Inside Dallas ISD

Each student at Anson Jones Elementary School has a dream, and now people across the world know it, too. The campus participated for the second time in two years in the Dreamline Project that saw the school’s 620 students each write down their dreams on individual flags. Whether the student dreamed of being a doctor, President of the United States, or running their own business, art teacher Candice Lindsay said the students greatly benefited from thinking about their future goals. Four staff members from Jones Elementary traveled to Philadelphia on May 5 to show off the students’ creations, as well…

Students from Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School and Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College High School were starstruck to meet an out-of-this-world guest: former NASA astronaut and engineer Jose M. Hernandez. Hernandez talked with the students at Mountain View College as part of SER National Community Day, which also featured a job fair. Hernandez, who is a migrant worker turned NASA astronaut and engineer, enthralled students with his life story. He also shared five tips that can help any person succeed. Trini Garza ECHS Principal Macario Hernandez called the former astronaut an inspiration to all students. “Jose Hernandez showed these students that anything…

In a few short months, Lincoln High School senior Kennedy Taylor will be headed to Texas State University on a basketball scholarship to study broadcast journalism. It’s the realization of a dream for the scholar-athlete who was recently named Dallas ISD’s female Student Athlete of the Year. Kennedy stands just over 5 feet, and few would guess that within that petite frame is a determined four-sport athlete who her coach describes as a game changer. “Since the first day she arrived on campus, we knew Kennedy was a special individual,” said Coach Reginald Bell, Lincoln’s athletic director. On a campus…

About 100 students at L.G. Pinkston High School got the chance to weigh in on aspects of their new school’s design during a workshop on May 15 with architect Henry R. Muñoz III. “This past year, we have seen the youth of the country rise up and make their voices heard on issues of national importance, and that is exactly what we wanted to accomplish with today’s event: hear directly from the students,” Muñoz said. “It only makes sense to bring them into the process of designing the cultural identity of their new school.” Muñoz & Co. created the award-winning…