Four Dallas ISD educators have been selected for the University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award, given yearly to educators who shape young minds in meaningful ways—thoughtfully approaching instruction, sharing an infectious love for learning, and caring for students inside and outside the classroom. The Dallas educators are: Cymone Lonon of the School for the Talented and Gifted Anaïs Childress of Hillcrest High School Claudia Simpkins of Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College High School Nate Smith of Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts This distinguished university award has existed for more than three decades. Each year,…
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Xavier Martinez’s very first job was working as an engineering apprentice for a major U.S. aerospace company. The Sunset High School junior found a passion for electrical engineering and the aviation industry after joining the Charmaine & Robert Price Career Institute and spending the summer working for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation at Love Field Airport. Dallas ISD manages three career institutes – each linked to a traditional Dallas ISD high school and offering specific courses in different career pathways. Upon completion of each pathway course, students can earn industry-based certifications, become workforce-ready for high-skill, high-paying, high-demand jobs, and gain professional experience…
Cuando el mundo cambió en 2020, y antes de que todos lleváramos cubrebocas, Girisha Siddappa puso manos a la obra. Le dio un giro a su compañía internacional de fabricación de textiles y prendas Fashion for Globe con el fin de elaborar cubrebocas de alta calidad y cómodos de algodón que incluso tenían una abertura para introducir un filtro. Fue oportuno este cambio ya que se comprobó que llevar cubrebocas limitó la propagación del COVID-19. La semana pasada, Siddappa y su esposa, Preeti, donaron 3500 cubrebocas a Dallas ISD para los estudiantes, muchos de ellos para niños. “Ya que los…
Estudiantes en todo Dallas ISD están recibiendo una poderosa herramienta socioemocional en forma de una simple cajita. Los departamentos de Aprendizaje Socioemocional y Servicios de Consejería se asociaron con Tacky Box (Cajita de groserías) para proporcionar a los estudiantes una herramienta que los ayudará con las habilidades relacionadas con el aprendizaje socioemocional como la bondad, la empatía, la compasión y la resolución de conflictos que los beneficiarán en el salón de clases, en casa y en su vida. Emma Phelps inventó Tacky Box en enero de 2013 cuando era estudiante de kínder en Lakewood Elementary School, luego de que su…
Students across Dallas ISD are receiving a powerful social and emotional learning (SEL) tool simply through a box. Dallas ISD’s Social and Emotional Learning Department and Counseling Services Department are proud to partner with Tacky Box to provide students with a tool to help with the skills associated with social and emotional learning like kindness, empathy, compassion, and conflict-resolution that will benefit them in the classroom, home, and their communities. Tacky Box was invented in January 2013 by Emma Phelps, a kindergartner at Lakewood Elementary, when she uttered a four-letter word to her mom. This ‘tacky’ language led Emma’s mom,…
Isabelle y Katherine Adams no son las típicas estudiantes de preparatoria. Cursan el 12o grado y 10o grado, respectivamente, en School for the Talented and Gifted, son CEO de su propia organización sin fines de lucro, coautoras de un libro y además, han recibido el Presidential Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award, las primeras adolescentes en ser galardonadas con el prestigioso premio. Las hermanas comenzaron su organización, Paper for Water, en 2011 cuando tenían 8 y 5 años tras enterarse de que en países en desarrollo las niñas a menudo no asisten a la escuela porque transportan agua todo el día…
Isabelle and Katherine Adams are not your average high school students. These sisters, a senior and a sophomore, respectively, at School for the Talented and Gifted, are co-CEOs of their own nonprofit, co-authors of their own book, and now co-recipients–the first teenagers ever–of the Presidential Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award. Isabelle and Katherine started their nonprofit, Paper for Water, in 2011 at just eight and five years old when they learned that girls in developing countries often did not go to school because they hauled water all day and that a child died every 15 seconds from unclean water. Wanting…
Vanessa Martínez es maestra bilingüe en Bishop Arts STEAM Academy, una escuela tradicional y de opción donde, con dedicación y esfuerzo, los estudiantes alcanzan sus logros personales y académicos. Martínez lleva 21 años en Dallas ISD como estudiante y como maestra. Nació y creció en Oak Cliff: asistió a John H. Reagan Elementary School, ahora conocida como Bishop Arts STEAM Academy, luego pasó a W. E. Greiner Middle School, y se graduó de School of Health Professions at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center. Después de obtener su licenciatura en ciencias de Texas A&M University, decidió completar una maestría en educación…
Vanessa Martinez is a bilingual teacher at Bishop Arts STEAM Academy, a traditional neighborhood school and a choice school where—with dedication and hard work—students flourish through personal and academic accomplishment. Martinez has been part of Dallas ISD for 21 years altogether as a student and employee. Born and raised in the Oak Cliff area, she attended Bishop Arts STEAM Academy, formerly John H. Reagan Elementary, then W.E Greiner Middle School, graduating from the School of Health Professions at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center. After earning a bachelor’s degree in science from Texas A&M University, she decided to go into teaching and pursue a master’s degree in bilingual education at the University of North Texas at Dallas. “I had always enjoyed…
When the world changed in the spring of 2020—and before mask-wearing became the trend—Girisha Siddappa sprang into action. He redirected his company, Fashion for Globe, Dallas based Fashion Tech Platform working with Fashion brands providing services from Design to manufacturing high-quality textiles and clothing, to immediately pivot and start making high-quality, comfortable cotton face masks, complete with insertable filters. The timing was critical as it was proven that mask-wearing limited the spread of COVID-19. Last week, he and his wife, Preeti, donated 3,500 face masks to Dallas ISD to be distributed to students, with many sized to fit younger kids.…