All Dallas ISD school administrators, 222 principals and approximately 430 assistant principals strengthened their leadership skills during a three-day, in-depth training conference. Dallas ISD, in partnership with the educational nonprofit Teaching Trust, organized this seminar to prepare administrators for the 2019-2020 academic year. The campus leaders gathered at Emmett J. Conrad High School on Tuesday for the School Leadership Summer Intensive kickoff. The instructors focused on teaching lessons about leadership and instructional excellence, among other topics. “This is our kickoff and we’re setting the tone and the expectations for the school year of what we want to accomplish, and how…
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Representatives from Dallas Symphony Orchestra taught music lessons at several Dallas ISD elementary schools during the summer. Students learned the basics about reading a music sheet and interacted with many different instruments, most of them for the very first time. DSO organized the first Youth Concert for Dallas ISD students almost 100 years ago, said Jamie Allen, DSO Director of Education. Since then, both entities have collaborated to supplement the district’s music curriculum with high level concert training and experiences that are not otherwise available. “For young musicians, the overall goal is to provide those students who want to play…
El Dallas ISD aumentó los límites de ingreso familiar para ofrecer becas e incrementar el número de niños de 3 y 4 años que pueden asistir a prekínder sin costo alguno. En junio, la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobó el programa de becas para prekínder. Líderes de la Oficina de Equidad Racial y el Departamento de Educación Preescolar indicaron a la Junta Escolar que la política de becas abordará las desigualdades raciales estructurales y brindará beneficios duraderos a más familias. “Es una ventaja para el distrito y nuestros estudiantes el lograr matricular al mayor número posible de estudiantes en…
Dallas ISD has raised family income limits and is offering scholarships to expand the number of 3- and 4-year-olds eligible to attend pre-K at no cost. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees in June approved the pre-K scholarship program. Executives of the district’s Racial Equity Office and Early Learning department told trustees the pre-K scholarship policy will help address structural racial inequities and bring the long-lasting benefits of prekindergarten to more families. “It’s to the advantage of our district and students to have as many students participate in our pre-K program as possible,” said Leslie Williams, Racial Equity Office deputy…
Siete escuelas más ofrecerán el programa de lenguaje dual bilateral este año escolar, dando así a los estudiantes más oportunidades para aprender a leer, escribir y hablar en dos idiomas. En este programa, los estudiantes que hablan inglés aprenden español y los hispanohablantes aprenden inglés. Se vuelven bilingües tanto en el habla como en la lectura, alcanzando un alto aprovechamiento académico y adquiriendo capacidades multiculturales. Dallas ISD ahora contará con 68 escuelas que ofrecerán el programa de lenguaje dual bilateral. A lo largo de un día en este programa, los estudiantes que hablan inglés, junto con los que lo están…
La ley estatal de Texas requiere que los estudiantes estén completamente vacunados contra determinadas enfermedades para el 19 de agosto de 2019, el primer día de clases en Dallas ISD. Con esto en mente, hay que aprovechar el momento para evitar las largas filas que se formarán en las clínicas de la ciudad al aproximarse el nuevo año escolar. Los padres de los estudiantes inscritos por primera vez en Dallas ISD deben presentar registros oficiales de un médico o de una clínica de salud como prueba de que han recibido las inmunizaciones requeridas. Vacunas a bajo costo están a disposición…
Two Dallas Police Department officers joined a group of middle school students for a discussion regarding the national conversation on police brutality. Twenty-three students hosted the talk in a classroom at Boude Storey Middle School. Their presentation focused on their concerns over the use of excessive force by police nationwide. This project was the Service Learning component of the Summer Leadership Academy Program, organized by Dallas ISD’s Extended Learning Opportunities. Senior Corporal Bronner and Senior Corporal McDowell, both from the DPD – South Central Division, listened closely to the students’ concerns. Both officers stood in front of the class to…
It’s Tuesday morning, and a group of students at the My First STEM Camp at Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez are building a bridge out Legos based on renderings they drew on a piece of paper. Meanwhile, over at the Mad Science Camp at Anne Frank Elementary School, groups of students are experimenting with a 3D printer, coding and enjoying hands-on lessons about plants. The summer camps held in partnership with the Dallas ISD Extended Learning Opportunities Department and Dallas ISD STEM Department are making learning fun through hands-on activities. “STEM education is fundamental to the development of students, so…
Texas state law requires students to be fully vaccinated against specified diseases by the first day of school, which in Dallas ISD is Monday, Aug. 19. That means now is the perfect time to avoid the long lines of the back-to-school rush at clinics and medical facilities across the city. Students enrolling in Dallas ISD for the first time must provide proof of the required immunizations in the form of official records from a physician or health clinic. Low-cost immunizations are available for eligible students at Dallas ISD’s Youth and Family Centers and at Dallas County’s health clinics. For information, visit…
La Oficina de Transformación e Innovación (OTI) de Dallas ISD ha lanzado una iniciativa para aumentar la innovación en las escuelas de la comunidad. El programa “Innovation Engine Grant” otorgará $50,000 cada año a hasta 20 escuelas de la comunidad para ayudarlas a explorar y poner en práctica modelos educativos innovadores. Aquellos equipos escolares interesados pueden ingresar a esta página para más información y presentar una solicitud antes del 6 de septiembre. “Este programa tiene como propósito ampliar e intensificar la innovación en las escuelas de la comunidad del distrito”, dijo la gerente a cargo de desarrollo estratégico en la oficina…