Inside Dallas ISD

It was another great week in Dallas ISD! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. Oncor Mayor’s Race More than 10,000 students from 165 schools ran in the Oncor Mayor’s Race, a record high turnout for the annual event (learn more)! Principals of the Year Spruce High School’s Danielle Petters and Blanton Elementary’s Laura Garza were named the 2017 Principals of the Year (learn more and see the finalists). UIL competition About 2,000 students from 111 elementary schools competed in the UIL A+ Academic Competition (learn more). Rocking horses Students with special needs at the Multiple Career Magnet High School dropped off their hand built rocking horses to…

Benjamin Franklin Middle School Principal Joseph Sotelo announced Dec. 12 that the International Baccalaureate (IB) has recognized the campus as an IB World School. Representatives of the IB had visited the school in September to interview teachers, parents, students, and administrators; to review course outlines and unit plans; and to observe classroom instruction. This authorization culminates a rigorous two-year preparation and training project that saw the inclusion of unit planning alongside daily lesson planning, a traditional eight period day modified to a block schedule, and the scheduling of all students into eight required subject areas in each grade level. First…

Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School has two new mixed-age Montessori classrooms that have been a big success for the students and campus. The classrooms have 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds working and learning together. “We have materials that really help the children develop their independence and building their empathy and kindness towards others,” said Marianne Carranza, a Montessori teacher at the school. Alejandra Abundis, a parent of a student in a Montessori classroom, said it’s been a great fit for her child. “What she learns in the classroom, she applies to everywhere she goes,” Abundis said. For students interested in…

KSBM Radio is live on air, and the four co-hosts are discussing how no one seems to be paying attention anymore to the Hurricane Harvey cleanup efforts. Meanwhile, the radio show’s social media team is snapping photos and streaming the broadcast on Facebook Live, producers are guiding the direction of the discussion, and the director is making sure everything is running smoothly. KSBM Radio is not broadcasting from some fancy building downtown; it’s coming live from the Townview Center and is entirely run by students in the marketing cluster at the School of Business and Management. Daniela, a senior and…