Author: The Hub

Durante el periodo de presentación de solicitudes que finalizó el 31 de enero, las escuelas y programas académicos especiales del Dallas ISD recibieron más de 18,000 solicitudes. Los estudiantes tuvieron aproximadamente dos meses para presentar su solicitud para una escuela magnet, escuela de transformación, programa de lenguaje dual bilateral o una de las academias universitarias de Dallas ISD. Stephanie Elizalde, jefa de liderazgo escolar de Dallas ISD, dijo que la cantidad de solicitudes que se presentaron muestra que existe una gran demanda por formar parte de los programas especiales y escuelas del distrito. “El Dallas ISD está comprometido a proporcionar…

The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) and Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) announced today the more than 24 Dallas businesses that will partner with the district’s 10 new collegiate academies opening next school year. The industry partners will provide students with mentorship, job interviews, site visits, and some will be selected for internship opportunities. Dallas ISD and DCCCD revealed the new industry partners at a special ceremony held at City Performance Hall. “We owe a tremendous amount of gratitude to these industry partners who have stepped up to provide real-world experience for our students,” Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said.…

A little change can go a long way. Students from 19 Dallas ISD schools collected a total of $23,638.39 to donate to 24 Dallas-area nonprofit organizations through the 19th annual Common Cents Pennies from the Heart campaign. The effort aims to encourage students to give back to their communities through charitable giving. Students collected spare change from classmates at their schools through December 2016. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, students presented checks to the nonprofit organizations they selected to receive the donations. Awards were given for the top fundraising schools. Skyline High School won theLouise Gartner Common Cents Pennies from the Heart…

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. Booker T. Washington: Booker T. Washington taught himself to read after long days of working in a coal mine and salt furnace in West Virginia. A graduate of Hampton Institute in West Virginia, Washington would later return to his alma mater to teach classes there.  In 1881, he created the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Before he…

As part of an effort to meet the district goal of every student engaging in a co-curricular or extra-curricular activity, the Dallas ISD Student Activities Department, Special Education Department and STEM Department hosted the district’s first ever Special Needs Robotics Scrimmage. Sunset High School, W.H. Gaston Middle School, the Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs, Billy Earl Dade Middle School and J.L. Long Middle School each had a team compete in the event held Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the H.B. Bell Building. The teams faced off with their VEX IQ robots, aiming to complete as many tasks as they…

As progress on Dallas ISD’s $1.6 billion bond program moves forward, the participation of minority and women owned businesses is a major priority in awarding contracts for the dozens of campus additions, renovations and new school construction projects. In fact, the district’s board of trustees has set two goals to target the effort – 35 percent M/WBE participation in bond funded professional services, such as program management, architectural design, and land surveys, and 30 percent participation in actual construction projects. To achieve the goals, the staff charged with accomplishing M/WBE participation wants to spread the message that the door is…

Eight campuses have advanced to the next round in the NCAA’s Read to the Final Four® contest for Dallas Independent School District third-graders. The bracket style tournament mimics the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament schedule, with schools advancing based on how many minutes students read outside school hours. Since November, third-graders from across the district have been counting the number of minutes they read each day. The Elite 8 advanced from the Sweet 16 round. Each Elite 8 campus will receive $500 for the school library, a pizza party for the top classroom, a gift card for the top teacher,…

Dallas ISD’s special programs and schools received more than 13,000 applications during the application period that closed Jan. 31. Students had about two months to apply to attend a Dallas ISD magnet school, transformation school, Two-Way Dual Language program, or collegiate academy. Dallas ISD Chief of School Leadership Stephanie Elizalde said the number of applications shows a high demand for the district’s special programs and schools. “Dallas ISD is committed to providing a best-fit education for all students, whether that is at one of our neighborhood schools or special programs,” Elizalde said. “Regardless of a student’s interest or abilities, Dallas…

Students at Dallas ISD’s John Leslie Patton Jr. Academic Center who cannot afford uniforms will benefit from a recent donation to the school. In January, Soccorro Dinsmore, who owns several Levine’s department stores, donated $600 worth of uniform shirts and pants. The gift was coordinated by the district’s Volunteer and Partnership Services. The Patton Academic Center serves 132 students who arrive as over-age and lacking in school credits in comparison to their grade-level peers. Through a high-quality, customized educational experience, students take accelerated courses to catch up and complete their diplomas.

Robert Folsom, a Sunset High School graduate who went on to be mayor of Dallas and have a tremendous impact on the city, died last month. The Dallas Morning News ran an in-depth obituary on Folsom that notes his many accomplishments, including helping bring the NBA and NHL to Dallas. Go here to read the full DMN obituary on Folsom.