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A partir del año escolar 2021-2022, los cursos de 6.o a 12.o grado considerados “pre-AP” serán conocidos como “cursos de honores”. La Junta Escolar aprobó el cambio recientemente para cumplir con los reglamentos del College Board. Mitch Morken, director del Departamento de Servicios Académicos Avanzados de Dallas ISD, hizo hincapié en que el contenido de dichos cursos no sufrirán ningún cambio. El Departamento de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje seguirá ofreciendo a los estudiantes cursos desafiantes y enriquecedores que requieren de trabajo de nivel avanzado. Tal como viene sucediendo, Dallas ISD seguirá fomentando la equidad al permitirles a todos los estudiantes que…

Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, 6th through 12th grade courses identified as “Pre-AP” will be known as “Honors” courses. The Board of Trustees approved the name change recently to comply with College Board regulations. Mitch Morken, director of Advanced Academic Services for Dallas ISD, emphasized that the course content will remain the same; only the name is changing. Teaching and Learning departments will continue to challenge Honors students by exposing them to a challenging, enriched curriculum associated with advanced coursework. As in the past, Dallas ISD will continue to encourage equity for all by maintaining open enrollment for any student…

On Saturday, Jan. 16, the Dallas ISD Teen School Board held its first community service project of the 2020-2021 school year. The goal of the project, led by Teen School Board Community Service Chair Ethan Tolentino, was to create desks for underserved students throughout Dallas ISD. The event took place at the Career Institute North facility, as teachers, administrators, and other staff joined in with the Teen School Board representatives to lend a helping hand.  For many of the student volunteers, this was their first experience working in carpentry, and it afforded them the opportunity to learn how to use…

Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard está aceptando solicitudes de admisión para el año escolar 2021–2022. Visite www.dallasisd.org/lanier para más información. Cuando Jamie Nelson supo que había un puesto vacante de maestro de teatro en Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard, donde asisten sus hijos y es miembro activa de la Asociación de Padres y Maestros (PTA), no dudó en preparase para solicitarlo. Empezó como voluntaria a finales del otoño de 2019, completó la certificación alternativa para maestros durante las vacaciones de invierno y fue contratada como maestra de teatro en enero de 2020, por lo que ha podido aprovechar su licenciatura…

Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year until February 7. Visit www.dallasisd.org/lanier to learn more. When active PTA mom Jamie Nelson learned there was a vacant theater teacher position at Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard, where her two sons attend, she immediately told the principal she was stepping in.  Starting in the late Fall of 2019 as a volunteer, Nelson finalized her alternative teaching certification over winter break and was officially hired in January 2020, putting to good use her bachelor’s in drama and MFA in sound design as Lanier’s theater teacher.  In addition…

Mark Twain School for the Talented & Gifted está aceptando solicitudes de admisión para el año escolar 2021–2022. Visite www.dallasisd.org/twain para más información. Cuando la COVID-19 transformó el mundo en marzo pasado, Pamela Rambert supo que necesitaba cambiar por completo la forma en que operaba la biblioteca en Mark Twain School for the Talented & Gifted. Los libros electrónicos fueron una gran parte de la solución de Rambert para hacer llegar la literatura a sus estudiantes. Cada estudiante tiene acceso a libros electrónicos y audiolibros a través de Sora, una aplicación de lectura para estudiantes. “Antes de la pandemia, hablábamos…

Mark Twain School for the Talented & Gifted is currently accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. Visit www.dallasisd.org/twain to learn more. When COVID-19 turned the world upside down last March, Pamela Rambert knew she needed to completely change how she operated the library at Mark Twain School for the Talented and Gifted. E-books were a big part of Rambert’s solution in getting literature into the hands of her students. Every student has access to eBooks and audiobooks through Sora, a student reading app. “Before Covid, we touched on eBooks every now and then, but now it’s a big push,”…

Fifteen-year-old Zimaya Propes fits the description of a natural-born athlete. Throughout her school career, Propes has played basketball, volleyball, and run track.  But it is in her primary sport of swimming that she excels. Zimaya is a tenth grader at the School for Health Professions at Townview and a member of the swim team at her home campus, Lincoln High School. She recently turned heads at the UIL District 12-5A Swim Meet, outperforming her competitors with a time of 30 seconds in the 50- meter race, her signature event. Combined with a victory in the 100-meter, the performance made her…

Los estudiantes de 12º grado de Dallas ISD pueden solicitar becas de $2,500 y $10,000 financiadas en honor al superintendente Michael Hinojosa. Las becas anuales del superintendente, de $2,500, financiadas a través del torneo de golf anual del superintendente, serán otorgadas a por lo menos dos estudiantes de cada escuela preparatoria tradicional. El distrito otorgará una beca Green-Garner de $10,000, financiada por el Council of Great City Schools. Para ser tomados en cuenta para recibir una de las dos becas, los estudiantes deben completar una solicitud, comprobar su admisión a una universidad o instituto de educación postsecundaria y presentar su…

Dallas ISD graduating seniors can apply now for $2,500 and $10,000 scholarships funded in honor of Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. The $2,500 annual Superintendent’s Scholarships, funded through the annual Superintendent’s Scholarship Golf Tournament, will be awarded to at least two recipients from every comprehensive high school. The district will award one $10,000 Green-Garner scholarship, funded by the Council of Great City Schools. To be considered for either scholarship, students must complete the application, show acceptance to a college or university, and submit transcripts, letters of recommendation and essays. Both scholarships are listed with many others under the Scholarships 2021 tab on…