Dallas ISD has seven students who qualified to compete at the UIL Academic State Meet scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May .Students who placed in the top three spots at the 4A & 5A UIL Academic Regional Meets this past weekend qualified for the state competition and scholarship opportunities. The Academic State Meet will be held at hub sites located across the state. Students Qualifying for UIL Academic State Meet Third Place – Current Issues: Victoria Fasakin, School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG) First Place – Computer Science: Sam Hooper, TAG Second Place – Computer Science:…
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A deep desire to advocate for children, a family legacy in education, and a lifetime of support in the classroom and at home are a few attributes which led Cheryl Nevels to join Dallas ISD almost 25 years ago. Cheryl started her distinguished career as a teacher within a struggling community, where she received recognition for consistently prioritizing her students. Throughout the positions she has held, the driving force that keeps her going is the students, many of whom experienced similar challenges as the ones she once faced growing up. After stepping into her first classroom at Ronald Erwin McNair…
El año escolar 2021-2022 en Dallas ISD contará con tres calendarios escolares. La mayoría de las escuelas seguirán el calendario básico en el que las clases comenzarán el 16 de agosto y terminarán el 27 de mayo. Ver el calendario básico. Cuarenta y una escuelas implementarán el calendario con sesiones adicionales, con el cual las clases empezarán el 9 de agosto y finalizarán el 23 de junio. Esto permite tener cinco semanas educativas adicionales a lo largo del año escolar. No todos los estudiantes tendrán que asistir a clases durante las semanas adicionales. Haga clic aquí para ver la lista de las…
Whatever combination of skill, belief system and principles is required to work effectively with students in challenging neighborhoods, Alpher Garrett-Jones clearly has it. The veteran teacher, assistant principal and principal has served as a district education leader for more than three decades, much of that time in south Dallas schools. If anyone can rightfully call Dallas ISD home, it’s Garrett-Jones, former principal of Charles Rice Learning Center, now at the helm of Paul L. Dunbar. She has deep roots in south Dallas, where she grew up in Bonton alongside seven siblings and attended H.S. Thompson Elementary and Pearl C. Anderson…
Para trabajar de manera eficiente con estudiantes de comunidades difíciles, se requiere de una combinación de habilidades, creencias y principios. Un gran ejemplo de esto es Alpher Garrett-Jones, maestra, subdirectora y directora, quien ha servido como líder educativa en el distrito durante más de tres décadas, la mayoría de las cuales han sido en las escuelas del sur de Dallas. Si hay alguien que puede decir que Dallas ISD es su hogar, es Garrett-Jones, exdirectora de Charles Rice Learning Center, quien ahora está al frente de Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center. Creció en la comunidad de Bonton en el sur…
There are three different Dallas ISD 2021-2022 school year calendars. The majority of campuses will have a base calendar, where school starts Aug. 16 and ends May 27. See the base calendar here. Forty-one schools will have an intersession calendar, where school starts Aug. 9 and ends June 23. This creates time for five additional intersession weeks spread throughout the year. Not all students will be asked to attend the extra intersession weeks. Click here to see the list of schools adopting the intersession calendar, and click here to see the intersession calendar. Five schools–Maple Lawn Elementary, H.I. Holland Elementary…
Dallas ISD está registrando a estudiantes de prekínder para el año escolar 2021-2022. En mayo, se realizarán cinco eventos de 10 a.m. a 2 p.m. en varias escuelas del distrito con el fin de brindar ayuda en persona para que las familias completen la inscripción en línea. Para cursar prekínder, su hijo debe haber cumplido 3 o 4 años para el 1 de septiembre. Los estudiantes nuevos y de reingreso que sean inscritos durante los eventos recibirán una mochila con útiles gratis. Al llegar, las familias permanecerán en sus autos mientras circulen por carriles designados para recibir ayuda en inglés…
Dallas ISD is now registering pre-k students for the 2021-2022 school year. To help families with face-to-face support completing the online registration, drive-thru enrollment events will take place every Saturday during May, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in several schools throughout the district. To enroll in pre-k a child must be 3-or 4-years old by September 1. All new and returning students enrolling to pre-k during these events will receive a free backpack and school supplies. Families will stay in their cars as while driving through the enrollment lanes and receive help to complete the online registration, in English…
As part of an initiative aimed at recruiting teachers who represent the students they serve, Dallas ISD will hire 20 male professionals of diverse backgrounds who will serve in high-priority campuses. In the Fall of 2021, the soon-to-be educators – 10 Black and 10 Latino men – will be paired with exemplary educators as adjunct teachers in Dallas ISD classrooms. At the same time, the Human Capital Management department (HCM) will support them on their path toward becoming licensed teachers through the district’s Alternative Certification program. “Our ongoing effort to transition career professionals of diverse backgrounds to educators strengthens our…
Esta semana de agradecimiento a los voluntarios es el momento perfecto para que Dallas ISD agradezca el apoyo que nos han brindado personas y organizaciones, ya sea agencias, empresas, grupos de educación pública, privada y universitaria, grupos religiosos, y asociaciones de padres y maestros. Gracias a su generosidad, los 150,000 estudiantes del distrito han recibido donaciones de uniformes y disfrutado de experiencias únicas de aprendizaje, han participado en deportes y cursos de preparación para la universidad, entre otras actividades. Aunque la pandemia COVID-19 del año pasado impuso estrictos límites a la participación de los voluntarios, lo que resultó en una…