Analyzing brain scans and MRI data, coordinating professional sports press conferences, exploring airfield operations, witnessing a baby’s birth and working side-by-side with architects and engineers. These are just a handful of the life-changing opportunities that hundreds of high school students—many of whom attend Dallas ISD schools— experienced this summer as part of the 11th-annual Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program. To celebrate, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa and more than 1,000 students and supporters gathered at the Hyatt Regency Dallas on July 27 for a luncheon to honor the interns and thank the hundreds of businesses and nonprofits…

Dallas ISD will kick off the 2018-2019 school year on Monday, Aug. 20. To help parents have a smooth first day of school, the district has set up two hotlines to answer questions and provide Back-to-School information such as: enrollment, bus routes, immunization requirements, school locations, school hours, and more. The hotlines are a one-stop shop, which allows parents to call one number and get quick and reliable information in English or Spanish. Parents may call the Dallas ISD Parent Hotline to ask questions prior to the first day of school by calling the Parent Hotline at (972) 925-5555. Hours are…

It’s Monday morning, and a group of Dallas ISD teachers are learning how to use a Mood Meter, which will help them recognize their own—and their students’—emotions. One of the summer professional learning sessions happening July 23 at W.H. Adamson High School is part of a continued district focus on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which helps students develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to be successful in school, work and life. Through the Mood Meter, for example, students can reflect, name, and label their emotions in an effort to practice self-awareness, social awareness, and self-management. This helps the students…

Dallas ISD’s first standalone pre-K center is opening in August. Arlington Park Early Childhood Center, which is funded through the 2015 Bridge Project, will exclusively serve 3- and 4-year-olds. Construction is wrapping up on the 13,000-square-foot facility located at 5606 Wayside Drive. “For families who want a place dedicated to teaching our youngest students, this is the place to go,” said Derek Little, assistant superintendent of Early Learning. “This will provide an additional outstanding learning opportunity for Dallas-area families.” In addition to six classrooms, the learning center offers a full kitchen, multi-purpose room, clinic and administrative offices. There are still…