En la reunión de la junta ordinaria de anoche, los miembros de la Junta escolar aprobaron la reapertura de la escuela James W. Fannin como una nueva escuela de opción. La reapertura de este centro como una escuela de opción es parte del plan del distrito para poner en marcha un total de 35 nuevas escuela de opción en el año 2020. Fannin cerró en el 2012. El distrito está preparado para abrir el Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA), que será una nueva escuela preparatoria ubicada en el 4800 Ross Ave. A partir de agosto del 2015, Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship…
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KERA profiled the effort at Cochran Elementary to make it the first of many schools to change its lanscape to not require a sprinkler system. By replacing the grass courtyard with a garden of native plants, the school will be a part of a citywide effort to curb water use. Click here to view the full story. Photo courtesy KERA
Dallas ISD is celebrating National Volunteer Month, which happens during April, by spotlighting volunteers. At the Dallas ISD Volunteer Recognition Award Ceremony held April 3, more than 100 people saw Shenita Gibbs and Rosa Gomez receive their awards for their work as district volunteer coordinators. Gibbs won the award for Outstanding Secondary Volunteer Coordinator of the Year and Gomez won Outstanding Elementary Volunteer Coordinator of the Year. Gibbs, a James Madison High School alum who was part of the school’s Key Club and National Honor Society, has served as Madison’s community liaison for 14 years. While serving as the school’s community…
Los resultados de la primera administración de la porción de lectura del State of Texas Assessment Readiness (STAAR) de los estudiantes del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas refleja un incremento en el aumento de los resultados estatales en lectura para los estudiantes de 5º grado y una disminución en los resultadosde lectura de 5º grado. Según los resultados preliminares dados a conocer hoy por la Agencia de Educación de Texas (TEA), el porcentaje total de estudiantes de quinto grado de Dallas ISD que aprobó el examen de este año aumentó por dos puntos porcentuales. La ganancia neta es de casi…
Applications are now being accepted for students interested in attending one of the district’s two new Choice Schools opening next year. Students can apply to attend either D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School or the Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy High School. The application period is open from April 24–May 15. The two new Choice Schools are a part of the district’s Public School Choice strategy, which aims to launch a total of 35 new Choice Schools by the year 2020. The two new Choice Schools opening next year will start with one grade—sixth-grade at D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School and…
Cuarenta y siete escuelas y departamentos van a mostrar sus proyectos y programas sobre el medio ambiente a los asistentes durante el Earth Day Texas. Este evento gratuito y abierto al público se llevará a cabo del 24 al 25 de abril de 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., en Fair Park. Se invita a los estudiantes, padres y personal del distrito a que visiten el festival, el cual tiene como objetivo promover y adoptar productos sostenibles, mejores prácticas y servicios para mejorar la calidad de vida, ahorrar dinero y ayudar al medio ambiente. El festival ofrece una cantidad de exhibiciones, entretenimiento…
Lilliana Navarro is entering her second year as a volunteer at Harry C. Withers Elementary, which is where her son goes to kindergarten. Navarro said she desires to learn the environment in which her son learns. Balancing her life as a working mother who works nights and volunteers a few times a week, Navarro is also the president of the Latin Advisory Committee at Withers. She said volunteering at her son’s school is priceless.
At last night’s regular board meeting, trustees approved the reopening of the James W. Fannin school site as a new Choice School. Reopening the site as a Choice School is a part of the district’s plan to launch a total of 35 new Choice Schools by the year 2020. Fannin closed in 2012. The district is set to open the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy, which will be a new high school at the site located at 4800 Ross Ave. Beginning in August 2015, IDEA will start with approximately 100 ninth-graders, adding one grade each subsequent school year up to 12th grade…
Twenty-two students at Stephen C. Foster Elementary School are riding high after receiving donated bikes on April 23. Steven Foster of Foster-Fathom, a leadership training and team-building company based in Dallas, donated the bikes to the students. The donated bikes go along with the school’s “Ride Your Way to College!” theme. In the 15 days leading up to the bicycle giveaway, each member of the school staff nominated a student every day who demonstrated a positive character trait that was the focus of that day. School leadership then drew 15 names from the students who were nominated to determine which…
At Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa Elementary School, volunteer Danae Gutierrez is considered a superstar. Gutierrez motivates fellow parents to become involved in the school, leads the school’s Parent-Teacher Association, and is even organizing a community event for school students. “She puts her heart into everything: working with kids, parents, and school staff,” said Nancy Brinkley, a counselor at the school. Gutierrez was a recipient of the Volunteer Impact Award for School Support at a ceremony held in April. Watch the above video to learn more about Gutierrez’ great work.