Inside Dallas ISD

In celebration of Assistant Principals Week, schools across the nation are thanking their assistant principals in a variety of ways. Solar Preparatory School for Girls hosted an assembly to celebrate their beloved Assistant Principal Jennifer Turner. At the assembly, Solar Prep parent Bill Durham announced a $10,000 scholarship donation for fourth-graders in Turner’s name. “I’ve watched her work tirelessly and accomplish amazing things, and she does this everyday with kindness and grace,” Durham said. “She is a role model and inspiration to all of us, and I challenge all of you to think about Ms. Turner and others who are…

Six Flags characters visited three Dallas ISD schools with exceptional student attendance rates as part of the district’s “Strive for No More Than 5” campaign, which recognizes students with five or fewer absences for the entire school year. Alex Sanger, Jimmy Tyler Brashear and Jerry Junkins elementary schools held pep rallies and recognition ceremonies on April 5 to celebrate their high attendance rates and Truancy Preventive Measure (TPM) Compliance rate. Dallas ISD kicked of the school year with Attendance Awareness Month in September. All district students with five or fewer absences this school year will get a coupon to visit…

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…