Inside Dallas ISD

The staff at Maple Lawn Elementary School is dedicated to giving back to the community it serves. Members of the school’s staff have been volunteering at the Salvation Army to serve meals to those in need. Maple Lawn Elementary team members originally volunteered in December as part of “Wellness Wednesday,” singing Christmas carols along with serving meals. They had such an amazing time that they returned in February to serve more meals as part of “Kindness Month.” “It truly makes the heart warm to give back and the people are always so gracious, appreciative and thankful,” said Stacy Owens, counselor…

Last year, Saumya Rawat founded IT Empowerment for Her, an organization that offers camps and workshops for young girls to give them hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities, Information Technology and Computer Science. Her work drew national attention, as she was awarded the 2017 National Award for Aspirations in Computing and also the 2017 SWENext Global Innovator Award. She also won a Technology Stars of the Future award from the National Center for Women & Informational Technology. Rawat, now a senior at Dallas ISD’s School of Science and Engineering, is in her second year of offering…

Catch up on this week’s great news! Watch this video, or read below, to learn more. Food Festival Students at the Dallas ISD Food Festival tasted and rated breakfast and lunch items to help determine what cafeterias will serve next school year (watch this). Sweetheart Read The Eduardo Mata Elementary School library and PTA hosted a special Sweetheart Read where parents, grandparents and special guests read books to students (see photos). Getting wild The Dallas Zoo and AT&T brought the Animal Adventures Program to Ebby Halliday Elementary School (watch this). 100 days Schools across the district celebrated the 100th day of school in creative ways (see a photo). Meeting mentors Young ladies…

Six Dallas ISD senior student-athletes are the proud recipients of the Nancy Lieberman Educational College Scholarship. The students can use the one-time $10,000 scholarship toward college tuition payments. The scholarship goes toward deserving high school student-athletes who excel in sports and academics and have made a positive impact on the community. The Dallas ISD scholarship recipients are: Helen Garcia – North Dallas High School Oscar Leal – W.H. Adamson High School Anna Martinez – Sunset High School Kathy Nguyen – North Dallas High School Martin Valdez – W.H. Adamson High School Matthew Nagbe – Bryan Adams Leadership Academy A gala…