Inside Dallas ISD

To help ensure the next generation of students have what they need for an enjoyable and productive school year, the Dallas Police Department, in partnership with Safer Dallas Better Dallas, gave out approximately 400 bags of schools supplies to students at John Neely Bryan Elementary on Aug. 9. At the school, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, along with members of his command staff, encouraged the students and cheered them on to a successful school year. “The first time our kids see us cannot be in a moment of crisis,” Garcia said. “Our children throughout the city are going to see…

The academic success of every student enrolled in Dallas Independent School District is important. Daily school attendance and on-time arrival are critical to this success. By attending school each day, students receive the benefit of teacher-led instruction, peer discussion, building each day’s learning on the previous day’s instruction, participation in a variety of school activities and the opportunity to grow as individuals. Every year, Dallas ISD asks parents to complete an official attendance notification and truancy pledge. Previously this form has been provided by the campus but, this year, parents can complete this form online. Please click here to complete…

Dallas ISD is off and running for year two of its reading academies, after a first year in which 99.3 percent of  participants completed the training successfully. The academies, required by the Texas Legislature, are designed to equip kindergarten through third-grade teachers with evidence-based methods and practices, grounded in the science of teaching reading, that support student literacy development. Dallas ISD also provides the training to assistant principals, district and campus instructional coaches, and librarians. More than 1,200 people were successfully trained last year, with 1,354 slated for this year. “We had a great launch last year, and in year…

Courses in Italian will be available to many more Dallas ISD students beginning this fall, says World Languages Department Director Amy Anderton, who describes the language as a logical addition to the district’s curriculum. “Italian is a wonderful language for so many of our students who are already proficient in Spanish,” Anderton said. “Many already have a jump on the language, due to the similarities between the two romance languages.” As of last school year, the district’s only school offering Italian was Skyline High School, where teacher Alessio Giudice instructs the only dual credit course in the North Texas area,…