A free interactive, online workshop is open to Dallas ISD educators, administrators and volunteers to promote the success of immigrant and refugee students. Teachers, administrators, librarians and volunteers can go here to register for free. The workshop—Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and Tools for K-12 and Adult Educators—will be held July 10–11 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. The workshop will explore how to: Integrate immigration into the curriculum; Build relationships with immigrant students, families and communities in perilous times; Use storytelling to educate all students on immigration; Empower both teachers and students; Create more welcoming classrooms, and more.
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District officials briefed trustees on June 7 about a plan to, along with the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), operate collegiate academies at Skyline High School and North Lake College. Under the proposal, the 2018-2019 school year would serve as a planning year and then open to incoming freshmen the following school year. Dallas ISD and the DCCCD currently operate 23 collegiate academies where students can get up to 60 hours of college credit—or an associate’s degree—at no cost to them while still in high school. Dallas ISD is also planning to enhance district career and technical education (CTE)…
Cuarenta estudiantes de Dallas ISD, y un puñado de maestros/acompañantes, volaron al Centro Espacial Kennedy (Kennedy Space Center) en Florida el mes pasado en avión privado como parte de la “STEM-Liner Experience,” que les dio la experiencia práctica increíble con instrucción en las ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas. Estudiantes de W.H. Adamson High School, Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, y South Oak Cliff High School fueron seleccionados por los directores para este viaje. Crystal Alexander, una gerente del departamento STEM en Dallas ISD acompañó a los estudiantes y mantuvo un registro de la…
Más de 30 escuelas de Dallas ISD fueron reconocidas por el Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll 2017 – 2018. El programa, patrocinado por el Institute for Productivity in Education (IPE), forma parte del esfuerzo nacional para identificar escuelas y distritos cuyos estudiantes alcanzan altos niveles de rendimiento académico. Dallas ISD es uno de los siete distritos públicos reconocidos en Texas. Este año, Texas Honor Roll reconoció a 729 escuelas públicas por demostrar alto rendimiento y éxito estudiantil, progreso continuo, y reducción en las brechas de aprovechamiento entre los estudiantes de minorías étnicas y económicamente desfavorecidos. Un total de 31…
More than 30 Dallas ISD schools have been named to the 2017-2018 Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll, also known as the Texas Honor Roll. The program, sponsored by the Institute for Productivity in Education (IPE), is part of a national effort to identify higher-performing schools and districts that are improving student outcomes. Dallas ISD is one of seven public school districts in Texas to be acknowledged. This year, the Texas Honor Roll recognized 729 public schools for demonstrating consistently higher levels of student academic achievement, improvement over time, and reduction in achievement gaps among ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged…
The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation announced that 20 graduating high school seniors have been awarded Foundation scholarships for Fall 2018. The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation was established to support excellent education in public schools and recognize and honor academic excellence among the students within the Woodrow feeder pattern. Each scholarship is accompanied by an award ranging from $250—$10,000 to assist families in financing the costs of college The scholarship recipients are:
Experts in their fields visited Anne Frank Elementary School throughout the year to advance STEM efforts. Their unified message was that students should get involved with technology, science and math at an early age, pursue their career with hard work and passion and, of course, know their stuff. Representatives from Google, J.P. Morgan Chase Oil & Gas Management and Wailua Technology, Inc. generously volunteered their time to students to guide and encourage them, while imparting extremely high level data in engaging and exciting ways. Gifted and Talented Teacher, Jeni Baldwin, and 3rd Grade Social Studies and Science Teacher, Gabriela Oropeza,…
Forty Dallas ISD students and a handful of teachers/chaperones flew to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last month on a private charter airplane as part of the “STEM-Liner Experience,” which gave them incredible hands-on experience with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math instruction. The students came from W.H. Adamson High School, Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, and South Oak Cliff High School. They were handpicked by their principals for the trip. Crystal Alexander, a manager in the Dallas ISD STEM Department and one of the chaperones, kept a running log of their amazing…
When students in the Media Club at Dallas ISD’s Larry G. Smith Elementary School turn on the lights, cameras and spring into action, they are learning crucial skills that could help them in their careers. Students produce a morning newscast with the help of PE teacher and Club director Paul Curbow. “They are responsible for getting everything set up, they do turn on all the cameras, they turn on all the TVs, the lights, they go get the kids that are actually doing the announcements for the day,” Curbow said. “I am here to help facilitate any way that I…
More than 350 Dallas ISD employees are retiring this year after helping countless kids succeed over the years. Together they have nearly 7,500 years of service! The links below list the names of this year’s retirees: Elementary School Retirees Middle School Retirees High School Retirees Central Staff Retirees