Inside Dallas ISD

It’s a Tuesday morning at Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy, and the students, teachers and staff have plenty to celebrate. The school earned an “A” rating from the Texas Education Agency and is beginning its first year as a personalized learning campus. And, on this particular morning, students just received a big surprise: free backpacks and school supplies through Office Depot’s philanthropic program, Start Proud!. Office Depot associates and representatives from Domtar Paper hosted a Start Proud! assembly at Gonzalez to kick off the new school year with notable guests Dallas ISD Chief Academic Officer Ivonne Durant and David…

When “TINA: The Tina Turner Musical” opens on Broadway in November, a familiar Dallas ISD face will be on stage performing as a young version of the musical legend. Skye Turner, a product of Charles Rice Learning Center, heads to New York City later this month to start rehearsals for the new musical. After earning second-place honors at the MLK Jr. Oratory Competition, Turner went viral with her response to a question from former Mayor Mike Rawlings at a Summer Reading Challenge kickoff. She then appeared on the Steve Harvey Show, joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a homegrown duet…

Families who want in-person help with the enrollment and registration process are invited to visit one of the four Dallas ISD ONE Centers on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. The ONE Centers are located at: Turney W. Leonard Governance and Training Center, 5151 Samuel Blvd. Linus D. Wright Dallas ISD Administration Building, 9400 N. Central Expressway Kathlyn Joy Giliam Collegiate Academy, 1700 E. Camp Wisdom Road Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center, 2940 Singleton Blvd. The ONE Centers are a one-stop shop for campus enrollment information, including: School registration and enrollment support School Choice information and application assistance…

As part of Girls Inc. Of Metropolitan Dallas, Dallas ISD middle and high schoolers joined other students to “use the force” at this year’s Capital One Coders Ignite program. During the day-long event, each student created a mobile Star Wars app with the MIT App Inventor. The students were all smiles from the start. With the help of Capital One mentors, they designed an app to move the Millennium Falcon spaceship and created an additional app of their own choosing. The apps ranged from painting and gaming programs to educational programs to spur brain development. “I thought only professionals could…