The Dallas Independent School District celebrated School Nutrition Employee Week by honoring five exemplary schools with the annual Heart of Child Nutrition Award. These five schools were recognized for going above and beyond to provide exceptional food and a positive experience to students. Each day last week a director from Food & Child Nutrition Services (FCNS) visited an awarded school to present the certificate and prizes, and put on a hairnet to serve lunch on the cafeteria line. The five winning schools are: Gilliam Collegiate Academy, Anne Frank Elementary School, T.W. Browne Middle School, H.B. Gonzalez Elementary School, and Franklin D.…
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Deloitte LLP, The Northern Texas PGA (NTPGA) and United Way have announced the recipients of the 2017 Deloitte/NTPGA Fairway to Success Scholarships. Six students will be awarded and join the 38 previous recipients. They are: Maritza Aguilar, Craig Jackson, Keja Johnson, Adriana Lopez, Tahania Sierra and Stephanie Vargas. Each student will receive a $20,000 scholarship towards his or her continuing education. The recipients were honored at a breakfast on May 1 at Lakewood Country Club. Established in 2007, the Fairway to Success Program annually awards scholarships to students based on academic performance, extracurricular activities, community involvement and financial need. Fairway…
Dos escuelas primarias han logrado clasificar para la final de baile de salón que se llevará a cabo a mediados de este mes en Arlington! Dancing Classrooms es un programa de baile de salón que consiste de 20 lecciones y en el que pudieron participar escuelas primarias del distrito. En la semifinal Colors of the Rainbow participaron estudiantes de quinto grado de las siguientes escuelas primarias: Brashear, DeGolyer, Dunbar, Foster, Harry Stone, Holland, y Zaragoza. Brashear y DeGolyer avanzaron a la final que se realizará a mediados de este mes. “El propósito del programa Dancing Classrooms es crear conciencia social y desarrollar…
El 27 de abril, cuatro estudiantes de Dallas ISD debatieron durante la primera competencia de debate Mayor’s Cup, organizada por el alcalde Mike Rawlings y la Dallas Urban Debate Alliance. El tema del debate fue “los vales escolares excluyen a los estudiantes más necesitados”. Kathy Nguyen, North Dallas High School, y Víctor Peña, Thomas Jefferson High School, debatieron a favor y Ricardo Rodríguez, W.T. White High School, y Sophie Rahman, School of Science and Engineering, debatieron en contra. Los jueces seleccionaron a Nguyen y Peña como los vencedores. Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, organización sin fines de lucro fundada en 2007,…
Spend the next 109 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. Teacher Appreciation Week! Dallas ISD Teacher Appreciation Week was this week, and it was an opportunity to say thanks to all the wonderful educators who work hard to set up students for success. In celebration, students shared their thanks, Human Capital Management delivered cookies, businesses offered deals, and much more. Thousands Discover Summer Thousands of people came to the Discover Summer event and learned about the more than 100 free programs available for summer fun and…
In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, Jennifer Chandler of US Trust, who had served as Principal for a Day (PFAD) at the School for Talented and Gifted, donated lunch for all 170 faculty and staff members at Towvniew Magnet Center this week. Meanwhile, two other PFAD participants, Cristy Ecton of Children’s Health and Kelly Proctor of Texas Instruments, donated gift cards for drawings.
Two elementary schools have danced their way into the ballroom dancing finals in Arlington later this month! Dancing Classrooms is a 20-lesson ballroom dancing program that was open to elementary schools. The ballroom dancing Colors of the Rainbow Semi-Finals saw fifth-graders from seven Dallas ISD elementary schools compete: Brashear, DeGoyler, Dunbar, Foster, Harry Stone, Holland, and Zaragosa elementary schools. Brashear and DeGoyler advanced out of the semifinals to compete in the finals later this month “The purpose of the Dancing Classrooms program is to build social awareness, confidence, and self-esteem through social dance,” said Barbara Johnson, Director of Health and Physical Education…
Four Dallas ISD students competed in the Inaugural Mayor’s Cup on April 27, hosted by Mayor Mike Rawlings and the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance. The topic for debate was to discuss how education vouchers leave the most needy students behind. Students debating in support of the statement were Kathy Nguyen, North Dallas High School; and Victor Peña, Thomas Jefferson High School. Debating against the statement were Ricardo Rodriguez, W.T. White High School; and Sophie Rahman, School of Science and Engineering. The competition judges picked Nguyen and Peña as the winners. The nonprofit Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, founded in 2007, supports…
And now a special message from Dallas ISD students to their educators in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week!
Students who were eighth-graders at Quintinilla Middle School in 2007 returned to the school May 2 to pick up and read letters they wrote to themselves 10 years ago. Some students cried; some students laughed; and many students did both. Bill Betzen started the School Time-Capsule Project at Quintanilla Middle School in 2005 while working at the school as a teacher. Betzen has since retired but remains active in Dallas ISD. Due to the overwhelmingly strong interest, Betzen said Quintinilla will have a second reunion on May 15 for those who still want to pick up their letters. The reunion will…