All Dallas ISD students and campus staff have off Friday, May 1 for an inclement weather makeup day.
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Though schools are closed for the remainder of the academic year, Dallas ISD’s Homeless Education Program (HEP) continues its mission to support housing insecure students and their families by helping them stay connected to available resources, services and programs. “During the current crisis, HEP supports these students in various ways,” said Ashley Marshall, homeless education program manager for Dallas ISD. “From providing basic school supplies and hygiene items, to drop-in centers at the high schools, we continuously strive to reach our families and help ensure our students’ academic success.” Through HEP the district’s housing insecure population can access school supplies,…
La nueva escuela primaria actualmente bajo construcción en Wilmer, TX, llevará el nombre de Eddie Bernice Johnson, congresista que ha representado al área de Dallas durante 14 términos. Eddie Bernice Johnson Elementary School, constará de 84,000 pies cuadrados divididos en salones de clases y otros espacios de aprendizaje diseñados para dar cupo a 600 estudiantes, desde prekínder a 5º grado. La escuela, cuyo costo se estima en $23 millones, además incluirá un campo de fútbol, una cancha de baloncesto y un área de juegos. Asimismo, se realizarán mejoras a la infraestructura cercana a la escuela como la ampliación de Goode…
During the current crisis, Dallas ISD school cafeteria staff members have been busy ensuring that no child goes hungry. Each week they prepare and distribute thousands of free meals via curbside pick-up. They are our heroes! Help us celebrate them! The week of April 27-30 will be Super Hero Gratitude Week. You can go online and vote for your school staff to be nominated for an award by casting your vote at www.dallasisd.org/lunchhero. The school with the most votes wins and will be recognized with a special prize!
The new elementary school currently under construction in Wilmer, TX, is named for 14-term Dallas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Eddie Bernice Johnson Elementary School will consist of 84,000 square feet of classrooms and other learning spaces designed to serve 600 students in grades pre-K through five. The $23 million school will include a soccer field, basketball court and playground. Infrastructure improvements to serve the new facility will include expansion of nearby Goode Street to a four-lane thoroughfare with a traffic signal at Belt Line Road. To learn more about Congresswoman Johnson, go here. The district’s newest transformation campus is now…
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.
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…