January is School Board Recognition Month, a time to thank local leaders for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for children and public schools. Dallas ISD joins other districts across the state in recognizing the work of its board. School boards are charged with establishing a vision for a district’s education program, designing a structure to achieve that vision, ensuring that schools are accountable to the community, and strongly advocating continuous improvement in student learning. Each school year, Dallas ISD asks nine busy professionals to collaboratively manage a school system with more than 156,000 students and a billion…
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Organizers who were planning Billy Earl Dade Middle School’s first “Breakfast with Dads” event in December became concerned that not all the 150 male students who had signed up to participate would be matched with an adult male mentor. That’s when Kristina Chäadé Dove, who had served on the Dade site-based decision-making committee, issued a call of action on social media. Word spread, and about 600 volunteers showed up to support the students. Read the story from The Washington Post here.
Dallas ISD educators and administrators can now apply for a $20,000 scholarship to continue their post-baccalaureate education to benefit the Dallas ISD community and its students. The Credit Union of Texas established the William H. Cotton Scholarship in 2016. The scholarship is named after William H. Cotton, a Dallas ISD and credit union trailblazer. Teachers and administrators can go here to learn more and download the scholarship application. Eligibility requirements for scholarship applicants include: Must be a CUTX member with a checking account prior to submitting an application. Checking account, and all other accounts at CUTX, must be in good standing.…
Dallas ISD is closed Dec. 22–Jan. 8 for the Winter Break. Students return on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.
Walnut Hill Elementary and Harry C. Whiters Elementary schools, along with neighborhood businesses, hosted a Winter Wonderland holiday market where students from both campuses collaborated to build a World Record Human Candy Cane. Participants also competed to see which school could create the most stripes on the candy cane in their school’s color. Watch the above video to learn more.
El 2 de diciembre se realizó la competición académica de primarias UIL A+ del Dallas ISD y fue tanta la participación que parecía un pequeño poblado. Se presentaron 352 entrenadores y 210 acompañantes para apoyar a los aproximadamente 2,000 alumnos, de 111 escuelas primarias, durante el evento que se llevó a cabo Moisés E. Molina High School. Los estudiantes compitieron en las categorías de: ajedrez; aptitudes para el uso del diccionario; destrezas para escuchar; mapas y gráficas; conceptos numéricos; escritura; ciencias sociales; ortografía; y narración de cuentos. Haga clic aquí para ver los resultados.
Winter Break for students and staff is almost here!! Reward yourself by watching the above video of this week’s great news. Happy holidays. We will see students back on Jan. 9. Tis the Season Generous donations from partners to schools across the district brightened the holiday season for students (learn more)! BOMLA Celebrates the Blue Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy celebrated its National Blue Ribbon status at a special ceremony (see photos). Winter Break meals Select schools across the district will serve students free meals over the break (see the schools). Athletic Hall of Fame The district announced the inaugural class of the inaugural class…
El 12 de diciembre, Joseph Sotelo, director de Benjamin Franklin Middle School, dio a conocer que la fundación educativa Bachillerato Internacional (IB, por sus siglas en inglés) ha reconocido a la escuela como escuela del mundo IB. En septiembre, representantes de la fundación visitaron la escuela para entrevistar a los maestros, padres, estudiantes y administradores; revisar el esquema de los cursos y la planificación de las unidades; y para observar la enseñanza en el salón de clases. Este reconocimiento culmina toda una preparación y capacitación rigurosa de dos años que incluyó la planificación de unidades junto a la planificación diaria…
La organización Texas Humane Legislation Network entregó libros sobre animales a 10 primarias del Dallas ISD en Pleasant Grove. Los libros fueron distribuidos a estudiantes en Julius Dorsey Elementary este mes. Felicia Kerny, ayudante del fiscal del distrito para el condado de Dallas, habló con los estudiantes sobre su trabajo de procesar a personas que abusan a los animales. Asimismo, Laura Donahue y Shelby Bobosky hablaron sobre lo que hace Texas Humane Legislation Network para apoyar las leyes que protegen a los animales. Donahue explicó que su esperanza es que las personas traten a los animales correctamente una vez se…
Sabemos que el proceso de solicitud para las escuelas especializadas de Dallas ISD puede ser confuso. Por ello, estaremos llevando a cabo cuatro talleres para ayudarles a completar la solicitud de su hijo. Haga planes de asistir a uno de los talleres ya sea el martes, 16 de enero, en las preparatorias Emmett J. Conrad y Thomas Jefferson, de 6 a 8 p.m., o el jueves, 25 de enero, en W.W. Samuell High School y W.H. Adamson High School, a la misma hora. Las escuelas especializadas de Dallas ISD incluyen: Escuelas para varones Escuelas para niñas/jovenes Academias Universitarias Escuelas de…