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Eight Dallas ISD teams headed to Destination Imagination Global Finals
0Eight teams from Dallas ISD schools are headed to the Destination Imagination Global Finals going on May 23–26 in Tennessee. The teams advanced out of the State Destination Imagination Tournament. Promoting creativity and teamwork to more than 100,000 schoolchildren across the United States, Destination Imagination is an educational program in which student teams solve open-ended challenges and present their solutions at tournament competitions. The Dallas ISD teams head to the Global Finals are: William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted Rosemont Elementary School William L. Cabell Elementary School and Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy George Bannerman…
Eighteen Dallas ISD P-TECH schools officially part of national network
0The 18 Dallas ISD P-TECH schools are now officially part of the national P-TECH network and among the 90 schools featured on the organization’s website at ptech.org. At Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH), students can choose a career pathway and take courses that provide academic, technical and workplace skills. Students have the potential to earn an associate’s degree in four to six years, along with industry certificates for their selected career pathway — opportunities that can potentially lead to paid internships and job placement after graduation. Students also have the opportunity to earn up to 60 hours…
Fairway to Success program awards scholarships to 7 Dallas ISD seniors
0Seven members of Dallas ISD’s Class of 2018 have been awarded this year’s Deloitte/NTPGA Fairway to Success scholarships. Established in 2007, the Fairway to Success program annually awards scholarships to students based on academic performance, extracurricular activities, community involvement and financial need. The program covers three DISD high schools – W.W. Samuell, Thomas Jefferson and Lincoln – and includes introducing students to golf and the life lessons of discipline, honor and integrity that are central to the game. The students are Daniel Akwei (Jefferson), Ashley Crispin (Samuell), Elia Espinosa (Jefferson), Juwon Grant (Lincoln), Francheska Johnson (Lincoln) and Sonya Soto (Jefferson),…
Texas Best: School for the Talented and Gifted, School of Science and Engineering hold strong in state, national rankings list
0Two schools in the Dallas Independent School District School (Dallas ISD) continue to earn top spots on the 2018 Best High Schools state and national rankings, according to the U.S. News & World Report. Dallas ISD’s School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center (TAG) has been named the second best high school in Texas and No. 11 in the nation. TAG shares top honors with the School of Science and Engineering (SEM) at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, which placed No. 3 in the state and No. 13 in the nation. In total, 17 Dallas ISD schools…