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This Week in Dallas ISD: Sept. 16 edition
0Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Dallas ISD, a quick rundown of the many great things that happened in the district over the past week! Go here to watch a 98-second video recap of the week, or read below. Innovative teaching grants The Junior League of Dallas donated 54 grants totaling $93,000 to fund innovative school and classroom projects in Dallas ISD. (Learn more) Operation Comeback District employees manned the Operation Comeback phone bank this week to reach out to the families of students who have not yet shown up for classes this school year. (Read this)…
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…