Inside Dallas ISD

The science lesson in Malcolm Finkley’s class at D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School was delicious. “It’s like ‘bootleg Blue Bell,’ bro!” one student declared. “This is like the best thing I’ve ever tasted,” a classmate agreed. The recipe for success on this particular day included milk, heavy cream, sugar, rock salt, 3 cups of ice and either vanilla, strawberry or chocolate flavoring to make ice cream. Once combined into plastic bags, students had to mix the concoctions until they froze into ice cream. Students learned about the importance of getting the quantities just right, as Finkley purposely altered the formula…

It’s a bright idea whose time has come: retrofit outdated and dim T12 fluorescent light fixtures with more effective, longer-lasting and energy-efficient LED lamps. Dallas ISD’s W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy is undergoing the transformation now, with the project starting April 2 and expected to be complete by May 26. The District’s Electrical Maintenance team is performing the work after school and on weekends, which saves money over using outside contractors and prevents interruptions to instructional time. At Greiner, there are 3,900 lamps that will be replaced, at a total cost of $79,000. That includes classrooms, the cafeteria, locker rooms,…

Third-grade students at Solar Preparatory School for Girls spent their day working with tools and measuring materials to help build Little Free Libraries that will be placed at community organizations. Helping build the Little Free Libraries was the students Girl Scouts Take Action Project so they could earn the last key from their Brownie Quest Badge. Solar Prep has partnered with Girl Scouts to bring in-school lessons of sisterhood and entrepreneurship to students. The four Little Free Libraries the students helped build will be placed in underserved parts of Dallas. Dallas ISD will soon have a school for boys with…

Anne Frank Elementary School hosted a Cultural Diversity Night to celebrate how is students come from 62 different countries. The school’s diversity committee put on the event that featured food, performances, presentations and a parade.