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Effort aims to encourage students to register, vote in Nov. 8 election
0The League of Women Voters and LULAC are recruiting volunteers in the community to explain the importance of the voting process to Dallas ISD students. Both organizations are visiting schools during lunch and history or government classes to encourage students to register vote. The main objective is for students to understand that elected officials make big decisions and they listen to the people who vote. The deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 11, in order to be registered in time to vote Nov. 8. More than 100 students registered to vote earlier this month at Skyline High School during one such visit. Volunteers will…
Operation Comeback aims to find no-show students
0Efforts are currently under way to find the approximately 7,600 students designated as “no-shows,” or students in Dallas ISD’s system who have yet to show up for classes this school year. Dubbed “Operation Comeback,” the coordinated effort to find and return the students is in its sixth year. As part of Operation Comeback, district staff are operating a phone bank this week to call no-show students and their parents. Through the process, students who have moved out of the district are also identified and taken off the list.
More schools embrace social and emotional learning to develop the whole child
0As soon as the chime rings, kindergarteners in Ms. Martinez’s class at Dan D. Rogers Elementary School close their eyes and take a long, deep breath. The deep breathing exercises are part of the school’s focus on social and emotional learning (SEL), a growing priority across Dallas ISD. And for Dan D. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato, the benefits are clear: students learn better when they feel better. “Focusing on social and emotional learning helps us develop the whole child,” Lovato said. “And by focusing on the whole child, we are setting our students up for success.” Dallas ISD’s Psychological and…
Dallas ISD pre-K program hits 11,000 students for first time in history, surpasses projections
0For the first time in the Dallas Independent School District history, pre-K enrollment has topped projections to serve more than 11,000 students. As of today, there are 11,175 prekindergarten students enrolled in Dallas ISD, and some continued pre-K growth is expected over the course of the 2016-2017 year. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa set a goal to increase pre-K enrollment by 7 percent over last year; enrollment numbers as of today represent a 7.3-percent increase of 762 students. “This reinforces that if we provide quality pre-K options for families, they will take advantage of them for the benefit of their children,” said…