The Sunset High School robotics team won the 2017 UIL Robotics State Championships in Conference 5A-6A of the First Tech Challenge Division! The UIL Robotics State Championships were held May 19-20 at the Austin Convention Center. The Sunset team members are Karen Garcia, Valerie Alvarez, Maria Diaz, Jennifer Servilla, Samantha Morales, Ana Palomares, Ivan Martinez, Nick Moncada, Jesse Estudillo, Allan Cruz and Alexander Alonzo. The robotics coaches include Gary Dimanh, Jacob Soto, Lakisha Farrow and Calvin Harris. UIL First Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics competition for teams in 9th – 12th grades.. Students are challenged to design, build, program and operate…
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C.F. Carr Elementary hosted its College and Career Week May 15–19 to encourage students to become lifelong learners. The weeklong theme this year was “An Education is the Ticket to Your Future.” The week started off with U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey talking to students and giving them an insight into how the government works. Veasey encouraged students to set goals that they want to achieve in life. There was a theme for each day and, on Wednesday, students wrote about what they dream of becoming and how they will plan to make that dream a reality. The weeklong festivities concluded on Friday with…
After attending the Dallas ISD daylong orientation for new substitute teachers, Cynthia McMillian, who has worked as a substitute all year at W.T. White High School, said she was ready to succeed in the classroom. Dallas ISD revamped its substitute teacher orientation this year to notably positive results. The orientation partners with different Dallas ISD departments so incoming substitute teachers are informed on everything from de-escalation techniques to best teaching practices. And since Dallas ISD has about 800–900 substitute teachers working across the district on a given day, preparing these teachers for success in the classroom has a big impact…
Students at the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) put their entrepreneurship skills into practice, pitching their ideas for new apps and accompanying business plans to local community leaders at the Startup Tech Showcase. Student teams developed the business plans and functioning prototypes for each application over the past year in partnership with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE – pronounced “nifty”). Each plan was designed to meet a need they identified in their community. One team created “Notefy,”a note-taking app that allows students to easily share notes with one another and includes built-in tips and games to help teach positive…
Durante una ceremonia de condecoración se reconoció a 36 estudiantes del programa early college de Samuell High School (ECHS, por sus siglas en inglés) que se graduarán de la preparatoria con un grado asociado. Durante la emotiva celebración, los 36 estudiantes agradecieron a las personas que les ayudaron a cumplir con éxito el riguroso programa. Esta es la segunda generación de Samuell ECHS que se gradúa con un grado asociado; en el 2016 se graduaron 24 estudiantes con dicho título. El Dallas ISD y el Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios del Condado de Dallas (DCCCD) operarán 23 Early College High Schools…
¡Angelique Sanders, enfermera de Albert S. Johnston Elementary School, ha sido nombrada empleada del año del Departamento de Servicios de Salud de Dallas ISD para el año escolar 2016–2017! Sanders dijo que lo que más le gusta de su trabajo es enseñar a los estudiantes cómo cuidar de sí mismos, y a veces, de sus familiares. Sanders recibió dos subvenciones de DonorsChoose que le facilitaron la adquisición de material para enseñarles a los estudiantes sobre la alimentación sana, así como, comprar productos de higiene básicos para los estudiantes y sus familias. Sanders también se esforzó para asegurar que todo estudiante…
En mayo, y después de participar en torneos de ajedrez durante todo el año, más de 500 estudiantes de 120 escuelas de Dallas ISD, compitieron en el torneo de ajedrez del distrito en Conrad High School. Los estudiantes compitieron en tres divisiones: primaria (3ro a 5to grado); secundaria (6to a 8vo grado); y preparatoria (9no a 12vo grado). Se otorgaron medallas a los estudiantes y equipos que quedaron en primero, segundo, y tercer lugar. A continuación, puede ver los resultados del torneo. Mejores equipos por división Preparatoria Medallas obtenida Business & Management Medalla de oro Kathlyn Gilliam Collegiate Academy Medalla…
Shyane Banuelos was recently selected as one of three 2017 Sulentic Family Foundation Scholarship winners. Banuelos is a senior at Bryan Adams High School and will attend the University of North Texas in Denton. “I was so overjoyed when I found out I was selected as a Sulentic Scholar,” Banuelos said. “I wanted to cry, because now I can go to school debt free.” Watch the above video to see what makes Banuelos special.
Spend the next 109 seconds catching up on many of the great things that happened across the district this week! Watch this video, or read below, to learn more. Pinning ceremony A pinning ceremony recognized the 36 students in the Samuell Early College High School program who are graduating high school with an associate degree. (Learn more) Going for Gold Dallas ISD competed in the 2017 UIL State Track and Field Championships and ran away with 28 medals. (Learn more) Shark Tank contestant visits Donald Elementary Shark Tank contestant Doug Marshall, who now runs a multi-million-dollar business, visited L.O. Donald Elementary School to challenge…
The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) announced the appointment of several executives to district leadership positions. Former Dallas ISD educator Ivonne Durant has been named the district’s new chief academic officer. Durant previously served in Dallas ISD as a principal, executive director, area superintendent and chief academic officer. Most recently, she served as deputy of Academics and School Leadership in El Paso ISD where she provided guidance in the development of structure and procedures for academic and school leadership departments. Durant, who is highly experienced in school leadership and management, bilingual education and early childhood education, will join the…