Time is running out for Dallas ISD elementary school students to sign up for the 21-Day Challenge – participants must register by Oct. 1. The annual contest, sponsored by Medical City Children’s Hospital, challenges students to make healthier snack choices for three weeks. Those healthy snacks should contain at least one fruit or vegetable, and recipes available on the website can provide inspiration and great choices. Kid-friendly recipes are developed by culinary arts students in the Texas ProStart program, along with partner the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association. Registering in the challenge qualifies the top participating schools for prizes and bragging…
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While teaching math at Kennedy-Curry Middle School, Annette Powers kept encountering students from J.N Ervin Elementary School unable to add, subtract or multiply. When Ervin became a Dallas ISD ACE School, which incentivizes high-performing teachers and campus leaders to voluntarily work at low-performing campuses, Powers signed on to help transform the school. “I wanted to change the school’s culture and change the feeder pattern so students would leave knowing how to do the basics of math,” she said. https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2018/08/27/13-dallas-isd-schools-grab-spotlight-for-escaping-low-performing-list/ Thanks to Powers and the other outstanding teachers and campus staff, Ervin Elementary is now a much different school than it…
A Class of 2018 graduate is one of the top two Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars in the state. Kimmy Chang, who gradated last May as the School of Science and Engineering’s (SEM) valedictorian, earned the State AP Scholar Award by scoring a 3 or higher on the greatest number of AP exams, and the highest average scores on the AP exams she took. She currently attends Stanford University. She is just one of this year’s top AP Scholars in Texas. The list of AP tests Chang took is a bit staggering: AP Human Geography, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science…
More than 2,300 students and their parents attended the 2018 Dallas ISD Districtwide College Fair on Sept. 19 to learn about opportunities available after high school graduation. That attendance figure represents more than 1,800 Dallas ISD students, nearly 50 more who attend schools outside of Dallas ISD and the about 400 parents/guardians who also visited the fair. When they arrived, they were greeted by dozens of representatives from colleges, universities, trade schools and the military who were eager to share information about their institutions. Transportation was once again available to the fair from Dallas ISD schools. There were 830 students…
Dallas ISD staff from various district departments and identified schools collaborated to complete individualized consultation sessions that align to five specific components of the Funds for Achievement and Racial Equity (FARE) Grant. The purpose of the FARE Grant is to better support identified schools by providing additional funds to address academic and infrastructure needs in respect to these five components: 1) staffing 2) supplemental instructional programs 3) after-school enrichment programs 4) professional development 5) materials and resources Departments participating were Teaching & Learning, School Leadership, Extended Learning Opportunities, Advanced Academic Services, Early Learning, Special Education, Student Engagement & Counseling Services…
El viernes, funcionarios de Dallas ISD dieron a conocer varios cambios provisionales en los puestos de liderazgo para asegurar que el distrito siga progresando de manera significativa como lo ha hecho hasta el momento. El puesto de superintendente adjunto, que ocupaba Israel Cordero hasta el día de su renuncia el pasado 20 de septiembre, se convertirá en jefe de iniciativas estratégicas. Brian Lusk, que tiene un largo historial de éxito en Dallas ISD y recientemente fungía como jefe adjunto del Departamento de Liderazgo Escolar, ocupará el puesto de jefe interino de iniciativas estratégicas. En este cargo, Lusk supervisará la Oficina…
Dallas ISD officials announced on Friday several interim leadership changes to ensure the district is positioned for continued significant progress. The position of Deputy Superintendent, which had been held by Israel Cordero prior to his resignation on Sept. 20, will become the Chief of Strategic Initiatives. Brian Lusk, who has a long history of success in Dallas ISD and most recently served as Dallas ISD Deputy Chief of School Leadership, will serve as Acting Chief of Strategic Initiatives. Through this position, Lusk will supervise the Office of Transformation and Innovation and the Collegiate Academies. Lusk will report to the superintendent. Meanwhile,…
Chicago tries to claim Ernie Banks as its own, and there’s no denying that the late baseball player known as “Mr. Cub” and “Mr. Sunshine” had a positive impact during his 18 years of professional play there and through his community involvement. But Banks was born and raised in Dallas, and on Thursday, that fact was commemorated in a special way. A statue of Banks was dedicated in front of the original building of Dallas ISD’s Booker T. Washington High School. The piece was sculpted by Booker T. Class of 1985 alumnus Emmanuel Gillespie. The event to dedicate it was…
Heath Waffer, estudiante de ultimo año en North Dallas High School, aún recuerda su primer día en la escuela como estudiante de 9o grado. Nunca había estado en una preparatoria, por lo que pensaba que era un “lugar intimidante”. La primera vez que entró a la escuela estaba notablemente aterrado. En la actualidad, Waffer es uno de los mejores estudiantes; participa en actividades extracurriculares y le encanta la preparatoria. El 14 de septiembre, Waffer recibirá a otros estudiantes en North Dallas High School como parte de la iniciativa “Graduate Together”. “Es importante tener días como este para que los estudiantes…
Un maestro de secundaria de Dallas ISD fue nombrado nuevo maestro del año por la Asociación de Idiomas Extranjeros de Texas (TFLA). Dayne Harris, maestro de J.L. Long Middle School, será reconocido por sus logros durante la conferencia de otoño de la TFLA que se realizará en octubre. “El comité quedó impresionado con la dedicación que has mostrado a tu escuela, tus estudiantes y la comunidad”, expresó Stephanie Escobar, presidenta electa de la TFLA, en una carta que enviaron a Harris. “Nos sentimos honrados e inspirados por la excelencia que has demostrado en tus años en la educación de idiomas extranjeros”.