Author: The Hub

Trustee Edwin Flores continues to lead District 1 to excellence. Flores was re-elected to the board in 2015 after serving from May 2005 to June 2012. This Mexico City native represents Northwest Dallas, including North Dallas, Addison, parts of Carrollton and Farmers Branch. Flores is the managing partner and founder of the Intellectual Property law firm of Chalker Flores LLP, in north Dallas, where he focuses his practice on biotechnology patent law. Before starting his firm, Flores was an associate at the Gardere firm in Dallas. Flores also served as an Assistant District Attorney in Dallas County as part of…

January is School Board Recognition Month, a time to thank local leaders for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for children and public schools. Dallas ISD joins other districts across the state in recognizing the work of its board. School boards are charged with establishing a vision for a district’s education program, designing a structure to achieve that vision, ensuring that schools are accountable to the community, and strongly advocating continuous improvement in student learning. Each school year, Dallas ISD asks nine busy professionals to collaboratively manage a school system with more than 156,000 students and a billion…

The First Book Network in conjunction with Alliance has donated 40,000 brand new books to Dallas ISD. The books were dropped off in bulk at the Allen Field House. Volunteers then got hard at work organizing and sorting the books. Teachers, principals, and students who registered with the First Book Network for free were then able to come and pick up the donated books.

The NCAA is looking for girls between the ages of 10 and 14 who are not yet in high school to be the honorary ball kids at the 2017 NCAA Women’s Final Four games at the American Airlines Center March 31 and April 2, 2017. The NCAA Ball Kid Battle will be coming to the 77th annual Dallas ISD Holiday Invitational Dec. 28, 2016. The Ball Kid Battle will consists of two rounds. Four finalists will be chosen from the first round: a contest held at the Dallas ISD Holiday Invitational December 28th at Conrad High School from 11 a.m.…

Students at the Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard donated Christmas tree ornaments for the Dallas Water Utilities’ Christmas tree at City Hall. The students got kudos for helping create one of the best decorated trees at City Hall. Here’s a full look at the tree:

Vacaciones de invierno dura hasta el 9 de enero para los profesores y el personal y los estudiantes regresan a la escuela 10 de enero. Pasar un buen rato, y nos vemos cuando vuelvas!

Winter break lasts until Jan. 9 for teachers and staff, and students return to school Jan. 10. Have a great time off, and we will see you when you get back!

After four months of school that had too many incredible stories to count, winter break is almost here! We close out the semester with an especially great recap of district news. Watch the above video, or read below, to see for yourself! Preparing to be leaders See how sophomores at the Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy took a big step forward on their path to success after high school. (Learn more) Common Black College Application The community and State Fair of Texas came together to provide every senior at Madison and Lincoln high schools with the chance to complete the…

New data shows that Dallas ISD is retaining a strong majority of its highly effective teachers. The Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) identifies, supports and rewards effective teaching. There are seven current effectiveness levels under TEI: Unsatisfactory, No Level, Progressing I and II, Proficient I, II, and III, and Exemplary I and II. Data shows that the teachers who earned a 2016-2017 effectiveness level of Proficient II or above, 93 percent were still with the district as of Sept. 1. Every Exemplary II teacher is still teaching in a Dallas ISD classroom. Eric Hale, an Exemplary I teacher at Burnet Elementary,…

Schools in the Wilmer-Hutchins feeder pattern recently joined together to share why students should choose their dynamic schools that offer significant educational options. The educational choices include career and technical programs such as Wilmer-Hutchins High School’s award-winning culinary arts courses and a new collegiate academy where students can earn up to 60 hours of college credit or an associate degree, at no cost to them, while earning a high school diploma. And that’s not to mention high quality pre-K that prepares young learners for academic success, fine arts, STEM and athletics for all grades that keeps learning fun, teaches teamwork and social skills.…