Trustee Lew Blackburn makes an all-star difference in District 5. Elected to the board in June of 2001, Blackburn leads his district of Oak Lawn, West Dallas, Wilmer, Hutchins and portions of East Oak Cliff. Blackburn was born in Fort Worth, where he attended elementary school. After moving to Dallas, he attended Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School and graduated from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a Master’s in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce, and a Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin. A career educator, Dr. Blackburn…
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Do you have a student in a Dallas ISD elementary school? Have you signed them up for the Kids Teaching Kids 21-Day Healthy Eating Challenge? Well, what are you waiting for! Medical City Children’s Hospital and the Dallas Restaurant Association have partnered with Dallas area high school culinary students who participate in Texas ProStart to create a cookbook full of healthy snack options that elementary students can assemble on their own. The recipes, made with easily accessible healthy ingredients, are designed to get young students in the habit of reaching for healthy snack options after school. If successful, these habits…
Sprint donated free mobile devices and free high-speed wireless Internet connectivity to about 250 students at Emmet J. Conrad High School on Jan. 13. The donation kicked off Sprint’s 1Million Project, which aims to help give mobile devices and wireless Internet connectivity to 1 million disadvantaged high school students over five years. “When we learned about Sprint’s 1Million Project, we quickly applied in hopes that we would be selected,” said Dr. Emmett J. Conrad School Principal Anthony Mays. “Many of our students have the will and skill to be successful at school, however, many of them lack adequate technology resources…
Tres escuelas de Dallas han sido nominadas para el premio nacional Blue Ribbon Schools de 2017. Las nominadas fueron las secundarias Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (BOMLA), Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, así como Dallas Environmental Science Academy (DESA). La Agencia de Educación de Texas (TEA) dio a conocer que 26 escuelas públicas en Texas recibieron la nominación. El prestigioso premio es un programa del Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos que reconoce a escuelas ejemplares donde los estudiantes se están desempeñando a un nivel alto. Todas las escuelas que han sido nominadas para el 2017 fueron seleccionadas…
Ya pueden presentar su solicitud los estudiantes de octavo grado que estén interesados en asistir a una de las academias universitarias de Dallas ISD. Los alumnos que asisten a una academia universitaria pueden obtener hasta 60 horas de crédito universitario o un grado asociado, sin costo alguno, al mismo tiempo que estudian para obtener su diploma de preparatoria. Este año el Dallas ISD abrió siete academias universitarias y una escuela P-TECH en preparatorias existentes. El próximo año, el distrito abrirá 10 academias universitarias adicionales. “Las academias universitarias se suman a los programas que ya ofrece el distrito que están ayudando…
Graduado de Skyline High School, fue elegido en mayo de 2016, y representa al sureste de Dallas, Seagoville y Balch Springs. Resendez es veterano del ejército de Estados Unidos y abogado titulado con licencia del State Bar of Texas, con permiso para ejercer ante el Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos en el Distrito Norte de Texas. Hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos, Resendez ingresó en el ejército de Estados Unidos como ingeniero antes de graduarse de la preparatoria y sirvió por ocho años, incluyendo una misión de un año en Bagdad, Iraq. Resendez habla perfectamente español y además está comprometido a…
File this under Like. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg surprised students from the School for the Talented and Gifted and South Oak Cliff High School Collegiate Academy as they performed a service project over the weekend. Zuckerberg joined the students as they helped build a community garden in Oak Cliff. “It was truly an unbelievable experience,” said Camryn Pope, a ninth-grader in the SOC collegiate academy. “Everyone just about lost their minds.” The students showed up to help build the community garden as part of a Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. When they arrived, they learned…
The application window is open for current eighth-graders interested in attending a Dallas ISD collegiate academy. Students who attend a collegiate academy can earn up to 60 hours of college credit or an associate degree—at no cost to them—concurrently while earning a high school diploma. Dallas ISD launched seven collegiate academies and a P-TECH at existing high schools this school year. The district next school year will launch an additional 10 collegiate academies. “These collegiate academies add to existing district programs that are successfully making college a reality and supporting career-readiness even before students graduate from high school,” said Israel…
Trustee Jaime Resendez is leading the charge to make District 4 an outstanding team. Elected to the board in May of 2016, this graduate of Skyline High School represents Southeast Dallas, Seagoville and Balch Springs. Resendez is a U.S. Army combat veteran and attorney licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Texas and before the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas. The son of Mexican immigrants, Resendez enlisted in the U.S. Army as an engineer before high school graduation and served for eight years, including a yearlong tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq. A fluent Spanish-speaker,…
Sierra Jones, a fifth-grader at Charles Rice Learning Center, today was named the top orator during the 25th Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. She competed alongside seven other finalists at The Majestic Theatre. Jace Roberson, a fifth-grader at J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard, took second place. Asad King, a fourth-grader at William Brown Miller Elementary, took the third spot. Each of the eight fourth- and fifth-grade Dallas ISD elementary school students presented original speeches addressing the topic: “If Dr. King were alive today, what would he say about Muhammad Ali’s contribution to society?” The competition is co-presented…