Mayor Eric Johnson announced that the 24th annual Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair will take place Aug. 20 and Aug. 21. The fair has traditionally served as a time-saving, one-stop shop that offers school supplies and a wealth of information and community resources. This year, the fair will look different and will not provide the same resource offerings because of the need to practice social distancing and limit potential exposure to COVID-19. But families will still be able to receive necessary supplies and resources they need ahead of the upcoming school year. For those without a car, the fair…
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More than 600 Dallas ISD educators on Monday attended a webinar on “Self-Care, Healing, & Equity-Responsive Practices When the World Feels Heavy” led by Dena Simmons, Ed.D., Assistant Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. This webinar was put on by SEL Dallas, a local collective between Dallas ISD, Big Thought, Dallas Afterschool and City of Dallas Parks & Recreation. Simmons’ keynote talk explored self-care strategies to help staff cope with isolation, uncertainty, burnout, and the collective traumas of COVID-19 and America’s reckoning with race. She also shared practices to address Black trauma and ways to be an anti-racist…
Dallas-based education nonprofit, United to Learn, shared that it will partner with an additional 25 Dallas ISD elementary schools. The new schools double the number of campuses benefitting from United to Learn’s work, which aims to eliminate resource gaps and accelerate student achievement—now across 52 Dallas ISD elementary schools. With a mission of changing lives by transforming the relationship between schools and community, United to Learn has proven its model for mobilizing community partners to support Dallas public schools. Beyond the 52 Dallas ISD elementary schools, the United to Learn network includes over 25 community partners, including private schools, faith-based organizations,…
Durante la junta especial de la mesa directiva, celebrada este 23 de julio, la Mesa Directiva del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas aprobó cambios al calendario escolar para el año 2020-21. Los cambios aprobados son los siguientes: El inicio de clases se mueve del 17 de agosto al 8 de septiembre. El último día de clase se mueve del 27 de mayo al 18 de junio de 2021. Los días feriados de octubre se suspenden debido a la cancelación de la Feria Estatal. Se añade el 3 de noviembre como día feriado. Los periodos de calificaciones se aumentan de seis…
During the July 23 called board meeting, the Dallas Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved several changes to the 2020-21 school year calendar. The approved changes to the calendar, which you can see here, are: The first day of school moves from Aug. 17 to Sept. 8. The last day of school moves from May 27, 2021, to June 18, 2021 Previously planned holidays in October are removed due to the cancellation of the State Fair. Tuesday, November 3, 2020, is added as a holiday. Grading periods are increased from six-week to nine-week periods. The COVID-19 threat closer to…
Al dirigirse hoy al Comité de Educación y Trabajo de la Cámara de Representantes, el Superintendente Michael Hinojosa instó a los legisladores federales a aprobar una legislación que proporcione fondos para aumentar el acceso al servicio de internet de alta velocidad para las familias. Varios proyectos de ley para consideración en el Congreso ayudarían a aumentar el acceso al internet de alta velocidad, lo que Hinojosa dijo que es necesario no solo para que los estudiantes aprendan en casa, sino también para que las familias accedan a la telemedicina y soliciten empleo. El testimonio de Hinojosa ante el comité da…
While addressing the House Committee on Education and Labor today, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa urged federal lawmakers to pass legislation that provides funding to increase access to high-speed internet service for families. Several bills up for consideration in Congress would help increase access to high-speed internet access, which Hinojosa said is necessary not only for students to learn at home, but also for families to access telemedicine and apply for jobs. Hinojosa’s testimony to the committee follows the March launch of “Operation Connectivity,” a collaborative effort led by Hinojosa with local, state and national civic and business leaders to expand high-speed internet…
La Junta Escolar ha convocado una reunión para el próximo jueves con el fin de considerar las siguientes modificaciones al calendario escolar: – La fecha de inicio del año escolar cambiaría del 17 de agosto de 2020 al 8 de septiembre de 2020. – Eliminación de días feriados en octubre debido a la cancelación de la Feria Estatal de Texas. – Añadir un día feriado el martes, 3 noviembre de 2020. – Cambiar periodos de calificaciones de seis semanas a nueve semanas. – Cambiar último día de clases del 27 de mayo de 2021 al 18 de junio de 2021
The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees have called a meeting for this Thursday, July 23, to consider changes in the school year calendar as follows: – Start date moves from Aug. 17, 2020, to Sept. 8, 2020. – Removal of holidays in October due to State Fair Cancellation. – Addition of holiday on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. – Change from six-week grading periods to nine-week grading periods. – End date moves from May 27, 2021, to June 18, 2021. View the board agenda here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3eMo7wr This meeting will be shared via Facebook Live.
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas se prepara para el año escolar 2020-21 y estamos comprometidos a hacer todo lo necesario para reabrir las escuelas de forma segura. En estos tiempos complejos, el distrito reconoce la necesidad de revisar los procedimientos en los que operamos, dentro y fuera del salón de clases. Por este motivo, Dallas ISD publicó la página de internet Education Evolution, a fin de ofrecer una vía para responder rápidamente a las circunstancias y condiciones actuales. La página explica los planes para reabrir y operar las escuelas del distrito, asegurando la seguridad de nuestros estudiantes y personal. También incluye planes para la reapertura de las escuelas, así como las mejores…