Author: The Hub

With the launch of two career institutes, Dallas ISD is expanding career options for highly motivated students who want to enter the construction trades and earn a living wage right out of high school. The institutes will launch in August to offer courses leading to certificates in construction, plumbing, electrical, and heating and air conditioning at locations in North Dallas and Oak Cliff. Starting April 15, Dallas ISD will host a dozen information/recruitment sessions to register interested eighth-graders. Families can go here to view the dates and locations of the sessions. Dallas ISD’s Oswaldo Alvarenga said the new institutes are…

Six Flags characters visited three Dallas ISD schools with exceptional student attendance rates as part of the district’s “Strive for No More Than 5” campaign, which recognizes students with five or fewer absences for the entire school year. Alex Sanger, Jimmy Tyler Brashear and Jerry Junkins elementary schools held pep rallies and recognition ceremonies on April 5 to celebrate their high attendance rates and Truancy Preventive Measure (TPM) Compliance rate. Dallas ISD kicked of the school year with Attendance Awareness Month in September. All district students with five or fewer absences this school year will get a coupon to visit…

It was a bustling day at Ignite Middle School, which was filled with building, painting and planting as volunteers helped transform under-used outside spaces into a compelling environment for students to engage in educational outdoor activities. Ignite Middle School partnered with Out Teach to launch an outdoor classroom lab and a vegetable/herb garden centered on enhancing project-based learning by integrating experimental hands-on teaching methods. More than 50 volunteers from Texas Instruments assisted in making this vision come to life. “For many of our students, these experiences are quite new,” said Ignite Middle School Principal Michael Gayles. “But they are excited…

The Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019 will be celebrated at the induction ceremony Friday, April 26 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The induction list comprises five legendary former student-athletes, a prominent pair of girls’ basketball coaches, a former Major League Baseball hitting instructor and a longtime announcer. The nine inductees tapped for this year’s Hall of Fame are: Gary Blair, Doug English, Michael Ensley, Rudy Jaramillo, Harvey Martin, Roy “Robot” Martin, J.D. Mayo, Barbara Brown-McCoy and John Pritchett. For the second year, Dallas ISD is celebrating stellar individuals who have accomplished significant milestones in sports and…

Dallas ISD Competitive Robotics, supported by the STEM-Computer Science Department, continues to excel at the highest levels. At the US Open National VEX Robotics Championship held in Iowa April 1-3, Casa View Elementary School won the Teamwork Champion Award, competing against 170 teams from all over the United States, Canada, and China. In the same event, Dallas Environmental Science Academy and Winnetka Elementary School won the Teamwork Second Place Award, and Alex Sanger Preparatory won the STEM Research Project Award. Dallas ISD is committed to ensuring that every student is involved in at least one extracurricular activity. Competitive robotics helps…

Former C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School students Salvador Medina and Shanice Parker, who will graduate from Skyline High School next month, returned to their old school to receive a $1,000 scholarship for college. The students were awarded the C.A. Tatum Jr. Scholarship to the University of North Texas. “We are extremely proud to celebrate such an auspicious occasion where both students were awarded the C.A. Tatum Jr. Scholarship to the University of North Texas,” said Tatum Elementary Principal Enrique Rodriguez. “We look forward to celebrating this event again next year and continuing our strong partnership with Skyline High School.”

After successfully growing high-quality pre-K for early learners and opening new collegiate academies for high school students, Dallas ISD is turning its attention to “the last frontier”: middle school. A new initiative would bring strategies proven to lift school performance–strategic staffing, instructional excellence, social and emotional support, extended learning and supportive partnerships–to 24 Dallas ISD middle schools. Dallas ISD Chief of School Leadership Stephanie Elizalde briefed trustees on the plan at the March board briefing. “We are not providing what we need to be providing to our middle school students,” Elizalde said. “We are going to work with these schools…

Arlington Park Early Childhood Center and N.W. Harllee Early Childhood Center are receiving a $45,000 foundation grant to enhance classroom areas, provide additional educational materials and the acquisition of family-home libraries. PNC Financial Services Group announced the grant in partnership with United Way Dallas during an April 4 event at Arlington Park Early Childhood Center. Dallas ISD officials thanked PNC Financial Services Group and United Way Dallas for their critical work supporting early learning. “Investing in early childhood education is one of the best investments we can make in the community,” Dallas ISD Chief Academic Officer Ivonne Durant said.  “We…

Kimball High School cheerleaders and band members visited nine feeder pattern elementary schools to motivate students to ace the STAAR test. L.O. Donald Elementary School Principal Kathryn Carter called the Kimball students inspiring for their younger counterparts. “We want all of our kids to be so excited to show what they know next week on the STAAR test,” Carter said. “We are so thankful to these Kimball students for coming out and celebrating our students being ready for the STAAR.” In addition to Donald Elementary, the Kimball students visited: Maria Moreno Elementary School Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School Margaret B.…

Más de 500 voluntarios dedicaron su fin de semana a instalar equipo nuevo y muebles, embellecer los jardines y pintar Alex Spence Middle School and Talented and Gifted Academy. El Día de Servicio, patrocinado por la iglesia, Church of the Incarnation, hizo posible realizar renovaciones y mejoras al plantel con un valor de $30,000. Shanna Jones, directora de la escuela, presentó una propuesta en octubre y el evento ha estado en planificación desde entonces.