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Dallas ISD’s gifted/talented teachers spotlight their student projects for G/T Awareness Week held April 4–10. G/T Awareness Week was created to increase awareness and encourage support of gifted education in Texas. Dallas ISD students have been working hard all year to complete a rigorous project based learning curriculum.  Their projects include research, product creation, writing compositions, and presentations of their works. Even in the midst of this impromptu instruction and learning from home mandate, our innovative G/T teachers are stepping to the challenge with innovation and compassion. “The students are worth it, I have learned a lot about web design…

A.W. Blanton Elementary School siempre ha promovido sus valores principales: la amistad, excelencia, valentía y conocimiento, en beneficio de la comunidad. Para continuar inculcando el significado de esos valores en los Blanton Bruins, Freddie Harris, maestro de educación física y entrenador personal, tuvo la idea de compartir videos de ejercicios cada mañana con los estudiantes a través de su canal de YouTube. Los videos también los comparte en la página de Facebook de la escuela para motivar a toda la comunidad, niños y adultos, a levantarse y ejercitar su cuerpo. El maestro Harris sabe lo importante que es mantenerse físicamente…

A. W. Blanton Elementary School has always promoted its main values — friendship, excellence, courage and knowledge – generating impact in the community. To continue to provide the meaning of those values to the Blanton Bruins, Freddie Harris, a physical education coach for the school, and also a personal fitness instructor, had the idea of sharing daily workout videos with the students each morning, through his YouTube Channel. The videos are shared with Blanton students and families on the school’s Facebook page to motivate everyone – kids and adults – to get up and move. Coach Harris knows the importance…

Dallas ISD se ha asociado con DART para entregar alimentos a 300 estudiantes en áreas donde se ha percibido mayor necesidad. La agencia proporcionará tres autobuses que transportarán aproximadamente 100 comidas cada uno. Los autobuses entregarán las comidas en uno de los siguientes sitios, a partir del jueves, 9 de abril, de 11 a.m. al mediodía: Janie C. Turner Recreation Center, Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center y Highland Hills Branch Library.

¡Continuamos con la serie de vlogs y Abby Rufer, maestra de Thomas Jefferson High School, nos cuenta sobre la participación de los estudiantes en su clase en línea y comparte algunos consejos sobre lo que ha hecho para mantenerlos enfocados!

Even though school buildings are closed, Dallas ISD is hard at work hiring educators and administrators for next school year who want to make a difference. Potential candidates can search openings and apply today at www.dallasisd.org/careers. Interviews will be held online. The Dallas ISD Career Center is also featuring the Teacher Opening of the Month! This month’s featured opening is for deaf education teachers

Dallas ISD has partnered with DART to deliver meals for 300 students in areas identified as having an additional need. Three buses will be loaded with about 100 meals each. DART buses will deliver meals to one of the following sites beginning, Thursday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to noon: Janie C. Turner Recreation Center, Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center and Highland Hills Branch Library.

The Dallas ISD Vlog series continues with Thomas Jefferson High School teacher Abby Rufer, and day four is in the books! Abby discusses student participation in her online classroom and shares some helpful tips on what she’s been doing to keep her students engaged.

Para Dallas ISD es una prioridad asegurar que los estudiantes puedan aprender con éxito desde casa. Por ello, busca proveer internet, una computadora o tableta a las familias del distrito que no cuentan con dicha tecnología. Con tal fin, la Fundación Educativa de Dallas, división sin fines de lucro del distrito, inició una campaña para recaudar fondos para esta misión crucial. La fundación está colaborando con Linebarger and Associates, Crown Castle, Huawei Technologies USA y PNC Bank para cumplir dicha misión. Visite www.dallasisd.org/def para más información y hacer una donación a esta notable causa. “Dallas ISD ha hecho una excelente…

Providing WiFi and technology to Dallas ISD families without internet access or a computer or tablet is a top district priority to ensure students can successfully learn at home. To help accomplish the goal of providing mobile hotspots and technology for every household, the Dallas Education Foundation donated over $425,000 to Dallas ISD. Additionally, the foundation has launched its Access to Technology and Virtual Education Campaign to drive the effort of providing all district students–today and in the future–the ability access educational opportunities in a virtual environment. DEF has already started working with their corporate partners, including Linebarger and Associates,…