Inside Dallas ISD

Chants of “no more gun violence” and signs promoting peace filled the sidewalk as students from Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Fred F. Florence Middle School commemorated Malik Tyler, a classmate who was shot and killed over the summer. The students, school, and male district and community leaders gathered at YMLA Florence on Friday morning to join the Million Fathers March, a nationwide event encouraging fathers and father figures to get involved in their students’ lives. The march also honored Tyler’s life. “This is our call to action to end gun violence and crime in the Pleasant Grove community,” YMLA…

The Junior League of Dallas (JLD), along with presenting sponsor Texas Instruments (TI), recently awarded 50 Dallas ISD educators with grants of up to $2,000 each through the annual Grants for Innovative Teaching (GFIT) program. Since 1992, this JLD Signature Project has awarded over $1.9 million to Dallas ISD educators and is designed to encourage excellence in education by funding special projects addressing: reading and literacy enrichment; diversity; special education; science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); or arts and culture enrichment across one or more grade levels. This year, more than $92,000 was distributed to fund deserving educators’ winning projects.…

“Maestro de la Semana” (Teacher of the Week) is a series of short videos where we highlight outstanding educators in the Dallas Independent School District. During Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), we will be emphasizing our teachers who go above and beyond so our students can move forward. Esteban Gonnet has more than 30 years of teaching experience. He began his education career when he was a college student in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 2019-2020 school year will be his 12th year working in Pleasant Grove Elementary School, where he teaches fifth-grade bilingual literature.  Pleasant Grove Elementary Principal…

Mecum Auctions, host of the world’s largest collector car auctions, invited students from five Dallas ISD high schools to tour the auto show. The exhibition and auction took place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas from Sept. 4–7. Mecum Auctions provided tickets to high school students in automotive programs at L.G. Pinkston, W. H. Adamson, H. Grady Spruce, Wilmer-Hutchins and Skyline high schools. Mason Polasek was part of a group of 40 students who study automotive courses at Adamson. Cars have been his fascination since he was young. After graduation, he plans to join the U.S. Army,…