In order to prepare students for the rigor of Advanced Placement coursework, Advanced Academic Services is sponsoring an AP Summer Boot Camp for any student enrolled in AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English Language, and AP Human Geography for the 2019-2020 school year. Students will build on writing and math skills, develop content knowledge, and learn AVID strategies to navigate through the coursework. The AP Summer Boot Camp will be held at: Wilmer-Hutchins High School July 29-August 2, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Students who attend AP Summer Boot Camp will receive the following materials: Test prep workbooks…
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Karla García presto juramento como miembro de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD durante la reunión del mes de junio. García representará al Distrito 4, que incluye el sureste de Dallas, Seagoville y Balch Springs. “Ha sido un camino largo y quiero agradecer a todos los que estuvieron a mi lado durante todo este trayecto”, expresó durante su discurso después de la ceremonia. “Gracias por estar conmigo día tras día y por su determinación implacable, para asegurarnos de que le estamos dando a todos los estudiantes la posibilidad de ser representados por una graduada de su propio distrito”.
The new L.G. Pinkston High School is a state-of-the-art facility that is planned to open in fall 2021. As plans develop for this highly anticipated facility, much interest has been generated. This new school will house 1,000 students with future expansion capacity for an additional 500 students. The project consists of a three-story building totaling 226,948 square feet located on a 20.79-acres lot. The design scope includes athletic fields, a 1,000-seat gymnasium/storm shelter, auditorium and visual and performing arts spaces, library/media services area, a Youth & Family Center, and special areas for the auto-tech, welding, collegiate academy, JROTC, and law…
En la reunión del jueves por la noche, los representantes de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobaron el presupuesto para el año escolar 2019–2020 con aproximadamente $57.6 millones en aumentos salariales, lo cual es notablemente más de lo que requiere el Proyecto de Ley 3 de la Cámara de Representantes. Casi $33.6 millones de los aumentos están destinados para los maestros y la administración de los planteles bajo compensación estratégica, mientras que $6.7 millones se repartirán para otros puestos relacionados al plantel escolar tales como especialistas de medios de comunicación, maestros excluidos del TEI, enfermeras y consejeros escolares. (Haga…
Dallas ISD early college namesake, Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. passed away Monday, July 8, at his home in Dallas. Lassiter, 80, was a former president of El Centro College, chancellor of Dallas County Community College, and a longtime area minister and educator. A staunch supporter of higher education for inner city and minority students, Lassiter was instrumental in building early support for the creation of early college high schools in Dallas ISD. One of his lasting legacies is his role in founding Middle College High School at El Centro College in 1988. In recognition of his support, the Dallas…
Shannon Trejo has been named deputy chief of Academics. Previously, Trejo had served as Dallas ISD’s assistant superintendent for Language, Literacy and Social Studies since October 2017. In that role, she led six departments—Dyslexia/504, Reading Language Arts, Social Studies, Dual Language and English Learner Services, World Languages, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support—and focused on the creation and implementation of a districtwide curriculum. Trejo graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in applied learning and development and a specialization in Spanish. She earned a master’s degree in educational administration at The University of Texas in Arlington and…
Silvia Salinas was recently named acting executive director of the Athletics Department, the first woman to occupy the position in Dallas ISD. A 27-year educator, Salinas has worked in athletics administration for 16 years. Continuing a long family tradition in education, Salinas earned a degree in exercise and sports science from Southwest Texas State University and a master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State University. She earned a doctorate in higher education and athletics administration from the University of North Texas. Salinas began her career teaching mathematics and coaching cross-country and track-and-field in Lockhart, Texas. In 1996, she began teaching…
Un conjunto de 23 estudiantes con necesidades especiales fueron aclamados tras recibir una mención honorífica en una competencia de robótica. Los representantes de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD iniciaron el aplauso de pie para reconocer a dos representantes de RoboFlash y a su entrenadora. A este equipo de la preparatoria Sunset le otorgaron el “Premio por Profesionalismo Cortés” durante una competencia local en marzo. Esta condecoración celebra a los equipos que demuestran un impecable espíritu deportivo. “Los otros equipos se están dando cuenta que somos un competidor fuerte”, dijo Pauline Tatum, maestra de educación especial en Sunset High School…
Una política nueva facilitará el acceso a prekínder gratuito de alta calidad para las familias del área de Dallas. La Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD, el jueves por la noche, aprobó el programa de becas para prekínder que podrá beneficiar a cientos de familias. Leslie Williams, Jefe Adjunto de la Oficina de Equidad Racial y Derek Little, Superintendente Adjunto de Aprendizaje Temprano, indicaron que la política de becas para prekínder ayudará a abordar las desigualdades raciales estructurales y brindará beneficios duraderos para más familias con estudiantes de prekínder en Dallas ISD. “Es una ventaja para el distrito y nuestros estudiantes…
The 23rd-annual Mayor’s Back To School Fair will provide Dallas parents and children with everything they need for the first day of school. There will be several free services, including health checkups, dental and vision screenings, immunizations and haircuts. All Dallas ISD families are eligible to receive school supplies at no cost. “I’ve experienced first hand the struggles that it takes, financially and from a time perspective, to get children ready for that first day of school,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said. “When kids show up to school on the first day and they’ve been properly immunized, and they’ve had…