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Event honors Dallas ISD Scholars for achieving academic excellence
0The Dallas ISD Scholars recognition program honored stellar students for academic achievement on Thursday, March 30, at Ellis Davis Field House. The program recognizes students in grades 7-12 who have demonstrated academic excellence and college readiness potential. Not only will this program support students in their pursuit of National Merit® Scholarships, it will also provide resources and opportunities that promote academic and social success. To be named a Dallas ISD Scholar, a student must have: • STAAR score in the 95th percentile or higher for 7th- through 10th-graders • College readiness level on the PSAT, SAT, or ACT exams for 10th-…
April 8 Discover Dallas ISD event to showcase schools, programs in southeast Dallas (video)
0The Dallas Independent School District wants every family in the city to know there are great academic and extracurricular opportunities for students in all geographic areas of Dallas ISD. This Saturday, the district will present Discover Dallas ISD Southeast, a showcase of the variety and quality of programs in the district’s southeastern sector. From 9 a.m. to noon, Sat., April 8, at H. Grady Spruce High School, 9733 Old Seagoville Rd., administrators and teachers of the 31 schools in the Spruce, W.W. Samuell and Seagoville high school feeder patterns will meet with families and share information about their schools to persuade…
Dallas ISD pre-K registration is open now for the 2017-2018 school year
0Registration opens Monday, April 3, for children to attend free and tuition-based pre-K in Dallas ISD during the 2017-2018 school year. 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. Free pre-K is available to children who will be 3 or 4 years old by Sept. 1 and meet at least one of these requirements: The child is eligible to take part in the national free or reduced-price school lunch program. To…
Ultimate winners announced in Read to the Final Four literacy contest
0Crowds are descending on the American Airlines Center for this weekend’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four, but first, Dallas ISD students visited Tourney Town, an NCAA fan exhibit, where students were recognized for top finishes in a five-month-long reading competition. Third-graders at the top four district schools participating in the NCAA’s Read to the Final Four program attended a celebration Friday, March 31, at Tourney Town. The overall top-reading school and individual winners were recognized. T.G. Terry Elementary School won the competition with 61 students who read an average of 1,841 minutes each. The school will receive $2,000 toward a school library…