Inside Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD Competitive Robotics, supported by the STEM-Computer Science Department, continues to excel at the highest levels. At the US Open National VEX Robotics Championship held in Iowa April 1-3, Casa View Elementary School won the Teamwork Champion Award, competing against 170 teams from all over the United States, Canada, and China. In the same event, Dallas Environmental Science Academy and Winnetka Elementary School won the Teamwork Second Place Award, and Alex Sanger Preparatory won the STEM Research Project Award. Dallas ISD is committed to ensuring that every student is involved in at least one extracurricular activity. Competitive robotics helps…

Kimball High School cheerleaders and band members visited nine feeder pattern elementary schools to motivate students to ace the STAAR test. L.O. Donald Elementary School Principal Kathryn Carter called the Kimball students inspiring for their younger counterparts. “We want all of our kids to be so excited to show what they know next week on the STAAR test,” Carter said. “We are so thankful to these Kimball students for coming out and celebrating our students being ready for the STAAR.” In addition to Donald Elementary, the Kimball students visited: Maria Moreno Elementary School Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School Margaret B.…

Updated Jan. 30, 2020: Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law named after Lily, a Mockingbird Elementary student, that allows fifth-graders to visit state parks for free! Original story: A Dallas ISD elementary student is on a mission: make it free for all fifth-graders to visit Texas state parks. Lily Kay, who attends Mockingbird Elementary School, got the idea after visiting a federal park for free. Kay wrote her state representative, got a response, and ended up speaking about her proposal to a House panel at the Capitol in Austin. “It was scary talking before the House panel, and…

The sights, sounds and, dances of countries across the world were well represented at the Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy’s International Wax Museum. The wax museum was one of the first major comprehensive school wide International Baccalaureate-related research project undertaken by the scholars. The school has gained authorization as an IB campus, which encourages scholars to think globally, be knowledgeable, caring and be prepared to succeed in a 21st-century world. “This project spanned classes in the Art (Dance & Drama), LCC (military), Individual & Societies (Social Studies), Language & Literature (Language Arts), and Language Acquisition (French), helping them learn research skills for life that they need…