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The Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International has awarded Dallas ISD its Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for having met or exceeded the program’s high standards for financial reporting and accountability. The district was recognized for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending 2016. Sponsored by VALIC, the Certificate of Excellence (COE) award confirms the school business office’s commitment to financial accountability and transparency.  Recognition through the COE program can help strengthen a district’s presentation for bond issuance statements and promotes high quality financial reporting.

More than 200 Dallas ISD schools will offer students free breakfast and/or lunch over the summer. The Summer Food Service Program brings free meals to children and youth 18 years and younger at participating sites throughout Dallas. All families have to do is find a site, have their child show up for breakfast and/or lunch and enjoy a healthy meal – no registration is needed! You can go here to see the site nearest you participating in the Summer Food Service Program. The website lists the dates and times the meals are offered. Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services and…

As more students become concerned about the environment and issues of sustainability, green teams or recycling clubs are a growing presence on district campuses.  Students in these clubs sponsor recycling drives, collect office paper and cardboard on their campuses and participate in campus and neighborhood beautification efforts. They are spreading the message that recycling is an important, earth-friendly practice, and reminding their peers to recycle rather than toss reusable items in the trash. As a reward for the most active campuses and an incentive to others, the district’s Energy and Waste Management Department, in concert with corporate waste handler, Waste…

Learn which members of Dallas ISD’s Class of 2017 have risen to the top of the academic rankings at its 36 high schools with our list of valedictorians (ranked No. 1) and salutatorians (ranked No. 2). Commencement ceremonies began May 25 and continue until Monday, June 5. Find the schedule here. The valedictorians and salutatorians are listed below, in order of their school’s commencements. Hillcrest High School Valedictorian: Devany Morales. Morales plans to attend Baylor University and major in neuroscience. Salutatorian: Delaney Shiu. Shiu plans to attend Baylor University and major in pre-med. School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne…

The Office of Transformation and Innovation (OTI) is excited to formally announce the release of the Public School Choice (PSC) Competitive Proposal Process, Version 4.0. Through this process, educators have the opportunity to create high-quality, best-fit options for Dallas ISD students to realize their full academic potential. The past Public School Choice competitive proposal processes have ushered in schools ranging from those that anchor teaching and learning under a Personalized Learning model to a Leadership school to schools driven by a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) framework. Future Choice Schools could include a variety of instructional approaches and…

Nine Dallas ISD elementary schools were recognized for their participation in Medical City Children’s Hospital’s kids teaching kids 21-Day Challenge on Thursday, May 25. Snacks were developed by high school culinary arts students. Schools were recognized by having the most participants in the challenge, which encouraged healthy eating and habits. Each day, students were asked to prepare and eat a healthy snack that contained a fruit or vegetable, either using recipes from the program’s book or other healthy options. Members of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and representatives from Medical City Children’s Hospital and Kroger, which helped…

At its May 25 meeting, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees recognized several student-athletes and their coaches for achievement this year. Marcus Garrett, a senior at Skyline High School, is the 2016-2017 Gatorade Texas Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court. Garrett, who will attend the University of Kansas on a full basketball scholarship, is now in the running for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year award. The David W. Carter High School…

Spend the next 93 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. Model United Nations More than 400 sixth-graders from 13 Dallas ISD schools participated in the annual Model United Nations Conference at Ellis Davis Field House. (Watch this) Robotics champions The Sunset High School robotics team won the 2017 UIL robotics state championships in the First Tech Challenge Division. (Learn more) Former first lady reads to students Three nationally known children’s book authors, including former first lady Laura Bush, read to students at Thomas Tolbert Elementary. (Read this) Speeding to Read…

Trustees approved a plan Thursday night that will give Dallas ISD more control regarding when the school year starts, as well as allow the district more flexibility in hiring hard-to-fill select teaching positions. The Texas Legislature passed a bill that allows Texas school districts to pursue a District of Innovation (DOI) designation. The designation gives districts such as Dallas ISD most of the flexibilities available to the state’s open-enrollment charter schools. More than 100 independent school districts in Texas have approved the DOI designation. Trustees earlier this year appointed representatives to a DOI Committee, which then created a proposed plan.…

Dallas ISD was one of only four school districts nationwide selected this year to be provided free public school “peer-to-peer” concerts and workshops by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. With lead funding from Toyota, United Airlines and the National Endowment for the Arts, the institute is presenting this unique education program at David W. Carter High School, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Sunset High School and W. E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy.