Inside Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD’s ongoing “Super Heroes: Teaming for Success” initiative hit a major milestone on Sept. 26. The district hosted a schoolwide literacy celebration for more than 500 students at Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center in South Dallas. The initiative, which has the goal of fostering a lasting culture of literacy within the district, will increase access to books in both the classroom and in students’ homes. This event included the unveiling of classroom library makeovers for all pre-K – 5 classrooms at the elementary school, donated by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company. Presenters and special guests…

To close out Education: Go Get it Week, C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School hosted a College Day Parade to help get students excited for their futures. Students held posters and signs of different colleges and universities they could attend, as parents and staff helped and cheered them on. Education: Go Get It Week was Sept. 18-22 and helped students districtwide learn about postsecondary opportunities.

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast region, 11-year-old Bianca Reynoso knew she wanted to help. So, the Alex Sanger Elementary School student did what she does best: she baked. For the next 12 hours, she stood tirelessly in her kitchen preparing goodies for a bake sale that would benefit students attending Dallas ISD who were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Soon after, she sold various homemade treats to people whom she never met to benefit peers she never met. And on one Sunday afternoon, Reynoso raised nearly $500 for victims of Hurricane Harvey. On Sept. 21, the sixth-grader presented United Way…

Six Dallas ISD teachers were recognized during a special event on Sept. 20 as 2017 Texas Instruments STEM Fellows, each receiving a $10,000 prize as part of the honor. This year’s TI STEM Fellows are: Marcelo Migoni, science teacher at Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle School Luis Araiza, math teacher at Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School Steven Murray, math teacher at W.B. Travis Vanguard and Academy Caitlin Hull, science teacher at Bryan Adams High School Davide McLoda, robotics and science teacher at the School of Science and Engineering Chenay Taylor, math teacher at Skyline High School This is the 11th…