Students at the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) are ready for mentors, and the community is stepping up. IDEA, one of Dallas ISD’s five Personalized Learning campuses, is bringing students into the community, and the community into the school. Through IDEA’s 1:1 mentoring program, more than 125 community volunteers are spending two hours per month helping students navigate high school, college applications, and career preparation. “[My mentor] gives me a positive outlook on the future,” said Kailyn Jackson, a ninth-grader. “I am less nervous about making mistakes now. She’s like a big sister I got to pick” To participate in…
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African Americans have had immeasurable impact and contributed to the quality, progress and access of education to all races and creeds within the Dallas Independent School District and community. Read about some of our schools’ namesakes and their historical contributions to Dallas ISD. George W. Carver: Carver earned his degree in Agriculture from Iowa Agricultural College. Carver developed more than 300 uses for the peanut and produced products from the soybean and sweet potato. Carver never patented his discoveries. He often said, “God gave them (his discoveries) to me, how can I sell them to someone else?” The George…
Third-graders at Mount Auburn Elementary School are among those who participated in a program designed by Medical City Children’s Hospital that encourages them to eat better. Culinary students from Skyline High School created the healthy snacks for the younger students. NBC 5 has the full story on the 21 Day Snack Challenge here.
El Dallas ISD está ampliando una iniciativa que ayuda a incrementar el rendimiento estudiantil al asignar directores y maestros de alto desempeño a las escuelas más necesitadas. El año pasado, el distrito lanzó el programa ACE, que significa Accelerated Campus Experience (Experiencia escolar acelerada), en siete escuelas de rendimiento históricamente bajo. Después de sólo un año, seis de esas escuelas cumplieron con las normas estatales este año y las siete presentan considerable mejoría en el rendimiento estudiantil. El Dallas ISD piensa darle continuidad a este éxito agregando seis escuelas adicionales al programa ACE el próximo año escolar. “Hemos visto un…
The Dallas ISD girls high school basketball playoffs tip off tonight! Tickets to the games cost between $3 and $5. Here’s the schedule: Feb. 13 Conrad High School v. North Dallas High School Where: Conrad High School Time: 7:30 p.m. Rowlett High School v. Skyline High School Where: Poteet High School Time: 7:30 p.m. Bryan Adams High School v. Thomas Jefferson High School Where: Ellis Davis Field House Time: 6:30 p.m. South Oak Cliff High School v. Woodrow Wilson High School Where: Ellis Davis Field House Time: 8 p.m. Hillcrest High School v. Seagoville High School Where: Sprague Field House…
The proposed 2017-2018 student calendar presented to trustees Thursday features summer professional development for teachers in August with the first day of classes set for Monday, Aug. 28. School Leadership has recommended adding 10 minutes to the school day during breakfast in the classroom. With the expanded day, the district would reach the state-mandated total minutes of instruction by June 1, the last day of classes. Other features: 171 days of instruction for students starting Monday, Aug. 28 10 teacher professional development/planning days, five preparation/work days and one day’s credit for teachers who attend both parent conference nights Two fair…
Dallas ISD is expanding an initiative that helps boost student achievement by staffing the highest-need schools with high-performing principals and teachers. The district launched the ACE program, which stands for Accelerating Campus Excellence, last school year at seven historically low-performing schools. After just one year, six of those schools met state standards this year, and all seven campuses have shown significant improvement in student achievement. Dallas ISD is looking to build on this success by bringing an additional six schools into the ACE program next school year. “We have seen a remarkable turnaround at the ACE schools in a short…
Spend the next 125 seconds catching up on many of the great thins that happened this week! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. Blooming talent See how students in Skyline High School’s floral design program are getting real world experience leading up to biggest day in flowers: Valentine’s Day. (Learn more) Counselors care National School Counseling Week is this week, and it’s a time to recognize the work school counselors do every day to positively impact students. (Read this) Lone Star State Award Speaking of counselors, the Lone Star State School Counseling Association recognized these 12 schools for…
Esta semana, se está celebrando la semana nacional de consejería escolar, patrocinada por la American School Counselor Association (ASCA, por sus siglas en inglés), para centrar la atención pública en la contribución única de los consejeros escolares profesionales en el sistema escolar de EE. UU., y como se benefician los estudiantes gracias a la labor de los consejeros. La semana nacional de consejería escolar resalta el enorme impacto que los consejeros pueden tener en ayudar a los estudiantes a lograr el éxito académico y planificar para la universidad y una profesión. En esta semana especial se reconoce a los consejeros…
Dallas ISD culinary students have been working with local restaurants to create healthier and tastier kids menus. The menu items have been a hit, and NBC 5 has the full story. Go here to see NBC 5 story.