Author: The Hub

Shelly Goel, a student at Dallas ISD’s School of Science and Engineering, took top honors earlier this month at the Texas State Science and Engineering Fair. Her project, in the Biomedical Engineering category, created a smartphone application to facilitate early detection of cardiovascular diseases. Her work earned the Best of Show Award: Top Project in Senior Division; first place, Grand Physical Sciences Award; first place, Biomedical Engineering, Senior Division; and the Texas Board of Professional Future Engineer Award.

Seven Dallas ISD seniors were offered full-ride academic scholarships to Texas Christian University on Thursday, March 29, as part of TCU’s Community Scholars Program. Each scholarship is valued at $260,000, which includes one year, all-expenses-paid, to study abroad. TCU officials visited each of the district’s participating schools on Thursday to announce the scholarship recipients in front of students and staff. In Dallas ISD, students from David W. Carter High School, Lincoln High School and the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy were eligible to apply. The 2018 Dallas ISD recipients are: Carter High School Dylan Arnette Jordan Bryant Lincoln High School Kiara…

Pinkston, Seagoville, South Oak Cliff and Wilmer-Hutchins high schools have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the 2018–2020 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) Success Grant program. “Dallas ISD, Dallas County Community College District, University of North Texas Dallas and 63 industry partners are committed to working collaboratively to ensure that students graduate with workplace skills which will provide a clear pathway from high school to college to career,” said Israel Cordero, Dallas ISD Deputy Superintendent of Academic Improvement and Accountability. “The receipt of the P-TECH Success Grants further enhances educational opportunities for our students.” A total…

Members of Dallas ISD’s early learning team, staff, and volunteers took to the streets on Thursday, March 29, to let people know in person about available pre-K opportunities in the district. Pre-K registration starts Monday, April 2. The teams went door-to-door in Dallas neighborhoods to tell residents about the critical importance of high quality pre-K, and how the district next year is expanding both tuition-based and pre-K for 3-year-olds Dallas ISD offers pre-K for free to qualifying families. The expanding tuition-based pre-K program serves families that don’t meet certain eligibility requirements. Go here to learn more or to register for pre-K starting April 2..

From stability balls for ADHD students and math games to classroom tablets for English Language Learners, 125 Dallas ISD teachers got a #BestSchoolDay Surprise on March 28: their classroom project request on the nonprofit website DonorsChoose.org was “flash funded.” Ripple, a San Francisco-based technology company, and its executives announced a $29 million donation to fund every classroom project request on the site. As part of that surprise funding, 175 projects from Dallas ISD teachers were funded, totaling $134,370. Combined with previous citizen and corporate donations, $181,022 in Dallas ISD classroom supplies and resources were supported. “Donations from DonorsChoose make a huge…

Three projects from 20 Dallas ISD high schools participating in the Aspen Challenge have emerged as winners and will compete against others from Philadelphia – this year’s other partner city – in June at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo. On Tuesday, March 27, Dallas high schools presented their projects for judging. Learn more about the Dallas Aspen Challenge here. Emmett J. Conrad High School’s “I.M.P.A.C.T.” project, along with “Mobility 4 All” from Moisés E. Molina and “Dreamers Not Criminals” from Sunset high schools, are the top Dallas projects. Members of the Molina team (shown above) focused their project…

A special reception at City Hall honored the teachers and leaders at Dallas ISD ACE campuses who have dramatically improved student learning over the past three years. The ACE program, which stands for Accelerating Campus Excellence, boosts student achievement by staffing struggling schools with strong leaders and high-performing teachers. The reception held March 27 showed appreciation to these teachers and campus leaders. “We are celebrating how we are closing the achievement gap and ensuring all students have excellent schools in Dallas ISD,” said Jolee Healey, the Dallas ISD assistant superintendent overseeing the ACE program. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings thanked the…

A new editorial from the Dallas Morning News details the positive ways Dallas ISD is emphasizing social and emotional learning with younger students to help address any underlying mental-health issues that could lead them to act out in class. The editorial details how Dallas ISD and Big Thought, with a grant from the Wallace Foundation, are “training elementary school teachers to help students understand what’s happening in their brains and how to better handle their emotions.” https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2017/07/25/dallas-isd-and-big-thought-to-receive-wallace-foundation-grant-to-foster-childrens-social-and-emotional-learning/ Go here to read the full Dallas Morning News editorial and see other ways Dallas ISD is addressing behavioral issues through social and…

More than 500 students attended an interactive reading event that brought books and learning to life. The Dallas ISD Reading and Language Arts Department hosted Read for Me at Adamson High School on Saturday, March 24. The event featured more than 40 different sessions for children of all ages and their parents and more than 10,000 books were given away. Special guests included renowned author and researcher, Dr. Alfred Tatum; authors and former NFL players, Nate Livings and Langston Moore; and book characters Cat in the Hat and Curious George. “We are so appreciative of all of the community partners…

Stonewall Jackson Elementary School hosted a deaf education reunion on March 24 to bring together 60 years of current and former deaf education students. Deaf education students shared stories and memories at the reunion. Leading up to the reunion, the school live livestreamed its announcements on March 23 with deaf education students providing sign language, including for the Pledge of Allegiance and the Texas Pledge. Watch the announcements here.