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Algunos docentes sienten el llamado de la profesión en su juventud, pero para otros llega más tarde. Los profesionales titulados que deseen pasar de otra carrera a la docencia, cuentan con la Academia Docente de Certificación Alternativa Compass para obtener su certificado. “Compass, nuestra recientemente rediseñada academia docente de certificación alternativa, brindará entrenamiento práctico intensivo para asegurar que los maestros nuevos dominen las destrezas básicas más esenciales para tener éxito el primer día de clases,” explicó Meredyth Hudson, directora ejecutiva de Certificación Alternativa y Sistemas Especiales. Aquéllos que completen el proceso de solicitud y sean aceptados al programa tendrán un…
Los padres y estudiantes están invitados a asistir este miércoles 28 de enero para aprender acerca del apoyo económico que ofrece el gobierno federal para estudiar en la universidad.
This is a video produced by journalism students at Skyline High School. Enjoy!
The Alamo Drafthouse is offering free movie tickets to Dallas ISD teachers and staff that present a valid faculty ID from March 7–March 17. The offer is only valid at the Alamo Drafthouse Dallas, 1005 S. Lamar, and Richardson, 100 S. Central Expressway, locations. The offer excludes special events. For more information, go here.
No matter what was on the lunch menu, seniors at Thomas Jefferson High School had a once-in-a-lifetime serving of Meat Loaf on Friday, March 6. The famous actor and musician returned to his alma mater, along with three fellow TJ grads, to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards from the school’s alumni association. Meat Loaf, known in school as Michael Aday, got his start in acting on the very stage he was standing on Friday. The Class of 1965 graduate shared a few things about how he found his path while at school. “My career started at this school, but it started…
The March 6 groundbreaking ceremony for Jose “Joe” May Elementary School attracted school and government officials, parents and students who wore lots of smiles. The event, marking the beginning of construction for the 100,000-square-foot school, was held at Francisco “Pancho” Medrano Middle School due to inclement weather. May Elementary is the last school to be built with funds from Dallas ISD’s 2008 Bond Program, and will serve 800 students in grades Pre-K through 5. To be located at 9818 Brockbank Drive, across from Medrano Middle School, the new campus will sit on 7.2 acres and include 39 classrooms, two computer…
As multiple TV critics have pointed out, “Empire,” a drama on Fox, is the biggest TV success in recent memory. Wendy Calhoun, the show’s co-executive producer/writer, is the driving force behind “Empire.” Also, it’s worth noting that Calhoun is a Dallas native who graduated from Booker T. Washington. Click here to read a profile from Dallas Morning News on the former Dallas ISD student.
Following the internal air quality incident at Lakewood Elementary this week, Dallas ISD installed a carbon monoxide detector at the school. The detector in the school’s boiler room ties into into the school’s alarm system, providing a direct notification if carbon monoxide levels rise to an unsafe level. The district is in preliminary efforts to install such carbon monoxide monitors at all other Dallas ISD schools, spokesman André Riley said. This effort is in preliminary stages and has not been finalized.