Inside Dallas ISD

Students at the Rosemont Schools are on the move. The Rosemont Schools have launched a new “Kids on the Move” healthy kids initiative in partnership with the Cooper Institute. The mission of “Kids on the Move” is simple: promote lifelong health and wellness focused on school-aged children and their families. As part of the “Kids on the Move” activities, some Rosemont families have been gathering on the weekend to go on Sunday Family Fun Walks. Each Sunday walk includes a three-mile walk around both campuses and into the local nature center. “The response so far to ‘Kids on the Move’…

The United Way Metropolitan of Dallas and several businesses teamed up with Dallas ISD to celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or STEM for short. E. B. Comstock Middle School hosted this spectacular event, with more than 75 volunteers setting up six different stations that peaked the students’ interest in a variety of STEM subjects. The experiments ranged from the Balloon Brain Wonder Kit to Catapult Science. “This is very important that we pique our students’ interest into the STEM vocations,” Comstock Middle School Principal Willie Johnson said.

Students from the Pinkston Prep Collegiate Academy participated in a service learning and network/leadership building project at Art Walk West. The West Dallas Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event. Two Pinkston Prep advisory board members, Shawn Scott and Richard Mauldin, currently serve as chamber board members. The students were in charge of the Fabrication Yard, which is a graffiti friendly zone in West Dallas. Students passed out flyers, water, paint, and cleaned up after the artists. They witnessed how the artists’ social media accounts were designed to promote the event. “This experience provided our IT pathway students with networking and…

A school for girls to imagine, explore and create: the future is happening now at one of Dallas ISD’s Public School Choice campuses. Solar Preparatory School for Girls at James B. Bonham opened its doors in August 2016 with 198 scholars in grades K–2. Solar Prep will be add one grade level each year until reaching eighth-grade and will serve more 1,100 girls. Solar Prep embraces performance-based learning, which allows students to explore their learning in a different variety of ways. Solar Prep also uses a blended learning model, in which lessons are taught in small groups. Students learn from…