Las escuelas de Dallas ISD estarán cerradas por el resto del año escolar. El 17 de abril, el gobernador Greg Abbott anunció que las escuelas públicas y privadas permanecerán cerradas lo que resta del año escolar para ayudar a combatir la propagación del COVID-19. Abbott afirmó que la decisión se basó en las recomendaciones de médicos y funcionarios de salud pública. A pesar del cierre, el aprendizaje continúa a través del aprendizaje en casa. Dallas ISD ofrece planes de estudios en cinco idiomas, además del inglés y el español. Para más información sobre el aprendizaje en casa, haga clic aquí.
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Dallas ISD schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year. Gov. Greg Abbott announced on April 17 that public and private schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Abbott said he made the decision based on advice of doctors and health officials. While school buildings are closed, students’ education continues through at-home learning. Dallas ISD now offers at-home learning lessons in seven different languages. Go here to learn more about at-home learning.
Risking their own health, members of the Dallas ISD Family & Community Engagement team have been voluntarily going into the community for the past three weeks to personally deliver gift cards and care packages to Dallas ISD families impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The Dallas Mavericks donated 200 $50 Kroger gift cards, and the community donated about another 100 gift cards. Campuses identified families who had been impacted by COVID-19, whether it be from loss of job or reduction in hours, to receive the gift cards. Along with the gift cards, the Parent Advocacy and Support Services Department has…
Three Dallas ISD schools rank among the 2020 Best High Schools top 20 list, according to U.S. News & World Report. The School for the Talented and Gifted (TAG) at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center took the No. 6 spot, nationwide, while Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School ranked No. 10, making Texas the only state to have two schools secure a spot in the top 10. The School of Science and Engineering (SEM) also housed at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center ranked No. 17. In Texas, TAG ranks No. 1, while SEM and Rangel hold the No. 2 and 3 spots, respectively. “These rankings demonstrate the hard…
Dallas ISD’s Human Capital Management (HCM) Department is seeking hundreds of applicants to fill teaching positions for the 2020-2021 school year. “Our students can only be as successful as our teachers can be, so we’re always looking for diligent and caring educators to join our classrooms,” said Priscilla Vega, recruitment manager for HCM. “You’ll be working in a district where you can really make a difference. We have a very diverse student population and many of our students face socio economic difficulties. This is truly an opportunity to be a hero.” Dallas ISD is having an online all-level teacher job…
A partir del 20 de abril, los dos sitios donde se realizan pruebas para determinar posible contagio de COVID-19 ampliaron los requisitos para incluir a personas que no presenten síntomas y sean parte del personal de primeros auxilios, conductores de DART, profesionales de la salud, empleados esenciales de supermercados y tiendas minoristas. Los sitios operan diariamente de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m. y están ubicados en: • American Airlines Center, estacionamiento E, 2500 Victory Plaza • Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S Polk St. Se debe cumplir con uno de los siguientes requisitos: • Tener temperatura de 99.6° o más…
Dallas ISD is now offering at-home learning lessons in a total of seven languages. Weekly lessons for students in grades pre-K–6 are now offered in: Arabic Amharic Burmese English Nepali Swahili Spanish Go here to learn more!
Students and staff can celebrate National Library Week by checking out an ebook from the Dallas ISD electronic library. Although students might not have access to physical books, they can still check out reading material on a smart phone, tablet or computer. A wide selection of ebooks is accessible through Dallas ISD’s electronic library and the local public library simply by downloading the Sora app, available for iOS and Android devices. Dallas ISD staff also have access to the district’s library with their employee ID by downloading the app. Users can access to the public library, whether in Dallas or…
The Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) today announced that Emmitt Smith will serve as the chief spokesman of its campaign to connect workers displaced by the COVID-19 crisis to thousands of available jobs in the Dallas Region. The NFL All-Time Rushing leader, who is also a DRC board member, will appear on billboards and in radio, television, and social media marketing for the DRC’s “Connecting Displaced Workers to Jobs” platform. The online portal lives on the DRC’s Say Yes to Dallas talent attraction campaign page and includes listings broken down by sector, including hospitals, pharmacies, grocery stores, food service, and warehouses.…
Dallas ISD this week will begin distributing the 10,000 mobile hotspots it purchased last month to help ensure students have Wi-Fi access while learning from home. Staff worked over the weekend preparing the shipment of hotspots for distribution, placing decals, ensuring they broadcast a Wi-Fi signal, labeling them with students’ names and boxing them per campus. Hotspots will start being delivered to high schools on Monday and middle schools on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students without Wi-Fi access who are in need of a hotspot should reach out to their school principal to arrange for pickup. Next week staff will start…