Volunteers and partners have really stepped it up this holiday season, bringing their time and donations to schools across the district. Here’s a roundup of some of these donations: Students at N.W. Harllee Early Childhood Center were all smiles as they received early Christmas presents: draw string backpacks full of pre-approved supplies donated by FedEx Office (read this). William L. Cabell Elementary School received endangered species adoption kits thanks to a donation by Serena Simmons Connolly on Dec. 14. As a bonus, the Dallas Zoo also brought some cool animals to educate students about wildlife conservation (read this) The Environmental League…
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Dallas ISD’s United Way employee giving campaign ended up raising $120,000, which far surpasses the original $80,000 goal! The campaign supports the many United Way programs that directly benefit district students and families. These programs include: after-school, scouting, early childhood, parent education, college and career readiness, homeless education, summer camps, mentoring, STEM, tutoring and many more programs.
La comunidad de Pleasant Grove está a punto de tener algo único: una escuela vanguard/academia con programa de lenguaje dual bilateral para estudiantes talentosos y dotados. La Junta Escolar aprobó por unanimidad la escuela nueva durante la reunión del 14 de diciembre. La escuela servirá a estudiantes en 4º a 8º grado. Se utilizará un plan de estudios del programa de estudiantes talentosos y dotados donde los estudiantes cuyo idioma natal es el inglés o el español aprenderán los unos de los otros. “Estamos presentando esta propuesta para expandir las oportunidades y la innovación académica a estudiantes en todas las…
Students and staff at South Oak Cliff High School are ramping up to move to Village Fair Jan. 9, 2018. The move is in preparation for the renovations of their campus, which is scheduled to begin in January. While renovations to Village Fair are underway, crews are working to complete the improvements in time for students to return from the winter break. Village Fair is expected to be their temporary home until August 2019. Families are invited to celebrate the start of the new semester in the temporary location at a block party Jan. 8, 4 to 6 p.m., at…
Las clases comenzarán el 20 de agosto durante el año escolar 2018–2019, se incluirá una semana de vacaciones por el Día de Acción de Gracias, y el curso concluirá para los estudiantes el 29 de mayo. Durante la última reunión de la Junta Escolar del 14 de diciembre, se aprobó el calendario del año escolar 2018-2019 para el Dallas ISD. Se tomó en consideración la opinión de los empleados, padres, estudiantes y la comunidad. Fechas importantes en el calendario incluyen: 171 días de instrucción empezando el 20 de agosto Los maestros tienen 187 días de contrato, tres días de formación…
Smiles and excitement were the order of the day at Jose “Joe” May Elementary School as all 690 students in grades pre–K– 5 had the opportunity to select three books each to take home with them. KPMG Families for Literacy teams up with Dallas ISD schools to support reading with gifts of books to students, and today’s celebration didn’t start nor end there. Earlier this year select students from the school enjoyed lunch at a gala where they met former First Lady Laura Bush, and acted as models in a fashion show (and took home all the clothes they modeled).…
El viernes, 100 estudiantes de Edwin J. Kiest Elementary School se sentaron en el gimnasio de la escuela, esperando pacientemente a que colocaran regalos frente a ellos. El evento titulado “Secret Snowman” contó con empleados de SalesForce, una firma consultora de administración de negocios, que visitaron la escuela y entregaron regalos donados para que los estudiantes los abrieran. Los regalos que recibieron los estudiantes estaban en su lista de deseos. El consejero Keich Willis y la maestra Kaitlyn Carlstrom coordinaron el evento. Después de escuchar los mensajes de los representantes de la escuela y de SalesForce, los estudiantes hicieron un…
Students at N.W. Harllee Early Childhood Center were all smiles as they received early Christmas presents: draw string backpacks full of pre-approved supplies donated by FedEx Office. FedEx Office donated 1,000 of these backpacks to Dallas ISD as part of its FedEx Cares Day, 300 of which went to Harllee. Usamah Rodgers, Assistant Superintendent of Strategic Initiatives and External Relations, spoke at the FedEx Office headquarters and thanked the business for supporting Dallas ISD students. “We were extremely excited that FedEx Office provided Dallas ISD students with backpacks through the Jingle, Mingle and Give project,” Rodgers said. “FedEx is a…
We know the application process for Dallas ISD’s specialty schools can get confusing. So we’re holding four specialty school application workshops to help make the process a little less stressful. Mark your calendar to attend one of the four scheduled workshops – Tuesday, Jan. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Conrad and Thomas Jefferson High Schools, and Thursday, Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at W.W. Samuell and W.H. Adamson High Schools. Please note: child care will not be provided. Dallas ISD’s specialty schools include: All-Boys Schools All-Girls Schools Collegiate Academies Humanities, Communication, and Leadership Schools International Baccalaureate…
As part of their holiday luncheon and the Principal of the Year ceremony earlier this month, a few Dallas ISD campus leaders didn’t mind looking a little silly in the spirit of competition – namely an Ugly Sweater contest. After lunch, it was time for the holiday sweaters to rear their ugly threads. Eight principals strutted their crazy stuff for their peers, but only three could claim bragging rights (and gift certificates) as having donned the wackiest, tackiest seasonal apparel. First place: Ben Dickerson, Edward H. Cary Middle School Second place: Rachel Moon, Rosemont Third place: Stephanie Amaya, John Ireland…