Inside Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD and the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance collaborate to offer debate opportunities to secondary students and provide resources to debate coaches, including curriculum, alumni visits, and workshops. Neri Sandoval, debate coach at the School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, has seen his students benefit from this collaboration and resources with their recent qualification for the UIL State CX Debate Meet. TAG and four other high schools advanced to the UIL State CX Debate Meet, which will be held at The University of Texas in Austin on March 15-16. Additionally, four schools have qualified…

Naeaidria Callihan, a choir teacher at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, has a remarkable journey filled with inspiration, diversity, and a love for music. She began her career with Dallas ISD at Seagoville Middle School, where she spent two years teaching Modern Band. Callihan’s musical journey started at a young age pretending to be a teacher, with teddy bears and dolls as audience. She recalls, “I would line my teddy bears and dolls up along the wall and give them the lesson and then ‘direct’ them as they were singing. It seems so silly now, but as I grew up and was…

For generations, public schools have been the backbone and fuel for economic progress in their communities as they prepare students for success. During National Public Schools Week, Feb. 26-March 1, Dallas ISD will celebrate how public schools continue to do this by offering more choices in their neighborhoods.  “National Public Schools Week is a great time to check out the choice, opportunities, and excellence Dallas ISD offers to every single child,” said Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D..    At Dallas ISD, students have a variety of opportunities to explore careers and develop their skills. Neighborhood schools play an important role in…

It’s never too early to get students interested in becoming civically engaged, and at North Dallas High School, that engagement comes in the form of a voter registration drive at school, sponsored by the Student Voter Empowerment Club (SVEC). SVEC is a nonpartisan, student-led organization under the March to the Polls umbrella, whose projects include promoting civic education, increasing student voter turnout, and instilling a commitment to voting and civic engagement beyond the high school years. Rubi Chavez, office manager and the sponsor of the student-led League of United Latin American Students (LULAC) chapter at North Dallas High School began…