Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services Department will offer students 18 years and under (or special needs students up to age 21), free meals during the winter break. The program aims at providing students nutritious meals even during their vacation. Meals will be served Friday, Dec. 22 and Tuesday, Jan. 2 through Friday, Jan. 5, with a morning snack from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon. Visit www.dallasisd.org/fcns for the list of participating schools. Here is the list of participating schools:
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Pleasant Grove is set to get what could be a first-of-its-kind school: a Two-Way Dual-Language Vanguard/Academy for Gifted and Talented students. Trustees unanimously approved the new school during their Dec. 14 meeting. The school will serve students in grades 4–8 and feature native English and native Spanish speakers learning each others’ languages through a Gifted and Talented curriculum. “We are bringing this proposal to expand opportunities and innovation for students in every sector of our city,” Chief of School Leadership Stephanie Elizalde said. The school will start in the 2018–2019 school year by serving up to 198 students in eight…
Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School cuenta con dos salones de clases nuevos para estudiantes de diferentes edades, donde se utiliza el método Montessori, que han tenido un gran éxito con los estudiantes. Los salones de clases tienen a alumnos de 3, 4, 5 y 6 años de edad trabajando y aprendiendo juntos. “Tenemos materiales que ayudan a los niños a desarrollar su independencia y la empatía y amabilidad hacia los demás”, dijo Marianne Carranza, maestra del método Montessori en la escuela. Alejandra Abundis, madre de uno de los estudiantes, dijo que este ha sido el mejor método de enseñanza para…
Es un miércoles por la mañana y KSBM Radio está transmitiendo en vivo. Los cuatro presentadores están hablando sobre cómo parece ser que la gente ya no está poniendo atención a los trabajos de limpieza después del huracán Harvey. Mientras tanto, el equipo de medios sociales del programa de radio está tomando fotografías y transmitiendo por Facebook Live, los productores están guiando la dirección de la discusión, y el director está asegurándose de que no haya ningún problema. KSBM Radio no transmite desde un lujoso edificio en el centro de la ciudad; su señal sale directamente desde Townview Center, y…
It was a chilly Saturday morning, as students started to arrive at the parking lot behind Emmett J. Conrad High School. They came from Conrad and Hillcrest High Schools to conquer the trash-filled Conrad Pond. Members of two chapters of The Environmental League came together to begin the clean-up of the pond, which is an overflow area of White Rock creek. Seventy students came to make a difference, to start the process to reclaim the area from the trash and debris currently filling it. The Conrad High School Environmental League chapter was born last year when a group of seniors…
The Texas Humane Legislation Network is providing books about animals to 10 Dallas ISD elementary schools in Pleasant Grove. Earlier this month, the books were delivered to Julius Dorsey Elementary. Felicia Kerney, Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County, spoke to the students about her work prosecuting people who abuse animals. In addition, Laura Donahue and Shelby Bobosky talked about the work that the Texas Humane Legislation Network does to support laws that protect animals. Donahue explained that their hope is that fewer laws will have to be made because more people will treat animals well because they are educated about…
It was another great week in Dallas ISD! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. Oncor Mayor’s Race More than 10,000 students from 165 schools ran in the Oncor Mayor’s Race, a record high turnout for the annual event (learn more)! Principals of the Year Spruce High School’s Danielle Petters and Blanton Elementary’s Laura Garza were named the 2017 Principals of the Year (learn more and see the finalists). UIL competition About 2,000 students from 111 elementary schools competed in the UIL A+ Academic Competition (learn more). Rocking horses Students with special needs at the Multiple Career Magnet High School dropped off their hand built rocking horses to…
At Edwin J. Keist Elementary School on Friday, 100 students sat on the school’s gym floor, waiting patiently for wrapped gifts to be placed in front of them. The occasion was a “Secret Snowman” event. Employees from SalesForce, a business management consulting firm, visited the school to deliver the donated gifts and watch the students open them. Gifts were purchased for the students based on their wish lists. Kiest counselor Keich Willis and teacher Kaitlyn Carlstrom coordinated the event on the school side. After remarks from campus and SalesForce representatives, students counted down from 10 and then ripped open their packages.…
El jueves, 14 de diciembre, la Junta Escolar votó unánimemente a favor de aprobar el cambio de nombre de tres escuelas del distrito que llevan nombres de generales de la Confederación. Cada escuela formó comités compuestos por maestros, padres y administradores para decidir el nombre nuevo de los planteles. Las escuelas que cambiarán de nombre son: • Robert E. Lee Elementary School será Geneva Heights Elementary School; • William L. Cabell Elementary School cambiará a Chapel Hill Preparatory; • Stonewall Jackson Elementary School se conocerá como Mockingbird Elementary School. Mientras tanto, se tiene planeado que Albert Sidney Johnston Elementary School…
Dallas ISD trustees unanimously voted Dec. 14 to approve changing the names of three district campuses named after Confederate generals. Each school established committees made of teachers, parents and administrators to determine the new names for the campuses. The schools that will change their names are: Robert E. Lee Elementary School will become Geneva Heights Elementary School; William L. Cabell Elementary School will become Chapel Hill Preparatory; Stonewall Jackson Elementary School will become Mockingbird Elementary School. Meanwhile, Albert Sidney Johnston Elementary School is set to receive a new name by February. The new names for the schools will go into…