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Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Mariachi connects Bethany to her culture
0Bethany G. was only in the sixth grade when she first began playing trumpet at Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs. Little did she know that experience would lead to her eventually being admitted to Dallas ISD’s competitive Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she is described by the orchestral leader as “a stellar contributor” to the wind ensembles, big band, full orchestra, and mariachi ensemble. “I didn’t know the potential I had to play the trumpet until I played in the [Balch Springs] band with my directors Ms. Baker and Mr. England,”…
21 district students are National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
0Twenty-one Dallas ISD students have been named among the 16,000 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, with a chance to become one of the 7,140 finalists who will take home scholarships worth a combined $28 million. More than 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to reach the finals, with about half of the finalists earning a National Merit Scholarship. The Dallas ISD National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are: Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Isabel G. Evan G. Madeleine J. School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center Andrea R-C. Olivia D. Nikhil…
Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Axsel’s journey to opportunity
0Imagine it’s 1 a.m. and pitch black outside. You wake up to start an 11-mile trek as you’ve done for the last six months – only stopping once the sun comes up. Last year, this was Axsel E.’s life. At 12 years old, Axsel accomplished a feat many kids his age could not imagine. Toting only a backpack, water and encouraging words from his mother, the pair walked from Tegucigalpa, Honduras to Dallas with purpose and determination, in the direction of hope. “No te preocupes; vamos a pasar bien,” his mother would reassure him. “Don’t worry; we’ll get through.” A…
Dallas ISD students continue to close achievement gap, outperform state, urban districts
0Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D. provided an update to Dallas ISD’s Board of Trustees reporting significant progress in closing achievement gaps among students in grades 3 through 8. In comparison to the state and other urban districts, remarkable gains were made in Approaches and Meets for reading and mathematics. Reading Achievements: Dallas ISD is above pre-pandemic levels in reading for grades 3 through 8 and narrows the achievement gap within seven points of the state at the Approaches level. At the Meets level, the district improved to 45% of students reading on grade level while the state was at 51%,…