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Dallas ISD is redesigning its school leadership structure to foster and support professional learning networks. The current structure groups campuses together by feeder patterns, which includes elementary, middle and high schools. While there will still be feeder pattern meetings in 2018-2019, the new structure aligns schools by grade levels. This means, for example, that elementary school principals will have opportunities for more meaningful interactions with fellow elementary school principals. “Fostering professional learning networks among our campus leaders, while also matching the skill set expertise of our personnel, is a more effective way to boost student achievement,” said Dallas ISD Chief…

Young Women’s STEAM Academy hosted the Dallas ISD AVID Model Showcase on April 23 where more than 50 educators gathered to learn and see best practices about AVID hands-on. The showcase experience included Dallas ISD Trustee Jaime Resendez, Deputy Superintendent Israel Cordero, Deputy Chief Stephanie Elizalde, and a few others who came to support AVID and share a few words of inspiration. The showcase experience included classroom observations and a chance to speak with experienced AVID teachers, administrators, and students. Dallas ISD is celebrating 16 years with the AVID program and is thrilled to have two AVID National demonstration schools…

Anne Frank Elementary School hosted a Cultural Diversity Night to celebrate how is students come from 62 different countries. The school’s diversity committee put on the event that featured food, performances, presentations and a parade.

Four projects from students at Dallas ISD’s Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School are finalists in the 2018 NASA Goddard OPSARC contest and need your vote to win. Their challenge was to identify a product created with NASA spinoff technology that we use in our everyday lives, then creating their own product using that technology. The top 10 projects from across the country were picked as finalists, and all four of the Dallas projects are by eighth-grade Astronomy students at Rangel. Students used online tool Glogster to create “glogs,” which are virtual, interactive graphic posters. The project that receives the…

Big Tex obsequió varios cheques de grandes cantidades a un total de 105 alumnos de Dallas ISD quienes próximamente se graduarán de cinco preparatorias del distrito. Las becas universitarias equivalen a más de $600,000 y son otorgadas por La Feria Estatal de Texas. La Beca Pete Schenkel de La Feria Estatal de Texas reconoce a estudiantes sobresalientes, cursando el último año de preparatoria en escuelas cercanas al parque de la feria. Cada alumno recibe $6,000 en becas por su desempeño académico y su rango en su grupo de graduación. Las becas están nombradas en honor al ex presidente de La…

Big Tex wrote some big checks for students: A total of 105 graduating seniors from five Dallas ISD high schools received more than $600,000 in college scholarships from the State Fair of Texas. The State Fair of Texas Pete Schenkel Scholarship awards outstanding seniors from the five Dallas ISD high schools surrounding the State Fair of Texas. The students each received $6,000 scholarships in recognition of their academic performance and class ranking. The scholarships are named for former State Fair of Texas chairman Pete Schenkel. These are the scholarship recipients: Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School Chastity Chavez, Karen Devora…

A special ceremony celebrated the nearly 500 Dallas ISD seniors who completed a NAF Academy. The Dallas ISD NAF program supports students on their path towards college or career. NAF academies are small learning communities within larger Dallas ISD schools. In addition to core academic courses, students take industry-specific classes and participate in work-based learning to get real world experience.

Students from Wilmer-Hutchins, Lincoln, James Madison, and Franklin D. Roosevelt were given the opportunity to learn first-hand about Florida A&M University’s academic and extracurricular offerings through the FAMU: Next Generation Connect with Dallas ISD Day. Dallas ISD Trustee Lew Blackburn and the Dallas/Fort Worth FAMU Alumni Association hosted the event. This information session was a way of bringing the college experience to the high school level. FAMU faculty and alumni were available to provide students with information about academic qualifications for admission, prerequisites for academic programs, and professional career paths. Armed with such knowledge, students will be able to make…

The North Dallas Bulldogs are District 12-5A champions after defeating the Adamson Leopards 9-1 Tuesday night at Reverchon Park. Sophomore pitcher Xavien Shay gave up three hits and struck out nine batters in the victory. Garion Doyle’s double to right field drove in three runs to give North Dallas a commanding 7-1 lead in the second inning. After Xavien got the final out, it was time to celebrate. “It was amazing. All the hard work that we put in in the summer paid off and we just got to keep on grinding,”Shay said. “It was unforgettable moment and I’m glad…

The Dallas ISD Office of Racial Equity has been established to eliminate inequitable practices that inherently negatively impact student achievement. The goal of this office is the management, execution and facilitation of the programmatic ideology expressed in the Board of Trustees approved Racial, Socio-Economic and Educational Equity Resolution. Dallas ISD Office of Racial Equity hosted its inaugural meeting with School Leadership, which included Executive Directors, Principals, Instructional Coaches and Academic Facilitators. The goal of the meeting included the following: Provide opportunities for school leaders to offer input regarding goals of the Office of Racial Equity Begin the collaborative process of…