Elizabeth Offutt is a stay-at-home mom who volunteers weekly at William Lipscomb Elementary, where her son attends fourth grade. Offutt helps with room parent responsibilities, picture day, and, essentially, whatever else the school needs her to do. Offutt said she was taught to give back to the community and wants to be productive and charitable while helping kids in her community.
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CBS DFW did a great report on the impressive turnaround happening at Dunbar Learning Center, which is an Imagine 2020 school. Click here to view the report. Photo courtesy CBS DFW
On March 27, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved a plan that will invest approximately $129.5 million into addressing critical needs at district schools. A portion of the Bridge Plan, as it is called, will add more pre-K classrooms throughout the district. Alan Cohen, executive director of Dallas ISD’s Early Childhood and Community Partnership Program, said expanding pre-K options is critical since research shows that 85 percent of a child’s brain development occurs in their first five years. “If we don’t reach children in that window of opportunity when they’re learning at a rate that they’re never going to…
D Magazine ha nombrado a Lisa Mead, bibliotecaria de Anne Frank Elementary School, como la bibliotecaria del año 2015. El reconocimiento se anunció en la publicación del mes de abril de la revista. Mead fue reconocida en una página casi completa, que incluía su historia y filosofía. Cuando se enteró de la noticia, la directora de Anne Frank, Jonnice Legum-Berns, se sintió muy emocionada. “Todos sabíamos que teníamos una joya, pero ahora la ciudad entera también lo sabe,” dijo Legum-Berns. “Gracias a todos los que mandaron referencias a la revista.” Meads ha trabajado en Anne Frank por cuatro años. Previo…
As part of National Volunteer Month, we are recognizing those who do great work in helping out at different schools within the district. Here is a letter Gloria Gallegos, a senior at Hillcrest High School, wrote to volunteer parents.
Students at Dallas ISD’s Nancy Cochran Elementary School will have an outdoor classroom and water-conserving garden thanks to Dallas being ranked at the top among large cities for residents pledging to conserve water. Dallas won the 2014 National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, and among the prizes was a water-friendly pocket garden – one that will be added to the courtyard at Cochran. On Thursday, April 9, Mayor Mike Rawlings, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lead administrator Gina McCarthy, Toyota Chief Environmental Officer Kevin Butt and nationally renowned muralist Wyland helped break ground on the garden. The artist’s Wyland Foundation, in partnership…
A recruitment fair Wednesday evening marked a significant step towards staffing the six schools identified in the Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) plan with highly effective teachers. The fair connected approximately 180 high-performing district teachers with principals at the six ACE schools. The ACE plan, which the district launched last week, aims to equip campuses where students are struggling academically with strong leaders and teams of highly effective teachers. “The recruitment fair was an opportunity to honor our DTR-eligible teachers for their work in the classroom and also to encourage them to consider taking their talent to an ACE campus in 2015-16,”…
Ask noted Dallas ISD bilingual teacher Irma De La Guardia about the benefits of receiving an alternative teaching certification through Dallas ISD, and she is quick to answer. “It gives you as many resources as possible so you are successful in the classroom,” said De La Guardia, who was named the National Association of Bilingual Educators’ 2015 Teacher of the Year. “The (alternative teaching) certification sets you up for success.” De La Guardia, a third-grade dual-language teacher at Harry C. Withers Elementary, received her Dallas ISD alternative teaching certificate 12 years ago. She said the program isn’t easy, as it…
Each three-pointer the Dallas Mavericks scored on their home court this season will go beyond the scoreboard to represent a new tree on a Dallas ISD campus or area park. It’s the fifth consecutive year the team has conducted its “Threes for Threes” service project. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Arborilogical Services Inc. partners with the Mavericks to donate, plant and care for the trees over the next few years. The project was on track to plant its 1750th tree at a school this season. On Tuesday, April 7, volunteers from PwC and the Dallas Mavericks planted several trees at Edward…
Los padres de los niños que asisten a la primaria Harry Withers compartieron los beneficios que reciben sus hijos en los programas de pre-kinder. Hillary Verver, mamá de uno de los alumnos, dijo que el pre-kinder le ha enseñado a su hijo lo que es la escuela y le ha permitido a socializar con otros niños. Mientras tanto, Valina Hill, madre de otro estudiante, dijo que el pre-kinder le ha ayudado a su hijo a conectar mejor con sus hermanos y a desarrollar una pasión por aprender otro idioma. Las investigaciones demuestran que los niños que asisten a pre-kinder tienen más probabilidades…