After donating enough desks, chairs, conference tables and lamps to fill 16 trucks to Skyline High School, the leadership of Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) toured the country’s first magnet high school on Monday. While touring the school, OxyChem President B.J. Hebert said he was impressed by the many different types of classes and programs offered at Skyline High School. He said he immediately thought of Skyline High School when OxyChem had excess furniture to donate after moving to a new office. “We believe it’s critical to partner with and support schools such as Skyline High School since they are educating…
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Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services Department will offer students free meals during the Thanksgiving break, from Monday, Nov. 19, through Wednesday, Nov 21. The effort is to ensure students have access to nutritious meals even during breaks from school. Participating schools throughout the district will be serving morning snack from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon. For a list of participating schools, go here
With the school year getting close to the halfway mark, here are the important remaining dates in the Dallas ISD 2018-19 calendar. Dallas ISD Winter Break: Dec. 20–Jan. 8 (students), Dec. 21–Jan. 4 (staff) Dallas ISD Spring Break: March 11–15 Student/Staff Holidays: Jan. 21, Feb. 18, May 27 Inclement Weather Makeup Dates: April 19 and 22 A pdf of the 2018–2019 approved school year calendar is available from www.dallasisd.org/calendars.
Sixteen students have advanced to the semifinal round of the 27th annual Gardere Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition. The 16 placed first at their campus contests and will compete to determine the eight finalists starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at North Dallas High School. Students at participating Dallas ISD schools wrote their own speeches based on this year’s theme, “What would Dr. King say to children of today’s world?” Their speeches are judged on their writing and delivery. The semifinalists are (in no particular order) Joselyn Torres, Arcadia Park Elementary School Tynia Matts, John Neely Bryan Elementary School…
En reconocimiento del Día de Veteranos, el lunes, las escuelas de Dallas ISD diversas ceremonias para reconocer su servicio a nuestro país. Entre tanto, los administradores del distrito agradecieron a los cientos de empleados del distrito que son veteranos por mostrar la misma entrega y dedicación ahora que laboran en el distrito. En Skyline High School comenzaron el día con un saludo e izando las banderas de Estados Unidos y Texas, y el JROTC homenajeó a los veteranos manteniéndose de pie bajo la fría lluvia. El Cuerpo de Cadetes de Liderazgo (LCC) de Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy participó en…
El jueves, 8 de noviembre, el Cuerpo de Cadetes de Liderazgo (LCC) de Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy participó en un evento especial en conmemoración del Día de Veteranos como parte de la noche informativa donde se destacaron los programas que se ofrecen en la escuela. El LCC Military Museum estuvo abierto para que la comunidad pudiera recorrerlo y en el salón del LCC se realizó una recepción para homenajear a los veteranos. El sargento mayor Robert B. Breck del Comando Médico 807, con base en Fort Douglas, Utah, fue el invitado especial. Durante el día, conversó con los estudiantes…
In recognition of Veterans Day, schools across Dallas ISD on Monday honored veterans of U.S. military service. Meanwhile, district administrators thanked the hundreds of district employees who are veterans and bring the same devotion of sense and duty they gave to the country. https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2018/03/07/military-veteran-finds-calling-as-a-teacher-at-mcshan-elementary-video/ Skyline High School started the day by saluting and raising the flags of the United States and State of Texas, and the JROTC paid its respects to veterans while standing outside in the chilly rain. The Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy’s Leadership Cadet Corps on Thursday participated in a special Veterans Day event as part of…
Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory’ Academy’s Leadership Cadet Corps (LCC) participated in a special Veterans Day event as part of the school’s Preview Night on Thursday, Nov. 8, to showcase the programs available at the school. The LCC Military Museum was open for tours and a reception for families honoring veterans was conducted in the LCC classroom. Special guest Command Sergeant Major Robert B. Breck of the 807th Medical Command based in Fort Douglas, Utah, spoke in LCC classes during the day and also spoke during the evening reception, where he was introduced by his daughter Jamee Jones, a teacher at…
It was a busy week for Dallas ISD’s Sudie L. Williams Talented & Gifted Academy. After having an open house to showcase the school’s programs to prospective families on Wednesday, Nov. 7, the campus hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially dedicate the school’s new direction on Friday, Nov. 9. That evening, the school had its Fall Carnival – complete with a haunted house. But that level of activity appears to be par for the course at a place where there’s always much to do, see and learn. Opened in 1952, Sudie Williams was a traditional elementary school and became a…
Dozens of people showed up Thursday night for the opening of a special student-led photography exhibit featuring amazing shots of Dallas. The reception at Polk-Wisdom Library honored the fifth-grade students from T.L. Marsalis Elementary School who took part “Our Community” project. Students were responsible for capturing an aspect of their community in a photo, and art teacher Jihan Mitchell had the photos professionally developed for the students at no cost. The best photos were selected for the exhibit. “By photographing their community, the students get to see the beauty that is around them every day that they might otherwise not…