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Dallas ISD now has an alum in the NFL Hall of Fame. Tim Brown, the retired NFL great and Heisman Trophy winner who graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday in Ohio. During his speech, Brown looked back at his career that has its origins on the playground of Mount Auburn Elementary School. “It’s been a lot of work, but it’s been incredible work,” Brown said of his football career. “I can’t wait to enjoy this (Hall of Fame honor) for the rest of my life.” In his Hall of Fame induction…

Seniors who have completed the requirements for graduation this summer will have their moment of pomp and circumstance on Thursday, Aug. 13. Commencement exercises for seniors from all district high schools are scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday at Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S. Polk St. Graduating seniors are encouraged to participate in the commencement rehearsal set from 10 a.m.–noon, Wednesday, Aug. 12, also at Ellis Davis Field House. Students and families can go here for rehearsal guidelines and information about appropriate attire for the ceremony. Relatives and friends of graduates who are unable to attend the ceremony in person can…

Starting Aug. 11, almost all Dallas ISD new and returning students can be enrolled in school online. By utilizing online enrollment, parents don’t have to wait in lines to fill out paper forms at the campus to enroll their child. “Additionally, online enrollment helps Dallas ISD reduce paper waste, while creating a convenient, fast, and accurate online enrollment experience at your fingertips,” the online enrollment stats. Online enrollment is not mandatory. Parents can still enroll their child using the traditional paper forms. Parents with a child who attends a Dallas ISD magnet school, school or choice, or other special enrollment…

Parents are encouraged to resolve student immunizations as early as possible to avoid the inevitable back-to-school rush in clinics, doctor’s offices and medical facilities throughout the city. Students enrolling in Dallas ISD for the first time must provide evidence of required immunizations.

 This school year, the Texas Department of State Health Service has added the following updates to the immunization requirements: Adding the Hepatitis A as a requirement for sixth graders
; Two doses of Varicella are now required for all grades
; Two doses of MMR added as a requirement for sixth graders (Students in grades 7-12 are required to have two doses of a…

New Dallas ISD teacher Samuel Cross is looking forward to teaching choir at T.W. Browne Middle School. Cross was one of approximately 1,600 new teachers that attended a New Teacher Academy orientation event at Fair Park to learn about the district. Cross said he’s pumped and ready to start the 2015 school year. “I’m excited about inspiring students to achieve their goals in life and in music,” he said. Cross said that thanks to the training he received from the Alternative Certification program, he’s confident that he’s ready to successfully re-enter the classroom. Inexperience in classroom management plagued his first teaching experience…

Dallas ISD welcomed new teachers to the district as part of a New Teacher Academy event held Aug. 6 at Fair Park. At the event, teachers new to Dallas ISD heard from district leaders and learned about initiatives such as the Teacher Excellence Initiative and Destination 2020. Watch the above video to learn more and to hear from teachers as they go into their first year with Dallas ISD.

Thousands of families took advantage of free health and dental screenings, immunizations, hair cuts and community resources at the 19th Annual Mayor’s Back to School Fair on Friday, Aug. 7, at Fair Park. Scroll through the above photos to get a look inside the event.

More than 245 Dallas ISD teachers applied for the opportunity to attend a district-funded training at the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education at Southern Methodist University. Dallas ISD paid $3,000 per teacher for teachers to attend this three week-long intensive training at SMU’s Simmons School of Education. The curriculum focused on increasing classroom effectiveness and improving classroom instructional practice. “The idea is that this is differentiated support for teachers that takes them from where they are, what they know, and what they do well, and builds on those strengths so they can see themselves growing,” Dr. David Chard, dean of the…

Approximately 97 percent of all Dallas Independent School District campuses met state standards for student progress and 89 percent of schools achieved requirements for college and career readiness, according to data released today by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). In all four categories—student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness—Dallas ISD outperformed thresholds set by the state. Overall, 190 of 227 (84 percent) Dallas ISD campuses met state standards, up from 184 the previous year. All totaled, 123 of 151 Dallas ISD elementary schools met the performance standards, as well as 32 of 40 middle schools and 35…

NBC DFW posted a brief story on how Dallas ISD has set up 11 youth and family centers where students can get all of the required vaccines for just $5. Click here to view the story. Image courtesy NBC DFW