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Las escuelas están reconociendo a sus maestros del año 2020 por su dedicación y compromiso con los estudiantes y colegas. El proceso de selección de maestros del año da a las escuelas la oportunidad de destacar a sus maestros más efectivos. Vea la lista de los maestros del año aquí. “Es inspirador ver a estos maravillosos maestros ser reconocidos por sus colegas por sus esfuerzos durante este año inusual, y es un orgullo para nosotros honrar a los mejores en Dallas ISD”, dijo la Dra. Cynthia Wilson, jefa de Gestión de Capital Humano. Los maestros del año serán reconocidos por…

Dallas ISD’s application period for students who wish to attend a magnet or other choice school or specialty program in 2021-2022 is now open! A district priority is to increase enrollment of Black and English Language Learner students in magnet and choice school programs. The Magnet Schools Application Initiative, a collaborative effort of the Department of Centralized Enrollment and Magnet Programs and the Racial Equity Office (REO), is hosting Community Conversations designed to assist interested students and families with navigating the application process and learning about the new platform Choose Dallas ISD, a one-stop application system that will make it…

During last night’s board meeting, Dallas ISD honored volunteers and partners, considered the most outstanding of the year, for a broad range of service and donations to schools and the district in the 2019-2020 school year. The traditional in-person awards program was postponed last May due to the COVID-19 crisis. The Succeeding Together Industry Partner Award winner went to the Dallas office of Accenture, a multinational professional services company. The award recognizes Accenture for outstanding service to Dallas ISD’s collegiate academies, including support to the staff and students of Seagoville P-TECH. Accenture provided 30 virtual internships to Seagoville students and participated in the…

Varias escuelas de Dallas ISD recibieron $50,000 cada una para realizar proyectos innovadores que multiplicarán las opciones académicas que tienen las familias en sus propias comunidades. La Oficina de Transformación e Innovación (OTI) lanzó el programa Innovation Engine Grant en 2019 para apoyar a las escuelas de la comunidad y dar a las familias más opciones académicas. Esta semana, OTI anunció las 21 escuelas seleccionadas para recibir el subsidio, por lo que les presentaron estandartes y llevaron a cabo una celebración con distanciamiento social en las escuelas de la comunidad. “Estamos sembrando la semilla de la innovación en todo Dallas…

Twenty-one Dallas ISD neighborhood schools each received $50,000 in seed money to pursue innovative ideas that will increase school choice in families’ backyards. The Dallas ISD Office of Transformation and Innovation launched the Innovation Engine Grant program in 2019 as a way to further support neighborhood schools and increase school choice. This week OTI notified the 21 campuses selected for an Innovation Engine Grant, bringing banners and a socially distanced celebration to the neighborhood schools. “We are planting seeds of innovation throughout Dallas ISD,” said Shakeatha Butler, director of the Office of Transformation and Innovation. “Sometimes it takes money to…

Regardless of one’s race, gender or background, everyone has unconscious bias. It’s a fact, says Aaron Joseph, a member of the professional development team conducting teacher training on cultural intelligence (CQ).  “All individuals and all systems have bias,” according to Joseph, who is passionate in his approach to helping educators become more aware of and better able to manage their bias, so they are more effective teaching students from diverse backgrounds. This week, he helped lead a session on the topic for the first cohort of Black male teachers hired as part of the district’s commitment to increase equity and…

Recently, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, hundreds of pounds of food and hygiene products were picked up by schools to distribute among the almost 4,000 Dallas ISD students who are considered to be homeless. The food distribution is one of the highlights of activities by the Homeless Education Program during November, Homeless Youth Awareness Month. “We have been working with the North Texas Food Bank for a few years,” said Ashley Marshal, outreach manager for the district’s Homeless Education Program. “We are extremely grateful for this partnership this year since the pandemic has put such a strain on the usual…

The Dallas Mavericks and Mavs Foundation donated over $1M in personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline workers serving those affected by COVID-19 as well as students, teachers and staff within the Dallas Independent School District. With the alarming surge in COVID-19 cases across N. Texas, the organization wants to do its part to slow the spread and strengthen the DFW community. As part of the Back to School support, the Mavericks donated $1,000,000 in Personal Protective Equipment to Dallas ISD. The donation covered PPE for every student (155,000), teacher (12,000) and staff member (12,000) in Dallas ISD and included reusable…

Today, The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries announced that the Dallas Education Foundation is being awarded $500,000 for the direct benefit of Dallas ISD as it continues rebuilding from the October 2019 North Dallas tornadoes. Thomas Jefferson High School, Francisco “Pancho” Medrano Middle School, and Walnut Hill PK-8 will use the grants to expand, update, and diversify their library book collections.    “The tornadoes last fall destroyed parts of the Dallas community, including some of the schools our children attend. I am thrilled the Laura Bush Foundation will support three Dallas ISD school libraries affected by the storm,” Mrs. Laura Bush…

Conforme se incrementa la actividad de los deportes de temporada como el baloncesto y el fútbol soccer, el Departamento de Atletismo de Dallas ISD está delineando pautas para los espectadores para los deportes durante el invierno, mientras que los niveles de riesgo de COVID-19 del condado de Dallas siguen siendo altos. La seguridad es la prioridad detrás de estas nuevas medidas para ayudar a prevenir el contagio entre los estudiantes-atletas, el personal técnico y la comunidad en general. Se limitará la capacidad de asientos para baloncesto, fútbol soccer y natación/clavados, según el nivel de riesgo actual del condado en un…