The Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020 boasts legends who have made a fundamental impact on sports in the district and beyond. The just-announced class of inductees includes: Football legend Jessie Armstead from Carter High School Basketball great Micheal Williams from Carter High School Renowned track and field coach (the late) Earnest James from Roosevelt High School Football and track star Robert Goodrich from Woodrow Wilson High School Golf champion (the late) Elizabeth Betty Jameson from Sunset High School Sports Medicine legend Phil Francis Basketball standout Ira Terrell from Roosevelt High School For the third year, Dallas…
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Dallas ISD will expand its Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) program to eight additional campuses for the 2020-2021 school year. This initiative incentivizes top teachers and principals to voluntarily work at the district’s highest-need schools, ensuring the best educators are in classrooms where they are needed the most. Since its inception in 2015, ACE schools have shown a continuous improvement by combining effective instruction, additional learning time, and social and academic skill-building. As a result, academic performance has increased in core content areas, attendance has improved, and parents feel more positive about their child’s school. In 2019, Texas Education Agency (TEA)…
Luego de los tornados del pasado 20 de octubre que causaron daños extensos en varios de nuestros planteles, los representantes de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobaron de forma unánime un plan para renovar Thomas Jefferson High School, y construir un nuevo plantel de prekínder a octavo grado que reemplazará a Walnut Hill Elementary School y Cary Middle School. La meta es que los estudiantes asistan a dichas escuelas para el año escolar 2022-2023. Bajo el nuevo plan, gran parte de Thomas Jefferson High School quedará intacta, aunque se realizarán algunas renovaciones. La cafetería, cocina, sala de pesas, estudio…
In celebration of School Board Recognition Month, we are spotlighting the nine dedicated unpaid volunteers who serve as Dallas ISD trustees. Maxie Johnson was elected to the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees to represent District 5 in May 2019. District 5 is a large and diverse district that spans West Dallas, Oak Lawn, Uptown, and a large portion of South Oak Cliff. Trustee Johnson has been an active community member throughout the district for decades. Learn more about Johnson here! Johnson is deeply invested in the quality of district schools and the success of all of our students. He has…
Following the Oct. 20 tornadoes that caused extensive damage to the campuses, Dallas ISD trustees unanimously approved a plan Thursday night to renovate Thomas Jefferson High School and build a new consolidated pre-K through eighth-grade campus to replace Walnut Hill Elementary School and Cary Middle School. The goal is to have students attend the permanent locations for the 2022–2023 school year. Under the approved plan, much of the existing TJ campus will remain and receive needed renovations. The cafeteria/kitchen, weight room/dance studio, and culinary/ROTC areas will be demolished. Additions will be added to the existing building and the addition under…
Los interesados en formar parte de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD deben presentar su candidatura a más tardar el viernes, 14 de febrero, para ser incluidos en la contienda. La comunidad votará para elegir los representantes de los siguientes distritos: Distrito 2: zonas norte y este de Dallas, actualmente representado por Dustin Marshall. Distrito 6: zona suroeste, actualmente representado por Joyce Foreman. Distrito 8: Love Field, zonas noroeste y central, actualmente representado por Miguel Solís. Los interesados pueden presentar su candidatura en persona de lunes a viernes, de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m. en la Office of Board Services,…
Sunset High School abrirá una nueva Academia de Justicia Penal en colaboración con el Departamento de Policía de Dallas (DPD). Al completar el programa, los graduados de Sunset Law Academy (la Academia de derecho de Sunset) reunirán los criterios educativos necesarios para conseguir empleo como oficial de policía con el DPD. Así, Sunset se convierte en la próxima escuela de Dallas ISD en formalizar un programa de derecho que conduce a un associates degree (un título equivalente a dos años de universidad) con capacitación policial. Las preparatorias David W. Carter y Bryan Adams ya colaboran con el DPD para formar…
Sunset High School is launching a new Criminal Justice Academy in partnership with the Dallas Police Department (DPD). Upon successful completion of the program, Sunset Law Academy graduates will meet all the educational qualifications to apply for a police officer position in DPD. Sunset becomes the latest Dallas ISD school to formalize a law program towards an associate degree with law enforcement training. David W. Carter and Bryan Adams high schools already collaborate with DPD to produce police officers who can serve Dallas communities. With Sunset adding the law academy, this educational opportunity will expand to North Oak Cliff. …
Another Dallas ISD swim meet is in the books at the Loos Natatorium, and the winners now go on to regionals, with the ultimate hope of competing in–and winning–the state championship. Join us in applauding these Dallas ISD swimming champs: 15-5A Winners Boys: Carter High School Girls: Sunset High School 14-5A Winners Boys: Bryan Adams High School Girls: Woodrow Wilson High School
Two of 11 finalists have been named Dallas ISD 2019-2020 Teachers of the Year! Eric Hale from David G. Burnet Elementary School is the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Katie Benningfield from the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove is the Secondary Teacher of the Year. The winners were announced at a special reception on Jan. 22 where they were each presented with $5,000 checks from H-E-B/Central Market. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and trustees thanked the two winners and nine other finalists for their incredible work every day supporting students. See photos from the Jan. 22 event In November,…