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The new Montessori Dual Language schools is now accepting applications for students entering pre-K, kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade next school year.  Families can apply by visiting www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd and filling out the online application. Dallas ISD has seen a huge demand for Montessori schools, with there being three times as many applications as there are available seats. With that in mind, Dallas ISD is launching a new Montessori Dual Language school in North Dallas to provide additional choices to Dallas-area families. The school, which will be located at the current E.D. Walker Middle School campus, will open next school…

Dallas ISD is home to one of the largest Two-Way Dual Language programs in the country. Schools offering the program– which offers students an opportunity to excel academically, while fostering linguistic and cultural diversity through the learning of two languages– are accepting applications through Feb. 7. Visit www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd to learn more and apply. When Dallas ISD, Fort Worth ISD, and Univisón DFW teamed up in May to launch the television show Unidos para Aprender, which offers 58 minutes of educational programming in Spanish, they tapped brothers Fredy and Kevin Perez to help host the program. The Perez brothers were born…

Dallas ISD abrirá la primera escuela pública en la que los estudiantes aprenderán unos días en la escuela y otros a distancia para beneficio de las familias de Dallas. La escuela, actualmente conocida como Hybrid Future School, abrirá en el otoño de 2021 y ofrecerá un ambiente educativo flexible y creativo a estudiantes de 4o a 6o grado. En los próximos años, se agregarán más grados. “Este año escolar nos ha dado la oportunidad de reinventar la experiencia escolar”, dijo Angie Gaylord, jefa adjunta de la Oficina de Transformación e Innovación. “Si bien sabemos que muchos estudiantes y familias prefieren…

Mientras los estadounidenses daban la bienvenida al nuevo año con alivio por el cierre de una elección polémica, y con la anticipación de que la llegada de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 marcaba el comienzo de un ansiado regreso a la normalidad, quedamos completamente conmocionados y nuestro optimismo se vio destrozado por los eventos que ocurrieron en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos esta semana. El ataque de la multitud enfurecida que irrumpió en la institución más venerada del país, e interrumpió al Congreso mientras buscaba resolver finalmente una elección nacional, será recordado como un capítulo triste en la historia de…

“As Americans welcomed the new year with relief at the close of a contentious election and anticipation that the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine signaled a longed-for return to normal life, we were utterly shocked and our optimism shattered by the events that transpired at the U.S. Capitol this week. The attack of the angry mob that stormed the country’s most revered institution and disrupted Congress as it sought to finally resolve a national election will be remembered as a sad chapter in American history. The brazen and disturbing assault on our democracy has shaken Americans to their very core…

El pasado año escolar, Kourtlan Freeman llevó a su equipo de natación de David W. Carter High School a un campeonato del distrito. Dicho logro emocionó a su madre, Kathlyn Freeman, y le trajo a la mente lo mucho que Dallas ISD ha ayudado a su familia. Kourtlan se cambió de una escuela chárter a Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin, una preparatoria de aprendizaje personalizado que es una de las más de 100 escuelas de opción que ofrece Dallas ISD. Los estudiantes inscritos en escuelas de opción pueden participar en deportes y actividades extracurriculares en la escuela…

The Dallas ISD Social Studies Department has compiled a list of helpful resources to support courageous conversation with students about the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. https://www.facinghistory.org/educator-resources/current-events/responding-insurrection-us-capitol https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7K0PFEJfq0&feature=youtu.be https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily-videos/classroom-resource-insurrection-at-the-u-s-capitol/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/2021/01/three-ways-to-engage-students-in-civil-discourse-following-events-at-the-u-s-capitol/ https://theconversation.com/7-ways-to-teach-civil-discourse-to-students-105724

The deadline is Feb. 7 to apply to a Dallas ISD choice school or program. Students interested in applying to the Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin can call the school at 972-794-6800, or visit www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd to apply to any Dallas ISD choice school or program. As she watched her son help lead the David W. Carter High School swim team to a district championship last school year, Kathlyn Freeman thought about how much Dallas ISD has benefited her family. Apply today to a Dallas ISD choice school or program. Her son, Kourtlan Freeman, transferred from a charter…

Nyla Campbell, a sophomore in the Seagoville High School P-TECH, shares why she has benefited from the program. The window is now open for current eighth-graders to apply to a P-TECH. Interested eight-graders can talk to their school counselor or visit www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd to learn more. “I am a young entrepreneur who runs my own small business called NyVaLon: Cleansing. We offer chemical free and vegan-friendly butters and creams for the skin, hair, feet, and face. We customize each product based on the customer’s needs. Being enrolled in a P-TECH is helping me advance in my career as quickly as I…

Altrusa International of Downtown Dallas lives up to its name with their altruism and support for literacy and learning. “Altrusa focuses on community service and specifically projects centered on literacy. Our slogan is, ‘Educating families for a better future’,” said Karen Washington, President of Altrusa International of Downtown Dallas. “When the tornados ripped through Northwest Dallas, we had thousands of kids that were displaced from their schools. One of the hardest hit was our Thomas Jefferson community,” says Mita Havlick, Executive Director of the Dallas Education Foundation. As a result of the devastation to their school, students and staff from…