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,…
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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
Durante todos los años que ha trabajado en el plantel, ha desempeñado muchos papeles, desde maestra y entrenadora y recientemente, coordinadora asistente de deportes del año de Dallas ISD. Paralelamente, ha inspirado a generaciones de estudiantes a esforzarse para alcanzar su máximo potencial. Ahora, después de un total de 47 años de servicio en Dallas ISD, Landy se jubilará. “Ha sido una magnifica experiencia, y disfrute cada uno de mis años aquí. Si uno disfruta lo que hace, puede hacerlo durante mucho tiempo”, dijo Landy. “Pero ya estoy lista, y emocionada de empezar mi próximo capitulo”. Entre los empleados que…
Como parte de nuestros eventos comunitarios “Rock the Block”, el Dallas ISD está ofreciendo diversión e información sobre las excelentes escuelas que se encuentran en los vecindarios en cada comunidad. Durante mayo y junio, representantes del distrito han estado llevando a cabo estos eventos en siete complejos de apartamentos en las zonas de asistencia de Kimball High School y Carter High School. El 31 de mayo, tuvo lugar el primero de ellos en el complejo Magnolia Creek. La comunidad tuvo la oportunidad de jugar baloncesto con policías del distrito, inscribir a sus hijos en escuelas de Dallas ISD, y de…
For 45 years, Donnie Landy has been a smiling face at W.T. White High School. She has played many roles over the decades at the campus — teacher, coach and, most recently, the Dallas ISD Assistant Athletic Coordinator of the Year — while inspiring generations of Longhorns to go out and reach their full potential. And now, after a total of 47 years of service to Dallas ISD, Landy is retiring. “It’s been a wonderful experience, and I have enjoyed every year. If you enjoy what you do, you can last a long time,” Landy said. “But I’m now ready,…
La academia de ingeniería de Emmett J. Conrad High School es una de las seis escuelas finalistas en el concurso Lenovo Scholar Network National Mobile App Development Competition, patrocinada por la National Academy Foundation (NAF) y la empresa Lenovo. Con el concurso, se tiene la intención de fomentar el interés en ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM) entre los estudiantes de preparatoria con pocos recursos, al mismo tiempo que se les enseña las habilidades tecnológicas avanzadas necesarias para triunfar en el ámbito laboral actual. La aplicación de los estudiantes de Conrad lleva el nombre de “Klinik”, y provee a los…
In the conference room of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School library, senior Zechary Thomas signs his letter of commitment to accept a full-ride scholarship to play college basketball and study kinesiology at Fort Scott College. The commitment represents the first step toward realizing his lifelong dream to play in the NBA and pursue a career as an athletic trainer. Getting to this point wasn’t easy for the Mustang stand-out point guard who played football until a severe concussion convinced him that basketball was a better fit. “Zack never picked up a basketball until he was 13,” says proud mom Gina Grant Thomas. “He came to me and…
Dallas ISD is bringing the fun—and information about its neighborhood schools—to the community as part of its Rock the Block celebrations. District representatives are holding block parties at seven apartment complexes in the Kimball and Carter high school feeder patterns in May and June. At the May 31 kickoff at the Magnolia Creek Apartment Complex, families shot basketballs with Dallas ISD police officers, enrolled their children in Dallas ISD schools, and showed off a few dance moves. “We are reintroducing and reengaging our neighborhoods with our neighborhood school,” said Jacqueline Bell, school choice communications coordinator for Dallas ISD Vanetta, a…