Browsing: Inside Dallas ISD
As she won a national entrepreneurship competition in New York City this month at the age of 18, Jasmine Benton–a recent graduate of Dallas ISD’s Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) at James W. Fannin– thought of those who helped set her on her path. At age 11, Benton started her business–Precious Designs–that today refurbishes and reupholsters housewares. In addition to the strong influence of her grandmother and mother, Benton credits her education at IDEA for helping set her on the path toward becoming a successful entrepreneur. “My teachers at IDEA invested in me and made sure I was able to…
Dallas ISD Stories is a new Hub series where district students, teachers and staff share their own stories. “I like my school because it gives me a head start on my future, and I get the college experience while I’m in high school. I should graduate high school with 60 hours of college credit, which is good, because I want to be an OBGYN, which requires a lot of school. I want to be an OBGYN because I like helping people, and when I heard what my sister went through when she delivered her child, I wanted to be in…
While strolling through Hobby Lobby, a creative idea came to Central Elementary School Counselor Ashley Williams: transform an empty locker at her school into a mailbox where student could anonymously drop notes expressing how they feel. “I noticed there were a lot of students who needed that extra person they could come to,” Williams said. “The emotional and mental state of kids is something that we are really focusing on, so I wanted to give my kids the opportunity to know that’s what I’m here for.” The locker-turned-mailbox allows students to easily tell Williams how they are feeling about a…
Students at Pleasant Grove Elementary School today celebrated a brand-new Technology Lab created in just one day through the support of local volunteers. Metroplex Cadillac Dealers employees transformed a space within the school into a tech lab complete with new paint and décor, Samsung Flip Interactive Board, 30 iPads, 3d printer. Metroplex Cadillac Dealers joined nonprofit partner Heart of America Foundation to design, build, and unveil this engaging place for students to learn and grow. Dallas ISD Trustee Karla Garcia, who attended summer school at the campus as a child, thanked Metroplex Cadillac Dealers and Heart of America Foundation. “The…