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Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony to honor district legends later this month
0The Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019 will be celebrated at the induction ceremony Friday, April 26 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The induction list comprises five legendary former student-athletes, a prominent pair of girls’ basketball coaches, a former Major League Baseball hitting instructor and a longtime announcer. The nine inductees tapped for this year’s Hall of Fame are: Gary Blair, Doug English, Michael Ensley, Rudy Jaramillo, Harvey Martin, Roy “Robot” Martin, J.D. Mayo, Barbara Brown-McCoy and John Pritchett. For the second year, Dallas ISD is celebrating stellar individuals who have accomplished significant milestones in sports and…
Texas education leaders visit Carr Elementary to see ACE success in action
0It’s a Thursday morning at C.F. Carr Elementary School, and education leaders from across the state are standing back and watching a group of highly engaged students discuss their latest reading assignment. The campus and district leaders from seven other school districts are taking notes and talking about what they are seeing in the classroom. The focus of the visit is the incredible turnaround Carr Elementary has seen as part of the Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) program, which incentivizes high-performing campus leaders and teachers to voluntarily work at low-performing schools. With the ACE program helping significantly reduce the number of…
Trustees celebrate recent state championship winners
0The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees celebrated the recent outstanding athletic state champion winners at the March 29 board meeting. Trustees recognized the James Madison High School boys basketball team for winning their second state championship in three years. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa thanked the players for their great behavior and making the district proud, while Trustee Justin Henry credited the team for bouncing back from a tough start to the season. “This team is the definition of resilience,” Henry said. “Congratulations to all of you for being resilient and good champions.” Trustees also recognized Kimball High School’s Destiny Miles, who…
Deadline approaching to apply to new artistic-minded collegiate academies
0If your artistic middle schooler adores performing and has vowed to pursue a career in music or dance, he or she now has new academic options in Dallas ISD. Based on the success of the collegiate academy model, the district is launching two new fine arts collegiate academies in August 2019. The programs, at W.T. White and Wilmer-Hutchins high schools, will feature extensive performance options for students and training and career pathways for those who want to become arts educators. Each campus is now recruiting incoming ninth-graders for a cohort of 50 students for the 2019-2020 school year. The deadline…