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Teacher of the Year Finalist Spotlight: Iván Medina, Marcus Leadership Academy
0Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Iván Medina. Iván Medina is a fifth-grade math and science dual language teacher at Marcus Leadership Academy. A second-generation American whose parents emigrated from the small, rural town of Arroyo Seco, Queretaro, Mexico, Medina was born and reared in the Dallas area. He is the first member of his family to graduate from both high school and college. Medina holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master of Public Affairs…
Teacher of the Year Finalist Spotlight: Ebony Garrett, Umphrey Lee Elementary School
0Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year finalist Ebony Garrett. Ebony Garrett is a third-grade math and science teacher at Umphrey Lee Elementary School. She believes educating scholars, colleagues, and families is essential to establish a community of support for students so they can succeed inside and outside the classroom. She has a bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University and will earn her master’s in Public Administration from the University of North Texas at Dallas in May. Earning the Distinguished…
Arlington Park’s Bulldog Pups prove you’re never too young to cheer
0For the first time in Dallas ISD history, an early childhood center, home to three- and four-year-olds, has founded a cheerleading team. The Bulldog Pups at Arlington Park Early Childhood Center make up the cutest, most energy-filled pre-K team you can imagine. The story of this team began before some of the kids were even born and before ESL teacher and Head Coach Elsy Tzab Espadas arrived at the school. From 2016 to 2020, Espadas was a long-term substitute at John Neely Bryan Elementary School. While there, she saw a teacher launch an after-school gymnastics team, and she knew then…
Fentanyl forum offers help combating drug use
0When Tracey Brown and other members of the district’s Mental Health Services team work with students who are using drugs or other illicit substances, they always go beyond the addiction to see what has caused that child to turn to drugs. And it is what they want parents and other adults to take away from this Saturday’s “Dallas Fights Fentanyl” Parent Education Forum at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center. The event, hosted by Dallas ISD, the City of Dallas, and several partner community agencies, starts at 8 a.m. and will offer a variety of resources and expert advice from mental…