Inside Dallas ISD

It was a bustling day at Ignite Middle School, which was filled with building, painting and planting as volunteers helped transform under-used outside spaces into a compelling environment for students to engage in educational outdoor activities. Ignite Middle School partnered with Out Teach to launch an outdoor classroom lab and a vegetable/herb garden centered on enhancing project-based learning by integrating experimental hands-on teaching methods. More than 50 volunteers from Texas Instruments assisted in making this vision come to life. “For many of our students, these experiences are quite new,” said Ignite Middle School Principal Michael Gayles. “But they are excited…

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…