Nine Dallas ISD National Academy Foundation academies have achieved special designations this year from NAF among nearly 200 others recognized across the country. There were more than 100 “Model” schools determined by NAF’s annual assessment. That designation recognizes academies that deliver high-quality educational experiences. Sixty-nine academies in the network reached the “Distinguished” level, which is the network’s highest level of achievement. 2018 Distinguished academies include: W.H. Adamson Academy of Finance Emmett J. Conrad Academy of Hospitality and Tourism Emmett J. Conrad Academy of Finance Emmett J. Conrad Academy of Engineering Emmett J. Conrad Academy of Health Sciences Thomas Jefferson Academy of…
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La Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD aprobó la apertura de dos escuelas de transformación nuevas con modelos de aprendizaje que han tenido éxito en otros planteles. Las escuelas abrirán en agosto de 2018. Sam Houston Elementary School ofrecerá aprendizaje personalizado que se asemejará al modelo exitoso que se utiliza en Dan D. Rogers Elementary School. Los estudiantes que actualmente cursan los grados 2º a 4º en Sam Houston Elementary School podrán seguir asistiendo a la escuela, siguiendo el mismo modelo que se ha utilizado hasta el momento. Los estudiantes que actualmente están inscritos en prekínder a 1er grado comenzarán el…
Dallas ISD is expanding an initiative that helps boost student achievement by staffing struggling schools with strong leaders and high-performing teachers. The district launched the ACE program, which stands for Accelerating Campus Excellence, in the 2016–2017 school year at seven historically low-performing schools. Dallas ISD this school year added an additional six schools to the ACE program. With ACE campuses showing significant improvement in student achievement, the district is building on this success by bringing these additional six schools into the ACE program for the 2018–2019 school year: Cesar Chavez Learning Center Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center L.L Hotchkiss Elementary…
Dallas ISD trustees approved opening two new transformation schools in August with learning models that have been successful on other campuses. Students have until April 30 to go here and apply to these two new schools. Sam Houston Elementary will become a personalized learning campus that will mirror the successful model of Dan D. Rogers Elementary School. Students currently in grades 2–4 at Houston Elementary can stay at the campus under the same elementary school model as previous years, while students currently in grades pre-K-2 will start under the personalized learning model next school year. Meanwhile, Onesimo Hernandez Elementary will become…
Students and staff at Dallas ISD’s Victor H. Hexter Elementary School are using mindfulness strategies to reduce and avoid conflict in the classroom. Check out the video here.
Nearly 1,000 Dallas ISD students with special needs enjoyed a local track and field competition to prepare for the Area 10 Special Olympics Competition. The Dallas ISD Adapted Physical Education hosted the competitions throughout the week. “These events build our kids’ social skills, sportsmanship, self esteem and positive attitude,” said Kelli Hackney with the Adaptive PE Department. The events included track events such as relay races and field events such as long jump and tennis ball throw. The students later this year will participate in an area competition with other district such as Garland ISD, Grand Prairie ISD and Waxahachie ISD.…
El 20 de marzo, los equipos de baloncesto de niños y niñas de Dan D. Rogers Elementary School recibieron la visita de jugadores de baloncesto de Southern Methodist University (SMU). Esto fue un gran apoyo antes de su último partido de la temporada regular, ya que tuvieron la oportunidad de entrenar y recibir consejos de parte de los jugadores. Los cinco estudiantes de SMU que participaron en esta visita fueron, Jimmy Whitt, Everett Ray, Isiaha Mike, Ethan Chargois, Shake Milton, además del entrenador Nemanja Jovanovic. La directora del plantel, Lisa Lovato, les extendió una invitación para que compartieran con los…
En estas visitas, los planteles tienen la oportunidad de compartir cómo AVID Elementary ha transformado la instrucción, cultura, liderazgo y sistemas (fundamentos esenciales AVID) en su escuela. Aproximadamente 40 visitantes de distritos escolares como Arlington ISD, Cooper ISD y College Station ISD, asistieron al evento para observar a los maestros demostrar las mejores prácticas de instrucción. Edgar Jaramillo, subdirector de la escuela, condujo el evento, hablando sobre cómo AVID ha contribuido positivamente a la cultura del plantel. Los participantes también participaron en conversaciones con los estudiantes y los padres sobre el efecto que ha tenido el programa en la escuela…
Eric Schaefer, president of Dallas-based Southwest Media Group, can measure the rapid success of his company in several ways, but one in particular is special to him and his employees. They serve as “reading buddies” for 30 minutes once a week to second-graders at Dallas ISD’s William B. Miller Elementary School. Check out the WFFA-Channel 8 story here.
Four dancers from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts have been accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School. Three Dance seniors: Luke Qualls, Eleni Loving and Jada German, along with 2018 Booker T graduate Erin Brothers, were selected to attend the arts school in New York City. About 8 percent of applicants to Juilliard are accepted each year, and the school takes a limited number of students pursing each discipline. In 2017, five of the 12 male dancers accepted into the first-year program at Julliard were Booker T. Washington students.