Thanks to the Essilor Vision Foundation and in honor of World Sight Day on Thursday, Oct. 12, several students at George H. W. Bush Elementary School and Jerry R. Junkins Elementary School received eye exams and new eyeglasses at no cost to them. Watch students at Bush receive their glasses and listen to Principal Carol Crowling explain the program in the video above.
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Rogelio Garcia, maestro de quinto grado en la escuela Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary, dice haberse convertido en maestro por suerte. Después de haber sido voluntario en una escuela, Garcia desarrolló una pasión por la educación y una motivación por ayudar a estudiantes. “Ser maestro no es un empleo para mi, es como ir a la escuela nuevamente”, dice Garcia. “Me pagan por hacer lo que más disfruto … ayudar a niños”. Tras 18 años de maestro, Garcia pronto verá a algunos de sus primeros estudiantes recibiéndose de la universidad a finales de este ciclo escolar. Al concluir nuestra celebración por…
Rogelio Garcia, a fifth-grade teacher at Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary, says he became a teacher by luck. After volunteering at a school, Garcia developed a passion for education and a motivation to impact students. “Teaching is not a job, it’s like going to school again,” said Garcia. “I get paid to do what I love the most … helping children.” After 18 years of teaching, he will get to see some of his first year students graduating from college at the end of this school year! As we conclude our observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, we salute Rogelio Garcia for…
Mata parents who attend open lunch this year will find a new addition in the cafeteria: Mata teachers. For the last three years, most teachers have eaten lunch separately during their students’ 30-minute lunch period, but this year all teachers are joining their classes at cafeteria tables as an extension of Montessori Grace and Courtesy lessons. These are “simply the common human pleasantries we often take for granted, assuming that children will acquire them as they grow,” says Mata Montessori instructional coach John Hutcheson, known around Mata as Mr. John. “[Maria] Montessori understood that unless these behaviors are appreciated, taught…
Students from Anne Frank Elementary School and Skyline High School played a big role in the groundbreaking for the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum that is scheduled to open in summer 2019. Skyline High School students provided music and Anne Frank Elementary students escorted holocaust survivors to the stage. “We are so thrilled to have these Dallas ISD students here helping escort our survivors in and providing the music, and we look forward to being able to have so many more students from Dallas ISD visit the museum,” said Mary Pat Higgins of the Dallas Holocaust and Human…
El tema de este año para la Semana Nacional de Almuerzos Escolares (NSLW) es “Rock the Week”, y la diversión comenzó el lunes, 9 de octubre, en las cafeterías de Dallas ISD. Celebraremos la alimentación nutritiva y sabrosa con días temáticos como el “Día de la década de los 50”, que se realizó el martes, 10 de octubre; el “Día de la década de los 80” el miércoles, 11 de octubre; y el “Día de traer a los padres a almorzar” el jueves, 12 de octubre. La Semana Nacional de Almuerzos Escolares se ha realizado en escuelas en el país…
Norma Wright, a counselor at Billy Earl Dade Middle School, is one of five finalists for the Lone Star State School Counselor Association School Counselor of the Year program. The program honors the best of the best in Texas: school counselors who are running a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at either the elementary, middle or high school level. This year’s school counselor of the year candidates completed an extensive application process and were judged by a panel of counseling professionals on multiple criteria, including school counseling innovations, effective school counseling programs, leadership skills, and contributions to student achievement. There…
To celebrate National School Lunch Week, cafeteria teams at multiple schools rocked out and showed off their dance moves. See for yourself in the above video!
Dallas ISD’s Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise department (M/WBE) is spearheading a free contractor networking event from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at the Dallas County Schools Technology and Training Center, 5151 Samuell Blvd. The “In the Mix” networker is being held to promote strategic partnerships between general and subcontractors that can lead to opportunities to participate in the district’s $1.6 billion bond program. M/WBE Program Manager Wilton Munnings said the event is aimed at expanding the number of firms participating in the bond program. “Our goal is to recruit and retain competitive minority and women- owned…
La Feria Estatal de Texas comenzó el 29 de septiembre y eso significa que próximamente los estudiantes de Dallas ISD tendrán un día libre para asistir a la feria. La feria tendrá lugar hasta el 22 de octubre, y brinda diversión para toda la familia, exposiciones fantásticas, oportunidades de aprendizaje y todo el sabor de nuestro estado. Este año, las escuelas primarias de Dallas ISD tendrán su día libre para asistir a la feria el viernes, 13 de octubre, y las secundarias y preparatorias harán lo propio el viernes, 20 de octubre.