Inside Dallas ISD

A program aiming to help promote a love of fresh fruit and vegetables was the backdrop to officially kickoff the Summer Meals program at Dallas ISD. Just in the second week of the program, students in the Summer Sprouts class at Balch Springs Middle School had cooked and sampled a few recipes with fresh items from the school’s garden. On Tuesday, June 14, students shared fresh Texas peaches and also a simple, low-sugar peach sorbet. Teacher Denesyn Figueroa-Freytes said the class also put an abundance of carrots to use by making carrot cupcakes. The girls in the Summer Sprouts program…

Each summer since 2008, hundreds of Dallas ISD middle and high school students have the chance to attend an intensive, weeklong band camp conducted by the Dallas Winds. This year’s camp was staged this week at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The camp culminates with performances in front of family and friends at the Meyerson Symphony Center at the end of the week. Check out a photo gallery of today’s activities above.

Enroll your child in the Ronald E. McNair Elementary School Summer Science and Enrichment camp through June 16 available to students in select schools in District 6. Students will receive breakfast and lunch at no cost and participate in weekly fieldtrips in addition to social/emotional development activities each afternoon. Register for he McNair SSEC here. Or, if your family is looking to (ad)venture around the city the summer, there is still time to take advantage of the Dallas City of Learning which connects students to in-person and online educational experiences all summer long. K-12 students and families can access summer…

After 44 years of working at Elisha M. Pease Elementary School, Burea Shelley celebrated her last day at work last week. Shelley, a teacher assistant, was the longest active serving Dallas ISD employee to retire this month. Affectionately known as “Momma Pease,”Shelley has been a positive presence at the school her entire career. “I love working with these kids and the parents, and I love this school,” she said. “Seeing the students come through here, graduate college, have families and then come back to see me has been a blessing.” Shelley is one of the approximately 300 district employees who retired this month.…