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“Outstanding,” “nice,” “helpful,” “muy buena,” and “muy amable” are just a few of the ways the Arcadia Park Elementary faculty and students describe their cafeteria staff. Valerie Waiters and team prepare and serve breakfast and lunch for 600 students and supper for 200. The Arcadia Park cafeteria team was the first to be honored with the Heart of Child Nutrition Award presented by Food and Child Nutrition Services. FCNS will recognize a school cafeteria team each day this week in observance of School Nutrition Appreciation Week. The award and praise are both well-deserved said FCNS Specialist Amy Jah, who surprised…

Woodrow Wilson senior Erin Choi’s hard work is paying off after she has won a State Fair of Texas Scholarship, a Superintendent’s Scholarship and the Joe May Scholarship. Her many hours of dedication and studying have propelled her to the head of the class at Woodrow. But her hard work isn’t all in the classroom. She has competed on the swim team, in mock trial and participated in the school’s show choir and theater program.

Think back to your knowledge of The Middle Ages. Was the wall surrounding the castle during that time known as the curtain, embrasure or the portcullis? Omar Colunga, a fifth-grade student from Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary, and his teammates had just 10 seconds to record the answer during the exhibition Super Quiz of the Lone Star Challenge, the elementary equivalent to Academic Decathlon and Academic Pentathlon. Students from 40 district schools in grades 4 through 6 recently participated in the Lone Star Challenge competition that allowed elementary students to enhance their STAAR mastery. Competition categories included language, social studies, math,…

Three Seagoville High School teachers are among 107 teachers nationwide to be named 2015 Stanford Hollyhock teaching fellows, a professional development program at Stanford University geared toward classroom leaders who serve a predominately low-income student population. Jasymne Alexander, Kristin Alvarado and Cirina Espinoza will represent their school and the Dallas Independent School District. They will first travel to Stanford University in July for the summer institute before participating in coaching sessions throughout the 2015-2016 school year with their school-based team members, a cluster of fellows in their content area, and 1-to-1 conversations with their instructional coach. “The program is aligned…

The Health and Physical Education Department is looking for student-created videos, newsletters, apps, and animations that promote exercise, nutrition, disease prevention and healthy habits. Students who use these and other digital projects to educate the community about health and wellness can win prizes such as USB flash drives, wristband pedometers and digital projectors by entering their creations in Dallas ISD’s first-ever Digital Media Fair. The competition is open to students at all grade levels and all subject areas. Entries will be judged by a panel of experts. For guidelines and directions about how to enter projects, visit http://tiny.cc/mvp2015. The fair’s winning…

May 4-8 is National Teacher Appreciation Week! The National PTA in 1984 designated the first week of May as a special time to honor those who lend their passion and skills to educating children. Like their counterparts across the nation, Dallas ISD teachers play an essential role in student success. During Teacher Appreciation Week, we invite the community to join us in recognizing the dedicated educators 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 educators in the five divisions of the district. As…

Check out a short video of Mariachi Pegaso, a new student music group at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The group was started in 2014, thanks in part students who had attended W.E. Greiner Middle School and participated in its award-winning Mariachi program.

With more than 70 percent of Dallas ISD students being of Hispanic descent, the Cinco de Mayo holiday is one of importance. On May 5, 1862, the Mexican army defeated the French in what came to be known as Cinco de Mayo. This holiday commemorates a Mexican Army victory at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-American War (1861-1867). It has become a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage for Mexican-American people. One school in particular at Dallas ISD, San Jacinto Elementary, celebrated the day with a community festival. On May 1, the aroma in the hallway at San Jacinto Elementary…

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts’ diverse group, Mariachi Pegaso, serenaded teachers during the Teacher Appreciation Week luncheon and for Cinco de Mayo. The group will attend their first Mariachi competition this week. Booker T. Washington is known for everything from arts to dance to music and bands, but surprisingly not for a Mariachi band. The school only recently established a Mariachi program in 2014, thanks in part to enthusiastic students and the Mariachi program at W.E. Greiner Middle School. A couple of Greiner alumni and ex-Mariachi program students decided to begin an after-school program…

Las solicitudes están siendo aceptadas para los estudiantes interesados en asistir a una de las dos nuevas escuelas públicas de opción del distrito que comenzarán el próximo año escolar. Los estudiantes pueden solicitar asistir a D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School o a Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) High School. El periodo de solicitud está abierto del 24 de abril al 15 de mayo. Estos dos centros son parte de la estrategia del distrito de ofrecer escuelas públicas de opción. La meta del distrito es abrir un total de 35 nuevas escuelas de opción para el año 2020. Las dos…