatum Elementary. Discover more about our neighborhood campuses at the Discover Neighborhood Schools events on April 9 and April 23. Learn more here. The students sit together, eyes glued to their teacher, watching and listening closely as she explains today’s objective: They are learning the sounds of letters. Their eyes follow her movements as the demonstrates how they will succeed. They listen intently, then repeat after her. Now, she has them turn to a partner and explain, with charade-like movement, what they will learn and how. They move…
Los estudiantes de W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy están mejorando sus habilidades de lectura y escritura usando un nuevo programa de aprendizaje. Greiner es parte de un conjunto de escuelas de Texas que están probando el programa Amplify a nivel de secundaria, y los líderes del plantel ya están notando los resultados. El enfoque principal del programa es mejorar la comprensión de lectura de los estudiantes y mejorar sus habilidades de comunicación escrita, dijo la directora de Greiner, Yvonne Rojas. La escuela secundaria ha estado implementando Amplify en dos clases de séptimo grado desde el comienzo del año escolar 2021-2022.…
Este año, once equipos de Dallas ISD, cuatro de secundarias y siete de preparatorias, participaron en las actividades de baloncesto de las Olimpiadas Especiales. Las Olimpiadas Especiales son un programa de entrenamiento deportivo para niños y adultos con discapacidades intelectuales que se lleva a cabo durante todo el año. Las divisiones de los eventos se basan en la edad, género y habilidad para darles a los atletas las mismas oportunidades de ganar y para promover el espíritu deportivo. En la foto vemos a deportistas de uno de los equipos veteranos del distrito, Carter High School, que ha participado en el…
Eleven Dallas ISD teams – four middle schools and seven high schools – participated this year in Special Olympics basketball activities. Special Olympics is a year-round sports training program for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Event divisions are based on age, gender, and ability level, to give the athletes an equal chance to win and to promote fair play. Pictured here are athletes from one of the district’s veteran teams, Carter High School, which has been participating in Special Olympics basketball for 10 years. They are coached by Rachel Ingram, functional living skills special education teacher, and her paraprofessional,…
En Dallas ISD estamos orgullosos de las excelentes escuelas de la comunidad como Adelle Turner Elementary School. Descubre más sobre nuestras escuelas de la comunidad en los eventos del 9 y 23 de abril. Para más información, haz clic aquí. Toda su vida, Natalie Crittendon quiso ser maestra. Y durante su niñez, creció con varios ejemplos en su propia familia. “Vengo de una familia de educadores”, dice. “Mi abuela tenía una guardería y mi tío abuelo, el Dr. Frederick Todd, fue superintendente asistente en Dallas ISD. ” Ese linaje de educadores continúa hoy: Crittendon es ahora la directora de Adelle…
La Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobó varios cambios de nombre de escuelas durante la reunión del 24 de marzo. Los cambios se hacen efectivos inmediatamente. Los cambios que se aprobaron: NOMBRE ANTERIOR NUEVO NOMBRE School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center Marvin E. Robinson School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Sarah Zumwalt Middle School Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School Robert L. Thornton Elementary School Otto M. Fridia Elementary School William Hawley Atwell Law Academy Judge Louis A. Bedford, Jr. Law Academy Bryan Adams High School Bryan Adams High…
Dallas ISD is proud to be home to outstanding neighborhood schools like Adelle Turner Elementary. Discover more about our neighborhood campuses at the Discover Neighborhood Schools events on April 9 and April 23. Learn more here. All her life, Natalie Crittendon wanted to be a teacher. And growing up, she had role models in her own family. “I come from a line of educators,” she says. “My grandmother had a daycare and my great uncle, Dr. Frederick Todd, was a former assistant superintendent in Dallas ISD.” That line of educators continues today: Crittendon is now the principal at Adelle Turner…