Author: The Hub

“We have to think of what’s ahead of us instead of focusing on what we can’t control,” says Marysol Ortega, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, as she reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the class of 2020 across the country. Ortega, vice president of her school’s senior class, participates in several sports – soccer, volleyball, cross country running and track and field. She is also an only child in her family and the first generation to go to college. Her senior year has been marked by two major unpredictable situations: a tornado demolishing her school in…

Dallas ISD’s decision to honor our 2020 graduating seniors with virtual rather than in-person commencement ceremonies is based on one overriding concern: the safety of our students, their families and district staff. District leaders made this decision after much discussion and in-depth consultation with trustees, government officials and the area medical community. This is clearly a responsible call in favor of public health. In fact, given Dallas County’s current level of COVID-19 activity, the county’s top health authority, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services Dr. Philip Huang, has specifically advised school leaders against holding any kind of in-person…

A modo de ayudar a evitar la propagación del covid-19 y para proteger a los estudiantes y sus familias, el Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas ha cerrado sus escuelas e instalaciones, incluidos los patios de recreo. Empezaremos a abrirlos en cuanto los oficiales de salud y funcionarios del estado y del condado den fin a la orden de permanecer en casa. Esperamos volver a abrir las instalaciones cuanto antes a medida que el condado regrese a la normalidad. Gracias por su comprensión y paciencia en este momento difícil.

Current eight-graders can register online to attend a Dallas ISD Career Institute (CI), where they can learn and master skills that are in high demand in a variety of industries. The district’s three CIs offer industry-standard training and career and technical education in eight diverse pathways. Upon completion of each pathway course, students can earn industry-based certifications and become workforce-ready for high-skill, high-paying, high-demand jobs. Most Dallas ISD traditional high schools will offer access to one of the three CI campuses, depending upon their location. The three CI campuses are scheduled to open at the beginning of the upcoming school…

Dallas ISD está preparándose para lanzar las academias de lectura en otoño. Las academias son la respuesta del distrito ante la aprobación del proyecto de ley 3 de la Cámara de Representantes de Texas, la cual exige que los maestros de kínder hasta 3er grado y los directores de escuelas primarias completen una academia de lectura de 10 días antes de terminar el año escolar 2022-2023. Esta es una oportunidad para que Dallas ISD cumpla con la meta de la Junta Escolar de que por lo menos 60 por ciento de los estudiantes lean a su nivel académico en 3er…

Dallas ISD is gearing up for the district’s Reading Academies, launching this fall. The academies are the district’s response to last year’s passage of Texas House Bill 3, which requires all kindergarten through third-grade teachers and elementary principals to complete a 10-day reading academy before the end of the 2022-2023 school year. For Dallas ISD, this is an opportunity to help meet the Board of Trustee’s goal of having at least 60 percent of our students reading at grade level in third grade by 2025. By developing more skilled and effective educators, the district will positively impact student literacy achievement. “The HB3…

Visto que muchos estudiantes en el país se enfrentan a un final inesperado sin las actividades de clausura del 12o grado, los padres y el personal de una preparatoria de Dallas ISD crearon una iniciativa para alegrarles el corazón. La campaña Adopt a Senior la crearon un grupo de padres y miembros del personal de Sunset High School. Ramona DeLeón dijo sentirse triste de ver que su hija no podría asistir al baile de fin de año (prom) debido a las restricciones por el covid-19. Todo lo que quería era encontrar la manera de que su hija y sus compañeros…

As senior students across the nation find themselves not being able to finish the school year through the traditional end-of-high-school activities, parents and staff at a Dallas ISD high school created a heart-warming initiative to bring smiles to seniors. The Adopt a Senior campaign was created by a group of parents and several staff members at Sunset High School. Parent Ramona DeLeon says she was sad about seeing her daughter miss prom in the midst of the COVID-19 restrictions, and all she wanted was to find a way to bring a smile to her daughters’ and classmates’ faces. “I thought…

Dallas ISD está uniendo esfuerzos con Fort Worth ISD y Univisión DFW para iniciar Unidos para Aprender y ofrecer 58 minutos de programación educativa diaria en español para estudiantes de prekínder a 2do grado. El segmento irá al aire de lunes a viernes de 7 am a 8 am, comenzando el 11 de mayo, por KSTR UniMas 49, la estación hermana de Univisión DFW. La colaboración entre estas tres entidades busca apoyar el progreso académico de los estudiantes al complementar el aprendizaje en casa que Dallas ISD y Fort Worth ISD están ofreciendo a las familias de habla hispana durante…

Dallas ISD is joining forces with Fort Worth ISD and Univision DFW, to launch Unidos para Aprender (Together to Learn), 58-minutes of daily instruction in Spanish for students in grades pre-K through second grade. The segment will air Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., on KSTR UniMas 49, Univision DFW’s local sister station beginning May 11. The three-way partnership seeks to support student academic progress by supplementing the at-home learning resources Dallas and Fort Worth ISDs are providing to Spanish-speaking families during the covid-19 pandemic. The programming will feature instructional content created and hosted by teachers from…