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Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year until February 7. Visit www.dallasisd.org/lanier to learn more. When active PTA mom Jamie Nelson learned there was a vacant theater teacher position at Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard, where her two sons attend, she immediately told the principal she was stepping in.  Starting in the late Fall of 2019 as a volunteer, Nelson finalized her alternative teaching certification over winter break and was officially hired in January 2020, putting to good use her bachelor’s in drama and MFA in sound design as Lanier’s theater teacher.  In addition…

Mark Twain School for the Talented & Gifted is currently accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. Visit www.dallasisd.org/twain to learn more. When COVID-19 turned the world upside down last March, Pamela Rambert knew she needed to completely change how she operated the library at Mark Twain School for the Talented and Gifted. E-books were a big part of Rambert’s solution in getting literature into the hands of her students. Every student has access to eBooks and audiobooks through Sora, a student reading app. “Before Covid, we touched on eBooks every now and then, but now it’s a big push,”…

Fifteen-year-old Zimaya Propes fits the description of a natural-born athlete. Throughout her school career, Propes has played basketball, volleyball, and run track.  But it is in her primary sport of swimming that she excels. Zimaya is a tenth grader at the School for Health Professions at Townview and a member of the swim team at her home campus, Lincoln High School. She recently turned heads at the UIL District 12-5A Swim Meet, outperforming her competitors with a time of 30 seconds in the 50- meter race, her signature event. Combined with a victory in the 100-meter, the performance made her…

Dallas ISD is celebrating National School Counseling Week this week to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) sponsors National School Counseling Week, which highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for college and career. The special week with the theme “School Counselors: All in for All Students” recognizes school counselors who “implement comprehensive school counseling programs, a vital part of the educational process…