Two chess clubs at Dallas ISD elementary schools are having winning ways under the direction of coach Yolanda Peña at Louise Wolff Kahn and Arcadia Park. In April, both clubs competed in the UIL chess puzzle competition. The Kahn fifth-graders took first and second place, and fourth-graders placed third and fourth. Third-graders, who were new to chess club last year, placed first, second and third. Arcadia Park’s fifth-graders placed fourth and second. A chess puzzle requires players to know the chess pieces and rules to solve chess-related problems, often finding the very best move or series of moves as a…
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As part of the week-long celebration of NFL Play 60, the Dallas Cowboys Rookie Club and Essilor Vision Foundation teamed up to bring an NFL PLAY 60 / READ 20 clinic to James Bowie Elementary School in Dallas on Tuesday, September 26. Prior to the start of the clinic, Essilor Vision Foundation set up a vision event for the fifth-grade class. The vision event focused on vision as a driver of overall wellness. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vision impairment is one of the most prevalent disabling conditions among children in the U.S. Good vision is crucial…
Dallas ISD’s ongoing “Super Heroes: Teaming for Success” initiative hit a major milestone on Sept. 26. The district hosted a schoolwide literacy celebration for more than 500 students at Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center in South Dallas. The initiative, which has the goal of fostering a lasting culture of literacy within the district, will increase access to books in both the classroom and in students’ homes. This event included the unveiling of classroom library makeovers for all pre-K – 5 classrooms at the elementary school, donated by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company. Presenters and special guests…
Meet Rover; Texas Instruments’ first robot for educational use to help promote computer programming in a fun and simple way. He’s blue, he has wheels, and he can dance. Talented and Gifted students at William B. Travis Academy were among the first in the country to play and interact with Rover during an unveiling. The students learned to use calculators to program him to dance.
The STEM Department partnered with Ten80 Education to provide an opportunity for eight schools to participate in the STEM Innovators-in-Training Experience. Hands-on workshops included work with model race cars, coding, gaming and flying/powering paper airplanes, among other experiences. After the event, participants can submit entries into challenges ranging rom game concepts to an innovative business pitch to earn cash prizes to further project development. District schools participating included David W. Carter High School, Hillcrest High School, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, James Madison High School, Justin F. Kimball High School, Lincoln High School Collegiate Academy, Skyline High School and…
Después de ver los daños ocasionados por el huracán Harvey en el área del golfo, Bianca Reynoso, estudiante de 11 años, supo que tenía que hacer algo al respecto. Así que la estudiante de Alex Sanger Elementary School hizo lo que mejor sabe hacer: hornear. Reynoso pasó 12 horas en su cocina preparando pasteles para una venta que beneficiaría a estudiantes que asisten a escuelas de Dallas ISD que fueron afectados por el huracán. Después, vendió varios de los pasteles que había preparado a personas que no conocía para ayudar a compañeros de clase recién llegados del área de Houston.…
To close out Education: Go Get it Week, C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School hosted a College Day Parade to help get students excited for their futures. Students held posters and signs of different colleges and universities they could attend, as parents and staff helped and cheered them on. Education: Go Get It Week was Sept. 18-22 and helped students districtwide learn about postsecondary opportunities.
Spend the next 78 seconds catching up on many of the great things that happened across the district this week! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. First of its kind Arthur Kramer Elementary School is the first Dallas ISD school to receive this distinction (learn more)! Future careers As part of Education: Go Get It Week, students at Leila P. Cowart Elementary School dressed for the job they want to have when they grow up (see photos). Enhancing STEM Students, staff and project partners celebrated three new mobile carts that will enhance STEM education at Ann Richards Middle School (read this). Computer Lab NEC…
When Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast region, 11-year-old Bianca Reynoso knew she wanted to help. So, the Alex Sanger Elementary School student did what she does best: she baked. For the next 12 hours, she stood tirelessly in her kitchen preparing goodies for a bake sale that would benefit students attending Dallas ISD who were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Soon after, she sold various homemade treats to people whom she never met to benefit peers she never met. And on one Sunday afternoon, Reynoso raised nearly $500 for victims of Hurricane Harvey. On Sept. 21, the sixth-grader presented United Way…
Luis Díaz, maestro de tercer grado de la escuela primaria L. P. Cowart, quiere brindarles a estudiantes del Dallas ISD lo que sus maestros en Puerto Rico le dieron a él … la oportunidad de conocer el mundo por medio de la educación. “Mis maestros me ayudaron a viajar imaginariamente por medio de sus lecciones, entonces yo crecí con una pasión por conocer el mundo dijo Díaz”. Él ha viajado a 20 países y esa experiencia le ha permitido aprender y valorar la cultura y herencia de otras personas. Díaz, quien ha sido maestro por nueve años, motiva a sus…