La Feria Estatal de Texas proporcionará aproximadamente $500,000 en becas para la universidad a 82 estudiantes de Dallas ISD que se graduarán este año. La beca Pete Schenkel de la Feria Estatal de Texas premia a estudiantes excepcionales de seis preparatorias de Dallas ISD que se encuentran en el área de la feria. Cada estudiante recibió una beca de $6,000 en reconocimiento de su desempeño y rango académico. La beca lleva el nombre de Pete Schenkel, exdirector de la Feria Estatal de Texas. Los alumnos que recibieron la beca asisten a Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, y a…
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As schools across Dallas and the country closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, millions of parents suddenly began working from home while teaching and parenting. Juggling multiple roles at once can be challenging, but also full of opportunity. B.H. Macon Elementary has always made it a goal to connect with parents and the community to ensure student success. Parents are valued partners, and now with their new role as teachers they are encouraged to help with at-home learning during the COVID-19 crisis. Maritza Lopez, a pre-K mom at Macon, says her experience teaching during this time has given her more time…
The State Fair of Texas is providing nearly $500,000 in college scholarships to 82 graduating Dallas ISD seniors. The State Fair of Texas Pete Schenkel Scholarship awards outstanding seniors from six Dallas ISD high schools surrounding the State Fair of Texas. The students each received $6,000 scholarships in recognition of their academic performance and class ranking. The scholarships are named for former State Fair of Texas chairman Pete Schenkel. The students awarded scholarships attend Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Madison, Lincoln, North Dallas, and Woodrow Wilson high schools. Go here to see the full list of…
El aprendizaje ganó una especial relevancia este año para los estudiantes que participaron en el Pentatlón Académico de Texas, cuyo tema fue En la enfermedad y en la salud: una investigación de la enfermedad y el bienestar. El pentatlón, diseñado para incluir a estudiantes de secundaria con diversas habilidades académicas, sigue un tema en cada una de las siguientes materias: bellas artes, literatura, matemáticas, ciencias y ciencias sociales. En noviembre, los coaches y estudiantes participaron en un taller general del distrito como parte de su preparación para la competencia regional, y realizaron prácticas después de clases hasta que la pandemia…
In June of 2019, Texas State Legislature passed House Bill 3834, a bill requiring local and state government employees, district trustees and contractors, to complete a Department of Information Resources (DIR) approved cybersecurity awareness training. Dallas ISD has established a formal training to meet the state mandate. The training is now available in Cornerstone. Under HB 3834, employees and board members who have access to a local government computer are required to take the cybersecurity awareness training. Exceptions include custodians, maintenance and facility personnel, bus drivers, service center drivers and campus-based food service employees whose job responsibilities do not include…
Para poder brindar un ambiente seguro para los estudiantes, sus familias y el personal escolar, este año, Dallas ISD llevará a cabo ceremonias de graduación de manera virtual a partir del 22 de mayo. Se procurará mantener las características de la ceremonia tradicional en la medida de lo posible. Además, los 8,900 estudiantes de 12º grado recibirán pancartas personalizadas para mostrar desde su casa, con las que se les reconoce como parte de la generación 2020 de su preparatoria. Como gesto especial de apoyo, Dallas ISD invita a la comunidad a salir a su balcón o patio de 7 a…
In order to provide the safest and most secure environment for our students, their families and staff, this year Dallas ISD will hold commencement ceremonies virtually beginning May 22. Efforts will be made to maintain as much of the traditional ceremony as possible. In addition, all 8,900 seniors will receive customized banners to display at home that recognize them as members of their high school’s Class of 2020. As a special way to show support of this year’s senior class, Dallas ISD invites the community to step outside their residence from 7 to 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, and recognize…
Making learning relevant became a reality this year for students in the Texas Academic Pentathlon program. This year’s theme was In Sickness & In Health: An Exploration of Illness and Wellness. Designed to include middle school students with a variety of academic abilities, the pentathlon competition is theme based around five subject areas: fine arts, literature, mathematics, science and social science. In preparation for the regional competition, coaches and students participated in a districtwide workshop in November and attended afterschool practice sessions until the COVID-19 pandemic caused school closings across the District. Coaches and pentathletes immediately pivoted to virtual team meetings in order…
Hoy, el superintendente Michael Hinojosa, junto con el Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), la coalición principal de los distritos escolares públicos urbanos más grandes del país, exhortó al Congreso a que apruebe fondos nuevos para los distritos escolares locales en la siguiente ronda de asignaciones suplementarias que se otorgarían por causa del coronavirus. En una carta al Congreso de los Estados Unidos, el CGCS solicita una asignación federal adicional de $175 mil millones en fondos de estabilización educativa a ser distribuidos a nivel local por medio de la fórmula de Título I. Asimismo, el grupo insta al Congreso…
Abril es el mes de la terapia ocupacional y Dallas ISD celebra el trabajo de los profesionales en la materia que transforman la vida de nuestros estudiantes al ayudarlos a lograr la independencia. “Es nuestro deber asegurar que los alumnos, padres y personal que necesiten de esta terapia cuenten con la información y los recursos, de modo que los alumnos puedan tener acceso a una experiencia educativa en la mayor medida posible”, dijo la Dra. Kiticia James, jefa de terapia ocupacional y física de Dallas ISD. Terapeutas y asistentes ocupacionales en las escuelas apoyan a los estudiantes a lo largo…