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Volunteers bring efforts, donations to five schools
0More than 400 employees of Trend Micro Inc., volunteered their time, resources and services on Jan. 20, to benefit five schools in the Dallas Independent School District located in the southern region of the city. Volunteers restored and enhanced portions of five Dallas ISD campuses including cafeterias, gymnasiums, libraries and classrooms. In addition to their on-site efforts, Trend Micro will be making a $25,000 contribution to Dallas ISD, to be divided among the following five schools: Stevens Park Elementary School Quintanilla Middle School Dallas Environmental Science Academy (DESA) George Washington Carver Elementary School C.F. Carr Elementary See photos from Carver and DESA here.…
Hopes are high for personalized learning at Cabell Elementary
0William Cabell Elementary School Principal JoAnne Hughes, her staff, and the school’s families have a lot riding on the implementation of personalized learning at the northwest Dallas school. Cabell is one of five schools approved to adopt a personalized learning instructional model next school year. Cabell serves 600 students in grades PK-5, sixty-six percent of whom are limited English proficient and 95 percent of whom receive free or reduced price lunch. Based on last spring’s test scores, TEA rated the school as having met standards, but longtime educator Hughes is the first to admit there’s lots of room for academic…
Spanish Interpreter hotline continues to break records
0The best evaluation of the Spanish Interpreter Hotline in the Dallas Independent School District came from an assistant principal at J. L. Long Middle School. “You have equipped me to better serve the students and their parents,” read the note from Wilma King to the district’s Translation Services Department. Introduced in 2013, the Spanish Interpreter, or “Sí,” Hotline offers school staff members a more personal and faster way to communicate with non-English speaking parents via a 3-way call. The hotline recently surpassed 4,000 calls for the 2014-2015 school year during the week of Jan. 12. By comparison, calls to the hotline…
District increases support for rigorous AP courses; Number of students enrolled in AP classes continues to rise
0The Dallas Independent School District is stepping up its support for Advanced Placement courses and now more students than ever are enrolled in them. This year, more than 21,000 students are enrolled in AP courses, which is believed to be an all-time high. For the first time, $1 million has been allocated in the school district budget to pay for student AP exam fees and prep sessions. “It is clear that Dallas ISD students are benefitting from taking AP courses and exams so it makes sense to provide even more support for this program,” said Superintendent of Schools Mike Miles.…