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Approximately 250 Dallas ISD staff members across the district have earned a Mindfulness Coach Certification from the district’s Social and Emotional Learning department. This training has equipped these leaders to conduct campuswide training and small group support for staff and students.  “Mindfulness practices help students and adults practice self-awareness and self-management, two social and emotional learning competencies,” shared Juany Valdespino-Gaytan, executive director of Advanced Academic Services and Social & Emotional Learning. “By providing staff across the district with an opportunity to get mindfulness-trained and certified, we are broadening the reach of this practice to students and staff who interact with…

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La Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation anunció hoy que 33 estudiantes de 12o grado que están por graduarse recibirán becas a partir del otoño del 2022. “La Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation se enorgullece de continuar con nuestra tradición de ayudar a los estudiantes que se gradúan de Woodrow Wilson High School a alcanzar sus objetivos académicos y profesionales”, dijo Richard H. Vitale, presidente de la WWHS Community Foundation. “Desde el 2011, la fundación ha brindado asistencia financiera a más de 230 estudiantes con un total cercano a los $400,000. Queremos felicitar y honrar a los recipientes del…

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The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation announced today that 33 graduating high school seniors have been awarded foundation scholarships commencing in the fall of 2022. “The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation is proud to continue in our tradition of assisting students graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School to achieve their academic and career goals,” said Richard H. Vitale, president of the WWHS Community Foundation. “Since the inception of this program in 2011, the foundation has provided financial assistance to over 230 students totaling nearly $400,000 in financial aid. We congratulate and honor the 2022 recipients, who graduated during…

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All three Dallas ISD Career Institutes (CI) are hosting summer camps that introduce middle school students to the career and technical education pathways offered at their campuses. The sixth- and seventh-grade scholars who are part of Summer Breeze 2022 are training for various careers using industry-standard equipment in state-of-the-art facilities while learning about the free programs available to them. Throughout high school, students who join a Career Institute train for high-demand, high-wage jobs in facilities supported by industry partners where they can obtain official certifications and dual credit prior to graduation. All Dallas ISD traditional high schools offer access and…

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Los tres Institutos de Profesiones (CI) de Dallas ISD están ofreciendo campamentos de verano que introducen a los estudiantes de secundaria a las especialidades profesionales y de educación técnica que se ofrecen en sus escuelas. Los estudiantes de sexto y séptimo grado que participan en el programa Summer Breeze 2022 se están preparando para diversas carreras profesionales usando equipos estándar de la industria en instalaciones de última generación, y al mismo tiempo aprenden sobre los programas gratuitos a su disposición. Los estudiantes de los Institutos de Carreras se capacitan para empleos en alta demanda y con gran remuneración y con…

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Dallas ISD conmemorará Juneteenth el lunes, 20 de junio, y las escuelas y oficinas del distrito estarán cerradas en observación de este día tan importante en la historia de Estados Unidos. Juneteenth conmemora la fecha en que se anunció la liberación de los esclavos el 19 de junio de 1865 en Galveston luego de que fuera promulgada la Proclamación de Emancipación dos años antes, y desde el año pasado es considerado día feriado a nivel federal y en el distrito. Juneteenth ha sido día feriado en Texas desde 1980.

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Dallas ISD will observe Juneteenth on Monday, June 20, and district schools and offices will be closed. Juneteenth—which commemorates the announcement of the emancipation of slaves on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, following the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued two years earlier—became a federal and district holiday last year. Juneteenth has been a state holiday in Texas since 1980.

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Scott Davison, maestro de inglés en Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts que se prepara para empezar su 50º año como maestro en el otoño, recuerda la riqueza de conocimientos, experiencias e historias fascinantes que ha adquirido durante su carrera y que la educación no siempre fue su primera opción. De hecho, dice que “llegó a ella de un tropezón”. Creció en Oak Cliff y desde muy joven se interesó por las artes. A los 6 años se convirtió en actor infantil, pero nunca se limitó a una sola disciplina, sino que también bailó, cantó,…

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A Abelino Leija, estudiante de décimo grado de Madison High School, su severa discapacidad visual no le ha impedido jugar al fútbol junto a sus compañeros de equipo. Su administrador de caso, junto con su entrenador de fútbol y el personal de The Vision Team en Madison High School, lograron que Abelino obtuviera unos lentes protectores especializados que le permiten cumplir con los requisitos médicos que le impidieron formar parte del equipo de fútbol de su escuela durante su primer año de preparatoria. A pesar de que Abelino lucha contra la distrofia macular juvenil, un problema ocular que afecta a…

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A severe vision impairment hasn’t stopped Abelino Leija, a sophomore at Madison High School, from playing soccer along with his teammates. After a group effort by his case manager, his soccer coach, and The Vision Team staff at Madison, Abelino obtained specialized protective goggles that allow him to meet the medical requirements that kept him from joining his high school’s soccer team during his freshman year. While Abelino struggles with stargardt macular dystrophy, an eye disease that affects his central vision by making it hard to see what’s in front of him, he doesn’t let the condition hold him back…

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