The Dallas Public Library is making it possible for more Dallas homes to have internet access by having mobile hotspots available for check out at 10 branches starting March 2. Meanwhile, a grant from the 1Million Project Foundation is providing mobile internet access for about 5,000 Dallas ISD high school students. The new DPL program will provide 900 mobile hotspots at the identified library locations to give residents the opportunity to access online resources for up to 30 days at home. More than 42 percent of Dallas residents do not have a fixed internet connection in their home, according to…
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As for many prospective first-generation college students, Zamantha Romero and her parents were unfamiliar with the steps on the road to higher education. Romero is a junior at W. H. Adamson High School and plans to attend college after graduating. Seeking guidance, she applied to become a mentee of the Leadership Forward Mentoring Program, a non-profit that recruits professionals to volunteer as mentors for Adamson and Sunset High School students. Leadership Forward has worked with more than 115 students since the program started in 2014. Out of the 22 high school graduates who participated last year, 21 enrolled in college…
Christina Herrera sufrió de un infarto y fue sometida a una cirugía cardiaca hace dos años. Hoy en día, la maestra de estudios sociales de North Dallas High School está entrenando para su primer triatlón. “Estaba sudando, tenía palpitaciones irregulares y me faltaba el aire”, le contó Herrera a HealthDay. “La enfermera escolar me dijo que tenía que pedir una ambulancia, pero le dije que iría al hospital luego, que tenía que regresar a mi clase. Me insistió, ‘Tienes que ir ya mismo’”. Herrera había sido diagnosticada con prediabetes y había antecedentes de diabetes y fallo cardíaco en su familia.…
A new report shows that Dallas ISD continues to retain a higher number of effective teachers–which in turn is improving student performance–under the Teacher Excellence Initiative. Meanwhile, TEI is expected to bring Dallas ISD an additional $28 million in funds from the state under House Bill 3. While more than 700 Texas school districts plan to pursue this state funding over the next few years, TEI qualifies Dallas ISD as one of only several school districts able to access the funding as early as next school year. Of the $28 million in funding, at least 90 percent will go toward increasing…
A social studies teacher at North Dallas High School (NDHS) is training for her first triathlon, almost two years after experiencing heart attack symptoms and undergoing heart surgery. (Dé click aquí para leer versión en español) “I was sweating, having heart palpitations and out of breath,” Christina Herrera told HealthDay. “My school nurse said, ‘I have to call an ambulance for you,’ and I said I’d go later. I had to get back to my class. She said, ‘You have to go now.'” She had been diagnosed with prediabetes and had a family history of diabetes and heart failure. The…
El Departamento de Literatura y Artes del Lenguaje de Dallas ISD regalará más de 10,000 libros en el evento Read for Me el 7 de marzo. Read For Me es una experiencia interactiva de literatura multicultural, diseñada para difundir el amor a los libros y a la lectura en casa. Los estudiantes de Dallas ISD y padres de familia están invitados a este evento anual gratuito. El tema de este año es Historias de Alrededor del Mundo. Los participantes disfrutarán de un Festival Internacional que celebrará culturas diversas a través de actividades y presentaciones. Los estudiantes podrán conocer a varios…
The Dallas ISD 2020–2021 school year calendar will start for students on Aug. 17, again feature a full week off for Thanksgiving, and end for students on May 27. See a pdf of the Dallas ISD 2020–2021 calendar Important dates for the 2020–2021 Dallas ISD calendar include: Staff Development/Student Holiday: Sept. 25 Elementary Fair Day and Secondary Student Holiday: Oct 9 Secondary Fair Day and Elementary Student Holiday: Oct. 16 Parent Conferences for Grades pre-K through 5: Oct. 5 and Jan. 11 Parent Conferences for Grades 6–8: Oct. 6 and Jan. 12 Parent Conferences for Grades 9–12: Oct. 12 and…
There will be new school leaders at the helm of the district’s ACE campuses next school year. The following administrators have been named to serve at the listed ACE campuses beginning next August. Additionally, two veteran principals have been promoted to executive director in School Leadership. Juan Cordoba, principal of TJ Rusk Middle School, and Damien Stovall, principal of Edward Titche Elementary, will assume their new posts effective May 19. New ACE Principal ACE Campus Assignment Current Campus Assignment Miguel Ortega Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary Assistant Principal at Maple Lawn ES Umoja Turner New Wilmer Elementary Principal at William Blair ES Rocio…
Como el oficial del Departamento de Policía de Dallas ISD asignado a Thomas J. Rusk Middle School , el oficial Walter Gunn considera que establecer una buena relación con los estudiantes es la parte más transcendental de su trabajo. Gunn mantiene una política de puertas abiertas en Rusk Middle School, donde alienta a los estudiantes a hablar más con él sobre los problemas que tengan dentro y fuera del aula. Cuando camina por los pasillos en los periodos de transición, se asegura de saludar a los estudiantes e interactúa con los alumnos siempre que sea posible. “Si los estudiantes confían…
¡Tres escuelas de Dallas ISD han ganado el premio nacional Blue Ribbon! Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy, Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Early College High School y Edward Titche Elementary School son los campuses ganadores del distrito. El Departamento de Educación de EE. UU. otorga el reconocimiento Blue Ribbon a las escuelas consideradas de alto rendimiento o aquellas en las que los estudiantes están teniendo una mejora significativa en sus niveles de aprovechamiento. Damien Stovall, quien se desempeñó como director de Titche Elementary School hasta convertirse en director ejecutivo en Dallas ISD este año, dijo que todavía no se cree…