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Robert T. Hill Middle School staff and students recognized their Board of Trustee, Dan Micciche, at an activity in the school library on Friday, Jan. 29. Students delivered speeches on the qualities of a leader and how Micciche exemplified those qualities. Two students from the Theatre Acts Class gave monologues representing Micciche’ s past and future. Students also described how the programs at Hill were preparing them to be the great leaders of tomorrow. Everyone at the event thanked Micciche for supporting literacy, spearheading a policy change making daily recess mandatory at all elementary schools, and for promoting programs for the academic success…

At 6-foot-2-inches and 215 pounds, Kendrick Bright flashes a coy smile when recalling his introduction to football at just five years old. Several years removed his days in Pop Warner— a popular youth football league where his earliest lessons on the gridiron took place—Bright will see his hard work pay off when he walks the red carpet at Dallas ISD’s upcoming Athletic Signing Day. As he prepares to celebrate signing a football scholarship with West Texas A&M University, Bright, who doubles as quarterback and wide receiver for the Thomas Jefferson High School Patriots football team, reflects on his development over the…

(Updated: Jan. 31, 6:21 p.m.) Classes will resume at the regular time Monday, Feb. 1, at Woodrow Wilson High School. All students and staff should report at the regular time. (Updated: Jan. 27 12:13 p.m.) After assessing the smoke damage that occurred yesterday at Woodrow Wilson High School, district officials have decided to cancel classes Thursday, Jan. 28 and Friday, Jan. 29. Classes are expected to resume Monday, Feb. 1. All students and staff should report at regular time unless otherwise notified. Please continue to monitor social media and district websites for the latest information. Students and staff will be allowed to…

Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa will continue to host informal discussions with teachers and parents/community members during two sessions in February and another two sessions in March. Attendees are invited to ask questions and provide feedback and suggestions at the meetings. Here is the schedule for the upcoming dialogue with teachers: And here is the schedule for the upcoming community conversations: Hinojosa will hold similar meetings across the district through May.

A project from three eighth-grade students at W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy that proposes an innovative way to help end credit card fraud is in the running to win a nationwide contest and $2,500 for them and their school. Micaiah Davis’, Rodolfo Manriquez’, Lion Roberson’s business idea—the Iris of the Eye Scan—is one of the top three finalists in the World Series of Innovation contest sponsored by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Mastercard. Their business idea is for a product that scans a person’s iris when they make a purchase in person or online. The students are asking everyone…

While members of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees are accustomed to recognizing the special achievements of students and staff, at January’s regular board meeting the spotlight was on them. Each trustee was recognized for the time and effort they perform for students at the Jan. 28 meeting as part of School Board Recognition Month. A student from each trustee district created artwork for their respective board members. Three students were on hand to help present their creations. Melany Davila of Nancy Moseley Elementary made artwork for District 4 Trustee Nancy Bingham; Keylon Winn of Roger Q. Mills Elementary made…

Gaylord Robert Atkinson, a 93-year-old World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient, recently shared his war stories with a classroom full of Leadership Cadet Corp students at Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy.  Students were noticeably impressed by what Atkinson had to say. WFAA 8 has the full story here.

Serving up one meal to a Dallas Independent School District student could mean the difference in a child eating or going hungry that day. That’s why Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services (FCNS) department takes all things food seriously. It’s also the reason they were recently recognized by Children at Risk, an education advocacy group, for their approach on child nutrition. Margaret Lopez, executive director of FCNS, graciously accepted the award during a press conference earlier this month. “Students shouldn’t be hungry for anything but learning,” Lopez said. District programs promoting healthy eating could not be possible without the…

Trustees approved the adoption of six new student achievement goals that Superintendent Michael Hinojosa says will be the catalyst that drives the district forward. Trustees and Hinojosa developed the proposed achievement goals after reviewing district results and holding multiple workshops. Hinojosa said most of the proposed goals have key performance indicators. The goals are: Goal 1: All students will exhibit Satisfactory or above performance on State assessments. Students below Satisfactory performance will demonstrate more than one year of academic growth; Goal 2: Dallas ISD schools will be the primary choice for families in the district; Goal 3: The achievement gap…

All elementary schools are now required to offer daily recess for students in preK–fifth grade following a policy change approved by trustees last week. The policy change requires elementary schools for the rest of the school year to offer at least 20 minutes of daily recess for all students. Starting next school year, elementary schools will be required to offer at least 30 minutes of daily recess. Trustee Dan Micciche, who proposed the policy change, said during a December board briefing that research shows the positive benefits of recess for young students. While many Dallas ISD elementary schools have daily…