In appreciation for the company’s help in redesigning the library and parent center at James Madison High School, Dallas ISD recognized Capital One Bank as its 2014–15 Outstanding Business Partner. Madison High School Principal Gayle Ferguson Smith said the redesigned library is an inspirational space that students utilize even in their free time. “It’s now such a comfortable space,” Smith said. Capital One and The Heart of American Foundation also transformed the school’s parent center this school year by removing no-longer-used cooking equipment, rebuilding walls, hiding original piping, and installing new flooring. Volunteers also assembled furniture, loaded bookshelves with resources geared for…
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Rhonda Lowrey is new to Texas from South Carolina. She has been volunteering at her grandson’s elementary school, R.E. Lee Elementary, for two years. Lowrey owned a hair and nail salon in South Carolina before her husband was transferred to Dallas for his job. Lowrey is full of energy every morning at 7 a.m. when she starts the car pool line at Lee. The car pool line was Lowrey’s initiative because she noticed the children weren’t dropped off in an organized manner. Lowrey also dresses up as the school’s mascot, which is the cougar. Lowrey said the students know her as MiMi…
Calling all techies in grades K-12: Dallas ISD Health and Physical Education invites you to create and submit digital projects emphasizing health and fitness to the first-ever Tech Fest Media Fair. The media fair/contest is your chance to tell your peers and the public why you value health and fitness and how healthy habits make peoples’ lives better. Students who submit entries in the following categories could win tech gadgets such as pocket projectors, USB flash drives, wristband pedometers, and more. The entries should communicate the importance of physical activity and healthy lifestyle choices and be done in one of the…
En la reunión de la junta ordinaria de anoche, los miembros de la Junta escolar aprobaron la reapertura de la escuela James W. Fannin como una nueva escuela de opción. La reapertura de este centro como una escuela de opción es parte del plan del distrito para poner en marcha un total de 35 nuevas escuela de opción en el año 2020. Fannin cerró en el 2012. El distrito está preparado para abrir el Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA), que será una nueva escuela preparatoria ubicada en el 4800 Ross Ave. A partir de agosto del 2015, Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship…
KERA profiled the effort at Cochran Elementary to make it the first of many schools to change its lanscape to not require a sprinkler system. By replacing the grass courtyard with a garden of native plants, the school will be a part of a citywide effort to curb water use. Click here to view the full story. Photo courtesy KERA
Dallas ISD is celebrating National Volunteer Month, which happens during April, by spotlighting volunteers. At the Dallas ISD Volunteer Recognition Award Ceremony held April 3, more than 100 people saw Shenita Gibbs and Rosa Gomez receive their awards for their work as district volunteer coordinators. Gibbs won the award for Outstanding Secondary Volunteer Coordinator of the Year and Gomez won Outstanding Elementary Volunteer Coordinator of the Year. Gibbs, a James Madison High School alum who was part of the school’s Key Club and National Honor Society, has served as Madison’s community liaison for 14 years. While serving as the school’s community…
Los resultados de la primera administración de la porción de lectura del State of Texas Assessment Readiness (STAAR) de los estudiantes del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas refleja un incremento en el aumento de los resultados estatales en lectura para los estudiantes de 5º grado y una disminución en los resultadosde lectura de 5º grado. Según los resultados preliminares dados a conocer hoy por la Agencia de Educación de Texas (TEA), el porcentaje total de estudiantes de quinto grado de Dallas ISD que aprobó el examen de este año aumentó por dos puntos porcentuales. La ganancia neta es de casi…
Applications are now being accepted for students interested in attending one of the district’s two new Choice Schools opening next year. 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. The two new Choice Schools are a part of the district’s Public School Choice strategy, which aims to launch a total of 35 new Choice Schools by the year 2020. The two new Choice Schools opening next year will start with one grade—sixth-grade at D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School and…
Cuarenta y siete escuelas y departamentos van a mostrar sus proyectos y programas sobre el medio ambiente a los asistentes durante el Earth Day Texas. Este evento gratuito y abierto al público se llevará a cabo del 24 al 25 de abril de 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., en Fair Park. Se invita a los estudiantes, padres y personal del distrito a que visiten el festival, el cual tiene como objetivo promover y adoptar productos sostenibles, mejores prácticas y servicios para mejorar la calidad de vida, ahorrar dinero y ayudar al medio ambiente. El festival ofrece una cantidad de exhibiciones, entretenimiento…
Lilliana Navarro is entering her second year as a volunteer at Harry C. Withers Elementary, which is where her son goes to kindergarten. Navarro said she desires to learn the environment in which her son learns. Balancing her life as a working mother who works nights and volunteers a few times a week, Navarro is also the president of the Latin Advisory Committee at Withers. She said volunteering at her son’s school is priceless.