En Dallas ISD ha habido un programa de debate en las secundarias por más de 10 años, por lo que este año, el distrito decidió comenzar un programa piloto para estudiantes de 5º grado. Se seleccionaron 15 escuelas del distrito para participar en el programa piloto para primarias y se utilizó como base el currículo del programa DebateAble. De septiembre a marzo, los entrenadores y estudiantes asistieron a prácticas y talleres después de clases para prepararse para el torneo. El currículo de este nivel esta diseñado para mejorar el pensamiento critico y las habilidades organizativas, el trabajo en equipo y…
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Dallas ISD kicked off National School Breakfast Week on Monday in the tastiest way yet: with a smoothie competition! Nearly 50 students on five teams thought up and blended their very own smoothies at the competition at Sunset High School. The smoothies followed set guidelines and included fresh fruits. The winning smoothie from the Sunset team could be served at schools across the district next school year. The Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services Department is hosting a number of events this week to bring awareness to the School Breakfast Program. Activities include offering breakfast items during lunch, an…
Culinary arts students from four Dallas ISD high schools competed recently in the fourth annual Cooking Up Change challenge. Six teams – one from Bryan Adams, one from Conrad, two from Molina and two from Skyline – developed lunch menus featuring an entree, vegetable and dessert. Students prepared sample lunches for five judges and attendees of the Feb. 28 event. The menus were called to be nutritiously sound, fantastically tasty and cost $1.40 or less per serving. “The Golden Threat” from Conrad took the top honors and won a paid trip to the Texas Restaurant Association’s conference this summer in…
Students from four Dallas ISD middle schools learned personal branding, entrepreneurship, design thinking, finance basics, coding and technology at the second annual Innovate(her) conference presented by Capital One and the University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Capital One associates, UTD students and professionals from the community served as mentors to the girls at the event, which featured activities such as: Comet Cents An interactive game that challenged students to reimagine budgeting in a practical way. Pitch Perfect: Students learned the art of persuasion by presenting a pitch to peers. Design Thinking: Working in pairs, students designed…
With a secondary debate program in Dallas ISD schools for more than 10 years, the the district piloted a debate program for fifth-graders this year. Using the DebateAble curriculum, 15 schools were selected from across Dallas ISD to participate in the elementary debate program. Coaches and students attended after-school practices, workshops, and scrimmages from September to March. Educating self and others through thoughtful, persuasive and civil argument, the elementary debate curriculum is designed to enhance students critical thinking, organizational, teamwork and public speaking skills. The two resolutions that the students debated this year were: Fifth-grade students should do homework, and…
Israel Rivera got a nice surprise on Monday, March 4, when he walked into his school’s auditorium. Rivera, the principal of Jose “Joe” May Elementary School, has been named one of five finalists in the HEB Excellence in Education Awards. Representatives from HEB presented a check for $1,000 to Rivera, and another for $2,500 to the school. Students and staff were also waiting for him to return, holding up signs with words of thanks and encouragement. In May, he will travel to Austin to compete with the other four finalists to vie for the top honors and additional prizes. Rivera…
El Departamento de gestión de riesgos (Risk Management) y el Departamento de policía del distrito de Dallas ISD compartieron varios recordatorios para ayudar a incrementar la seguridad y reducir el riesgo en todo el distrito. El teniente de policías de Dallas ISD, Terri Thomas, dijo que, aunque los policías están a solo una llamada, la primera línea de defensa empieza con cada individuo. “La primera persona que debes mantener segura es a ti mismo”, dijo Thomas. “Se consciente de la situación”. En las escuelas y edificios, eso significa asegurarnos que el personal adecuado tenga radios y sepan cómo usarlos. El…
La Junta Escolar aprobó las recomendaciones de un estudio de salario conducido por Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) que instaba aumentos de sueldo a mitad de año para ciertos puestos en los departamentos de Alimentación y nutrición infantil, Policía y seguridad, Mantenimiento e instalaciones, Construcción, y Transporte escolar. El aumento resultará en cambios en la escala de sueldos y aumentos de compensación para 61% de los empleados en esos departamentos efectivos el 1 de marzo de 2019. El estudio de TASB comparó los salarios y escalas de sueldo de los puestos en el Departamento de operaciones con el promedio…
Se invita a los padres, al personal, estudiantes y la comunidad en general a que revisen y den su opinión sobre el calendario propuesto para el año escolar 2020-2021. Para dejar su comentario o hacer una pregunta, haga clic aquí para llenar una encuesta corta, que estará disponible hasta el 15 de marzo. Fechas importantes incluyen: Maestros deben reportarse a trabajar el 8 de agosto. El primer día de clases para los estudiantes será el lunes, 17 de agosto. El último día de clases para los estudiantes será el jueves, 27 de mayo. Días feriados incluyen Día del Trabajo (2…
If you visited a Dallas elementary school on Friday, March 1, you might have thought green eggs and ham was on the lunch menu. However, that phrase, among other Seussian favorites, were read aloud to celebrate the late children’s author and highlight the importance of literacy. The National Education Association’s Read Across America Day is a celebration of children’s literacy that is placed on our near the March 2 birthday of Dr. Seuss (born as Theodor Geisel in 1904). In schools, that often means volunteers visit classrooms to read aloud to children – particularly in elementary school. At Lee A.…