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The new Hybrid Future School is now accepting applications for students entering 4th, 5th and 6th grade next school year.  Families can apply by visiting www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd and filling out the online application. Dallas ISD is launching a first-of-its-kind public school option for families in Dallas: a new hybrid school where students do part of their learning remotely and part of their learning on campus. The Hybrid Future School is opening in Fall 2021 and will start by offering a creative and flexible learning environment for students in grades 4 through 6. Additional grade levels will be offered in future years.…

Gracias a una colaboración con Paul Quinn College, nuevos programas rigurosos y más opciones académicas estarán disponibles para los estudiantes del sur de Dallas. El 19 de noviembre, la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobó un acuerdo para crear una nueva escuela de 6o a 12o grado, la cual funcionará bajo el modelo del Bachillerato Internacional (IB), en Paul Quinn College. La escuela llevará a cabo el proceso de autorización para convertirse en una escuela IB. “Cuando pensamos en las oportunidades para los estudiantes, siempre mencionamos la necesidad de que reciban más los estudiantes que necesitan más”, dijo Brian Lusk,…

Generación 2021: si planeas asistir a la universidad, llegó la hora de llenar tu solicitud de ayuda financiera gratis. ¿Qué es ayuda financiera? La ayuda financiera es dinero del gobierno federal (FAFSA) o del gobierno estatal (TASFA) que viene como subsidios (grants), préstamos estudiantiles u oportunidades de trabajo-estudio (subsidio). Esta solicitud dará a las instituciones de educación superior la información que requieren para determinar cuánta ayuda financiera puede recibir un estudiante para sus gastos universitarios. ¿No crees que calificas? ¡Llénala de toda manera porque esta solicitud es obligatoria para recibir algunas becas! ¡El último día para entregar las solicitudes de…

The 2021-22 Free Application For Student Aid (FAFSA) and Texas Application For State Aid (TASFA) priority deadline is Jan. 15! Class of 2021, if you plan to attend college, congratulations! It is now time to begin completing your FREE financial aid application. What is financial aid? Financial aid is money from the federal government (FAFSA) or state government (TASFA) in the form of grants (free money), student loans, and/or work-study opportunities (grant). This application will provide institutions the information needed to determine how much financial aid you qualify for towards your college expenses. Don’t think you qualify? Fill it out…

En enero, Dallas ISD se suma a otros 1,024 distritos escolares en Texas para celebrar el Mes de Reconocimiento a la Junta Escolar. La Junta Escolar sirve de vínculo entre la comunidad y el salón de clases, y además se les elige para establecer la política que proporcione la estrategia y el marco bajo el que funcionan las escuelas del distrito. A la vez, deben considerar y enfrentarse a las realidades que presenta el aumentar el aprovechamiento académico de niños de varios entornos socioeconómicos y orígenes étnicos. La finalidad es fomentar un ambiente donde se asegure la instrucción de calidad,…

Dallas ISD is joining 1,024 school districts throughout Texas to celebrate January as School Board Recognition Month. School board members are elected to establish the policies that provide the framework for public schools and serve as a link between the community and classroom. Trustees serve as unpaid volunteers. Dallas ISD will be celebrating School Board Recognition Month throughout January. Join in by using the hashtag #SchoolBoardMonth on social media. Learn more about Dallas ISD trustees on the district website here. The trustees are: President, Justin Henry, District 9 (South Dallas and parts of Downtown Dallas, Pleasant Grove, Deep Ellum, Uptown, and…

Since December, the state’s front-line workers—including Dallas ISD nurses—have been receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the first phase of immunizations (Phase 1A), according to state and county eligibility guidelines. To safeguard district staff, Dallas ISD is working with Dallas County Health and Human Services and Parkland Hospital to secure vaccines for staff who are eligible for vaccination in Phase 1B to include individuals who are 65+ and those affected by serious chronic medical conditions. The district is working to secure vaccines for staff as they become available starting with employees who meet the Phase 1B conditions. In the coming weeks,…

The new Dallas ISD school operating in partnership with Paul Quinn College is now accepting applications for students entering sixth- and seventh-grade next school year.  Families can apply by visiting www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd and filling out the online application. A partnership with Paul Quinn College will provide rigorous programs and more school choice options for Southern Dallas students. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved an agreement on Nov. 19 to open a new 6th-to-12th campus, which will operate under the International Baccalaureate model (IB), at Paul Quinn College. The school will work toward becoming an IB campus through the IB school…

¡El equipo RoboTAG de School for the Talented and Gifted ganó el State Farm Exhibit and Interview Award en el campeonato estatal de robótica Texas BEST and UIL de 2020! La quinta edición del campeonato se llevó a cabo virtualmente del 30 de noviembre al 12 de diciembre. Participaron equipos de preparatoria que compiten en BEST Robotics y que forman parte de la University Interscholastic League (UIL) de Texas. En la página web del equipo, se indica que uno de los puntos principales de su identidad es promover la diversidad, pues el equipo tiene de todo: nuevas ideas, modelos detallados y, sobre…

The RoboTAG team from the School for the Talented and Gifted won first place in the State Farm Exhibit and Interview Award in the 2020 Texas BEST and UIL Robotics State Championships! The fifth annual UIL State Championship – BEST Robotics Division was held virtually Nov. 30–Dec. 12. The championship was open to high school teams competing in BEST Robotics who are members of Texas’ University Interscholastic League (UIL). On the team’s competition website, RoboTAG said one of the key points of their brand is promoting diversity. “At RoboTAG, our team has a mix of everything: new ideas, detailed models, and great…