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Event at Marcus Elementary officially kicks off free summer meal program
0Principal Holly Wallace and Community Liaison Ruth Lara invited a few friends over for lunch on Tuesday, June 13. The response was a packed cafeteria at Dallas ISD’s Herbert Marcus Elementary School and a bunch of happy tummies. “I didn’t know what to expect,” Wallace said, surveying the brimming cafeteria. “It’s a good thing.” The occasion helped officially kick off the Healthy Summer Meals for Kids program, which features more than 200 district schools and other locations throughout the city offer free breakfast and/or lunch to youth ages 18 and under while school is out of session. In addition to…
Dallas ISD summer camps make learning fun
0It’s a Tuesday morning in June, and a group of young students are making their very own “Bubble Blasters,” complete with flashing lights, an enormous cardboard castle and “snowball” throwers. The Bubble Blaster is just one of the students’ creations from Camp Invention, a weeklong camp that reinforces STEM learning with fun hands-on activities. Camp Invention is one of 40 Dallas ISD STEM summer camps and part of a larger summer learning initiative to keep kids active and engaged over the break. “Our goal is to offer a summer camp or program that is a perfect fit for every different…
Trustee Dustin Marshall reelected to District 2 seat
0Dustin Marshall won reelection to the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees in the runoff election held June 10. Marshall represents District 2, which covers North and Near East Dallas. Marshall ran against Lori Kirkpatrick in the runoff election. Neither candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote on May 6, which caused the June runoff election. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees establishes the policies by which schools operate. In carrying out the task of setting policy, the board identifies needs and establishes priorities for the school system, allocates financial and human resources among the priority areas, and evaluates school…
Campus staff learning to find better solutions to student behavior issues
0What is the best way to react if a student starts misbehaving in your class? While it’s a scenario nearly every teacher faces at one point or another, how disruptions are handled can either positively or negatively affect the student and the learning environment for the rest of the class. This week, representatives from every Dallas ISD campus are being trained how to implement Proactive Behavior Management (PBM) at their schools and in each and every classroom. The goal is to curb infractions that resulted in a total of 2,013 suspensions in 2015–2016 for students in grades pre-K through second…