Author: The Hub

Participants at the Dallas ISD Superintendent’s Scholarship Run – including honorary event chairman Tim Brown and Superintendent Mike Miles – talk about why they wanted to be a part of the first-year event. Proceeds from the run’s sponsorships and registrations of nearly 500 runners will benefit the Superintendent’s Scholarship Fund, which funds awards given to some of the district’s top graduating seniors each year.

This week, The Hub will recognize district staff who are instrumental in supporting the educational experiences of Dallas ISD students. Like their counterparts across the nation, Dallas ISD staff play an essential role in student success. During Staff Appreciation Week, we invite the community to join us in recognizing the dedicated employees who wholeheartedly commit themselves to providing an exceptional educational experience for all children. Each day this week, we will recognize three of the hundreds of exemplary Dallas ISD staff across the district. As we highlight their experiences, we salute the role every staff member plays in making our schools,…

Imagine a classroom where students work in teams and consistently interact with technology. In this classroom, education is structured to support a “one-size-fits-one” approach to learning that taps into students’ individual strengths and interests, allowing teachers to customize lessons and no longer simply teach to the middle. Personalized Learning is Dallas ISD’s approach to individualized instruction, designed to meet students where they are and determine how to provide them with the best chance for success. Opening in the Fall of 2015, the Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin will be the district’s first high school to operate exclusively as a Personalized Learning campus. “The…

Results from a recent districtwide survey show a notable increase in the percentage of campus-based employees who believe Dallas ISD is headed in the right direction. On the Spring 2015 Campus Climate Survey, the percentage of school staff believing that the district is moving in the right direction is now at more than a 2-1 margin. The response marks a 6.5 percentage point increase from the response to the same question in Fall 2013. Meanwhile, the Spring 2015 survey showed that 56.3 percent of staff said morale at their school has improved their year, an 6.3 percentage point increase from…

George Hardeman, the cafeteria manager at Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary School, is a popular man on campus. He and his staff not only garner accolades for serving good food and greeting students with smiles every day, but also draw praise for going the extra mile to make meal time enjoyable. In addition to meals, they entertain students with music and dance moves on Fridays. Their service to students earned them the Food and Child Nutrition Services’ (FCNS) Heart of Child Nutrition Award. Whether serving their clients breakfast in the classroom or evening supper, the Kahn cafeteria staff has a reputation for going above…

Nearly 500 runners, 498 to be exact, registered to participate in the inaugural Superintendent’s Scholarship Run on Saturday, May 16, at Woodrow Wilson High School. The run raised funds to help send deserving high school seniors to college. Participants ranged from seasoned runners and school groups to senior citizens and district staff who received support along the way from cheerleaders, drill team members and athletes. After crossing the finish line, runners perused the booths in “Race Alley,” where they learned about district programs such as School Choice, Early Childhood and STEM and sampled products from the vendors who sponsored the event.…

Alex Simmons is an outstanding senior at South Oak Cliff High School and plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin. He credits his grandmother with helping push him toward excellence.  “Ever since I was little, my grandmother’s always been a big influence on me for my education,” he said. “As I got older, I saw how much it was needed over sports. So I just stuck with academics, and she really motivated me to get it done .” Besides concentrating on his academic studies, Simmons played football at SOC, was captain of the track team and participated in the…

Mientras Dallas ISD continua definiendo las evaluaciones de los maestros, las encuestas de los estudiantes sobre la percepción que tienen de acerca de la enseñanza de sus maestros es de los que se ha estado hablando últimamente en el distrito. Los estudiantes tomaron encuestas de acuerdo a su grado y edad para determinar cuales son las cualidades que encontraron en sus maestros que los hacen mas eficaces. Vea lo que algunos padres de alumnos del Dallas ISD piensan acerca de la oportunidad que les ofrece el distrito de tener una voz como parte de este proceso. Este ha sido el…

The Dallas Pubic Library announced the winners of the 19th annual Express Yourself! Youth Poetry Competition and Cover Art Contest last month. All 62 poetry finalists were invited to read their poems and receive their awards at the April 25 ceremony. The five cover-art finalists had their work on display, and the winning art will serve as the cover for a published anthology of the finalists’ poems. Selected finalists also had their poems read aloud during the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas spring concert on April 26 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. The next contest opens Sept. 20. Students in…

The Woodrow Wilson High School debate team has had an historic year in 2015. In fact, this team of powerful persuaders has literally talked their way from Dallas to Austin to Los Angeles, establishing a track record of championships along the way. Debate team members Gabriel Jankovsky, a junior, and Mac Murchison, a senior, recently returned from the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues Championship at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where they advanced to the semifinals, taking third place in the national competition. Debate sponsor Robert Hearne said the accomplishment is history-making for Woodrow. “At nationals,…