Catch up on this week’s great news! Watch this video, or read below, to learn more. Food Festival Students at the Dallas ISD Food Festival tasted and rated breakfast and lunch items to help determine what cafeterias will serve next school year (watch this). Sweetheart Read The Eduardo Mata Elementary School library and PTA hosted a special Sweetheart Read where parents, grandparents and special guests read books to students (see photos). Getting wild The Dallas Zoo and AT&T brought the Animal Adventures Program to Ebby Halliday Elementary School (watch this). 100 days Schools across the district celebrated the 100th day of school in creative ways (see a photo). Meeting mentors Young ladies…
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Dallas ISD will host special application workshops tonight at three magnet schools that are adding grades starting in the 2018-2019 school year. The workshops, which will help parents fill out applications for their child, will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard; Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard; and Mark Twain Leadership Vanguard. All three schools, which have served students in grades 4-5, will add one grade each year until each serves grades 4-8 in 2021. The three magnet schools are housed within neighborhood schools. Learn more about these and other Dallas ISD magnets that are…
El superintendente de Dallas ISD Michael Hinojosa se ha manifestado sobre el tiroteo ocurrido el 14 de febrero en una preparatoria en el estado de Florida. “Con gran tristeza, hoy el Dallas ISD se une al duelo de la comunidad del condado de Broward como consecuencia del trágico ataque del miércoles en Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, en Parkland, Florida. La incomprensible pérdida de tantas vidas es una tragedia nacional que es especialmente difícil para todos los que estamos relacionados con el ambiente educativo. “La seguridad de los estudiantes es nuestra prioridad principal en el Dallas ISD. Los planteles cuentan…
Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has issued a statement about the Feb. 14 shootings at a high school in Florida. “Amidst heavy hearts today, Dallas ISD joins in mourning with the Broward County community in the wake of Wednesday’s tragic attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The senseless loss of so many lives is a national tragedy that is especially difficult for everyone connected to schools. “Student safety is Dallas ISD’s top priority. Campuses are trained and equipped to support students by teaching and modeling social and emotional skills. Teachers, students and staff are always encouraged…
Brandon Villegas, a freshman in the Adamson High School Collegiate Academy, will openly admit that he at first didn’t want to be a part of the collegiate academy. Sure, being able to earn up to 60 hours of college credit and learn from industry partners while still in high school seemed like a good opportunity. But it also seemed hard! However, Villegas is now fully on board with the collegiate academy. Specifically, he is thrilled to learn first-hand from the collegiate academy’s industry partner—American Airlines—which will house more than 10 full-time employees at the campus. Adamson hosted an introductory event…
Olssen Fuentes, third-grader at Herbert Marcus Elementary School, will soon be granted with his wish of going shopping. That’s what the ten-year old asked for as a celebration of being cancer free for almost a year now. Fuentes underwent through chemotherapies for a few months as part of his battle with leukemia. The Make-A-Wish foundation surprised Fuentes at school on Feb. 15, along with his classmates, teachers and a family. When Fuentes goes on his shopping spree in a few weeks, he knows the first thing he wants to get: an iPad.
El deseo de tener un día de compras ahora pronto será una realidad para Olssen Fuentes, estudiante de tercer grado de la primaria Herbert Marcus. Acompañado de sus maestros, compañeros de clases y su familia, Olssen recibió una visita sorpresa de representantes de la fundación Make-A-Wish, quienes le compartieron que para celebrar el haber ganado su batalla contra la leucemia, harán realidad su deseo de ir de compras. Voluntarios de la fundación llevarán a Olssen de compras el 4 de marzo. Él compartió que una de las primeras cosas que quiere comprar es una tableta ipad. Olssen venció la batalla…
Six Dallas ISD senior student-athletes are the proud recipients of the Nancy Lieberman Educational College Scholarship. The students can use the one-time $10,000 scholarship toward college tuition payments. The scholarship goes toward deserving high school student-athletes who excel in sports and academics and have made a positive impact on the community. The Dallas ISD scholarship recipients are: Helen Garcia – North Dallas High School Oscar Leal – W.H. Adamson High School Anna Martinez – Sunset High School Kathy Nguyen – North Dallas High School Martin Valdez – W.H. Adamson High School Matthew Nagbe – Bryan Adams Leadership Academy A gala…
The African American Success Initiative (AASI) has a student advocacy component that focuses attention on students who have the potential to perform well and make academic and social strides given the right support and nurturing. The program provides a student advocate coordinator who creates and monitors educational plans, improves educational services, empowers and supports students, and builds a supportive network in the school. AASI has identified these best strategies and targeted initiatives to increase achievement at 25 campuses this school year: A literacy initiative that includes a structured literacy program, reading intervention and targeted professional development; A mentoring program that…
El 13 de febrero, Ebby Halliday Elementary School recibió a unos invitados especiales que incluyeron un búho, una víbora y un oso hormiguero durante el programa Animal Adventures del zoológico de Dallas que se presentó en la escuela. AT&T y el zoológico de Dallas patrocinaron el programa, al que se unió el concejal de la ciudad de Dallas Tennell Atkins. Algunos estudiantes se quedaron asombrados al ver a los animales increíbles. ¡En el video pueden ver más sobre lo que sucedió ese día!