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Dallas ISD begins distributing 10,000 newly purchased mobile hotspots to students
0Dallas ISD this week will begin distributing the 10,000 mobile hotspots it purchased last month to help ensure students have Wi-Fi access while learning from home. Staff worked over the weekend preparing the shipment of hotspots for distribution, placing decals, ensuring they broadcast a Wi-Fi signal, labeling them with students’ names and boxing them per campus. Hotspots will start being delivered to high schools on Monday and middle schools on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students without Wi-Fi access who are in need of a hotspot should reach out to their school principal to arrange for pickup. Next week staff will start…
Report cards are available as of April 22
0Report cards will be available to parents/students on April 22nd. Parents may review them through the Parent Portal, or may contact the Campus Records Clerk (at the elementary level) or the Registrar (secondary level) to request that a report card be sent through email. Registrars/clerks will provide parents with information to create a Parent Portal account. Watch a tutorial on how to create an account or sign in to Parent Portal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa7YHpsDJI
South Dallas Proud: Expanded all-day learning center and new STEAM academy will give more opportunities to families
0Change is coming to South Dallas schools! An expanded all-day early learning center and a new state-of-the-art STEAM academy are just the latest building blocks in an effort to grow Dallas ISD’s South Dallas initiative, providing more and better services to this vital community. First up, in addition to continuing to serve our K-5 students, JJ Rhoads Elementary is expanding to become an all-day early learning center, and will begin serving both Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 students in 2020-21. With extended hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. to accommodate working parents, Rhoads will offer music and art as part of…
Dallas ISD to launch two childcare sites next week for families with first responders, healthcare and other essential workers
0Beginning next week, Dallas ISD, in partnership with YMCA and Big Thought, will launch two emergency childcare sites next week serving children ages 5 through 12. These sites will provide conveniently located childcare to first responders, healthcare and other essential workers who may be facing childcare challenges during the COVID-19 reality. The two centers will be located at: César Chávez Learning Center, 1710 N. Carroll Ave., and Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez, 5555 Maple Ave. Each site will open from 6 a.m.–7:30 p.m. The childcare centers will be open for a total of at least eight business days, with partners…