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Dallas ISD is focused on wellness across the district
0In Valdemar Gomez-Garcia’s classroom at Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy, you’ll find students kicking off their morning in silence. Their eyes are closed as Mr. Gomez-Garcia leads his class with a breathing exercise. While there’s a focus on back to school during the month of August, it is also National Wellness Awareness Month. The significance of wellness is not just acknowledged but actively embraced by Dallas ISD teachers, students, and team members who practice wellness techniques to better their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. The team members at Bishop Arts STEAM Academy also know that starting their day with…
Reading Interventionist Program is building on its success
0For nearly three years, some Dallas ISD students needing extra support in reading have been finding that support through the district’s Reading Interventionist Program. The results have been so promising that as this new school year begins, the program is expanding to nearly every elementary campus in the district. The program began in March 2021, with six elementary and four middle schools serving primarily African American campuses to provide equity in literacy and close learning gaps for students on those campuses. In partnership with the district’s Racial Equity Office, the district’s Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Department (MTSS) used the MAP…
Lesson-planning programs help teachers guide students in connecting the dots
0There are two words Dallas ISD teachers are excited about as they prepare this year’s lesson plans: “Amplify” and “Eureka.” Each is a lesson-planning program that maps out a base curriculum for students and teachers. All district campuses began using the programs on the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. Anson Jones Elementary School, the first to pilot the Amplify program three years ago, has already seen tremendous growth in students’ academic success. The program embeds elements of social studies and science within the text they’re reading. And the word problems students come across in math class will often…
Dallas ISD Aviation Program cultivates future flyers and leaders
0Aug. 19 is officially recognized as “National Aviation Day,” and has been since 1939, but for students in Skyline High School’s aviation program it’s a day that has relevance to the rest of their career. Not only are they learning about turbines (commonly referred to as jet engines) and reciprocating engines, they’re also leaving high school with valuable lessons on discipline, teamwork, perseverance, and ethics. For Omar U., seeing a life-sized jet engine in the Skyline Student Center was the realization he needed to pursue aviation rather than art, which was his original plan after middle school. “It opened a…