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Enroll today in Dallas ISD pre-K
0Dallas ISD pre-K enrollment for the 2018–2019 school year kicked off on Monday, April 2. The district offers both free and tuition-based Pre-K programs throughout the district. Pre-K classes offer a safe environment that includes daily, structured academic lessons. Studies have shown that children who attend prekindergarten are more likely to succeed in school, more likely to graduate and more likely to go to college. Dallas ISD offers free Pre-K programs for children who are three- or four-years-old on or before September 1, 2018 and meet at least ONE of these requirements: The child is eligible to take part in the national…
TCU awards full-ride scholarships to 7 seniors from 3 Dallas ISD schools
0Seven Dallas ISD seniors were offered full-ride academic scholarships to Texas Christian University on Thursday, March 29, as part of TCU’s Community Scholars Program. Each scholarship is valued at $260,000, which includes one year, all-expenses-paid, to study abroad. TCU officials visited each of the district’s participating schools on Thursday to announce the scholarship recipients in front of students and staff. In Dallas ISD, students from David W. Carter High School, Lincoln High School and the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy were eligible to apply. The 2018 Dallas ISD recipients are: Carter High School Dylan Arnette Jordan Bryant Lincoln High School Kiara…
Four Dallas ISD schools selected for P-TECH grant program
0Pinkston, Seagoville, South Oak Cliff and Wilmer-Hutchins high schools have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the 2018–2020 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) Success Grant program. “Dallas ISD, Dallas County Community College District, University of North Texas Dallas and 63 industry partners are committed to working collaboratively to ensure that students graduate with workplace skills which will provide a clear pathway from high school to college to career,” said Israel Cordero, Dallas ISD Deputy Superintendent of Academic Improvement and Accountability. “The receipt of the P-TECH Success Grants further enhances educational opportunities for our students.” A total…
Dallas ISD teachers see classroom projects “flash funded” for National #BestSchoolDay Surprise
0From stability balls for ADHD students and math games to classroom tablets for English Language Learners, 125 Dallas ISD teachers got a #BestSchoolDay Surprise on March 28: their classroom project request on the nonprofit website DonorsChoose.org was “flash funded.” Ripple, a San Francisco-based technology company, and its executives announced a $29 million donation to fund every classroom project request on the site. As part of that surprise funding, 175 projects from Dallas ISD teachers were funded, totaling $134,370. Combined with previous citizen and corporate donations, $181,022 in Dallas ISD classroom supplies and resources were supported. “Donations from DonorsChoose make a huge…