While Oscar Sanchez played a heated game of chess with his son Jorge, Emma Lozano was showing her mother how to play video games competitively. And Zephila Olymvile, 3, explored all the games and prizes available at this week’s Kimball Knights Out event that gave families like these a chance to experience the various after-school activities offered by Dallas ISD in that community. “This is the first time we come to an event like this, and we are impressed by what we found,” said Sanchez, whose son attends Margaret B. Henderson Elementary School. “We play chess at home, but it’s…

To raise awareness of the importance of breakfast, Dallas ISD will celebrate School Breakfast Week (SBW) from March 6 through 10. All families are encouraged to take advantage of the healthy breakfast choices available at all Dallas ISD school cafeterias.  Busy weekday mornings make it a challenge for many families to find time for a healthy breakfast. Fortunately, Dallas ISD schools offer free nutritious school breakfasts, complete with fruit and low-fat or fat-free milk, to ensure students are fueled for learning every school day.  The SBW campaign theme, “Get your day in gear with a Healthy School Breakfast,” reminds the…

Dallas ISD is asking campus staff and parents/guardians to provide additional feedback on the calendar for the 2023-2024 school year. Please respond to the survey below by 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.Calendars for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school year were approved by the Board of Trustees in December. However, for the 2023-2024 school year, Tax-Free Weekend is the weekend after the start of that calendar. Administration has taken feedback and would like to offer another option for consideration. Based on the feedback results for the 2023-2024 calendar, adjustments could be made to the 2024-2025 calendar.Option 1: Calendar currently approvedOption 2: Adjustments…

Dating back to the early 1900s when African American students were excluded from Greek organizations at predominantly white colleges and universities, Black sororities and fraternities are a living symbol of black resilience in action. These organizations inspire brotherhood and sisterhood in the pursuit of social change, and representatives can be found in all walks of all life, in all professions and workplaces, including Dallas ISD. “It would not be a stretch to say that at every campus, in every department of Dallas ISD, there is probably someone who represents the Divine Nine,” the nine historically Black sororities and fraternities that…