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MealViewer offers peace of mind for your family! Our newest family app for school meals is now available and offers allergen alerts.  Once you create your student profile, the allergen feature will automatically generate alerts to parents and students notifying them when an allergen is present on the menu. This cuts down on uncertainty and potentially dangerous situations for your student(s). It’s as easy as 1-2-3.  Complete your profile today! Visit MealViewer today at  https://schools.mealviewer.com/district/dallasisdtx Remember, parents must submit a Dietary Request Form for each student for approved modifications to their student’s school meals. Download the Dietary Request Form at…

This volunteer appreciation week is the perfect time for Dallas ISD to say thank you to individuals and organizations of all stripes—agencies, businesses, public, private and higher education, faith-based, PTAs and parent organizations—who have stepped up to aid us in a year like no other. Thanks to your generosity, the district’s 150,000 students have received support ranging from uniforms and unique learning experiences to sports and higher education opportunities. Although the COVID-19 pandemic placed severe limits on volunteer involvement over the past year—resulting in scaled-back activities and drastic drops of in-person support, many of our volunteers and partners persisted in…

A graduate from the School for the Talented and Gifted has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar, the premiere graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States. Tatyana Brown is one of 62 exceptional college students from 51 U.S. colleges and universities selected as 2021 Truman Scholars. Truman Scholars demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector, and academic excellence. Each Truman Scholar receives funding for graduate studies, leadership training, career counseling, and special internship and fellowship opportunities within the federal government. The 62 new Truman Scholars were selected from…

Un total de 41 escuelas implementarán el calendario con sesiones adicionales, el cual prolonga el año escolar ya que comenzará a principios de agosto y terminará a finales de junio. A continuación están las respuestas a algunas de las preguntas más frecuentes sobre el calendario con sesiones adicionales. ¿Por qué prolongarán el año escolar algunas escuelas? Los datos muestran que la pandemia ha afectado significativamente el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. El incremento al tiempo educativo es parte de una estrategia que Dallas ISD pondrá en práctica para mitigar la pérdida de aprendizaje. ¿Qué es el calendario con sesiones adicionales? El…

To combat inequity in education and expose more students to the power of coding, Microsoft is providing weekly virtual workshops for students at William Hawley Atwell Law Academy and Sarah Zumwalt Middle School. The workshops cover topics from designing apps, creating games, and learning how to understand and use data. Microsoft is looking to expand this program to more middle and high schools in next school years.  Zumwalt Middle School principal Bobby Nevels is excited to be part of the pilot program. “Our students thoroughly enjoyed the courses each week,” Nevels said.  “It was time well spent and was very…

Five months after a tornado destroyed their campus, Thomas Jefferson High School students faced another challenge in March when the pandemic caused all learning to go virtual. After learning from home this school year, seniors like Alejandra Resendez and Lilah Alarcon returned to campus on April 12 to finish out their high school career together and with a sense of normalcy. While keeping safety as the priority and following all established safety measures, Dallas ISD launched the Finish Strong ‘21 campaign to strongly urge seniors like Resendez and Alacon to return to on-campus learning five days a week. Eyes on…

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“Todo depende de ti. Si yo pude, tú también puedes”. Estas son las palabras que Salvador Becerra, maestro de construcción en el Instituto de Profesiones del Este, comparte con frecuencia con sus estudiantes. Tras más de 34 años como conserje y trabajador de mantenimiento en Dallas ISD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center y otras compañías, Becerra no dudó en aprovechar la oportunidad de ser maestro y compartir su amplio conocimiento y experiencia con los estudiantes. “Enseñar es un regalo que me permite ser parte de un cambio positivo en la comunidad y compartir todo lo que he aprendido en…

“It’s up to you. If I can be successful, you can, too.” These are the words Salvador Becerra, a construction instructor at Career Institutes East, regularly shares with his students. After more than 34 years as a custodian and maintenance man at Dallas ISD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and other companies, Becerra jumped at the opportunity to share his wealth of knowledge and experience as a full-time teacher.  “Teaching is a gift that allows me to do my part to change the community and share everything I’ve learned in the real world,” Becerra said.  Becerra has a degree…

Dallas ISD’s Visual & Performing Arts Department is proud to announce that Dallas ISD has been awarded the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Best Communities for Music Education Award for the second year in a row. The NAMM Foundation’s Best Communities for Music Education Award is a signature program of the NAMM Foundation that recognizes and celebrates school districts for their support and commitment to music education and efforts to assure access to music for all students as part of a well-rounded education. This year, NAMM asked all submitting districts to share their stories and experiences of how instruction…