Inside Dallas ISD

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7–12, and, to celebrate, multiple Dallas businesses and restaurants are offering special discounts to our tireless classroom educators. Tacos Y Mas Tacos Y Mas has deals going on for teachers all week. Teachers need to show a valid teacher ID to redeem. See the flyer here. The deals are: Monday: Free street taco Tuesday: Free churo Wednesday: Free drink Thursday: Free tortilla soup Friday: Free nachos Raising Cane’s Teachers who show their ID can receive a free box combo on Tuesday from 6–9 p.m.  Chipotle Teachers, faculty and staff who stop by Chipotle with their…

Nineteen Dallas ISD seniors will have an easier time affording college thanks to scholarships provided by the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce Business Development Corporation. The chamber has been providing the Excellence in Education Scholarships to deserving students since 1986. The scholarships provide $2,000 to students for their freshman year attending a four-year college or $1,400 to students for their first year attending a Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) campus. A ceremony on April 30 celebrated the recipients of the chamber’s scholarships. The ceremony also presented the second annual Leadership in Education Award to four education leaders, including Dallas…

Two Dallas ISD schools placed in a robotics world championship held in Kentucky on April 30. Casa View Elementary School won the CREATE award and Winnetka Elementary School won third-place in teamwork in their division at the VEX IQ Robotics World Championship. Dallas Environmental Science Academy, Alex Sanger Elementary School, Onesimo Hernandez Elementary School, and George Bannerman Dealey Middle School also competed at the event. Competitive robotics helps to foster interest and awareness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It also supports the district’s goal of ensuring each student is involved in at least one extracurricular activity.

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…