The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) is proud to recognize the Dallas Independent School District for excellence in budget presentation with the Meritorious Budget Award (MBA) for the 2021–2022 budget year. ASBO International’s MBA and Pathway to the MBA promote and recognize best budget presentation practices in school districts. Participants submit their applications and budget documents to a panel of school financial professionals who review the materials for compliance with the MBA Criteria Checklist and other requirements and provide expert feedback that districts can use to improve their budget documents. “I want to congratulate the Budget Services team…
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Dallas ISD District 5 Trustee Maxie Johnson today announced the renaming of Oliver W. Holmes Humanities Communications Academy to the John Lewis Social Justice Academy at O.W. Holmes, in honor of the late congressman and civil rights activist. As WFAA reports, a brand new school building is also in the works. A peaceful march led by Trustee Johnson, Holmes Principal Sharron Evans Jackson, and principals from surrounding schools began at 9:30 a.m. and concluded with a 10 a.m. press conference at the school. Following the renaming event, a panel discussion was held inside the auditorium. Watch the story from WFAA…
En noviembre del año pasado, gracias a la generosidad de la Fundación Laura Bush (LBF), la Fundación Educativa de Dallas (DEF) recibió $500,000 en beneficio de Dallas ISD para restaurar la colección de libros de las escuelas que fueron afectadas por los tornados en octubre de 2019. Estas subvenciones están siendo utilizadas para ampliar, actualizar y diversificar la colección de libros de las bibliotecas en Thomas Jefferson High School, Francisco “Pancho” Medrano Jr. High School y Walnut Hill PK-8, con el objetivo de incrementar el interés de los estudiantes por la lectura y relacionarla directamente con la enseñanza académica. Tras…
Last November, thanks to the generosity of the Laura Bush Foundation (LBF), the Dallas Education Foundation (DEF) was awarded $500,000 for the direct benefit of Dallas ISD to rebuild library collections of schools affected by the October 2019 Dallas-area tornadoes. These grants are being used to expand, update, and diversify the library book collections at Thomas Jefferson High School, Francisco “Pancho” Medrano Jr. High School, and Walnut Hill PK-8, with the goal to increase student interest in reading and directly tie book collection to instruction. After the 2019 tornadoes, Francisco “Pancho” Medrano Junior High School accepted 310 students displaced from…
Umphrey Lee Elementary students and staff put on their aprons, transformed their campus into the U Lee Pizzeria, and cooked up a whole day of interactive learning. Principal Stephanie McCloud and Umphrey Lee teachers organized this day-long activity to reinforce learning in areas of improvement in an exciting, engaging way. “The transformation idea really sparked during one of our professional learning community meetings,” McCloud said. “We looked at our standards and we determined what skills the students needed to be engaged in. We saw that it was going to be fractions, and we said: ‘What better way to really learn…
Estudiantes y maestros de la primaria Umphrey Lee Elementary se pusieron sus delantales, transformaron su escuela en la U Lee Pizzeria, y cocinaron un día de aprendizaje interactivo. La directora Stephanie McCloud y el personal de Umphrey Lee organizaron esta actividad que duró todo un día para estudiar las áreas de aprendizaje que requerían un repaso, y lo hicieron de una manera divertida. “Se nos ocurrió la idea de transformar la escuela durante una de nuestras juntas comunitarias,” dijo McCloud. “Vimos nuestras metas y determinamos cuáles eran las habilidades en las que nuestros estudiantes necesitan enfocarse más. Nos dimos cuenta…
Durante la reunión de noviembre, la Junta Escolar aprobó el nombre de Nolan Estes Plaza para el área que ocuparán varias escuelas en el centro de la ciudad en honor del reconocido educador quien fungió como superintendente del distrito durante 10 años. “Construiremos tres escuelas nuevas en las que los alumnos podrán estudiar desde prekínder hasta el doctorado en el centro de Dallas”, explicó el superintendente Michael Hinojosa. Dallas ISD estará a cargo de la educación de prekínder hasta 12o grado. Downtown Dallas Inc. será la sede de una escuela Montessori para los niveles de prekínder hasta el 8o grado…
At their November board meeting, Dallas ISD trustees voted to name the future site of multiple schools downtown in honor of esteemed educator Nolan Estes, who served as the district’s superintendent for 10 years. “We are going to build three new schools, and you will be able to go from pre-K through a doctorate degree and never leave downtown Dallas,” Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said, in discussing the future Nolan Estes Plaza. Dallas ISD will be in charge of pre-K through 12th grade, Downtown Dallas Inc. will house a Montessori school for pre-K through 8, and Wright Lassiter Early College High…
Completar un proceso como el de la solicitud de admisión a una escuela magnet puede ser abrumador para los estudiantes y las familias. Es por ello que el programa Magnet Mentors asigna mentores a estudiantes del distrito que quieren solicitar admisión a un programa magnet de Dallas ISD. “Nuestro objetivo es ayudar a los estudiantes a tener éxito académico”, dijo Keisha Crowder-Davis, directora ejecutiva de Inscripciones y Programas Magnet en la Oficina de Transformación e Innovación de Dallas ISD. “Estamos convencidos de que los programas magnet llevan al éxito académico. Los mentores ayudan a los estudiantes a aprovechar los programas…
Navigating the magnet school application process can sometimes be intimidating for students and families. This is why the Magnet Mentors program works to assign mentors to qualified in-district students who wish to apply to any Dallas ISD magnet program. “Our desire is to help students succeed academically,” said Keisha Crowder-Davis, executive director of Centralized Enrollment and Magnet Programs in the Dallas ISD Office of Transformation and Innovation. “We are convinced that magnet programs are a gateway to that success. Magnet Mentors helps students take advantage of available programs by assisting with awareness, application, acceptance, and enrollment.” Magnet Mentors, formally known…