Inside Dallas ISD

The W.H. Adamson High School Alumni Association recently held its 18th Annual All-Class Reunion at the school. Located in Oak Cliff, Adamson High School is the oldest continuously-active high school in Dallas ISD. On the Friday prior to the reunion, the Adamson Alumni 2018 Charity Golf Classic was held at the Prairie Lakes Golf Course. Saturday’s all-class reunion included activities for all former students, including the reunion program, induction of outstanding alumni and faculty into the Adamson Hall of Honor, tours of the school, and a luncheon in the school cafeteria catered by the favorite Norma’s Restaurant. Oak Cliff High School…

The Dallas ISD Social Studies hosted the 2018 Model UN Conference at Ellis Davis Field House on May 1. Students represented nine countries and discussed resolution issues on 10 of the top literacy and technology issues across the world. The students also created table displays for their country, including facts, information and food samples. Sixth-graders from these schools participated: Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy Rosemont Middle School J.L. Long Middle School Raul Quintanilla Senior Middle School Zan Wesley Holmes Middle School Thomas C. Marsh Middle School D.A. Hulcy Middle SChool Students from W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy and Alex W. Spence Middle School…

Irene Aguilar was printing out a form at Martha Turner Reilly Elementary School when she heard a substitute teacher at the school fall to the floor in the front office. The teacher was unconscious. Aguilar, the school’s office manager, quickly called School Nurse Beata Fik and Counselor Amparo Guzman. The skills they learned in their Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED training kicked in. They called 911, and after using the school’s defibrillator and performing CPR, the substitute regained a pulse. Aguilar, Fik and Guzman then used CPR skills to support the teacher until the ambulance arrived. “It was just amazing how everyone played a…

Nine-member teams comprising fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders from Dallas ISD elementary schools competed in the Lone Star Challenge on Saturday, April 28. The Lone Star Challenge is the elementary equivalent of Academic Decathlon and Academic Pentathlon – a rigorous academic competition that tests their mastery of material on the STAAR tests. This year’s theme was A Traveler’s Guide to the World. The overall Lone Star Challenge Winners are: Alex Sanger Lakewood Maple Lawn Jimmie Tyler Brashear Arcadia Park William Cabell Georage H.W. Bush Seagoville North Sidney Lanier F.P. Caillet Overall Lone Star Challenge Super Quiz winners: Maple Lawn (gold) Seagoville North…