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El equipo de simulacro de juicio de Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts ganó primer lugar en la 42a competencia anual de Texas que se llevó a cabo virtualmente el sábado, 6 de marzo. La competencia contó con más de 20 equipos de preparatorias de todo el estado que fueron los mejores entre sus distritos escolares y regiones. Los participantes argumentaron un caso criminal hipotético propuesto por abogados locales de la Dallas Bar Association (Asociación de Abogados de Dallas). El equipo de Booker T. Washington representará al estado de Texas en la competencia nacional de…

Dallas County Promise (DCP), a last-dollar tuition scholarship available to most Dallas ISD graduating seniors, has several important upcoming deadlines. All graduating seniors from 57 participating high schools located within Dallas County – including 31 Dallas ISD high schools – are eligible to enroll in this program. The DCP scholarship will help students cover the cost of tuition at Dallas College campuses and DCP partner universities. After students spend all their need-based financial aid and scholarships to pay for classes, this last-dollar tuition scholarship program will pay for the remaining fees. Do not miss the March 31 deadline The first…

The team from Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts won first place at the 42nd Annual Texas High School Mock Trial Competition on Saturday, March 6, at a competition held virtually. The competition included more than 20 high school teams from across the state to argue a hypothetical criminal court case written by local attorneys with the Dallas Bar Association. These teams, which emerged as the best among their school districts and regions, were matched against one another, culminating in the final championship round on Saturday afternoon. The Booker T. Washington team will represent the…

The third annual Dallas ISD Poetry Slam will be held virtually on Thursday, March 11, at 2 p.m., and centers on this year’s theme: I Matter, We Matter, Words Matter. The top 10 finalists will perform their original poems in front of a live Zoom audience, as well as a panel of judges. Representatives from Flocabulary, an educational company that produces hip-hop videos and instructional activities that promote literacy and spark creativity, will be in attendance as well as the event’s sponsor, Roland Parrish. Parrish will provide $10,000 in scholarships and pizza parties for the top 10 winning classes. Flocabulary…

Despite the pandemic challenges, the Pinkston High School girls basketball team reached a new height this season: they are heading to the state semifinals for the first time in school history, competing on Saturday in San Angelo. (See photos from Friday’s sendoff ceremony where the team received their regional championship trophy). For the last 14 years, Nicole Stovall has coached basketball and volleyball at Pinkston. She’s led the girls basketball team for the past four years and has helped advance the team ever since. We spoke to Coach Stovall, who told us how she’s steered her team through a monumental…

Debido a que los datos muestran que la pandemia ha causado que los estudiantes sufran por aislamiento social y tengan dificultad con su salud mental y pérdida de aprendizaje, Dallas ISD ofrecerá campamentos de verano enfocados en mejorar su bienestar académico y emocional. Además de ofrecer desayuno y almuerzo, los campamentos contarán con la hora del círculo en la que se enfocará en el bienestar emocional de los alumnos. Asimismo, escribirán en un cuaderno sus reflexiones y harán ejercicios ligeros tal como yoga todos los días. Las escuelas de Dallas ISD tendrán la opción de ofrecer los campamentos a los…

With data showing that the pandemic has caused students to struggle with social isolation, mental health and learning loss, Dallas ISD will offer summer camps focused on improving the whole child’s academic and emotional wellbeing. In addition to offering breakfast and lunch, the summer camps will build in circle time with emotional check-ins, reflective journaling and light exercise breaks such as yoga into each day of summer learning. Dallas ISD schools can opt into offering the summer camps to students. Participating schools will be announced some time in April. “The way we need to respond to unfinished instruction is to…

CoSN, asociación por excelencia de líderes de tecnología educativa para kínder a 12o grado, y AASA, la Asociación de Superintendentes Escolares, nombraron al Dr. Michael Hinojosa, superintendente del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas (Dallas ISD), y al Dr. Jeff Stephens, superintendente del Distrito Escolar de Weber (WSD), los superintendentes digitales de 2021 de EmpowerED gracias a sus esfuerzos por ayudar a las escuelas durante la transición hacia la educación digital en este año particularmente transformador. El EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year Award, patrocinado por ClassLink, se otorga anualmente a un líder de distrito escolar que ha fomentado el uso…

CoSN, a association of K-12 education technology leaders, and AASA, The School Superintendents Association, this week named Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and  Jeff Stephens, superintendent of Weber School District (WSD), the 2021 EmpowerED Digital Superintendents of the Year in recognition of their efforts to assist schools in making the digital leap during this particularly transformational year. The EmpowerED Digital Superintendent of the Year Award, sponsored by ClassLink, is given annually to a district leader that has championed the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. This year, as superintendents across the country navigated massive shifts in the education…

Como resultado de la orden ejecutiva del gobernador Greg Abbott, que levanta el uso obligatorio de mascarilla, la TEA dio a conocer directrices para las escuelas para ayudar a mitigar la propagación del COVID-19. Las escuelas deben seguir requiriendo que los estudiantes y el personal usen mascarillas. Para observar estos requisitos y por nuestro compromiso con la seguridad de los estudiantes y el personal, Dallas ISD continuará siguiendo los protocolos de salud y seguridad que requieren que los estudiantes y el personal usen una mascarilla que cubra la nariz y la boca, se laven las manos y respeten el distanciamiento…