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AAPI Heritage Month Spotlight: Estrellita Perez Richter
0Since she was recruited from the Philippines 27 years ago, Estrellita Perez Richter, a gifted and talented program teacher at Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy, has made Dallas ISD home. Perez Richter came to the United States in 1995 to be a teacher as part of the district’s worldwide recruitment efforts of experienced teachers in response to teacher shortages here. She had been a teacher in the Philippines since 1978 and was teaching English as a second language to Chinese refugees—from 5 to 60 years old—before coming to Dallas. Even though Perez Richter spoke fluent English when she emigrated to the…
Grad Goals: From Skyline to stitching a future in the community, Rosalynn C.’s story
0Growing up in a household where some topics were taboo, Skyline High School senior Rosalynn C. decided to be the change she wanted to see in her community. When she first stepped onto one of the largest high school campuses in Texas, it was a bit overwhelming for someone who had just left a middle school with fewer than 40 students in her eighth-grade class. “Coming from a school that small to Skyline where there are at least 1,000 students in each grade was scary, and I had to go through a lot of transitions,” Rosalynn said. But after gaining…
Teaching, evolving, learning, and parenting together: The Hernandez Story
0Years before Angel and Christine Hernandez earned recognition for being the Campus Teachers of the Year at Solar Preparatory for Boys and Solar Preparatory for Girls, respectively, they were two new educators trying to figure out how to navigate the profession. Now they are married with a young son, constantly pushing each other to grow and partnering through it all. As fate would have it, they unknowingly attended rival high schools in northern Virginia and connected in Dallas ISD after college while working with Teach Across America. “Angel helped me get acclimated to Dallas and the district when I first…
Grad Goals: From Kimball to TCU, Benjamin K.’s story
0Graduating senior is driven to succeed It was 11 p.m. and Benjamin K. was nearly asleep after a baseball game, resting for the next day’s match-up, when his dad called with some news: “You just got an email about a full-ride scholarship,” he said. The Kimball senior had been accepted into Texas Christian University’s STEM program, where he would be studying mechanical engineering on a scholarship valued at nearly $300,000. “I couldn’t believe it!” Benjamin said. “I had to read the email about 20 times before I could even grasp it. I’ve always dreamed of going to college for free…