Author: The Hub

Kids can help improve the environment, too! Instead of tossing out toys that are outgrown, donate them to a local organization. Old books and stuffed animals could bring happiness to another child. Conserve energy by shutting down electronics when not in use. Parents will appreciate the lower electricity bill! Spend time outdoors and plant a tree. A single tree will absorb 1 ton of carbon dioxide, which releases oxygen back into the air. The oxygen trees provide gives us clean air to breathe. Talking with friends and family about the simple ways to go green can make planet-friendly habits a…

Think back to your eighth-grade business, marketing and finance class. Well, that might be a bit difficult for some because, chances are, you didn’t have one. However, as school districts today develop more rigorous, engaging and relevant curriculums, middle school students like those in Dee Coyle’s eighth-grade business/marketing/finance class this past school year learned how to run a business. With words like entrepreneur, disposal value and depreciation being the center of class discussions, “it’s kind of like teaching a foreign language,” Coyle jokes. Coyle is a Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher at Harold Wendell Lang Sr. Middle School. In…

Did you know that 32 Dallas ISD libraries are open this summer? Did you know that students, parents, and members of the community can check out books from these libraries? Did you know that all you need is a phone number to check out a book, no ID is necessary? Did you know that Dallas ISD also offers ebooks to parents, students and staff through Overdrive? Parents and students can access Overdrive using a student’s identification number and pin; staff can access ebooks using their employee identification number and the last four digits of their employee identification number as the pin. The…

The Dallas Morning News recently wrote a editorial on the great work happening at W.W. Samuell High School. The editorial details the early-college curriculum implemented at the school in 2012, which “offers students the chance to earn an associate of arts or science degree along with their high school diploma.” The editorial notes how graduation rates have steadily risen at the school, and how Samuell implements “a strategy that provides guideposts for how to create more successful urban campuses.” Click here to read the full editorial. Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News

Over the weekend, Dallas Morning News profiled the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, the Dallas ISD magnet school that celebrated its first graduating class in May. The article details the background and innovative work happening at the all-boy South Dallas school. Click here to read the full article. Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News.

The Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Arts District will host the superhero-themed Teen Takeover of Late Night’s at the DMA and the Summer Block Party tomorrow night. The festivities will take place from 6 p.m.–midnight. Families and members of the community are invited to have some fun and learn a thing or two in the public art museum. The Townview Pep Band will kick off the fun with a processional performance down the museum’s concourse. The performance will end in the Atrium, where many of the event’s live performances will take place, including a live disc jockey and…

More than 280 Dallas ISD high school juniors and seniors are gaining real world experience thanks to the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program, which kicked off June 15. Modeled after the White House Fellows Program, the Intern Fellows Program prepares motivated teens to become the leaders of tomorrow. During the eight-week paid summer internship, students from Dallas ISD and public charter high schools have the opportunity to learn skills from a variety of fields, including technology, healthcare and education. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the program is an investment in Dallas youth that delivers tangible, life-changing results. In 2014, interns worked…

Listening to classical sounds on music station WRR-FM 101.1 and the different types of instrumentation coming through the airwaves sculpted Quinn Mason, a recent graduate at North Dallas High School, into the accomplished musician he is today. “The variance in beats and soundscape of live instruments (on WRR-FM) is what intrigued me the most from the other stations, ” he said. For Mason, the realization to compose great arrangements came at age 9. This year, he was one of six students nationwide to win the American Composers Forum (ACF) NextNotes High School Composition Award. His piece is entitled Masonian Rondo for brass quartet. Recipients of the award…

At the start of the teacher recruitment season, Superintendent Mike Miles set a goal for all Dallas ISD classrooms to start the 2015-2016 school year with a qualified teacher at the helm. The dedication of the district’s recruitment staff has put Dallas ISD on track to meet that goal for the second year in a row. The Human Capital Management talent acquisition team stays focused on their ultimate purpose, according to Talent Leader Jordan Carlton. “There is nothing more important to a child’s education than having a great teacher in the classroom,” he said. “As the recruiting team, we always keep…

Dallas ISD is holding a job fair this Saturday, June 20, for custodial and cafeteria positions. The job fair is scheduled for 8 a.m.–1 p.m. at Emmett J. Conrad High School, 7502 Fair Oaks Ave. The district will offer some candidates on the spot job offers at the event. See the below poster for more information.