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As part of the district’s effort to build an effective support system for teachers, Dallas ISD is teaming up with the Southern Methodist University Simmons School of Education to provide three targeted professional development academies for teachers this summer. Approximately 150 Dallas ISD teachers will attend the development academies being held at SMU July 20–Aug. 6, with follow-up sessions during the 2015-16 school year. The teachers attending the development academies, which will be led by SMU professors, were nominated by their principals and approved by a selection committee. The academies at SMU will support specific teacher needs under the Teacher…

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact on the future of the Dallas community? Join the leaders of all 224 Dallas ISD schools to learn more about becoming a teacher in the district on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. at Emmett J. Conrad High School. Schools will be prepared to hire, meaning attendees could walk away with a guaranteed spot for the 2015-2016 school year. Experienced teachers, soon-to-be graduates, and professionals interested in transitioning into education are encouraged to attend. Compass, the district’s alternative certification program, takes top talent within the community and prepares them to be effective teachers.…

From donations for a walking track to students riding on the Mavs Fans Express and meeting a professional basketball player, plenty of great things are happening at Dallas ISD schools. Show and Tell is a feature on The Hub that rounds up some of the news happening across the district into one place. If you have any story ideas for Show and Tell, email thehub@dallasisd.org. Hexter receives $10,000 bonus to go toward walking track Hexter Elementary recently won a $10,000 bonus for having the most shares of a link to www.growinghealthyschools.org, an initiative from It’s Time Texas that promotes healthy living. The $10,000 bonus…

Did you know that recycling aluminum cans could help build a football stadium? Or that recycling an old TV could become someone’s new watch? Dallas ISD encourages every individual to go green, and we’re making it as simple as possible with single stream recycling. Instead of separating plastics, glass and paper, single stream recycling allows all recyclable items to be placed in a single container for collection. The recyclables will later be sorted at recycling centers. Here’s a breakdown of what can and cannot be recycled:

Ensuring that Dallas ISD offers minority businesses opportunities to market their goods and services to the district is the top mission for Annie Holmes-Partee, director of the district’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise Department (M/WBE). For two decades, Holmes-Partee has helped realize the district’s goal of including minority- and women-owned firms in purchasing and contracting for professional services and construction. Her M/WBE team provides training and guidance to vendors and district staff to help level the playing field in the competitive arena of product procurement. The Dallas Business Journal recently spotlighted Holmes-Partee’s efforts in naming her to its 2015 class of…

Forty-seven Dallas ISD schools and departments will showcase their environmental projects and programs with visitors during Earth Day Texas. The free, public event is set for April 24–26, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., at Fair Park. Students, their parents, and staff members are encouraged to visit the festival, which will aim to show how adopting sustainable products, practices and services can improve quality of life, save money and help the environment. The festival offers an action-packed collection of exhibits, entertainment and information relating to the environment. Among festival highlights: Featured speakers Shawna Coronado, green lifestyle author and blogger, and Beth Ann…

Skyline student Patricia Rios wrote this article Today is earth day, and it’s the largest environmental campaign in the world. Every year people demonstrate their support for environmental protection. The first Earth Day event originated on April 22, 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson. Skyline’s lead librarian, Heather Hornor, is in charge of this year’s Earth Week, April 20–24. “The main goal is to educate students about Earth Day and why we celebrate it,” Mrs. Hornor said. Skyline’s Green Team held an Earth Day activity, led by Captains Genesis Delgado, Evelyn Perez, and Kimberly Barraza. The Green Team is distributing wristbands made by students before school,…

A middle school team that has built an underwater robot is hoping to raise funds so they can make some waves at a national competition in Massachusetts. The nine inaugural members of the Stockard Robotics Club placed third in the Dallas Regional SeaPerch competition, which earned them a spot at the national championships in Dartmouth, Mass. Michelle Walaski, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math teacher at L.V. Stockard Middle School, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise $10,000 to help fund the trip for the robotics club. The registration cutoff date is April 28. To win third in the…

Fifty-five graduating seniors from five Dallas ISD schools were recognized on Tuesday, April 21, for receiving 2015 State Fair of Texas Pete Schenkel Scholarship Awards. This marks the 23rd year of the Fair’s Youth Scholarship Program. The awards are named for a former chairman of the State Fair of Texas board. Students from the five high schools closest to the fairgrounds were eligible to apply. Each recipient will be awarded $6,000 per year, renewable for up to four years. Monserrat Moncada, a 2011 graduate of North Dallas High School and a State Fair scholarship recipient, gave her advice based on…

Three Dallas ISD schools are among the top 15 most challenging schools in the nation, according to a new report from the Washington Post. The School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, and the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School were, respectively, ranked as the third, fourth, and fifteenth most challenging U.S. school. Only one other school district —Jacksonville—had more than two schools ranked in the top 15. The Washington Post rankings are based on the number of college-level tests given at a…