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The May 7 election will fill four Dallas ISD trustee seats and more. Here are the important upcoming dates and information: Early voting: Monday, April 25—Tuesday, May 3 Election day: Saturday, May 7 Early voting locations: DallasCountyVotes.org Election day locations: DallasCountyVotes.org To check registration status:  DallasCountyVotes.org To see sample ballot: DallasCountyVotes.org Information on candidates & issues: Vote411.org What does a trustee do? The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees establishes the policies by which schools operate. In carrying out the task of setting policy, the board identifies needs and establishes priorities for the school system, allocates financial and human resources among the priority areas, and evaluates school performance.…

Dallas ISD’s Franklin D. Roosevelt High School received a donation of Under Armour athletic clothing and shoes this week from Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities. The 100 boxes of gear is valued at more than $100,000, and is just one of many recent donations the charity has presented to Dallas ISD schools. Besides athletic gear, the charity has helped provide school uniforms. Roosevelt cheerleaders and band members provided a pep rally-style atmosphere as students – many of them athletes who will benefit from the donation – unloaded the truck, which was provided by Two Men and a Truck. Representatives from…

Some of George W. Truett Elementary School’s first teachers and families joined more than 150 community members, advocates, families and district officials to celebrate a ribbon cutting for the school’s new additions and renovations. The 2015 Interim Bridge Plan funded $13 million in classroom additions and renovations at Truett. This includes a two-story building addition with 24 classrooms, a science lab, updated library, music room, gym and computer labs.  The Truett expansion added 55,000 square feet to the campus and increased the school’s capacity to 1,400 students. “These new spaces are just amazing,” Truett Elementary School Principal Terre Evans said. “It’s rejuvenated…

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…