Inside Dallas ISD

Students at the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) put their entrepreneurship skills into practice, pitching their ideas for new apps and accompanying business plans to local community leaders at the Startup Tech Showcase. Student teams developed the business plans and functioning prototypes for each application over the past year in partnership with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE – pronounced “nifty”). Each plan was designed to meet a need they identified in their community. One team created “Notefy,”a note-taking app that allows students to easily share notes with one another and includes built-in tips and games to help teach positive…

Shyane Banuelos was recently selected as one of three 2017 Sulentic Family Foundation Scholarship winners. Banuelos is a senior at Bryan Adams High School and will attend the University of North Texas in Denton. “I was so overjoyed when I found out I was selected as a Sulentic Scholar,” Banuelos said. “I wanted to cry, because now I can go to school debt free.” Watch the above video to see what makes Banuelos special.

Doug Marshall, an entrepreneur and Shark Tank contestant, stopped by L.O. Donald Elementary School to challenge students to think beyond the everyday and find ways to develop their ideas into real products or services. Marshall appeared on Shark Tank, the hit ABC show, in 2013 with what turned out to be a multi-million dollar idea. Sharks Mark Cuban and Lori Grenier took the bait and invested in Marshall’s product—peel-away, face tattoos. Today, Marshall’s company, The Game Face Company, makes the temporary tattoos and mask for sporting events, Halloween, parties–you name it, and all without the mess of paints. Marshall’s idea…

Albert S. Johnston Elementary School Nurse Angelique Sanders is the Dallas ISD 2016–2017 Health Services Employee of the Year! Sanders said her favorite part of the job is teaching the students how to take care of themselves and, sometimes, their family members. Sanders secured two DonorsChoose grants that allowed her to purchase material to teach students about healthy eating, as well as to buy basic hygiene products for students and their families. Sanders also worked to make sure all asthmatic students have a spacer through the Children’s Health Program. In addition to working as a school nurse, Sanders is the school…