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The Mayor’s Back to School Fair is Friday, Aug. 4, at the Centennial Building at Fair Park, and the event will once again provide a one-stop-shop complete with all the back-to-school basics. Parents and children can find everything they need to prepare for the school year – from free school supplies for Dallas schoolchildren (who meet eligibility requirements); to free health, dental and vision screenings; to immunizations and haircuts; plus the latest information on education, health and social services. The Fair also will feature musical entertainment, kids activities, games, interactive demos and more. Eligible families with pre-K and elementary school…

Dallas ISD officials are excited to announce the district’s first-ever Athletic Hall of Fame created to recognize and honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the district’s storied high school athletic programs. Nominations for the Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2018 open on July 11.  All nominations must be received by Sept. 30. Individuals may be nominated in one of three categories: Past Dallas ISD Student Athlete; Former Dallas ISD Coach; and Contributors. “We are very excited about the opportunity we have to recognize and pay tribute to our past sports figures and their accomplishments,” Dallas…

A Class of 2017 graduate from the School of Health Professions at Townview won first place in her category at HOSA’s 40th International Leadership Conference in Florida. Mariana Torres took home first place in the Home Health Aide competition at the conference held June 20–23. Fellow School of Health Professions student Miguel Castro participated in the conference’s Job Seeking Skills competition and did a great job. HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry…

As part of Capital One’s Future Edge DFW initiative, Capital One  teamed up with NAF and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) for the NAF Future Ready Lab pilot, an innovative internship concept designed to scale the quantity of meaningful internship experiences. The program gave 20 Dallas ISD high school students in NAF academies the opportunity to prepare for future careers. The internships lasted June 12–30. During this time, they developed ready-to-execute concepts for a large-scale community event for Capital One to organize in the local market later in the year. Event categories included transportation for the future, partnering technology with architecture for public…

Spend the next 87 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. This Week in Dallas ISD is taking a break in July and will be back in August. Have a great summer break! Collegiate academy boot camp More than 1,600 incoming freshmen to the district’s collegiate academies got first-hand college experience at a two-week summer boot camp. (Learn more) Online enrollment open Dallas ISD’s online enrollment is now open and provides a convenient, fast and accurate way to enroll new and…

Six Dallas ISD teachers got the chance to work outside of their classrooms in a newly developed summer internship program. The district’s Human Capital Management (HCM) created the internship to benefit the teachers, but also use their perspective to refine several initiatives. The six teachers were chosen from nearly 400 applicants. Abby Mayer, who coordinated the project for HCM, said that the Central Office Leader Internship came from wanting to have insight from teachers on some of our major HCM initiatives such as New Teacher Support and Teacher Career Pathways, but also offer leadership opportunities to current educators allowing them…

Dallas ISD offices will be closed the week of July 3 in observance of the July 4th holiday. Offices will reopen on Monday, July 10. Free summer meals for youth up to age 18 will be served some of the days next week at select district sites. Find locations and schedules via this link. Summer enrichment activities also continue to be available at select sites during the month of July. Find information and schedules here.

Durante una orientación especial, los estudiantes que inaugurarán CityLab High School tuvieron la oportunidad de ver por primera vez el plantel donde descubrieron porqué su escuela será especial. CityLab será la escuela de transformación más nueva de Dallas ISD cuando en agosto abra sus puertas a 100 estudiantes de noveno grado. El programa académico incluirá la planificación urbana, arquitectura y desarrollo comunitario, por lo que su ubicación en el centro de la ciudad (912 S. Ervay Street) será la ideal para su oferta académica. Liderada por Peter Goldstein, arquitecto y veterano profesor de Skyline High School, y la arquitecta local…

More than 1,600 incoming ninth-graders to the district’s 18 collegiate academy P-TECH programs received first-hand college experience during a two-week summer boot camp. Dallas ISD and the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) operate the collegiate academies that provide an opportunity for students to earn up to 60 hours of college credit or an associate degree—at no cost to students or their families— while earning a high school diploma. The Texas Success Initiative Boot Camp held June 12–23 provided an opportunity for the incoming ninth-graders to visit the respective college campus they will attend as students in the P-TECH program.…

Heart of America Foundation representatives and about 60 volunteers from AbbVie descended on Dallas ISD’s T.G. Terry Elementary School on Tuesday, June 27, to refresh the library and several other spaces. Completed work was celebrated by Principal Alicia Bradley, Trustee Joyce Foreman, Carter feeder pattern Executive Director Earl Jones, officials from Heart of America and AbbVie and children attending Space Camp at the school. The library is the site of the greatest transformation. The walls are now a bright green, surrounding new tables and chairs. A former storage closet has been transformed into a “makers’ space,” an area filled with…