Eric Schaefer, president of Dallas-based Southwest Media Group, can measure the rapid success of his company in several ways, but one in particular is special to him and his employees. They serve as “reading buddies” for 30 minutes once a week to second-graders at Dallas ISD’s William B. Miller Elementary School. Check out the WFFA-Channel 8 story here.
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Four dancers from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts have been accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School. Three Dance seniors: Luke Qualls, Eleni Loving and Jada German, along with 2018 Booker T graduate Erin Brothers, were selected to attend the arts school in New York City. About 8 percent of applicants to Juilliard are accepted each year, and the school takes a limited number of students pursing each discipline. In 2017, five of the 12 male dancers accepted into the first-year program at Julliard were Booker T. Washington students.
Blanton Elementary School hosted their very first AVID Spotlight Visit on March 2. A Spotlight is an opportunity for campuses to share how AVID Elementary has impacted the Instruction, Culture, Leadership, and Systems (AVID Essentials) at their site. Approximately 40 visitors from school districts such as Arlington ISD, Cooper ISD, College Station ISD, attended the event to observe teachers providing best instructional practices. Assistant Principal Edgar Jaramillo led the campus’s event, discussing how AVID has caused a major paradigm shift in the campus culture. The participants also engaged in conversations with students and parents about the program’s influence on school and home. Blanton Elementary School earned six…
The Dan D. Rogers Elementary School boys and girls basketball teams got a big boost going into their final game of the regular season: drills and tips from Southern Methodist University basketball players. Five SMU players— Jimmy Whitt, Everett Ray, Isiaha Mike, Ethan Chargois, Shake Milton— and Coach Nemanja Jovanovic visited Rogers Elementary on March 20. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato invited the SMU players to the campus. “These SMU players are a model of what our students can strive to be,” Lovato said. Coach Jovanovic said the team was happy to motivate and run drills with the aspiring elementary…
Este mes, se realizó el torneo de futsal del distrito en la categoría de sexto grado donde dos escuelas secundarias salieron victoriosas, por lo cual ganaron un viaje a Disney World en el verano para competir contra equipos de todo el mundo. El equipo varonil ganador fue el de Stockard Middle School, liderados por el entrenador Brent Bleasdell. El equipo femenil de Spence Middle School lo lidera el entrenador Scott Brothers. Ambos competirán en el United Scholastic Futsal World Championships en julio en Orlando, Florida. Los equipos ya se están preparando para comenzar a recaudar fondos para cubrir el costo…
Student debaters from the School of Science and Engineering (SEM) made history on March 16 by landing what their coach calls a rare position by placing at the UIL state tournament. They are now preparing to compete at the national level for the second year in a row. The team comprising students Olivia Northcutt-Wyly and Sophie Rahman placed sixth in the Cross Examination category among 6A schools. Their team and another featuring students Juan Diaz and Storm Lasseter, both made the Sweet 16 in the competition – also a first. Lasseter was also awarded the “golden gavel” for being the…
La fecha límite para solicitar un traslado para el año escolar 2018-2019 es el 31 de marzo. Desde el año pasado, los estudiantes de Dallas ISD pueden solicitar un traslado de la escuela que se les ha asignado a otra escuela del distrito por cualquier motivo. La aprobación de la solicitud se basa en el cupo disponible para el grado académico que se solicite. Además de los estudiantes actualmente inscritos en Dallas ISD, aquellos que viven dentro de los limites de otro distrito escolar también pueden presentar una solicitud para asistir a una escuela del distrito, siempre y cuando haya…
U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Laurie Hernandez visited students at John Pershing Elementary School to share with them her experience as an Olympic athlete. Hernandez also spent time reading books to students as a way of promoting a passion for literacy among the youth. The visit was part of the Family for Literacy campaign by KPMG. The goal of the campaign is to provide books to students at need to help them enhance their reading skills. As part of the campaign, 500 Pershing students each received. Hernandez was a member of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Estudiantes de la escuela John Pershing Elementary School recibieron una agradable visita de la medallista olímpica, Laurie Hernández. Hernández compartió su experiencia como atleta olímpica, la cual la encaminó hacia el liderazgo. Hernández también pasó tiempo leyendo algunos libros a alumnos para fomentar su interés por la lectura. Esta visita fue parte de la campaña Family for Literacy, de KPMG, la cual se enfoca en que estudiantes tengan acceso a libros. Como parte de este programa, KPMG donó 500 libros a alumnos de Pershing Elementary School.
Estudiantes de Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy honraron a las víctimas del tiroteo del Parkland, FL, por medio de poemas y cartas al Congreso de Texas. Más sobre esta nota en este video.