A friendly reminder that the Get Kidz Fit Fest is from noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow, April 11, at Market Hall. This event is free to the public with free parking and free T-shirts for the first 500 students. Between inflatable obstacle courses and healthy cooking demonstrations, this fun-filled event has a little something for everyone. Each family will take home a bag of produce, as well as many other tips and resources on how to stay healthy! http://www.getkidzfit.org/
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On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Michael Williams announced that the STAAR 3-8 math results will not be included in state accountability statistics for 2015. The Commissioner said he decided that more time is needed for students to adjust to the newly adopted math standards that were implemented during the 2014-2015 school year. Additionally, TEA has announced that while all students will still be required to take the STAAR math exam during the week of April 20, students in grades 5 and 8 will not be required to pass the STAAR math test in order to move on…
W.T. White students, teachers, and alumni will commemorate 50 years of memories at this weekend’s anniversary celebration. Or, as W.T. White Principal Michelle Thompson laughingly put it, the alumni will come back to the school and fondly remember the bathroom they cried in after they broke up with their significant other, the gym where they competed for high school glory, and the classroom that set them on a path of lifelong learning. “It will be great to see our alumni come back and relive their memories from when they went here,” she said. “This weekend will be a lot of…
Mary Kay Inc. y Junior League of Dallas han nombrado a cuatro alumnas del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas para recibir la segunda beca anual Women LEAD. Estas organizaciones de mujeres se unieron para otorgar $25,000 en becas para jóvenes estudiantes el pasado 26 de marzo en Emmett J. Conrad High School. Diez alumnas finalistas de Conrad High School prepararon un discurso corto sobre los principios fundamentales de Mary Kay Ash y el tema de ensayo: “Su sueño después de la universidad y cómo lograrlo con $5,000.” Un panel de jueces seleccionó a las cuatro ganadoras basándose en su solicitud…
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.
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…