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The D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School, opening in Fall 2015, will add a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics to its traditional curriculum. Listen as Principal Jonica Lockwood explains how the new Choice School will emphasize techology-based 21st-century learning. Initially, the school will open with up to 150 sixth-graders. Applicants who live within 3.5 miles of the campus, located at 9339 S. Polk St., will be given priority. There are no academic requirements to attend. Find information and apply at www.dallasisd.org/applychoice.

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…

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week happening May 4–8, Dallas ISD educators can enjoy free bottomless coffee, discounts on shoes, and a free month-long fitness boot camp. Designer Shoe Warehouse is offering 20 percent off regular priced items and 10 percent off clearance items for Dallas ISD teachers. The offer is going on today, May 5, from 4–9 p.m. DSW is located at Prestonwood Town Center, 5301 Belt Line Road, and DSW Preston Center Pavilion, 8335 Westchester Drive. Camp Gladiator, an outdoor fitness company, is offering teachers a free four-week adult fitness boot camp. The boot camp “promises a motivating…

By definition, superheroes are those with the power and stamina to go far above and beyond the feats of normal humans to help make life better for mere mortals. Move over Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Wonder Woman, it’s time to make room for the real superheroes—the men and women of Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services Department. They possess the extraordinary talent to persuade students to eat veggies, the power to counter students’ preference for fat-filled fast food, and the know-how to make nutritious foods kids actually like. Many of these heroes and heroines got into full character…

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…

This week, May 4-8, is Teacher Appreciation Week! We want to know about the teachers who have positively impacted your life and also give you an opportunity to say thanks. Make a brief video (cell-phone video is fine) of yourself thanking your favorite teachers and telling why they mean so much you. Submit a photo or selfie with you and your favorite teacher. Send submissions via email to thehub@dallasisd.org, and we will share them here. If you post about your favorite teachers to social media, please tag with #DallasISD and #ThankATeacher. We will celebrating teachers and the hard work they…

A significant increase in wireless and broadband capacity at Dallas ISD has connected students and teachers with new ways to learn. Internet usage by students and staff at Dallas ISD has increased by approximately 3,000 percent since 2011. The increase is largely due to wireless and broadband improvements completed by the Dallas ISD Information Technology Services department during the past three years. “Learning can be more personalized through technology and that couldn’t happen without a strong wireless infrastructure in place,” said Frank Tyminski, Assistant Superintendent of Information Technology. “Without the hardware and broadband and wireless infrastructure, we’d be stuck in the…

Tim Brown, an NFL Hall of Famer and Woodrow Wilson alum, is hosting the 2015 Tim Brown/Woodrow Wilson Golf Tournament benefitting the Woodrow Wilson High School Athletics Program. The event is set to open at 11 a.m. today at the Tenison Park Highlands Course and is open to individuals, teams or groups competing in four-person Florida Scramble. The $200 entry fee covers cart fees, range balls, lunch, refreshments and prizes, a chance at a $10,000 hole-in-one contest, and an awards reception and auction. Enter online at http://timbrowntourney.eventzilla.net/. For more information, contact Chris Kurzner at 214-442-0801 or Emily Whitzel  at 214-695-1716…

Dallas ISD has the most high-performing and high-progress low-income schools in Texas, according to a report issued Thursday by the Texas Education Agency. The TEA report listed 25 Dallas ISD schools among the top 400 high-performing and high-progress Title I schools in Texas for 2014–15. Title I schools are campuses with a student population of at least 40 percent low-income. “While we talk of the need to close the education achievement gap, the real work in accomplishing that goal is already taking place on these campuses,” Commissioner of Education Michael Williams said in a statement. “Whether identified as high-performing, high-progress…

WFAA 8 did a report on the interest being shown in the two new Dallas ISD Choice Schools. Students can apply to attend either D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School or the Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy High School. The application period is open from April 24–May 15. Click here to view the WFAA 8 report. Click here to learn more and apply to a Choice School. Photo courtesy WFAA 8