Author: The Hub

Graduation season is happening May 29–June 7, and in honor of Dallas ISD graduates, The Hub is spotlighting a different senior each day as the Class of 2015 takes their anticipated walk across the stage. Today we spotlight Tafari Witter at Lincoln High School. Awards/honors, involvement: Valedictorian, 1st Team All-District (basketball), A Honor Roll, featured in the Dallas Morning News and CW33 Class Act The biggest lesson I’ve learned in school: Balancing time management and responsibility are the biggest lessons I’ve learned this year because I was involved in so many activities and had to learn how to balance my time to enable me…

Most Dallas ISD high school seniors have grown up attending elementary, middle and high schools within the district. And those seniors are now crossing the graduation stage and receiving their high school diploma. But before starting college or entering the workforce, some seniors share what Dallas ISD means to them and the impacts it’s made on their future. Today, Armando Solis at W.W. Samuell High School shares what Dallas ISD means to him.

For the second time in Dallas ISD history, students from Marsh Preparatory Academy are competing at the National Speech and Debate Tournament. WFAA profiles the impressive team of debaters who can eloquently discuss the pros and cons of complex issues, such as feeding the growing world population with fish. Click here to view the profile. The National Speech and Debate Tournament is being held June 16-19 in Dallas. Photo courtesy WFAA

Toni Harrison-Kelly and Angela Fulbright have been friends for 15 years. Both work at the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, with Fulbright teaching geography, history, and AP world history, and Harrison-Kelly teaching engineering and technology courses. They both say they love the environment at BOMLA, an all-male academy that encourages leadership and brotherhood. “I see, every day, how a great school culture and highly-motivated, skilled teachers can positively impact student achievement,” Harrison-Kelly said. Because they know what effective teachers can accomplish together, the friends decided to voluntarily transfer and teach next school year at Sarah Zumwalt Middle School, one of…

The 2015–16 school year will start for students Aug. 24, 2015 and end June 2, 2016. The calendar calls for teachers to report for the new school year on Thursday, Aug. 13. Other important dates of the approved calendar, which includes 175 days of instruction, include: Campus staff development: Aug. 17 – 21, 2015 Labor Day: Sept. 7, 2015 Fair Day: elementary – Oct. 9, 2015 and secondary – Oct. 16, 2015. Note: Two fair days are scheduled at the request of the State Fair of Texas to accommodate the district’s 160,000 students. First semester staff development days: Oct. 19, 2015…

Dallas ISD is making every effort to reduce waste and conserve energy. The district has recycled 1,492 tons of aluminum, cardboard and paper, plastics and glass this school year. That’s enough to save 13,800 mature trees and 5.6 million gallons of water!

When asked what they’d like to pursue, most students will announce big aspirations of becoming a doctor, lawyer, or, perhaps, the President of the United States. With more than 200 pathways, Dallas ISD has established programs to help students get a step closer to whatever it is they hope to become someday. One of the most recent programs established is that of Speech Language Pathology at the School of Health Professions at the Yvonne A Ewell Townview Center. The program is one of two responses to the district’s issue of hiring and retaining Speech Language Pathologists, which are professionals who…

Resumen en español del artículo publicado en la revista Advocate Alumnos sobresalientes: En ocasiones, las lecciones más difíciles se aprenden fuera del salón de clases Mario Ramírez, alumno de 12º grado de Woodrow Wilson High School, jamás pensó que sería bailarín y mucho menos que asistiría a la Universidad de Texas en Austin, para estudiar danza. “Tengo miedo,” admite con una risa. “Yo ni siquiera tenía planeado ir a la universidad, pero voy gracias al baile. Es increíble como el baile me ha ayudado como persona.” Y todo empezó como un accidente. “Yo quería estar en atletismo,[en Alex W.…

Graduation season is happening May 29–June 7, and in honor of Dallas ISD graduates, The Hub is spotlighting a different senior each day as the Class of 2015 takes their anticipated walk across the stage. Today we spotlight Eraquio Garcia at Thomas Jefferson High School. Awards/honors, involvement: Senior class president, Dallas ISD Teen Board, Bobbye & Barlow Irvin scholarship recipient ($48,000), plays the bajoquinto (10 string guitar) in his family’s band Conjunto Aventura Nortena The biggest lesson I’ve learned in school: I’ve learned to never be afraid to ask for help—no matter the subject, topic or situation. The teacher who inspired me the most: Ms.…

On Friday, May 29, City Year Dallas, 56 volunteers from the Celanese Corporation, and a group of students worked together on a campus beautification project at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School. Projects included painting murals on walls, planting beds for the interior courtyard, painting the Dallas skyline on the gym wall, and building picnic tables and benches. Additionally, volunteers and students will work to build an outdoor classroom in August. “This is a great example of bringing businesses in to the school and developing a partnership,” Roosevelt High School Principal Brian De Veaux said. Roosevelt High School is part of Division 2, which is led…