The Mock Trial team from the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet took first at the recent 2019 Dallas Regional Mock Trial competition. The Law Magnet advances to the state competition with teams from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Skyline High School. Twenty-six high schools participated in the Dallas Regional Mock Trial competition. The state contest is set for Feb. 28-March 2 at the George Allen Court House in Dallas. Sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association and the Dallas ISD Social Studies Department, Mock Trial gives participating students basic knowledge of the law, legal…
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El jueves, 31 de enero, equipos estudiantiles de 20 escuelas de Dallas ISD, recibieron instrucciones lograr un efecto positivo en sus comunidades a través del Aspen Challenge 2019. Los equipos elegirán uno de los cinco desafíos para formular soluciones que presentarán en la competencia de Dallas a fines de marzo. El ganador de Dallas competirá en la ronda final en Aspen. El desafío consiste en diseñar estrategias que se adapten a sus comunidades individuales. Dicho desafío es una competencia de ocho semanas patrocinada y coordinada por el Aspen Institute. “No te estamos pidiendo que cambies el mundo en ocho semanas”,…
About 130 student-athletes in Dallas ISD’s Class of 2019 participated in the 20th annual College Signing Day ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Ellis Davis Field House. The students publicly committed to accept college and university scholarship offers they have received to fund their educations while playing sports. See photos of students walking the red carpet here. The participating signees are: Bryan Adams High School Bryan Baldomero, football: Austin College DaQuon Bell, football: Texas College Dre Brown, football: Minnesota State Comm. and Technical College Angel Guzman, football: Texas College Zaki Henderson, football: Texas College Devin Jackson, football: ASA College-Miami Armani…
Seventy Dallas ISD collegiate academy sophomores received a letter of a lifetime on Feb. 5: after they get their college degree, they are guaranteed a teaching job in Dallas ISD with a starting salary of at least $52,000. District officials gave the letters of intent at a ceremony to the sophomores who attend the collegiate academies at Samuell, W.T. White, Bryan Adams and Sunset high schools. The Dallas ISD Human Capital Management (HCM) Department is an industry partner of the collegiate academies that have an emphasis on early childhood education. HCM Chief Cynthia Wilson called the new “homegrown teacher pipeline”…
Si a su hijo de secundaria le encanta la interpretación artística y ha decidido estudiar una carrera en música o danza, ahora tiene opciones académicas en Dallas ISD. Basándose en el éxito del modelo de academias universitarias, el distrito abrirá dos academias universitarias nuevas de bellas artes en agosto de 2019. Los programas, que estarán disponibles en las preparatorias W.T. White y Wilmer-Hutchins, ofrecerán amplias oportunidades para que los estudiantes demuestren su talento, capacitación y un enfoque académico para aquellos que busquen dedicarse a enseñar artes en el futuro. Cada escuela está reclutando futuros estudiantes de 9o grado para integrar…
The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees on Feb. 5 accepted the resignation of Jaime Resendez, who represented District 4. Trustees also approved a process to potentially appoint a trustee to temporarily represent the seat that covers Southeast Dallas, Seagoville, and Balch Springs. The appointment would last until May, which is when voters will elect a District 4 trustee to a regular three-year term of office. Under the process approved by trustees, the district on Feb. 6 will issue a call for resumes and statements of interest for candidates who meet the legal requirements and are interested in temporarily filling the…
Se solicitan voluntarios para el evento anual de Dallas ISD, African American READ-IN, un proyecto impulsado por Joyce Foreman, Justin Henry y el Dr. Lew Blackburn, integrantes de la Junta Escolar, y la Oficina de Equidad Racial del distrito. La meta es fomentar el amor por la lectura, celebrar las diferentes culturas y apoyar a alumnos de diversas características desde kínder a 5o grado. Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar con la inscripción, la llegada y partida de estudiantes, servir desayuno y almuerzo, controlar a los asistentes y facilitar talleres. African American READ-IN 2019 Poetry and Literature in Motion Sábado, 9…
Can you spell S-P-E-C-T-A-C-U-L-A-R? These 15 Dallas ISD students who have advanced to the County Spelling Bee sure can! The students, who were the top spellers at the district-wide spelling bee that featured 131 students from 79 schools, will compete Feb. 14 at Hall of State Auditorium- Fair Park. The students will compete for a chance to win more than $50,000 in scholarships and prizes at the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The top Dallas ISD spellers are: James Marshall Dallas Environmental Science Academy Ember Carvajal Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard Benjamin Pelphrey William B. Travis Academy Giavanna Cormier…
Dallas ISD is celebrating National School Counseling Week Feb 4–8 to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) sponsors National School Counseling Week, which highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for college and career. The special week honoring school counselors provides recognition for school counselors who implement comprehensive school counseling programs, a vital part of the educational process for all students as they meet the…
Geneva Heights Elementary School recently kicked off its second annual Reading Challenge with Room to Read during a special IB Literacy Night event. Students and families visited the school at the evening event in their pajamas and were read to by volunteers. Students are challenged to read or be read to for at least 20 minutes every night in February. If students accomplish the goal – representing 3,500 hours of reading schoolwide – a donation of $2,500 will be made in the school’s name to Room to Read. Students met the goal last year and are expected to reach…