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More than 50 students from Dallas ISD’s Justin F. Kimball and H. Grady Spruce high schools were recently pampered with mentoring, shopping, jewelry, makeup and hairstyling thanks to TLC’s Say Yes to the Prom event. The day culminated in a high-fashion runway show, where the girls and boys strutted their stuff with their new looks. “TLC the brand believes that self-confidence, feeling as if someone is there for you, can mentor you, work with you is very important,” Adria Alpert-Romm of Discovery Communications. “That’s really what it’s all about. It’s about confidence, it’s about pride, and it’s about feeling like…

An all-boy assembly at Kimball High School served as a “wake-up call” to encourage the students to reach their full potential. Distinguished guests such as Judge Ernest White, Councilman Casey Thomas, radio personality J Kruz, and spoken word artist Joe Wesley Patton III talked with students about issues such as morality and the chivalric code. “Don’t minimize yourself and don’t ever let anyone minimize you,” said Lawrence Stokes, a felony criminal court coordinator. “There is nothing in your life but opportunity.” The all-boy assembly followed an all-girls assembly held at Kimball High School in February. Both assemblies aimed to bridge…

U.S. News & World Report has named the School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center (TAG) as the best high school in the nation for the fifth consecutive year. TAG was joined in the top 10 of the annual rankings by the School for Science and Engineering, which earned the No. 4 spot. Overall, 13 Dallas Independent School District campuses received gold, silver or bronze medals in the magazine’s Best High Schools rankings. The School for the Talented and Gifted also earned the magazine’s top honor in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. “There is not just one thing…

Teachers looking to explore some of the more innovative options in Dallas ISD are invited to the Public Choice School hiring event set for 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at Alfred J. Loos Field House. This will be a smaller, more targeted hiring event geared toward any campus that falls under the district’s Public School Choice umbrella. This includes Transformation and Innovation, Personalized Learning, Magnet, Montessori, Vanguard, Collegiate Academy and Choice programs. Dallas ISD is searching for educators who believe in the foundation that Public School Choice is built on: Kids are unique individuals. They learn in different ways; they…

Students brought their own flavor of awareness to the serious issue of bullying thanks to the district’s annual anti-bullying campaign. Sponsored by the Dallas ISD Counseling Services, students participated in a poster and video contest to empower students to encourage others to take a stand to end bullying. Students across the district expressed their most creative ideas about the devastating effects of bullying in four categories. Poster winners: K-2 | 1st place, Ava Whatley, Rosemont Primary School 2nd place, Naima Emmitt, Rosemont Primary School 3rd place, Jesenia Vasquez, Rosemont Primary School and Omar Pena, San Jacinto Elementary School Honorable Mention, Solomon…

Dallas ISD officials joined the Dallas County Community College District at Eastfield College this week to announce the expansion of the Dallas ISD early college high school model. Starting Fall 2016, Dallas ISD will add eight new collegiate academies with the support of DCCCD to offer up to 60 hours of college credit at no cost to the student. This means that by the time freshman entering the collegiate academies graduate high school, many will have completed enough college credit hours to receive an associate’s degree. “The fact that we’ve had 1,300 eighth-graders that are becoming ninth-graders apply for the…

Great things happen every week across Dallas ISD. This Week In Dallas ISD showcases some of the great things that happen in our schools every week. Enjoy! Collegiate Academies change the higher-ed game for students Quote of the week: “It’s a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of money.” Jose Lopez, a senior at W.W. Samuell Early College High School, on how much money a Dallas ISD student can save in an early college high school program. This week kicked off in a big way with an event celebrating the eight collegiate academies opening next school year. The…

Dallas ISD is providing summer enrichment camps through its Summer Achievers Academy, a Dallas ISD partnership with Dallas City of Learning and Big Thought. Summer Achievers is a tuition-free, full day enrichment summer camp designed to provide creative, extra-curricular opportunities to district students to support their interests beyond the traditional classroom setting. Students accepted to the program are eligible for tuition from their home campuses and will receive free breakfast, lunch and dinner. Apply to Dallas ISD’s Summer Achievers Academy, a Dallas City of Learning Program — Dallas ISD’s free, full-day summer camps designed for elementary students in grades K-5…

Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy teacher William Adkins is among the 50 teachers in 27 states and the District of Columbia awarded the professional development grants by the Institute of International Education and American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation in recognition of his outstanding work. Adkins is the only teacher within the Dallas Independent School District,to receive national recognition for successfully integrating global perspectives and exchanges into his classroom. The award will fund Adkins’ ongoing efforts to globalize his instructional environment and advocate for global competencies in curriculum. He has also received awards from the Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad, Japan Fulbright…

Leadership from Grand Rapids Community College in Michigan visited Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School at El Centro College this week to learn what makes the Blue Ribbon School successful. “We want to grow in Grand Rapids, which means we have to go where people are doing it well and learn what we can,” said David Selmon, associate dean of academic outreach at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC). “That’s why we are here today.” GRCC Dean of Academic Outreach Dan Clark said he was particularly interested in the strong partnership Dallas ISD has with the Dallas County…