Inside Dallas ISD

Kellie Lawson’s artwork is featured in the Dallas Education Foundation’s 2021 Heart of Teaching Art Exhibition. Every day, our Dallas ISD art educators, a majority of whom are working artists, share their gifts with our students and encourage, lift and enable them to do more than they thought possible. Learn more about The Heart of Teaching at futureofdallas.org/event2021. Throughout her 24-year career at Rosemont, art teacher Kellie Lawson has built invaluable partnerships with local art institutions that further her students’ experience. She has even mentored a student who later became an art teacher at her own campus. Lawson teaches every…

Class of 2022, if you plan to attend college you must be “college-ready”. This is determined from SAT, ACT, or other exemptions. For more information, please watch the video below. Did you know the TSIA is required to enroll in college? What is the TSIA? The purpose of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) is to determine if you are ready for college-level work in the areas of reading, writing and math. How do I sign up? Speak with your campus to determine the test date and registration process.

A parent’s high expectations can make a positive difference in their child’s academic success. Another basic, yet important way to make a difference in a child’s education is to make sure he or she attends school regularly and on time.  Children don’t do as well in school when they frequently miss a portion or all of a school day. Parents can help their children succeed in school by understanding how schools define absences. An unexcused absence occurs when a child misses school for reasons not accepted by the school. Unacceptable reasons could include staying home to take care of or…

Nestled in the heart of southern Dallas is a school community committed to creating an experience that will develop students into 21st-century learners and, ultimately, global leaders. It is what Principal Marquetta Masters calls The Trinity Heights Experience.”  Trinity Heights Talented & Gifted, located at 1515 Lynn Haven Ave., recently completed its much-anticipated buildout, which now includes instruction for first through eighth grade. The school, currently home to more than 325 scholars, has cultivated a number of programs that emphasize academic excellence, collaboration, communication, and creativity.   “Creativity” is the word of the day, because Trinity Heights is placing an emphasis…