Inside Dallas ISD

For 12 years, the Dallas Arboretum has partnered with Dallas ISD in an after-school grant funded program, supported by United Way and other generous donors, that provides after school enrichment in the areas of life and earth science. S.S. Conner, Edwin Kiest, Ignacio Zaragoza and Highland Meadows elementary schools currently participate in the program.  STEM First, for third-graders, and STEM in Action, for fifth-graders, provide participating schools with two nine-week units integrating real-world issues as they relate to the science content. In the fifth-grade unit, students take an active role in investigations that are centered on a hydroponic tower. They…

Spend the next 53 seconds catching up on many of the great things that happened across the district this week! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. STEM skills  The Dallas Women’s Foundation annual luncheon inspired Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School students to make their mark in a STEM field (read this). A new tech lab at John Ireland Elementary School will help students become the next generation of coders, engineers and designers (read this). Excellent extracurriculars The Tech Olympics saw Technical Theatre program students competing and collaborating together at Richland College (watch this). Five high school marching bands received first…

Four Dallas ISD high school marching bands received first divisions at a UIL Marching Contest at Kincaide Stadium on Oct. 19. One band received a first division at the UIL Marching Band contest held in Duncanville on Oct. 23. This is the first time more than two bands have received first division ratings since President Richard Nixon was in office. These are the first division bands from the events: Bryan Adams – Dolores Perkins, Steven Ramirez Woodrow Wilson – Chris Evetts Sunset – Rametria Smith, Darwin Lewis Jefferson – Bob Romano, Brian Davis W.T. White – Keith Everett, Stephen Salas Woodrow,…

Statistics show that while women make up 48 percent of the U.S. workforce, they only make up 24 percent of workers in STEM fields. Students at Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School are ready to change that after attending the Dallas Women’s Foundation’s 32nd Annual Luncheon centered on the theme: “She Who Dares.” The students from Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, a member of the Young Women’s Preparatory Network, were among the 1,400 attendees who were challenged to do more to create greater opportunities for women and girls to lead. The event included everything from an inspirational video of three local women…