Inside Dallas ISD

With more than 67,000 Dallas ISD students speaking Spanish in their homes, the need for bilingual teachers and educators is great. Research has proven that teaching English Language Learners effectively means teaching them in both languages. However, with students entering the district at 4 years old, this means that pre-K (among other students) are having to learn both English and Spanish at the same time, something that often can hinder or hold a young child back. Jessica Carter, a Speech-Language Pathologist, has seen this problem in many young Dallas ISD students. “As they grow they can develop a speech impediment or…

Dallas ISD’s Food and Child Nutrition Services (FCNS) is blending up a tasty, new menu item for all high school campuses. Smoothies are now apart of the breakfast offerings to choose from. The healthy snack was available to sample on Friday, March 11 during a taste-test at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The event also brought in top food administration executives from the USDA and a delegation of USDA regional leaders from the Texas Food Administration joined students for breakfast. Lillian Salerno, USDA rural development deputy undersecretary, was excited to take part in the…

The Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women Leadership Academy lives by a phrase: “It’s not if you go to college, it’s where you go to college.” The first public all-girl school in Texas takes its mission seriously to prepare its students for success after high school. Thanks to the Young Women’s Prepatory Network, Rangel Young Women Leadership Academy has a full-time College Bound Advisor who helps students with everything from SAT and ACT prep to visiting college campuses. The school also offers pre-AP, AP, and dual-credit classes. “We believe we give (students) a rigorous foundation that will serve them well in…

The Lincoln High School Tigers boys basketball team will compete this Friday in the 4A state semi-finals in San Antonio. The Tigers (22-14) will take on LaMarque (33-8) at 3 p.m. at the San Antonio Aladome. Viewers can watch the game by tuning into Time Warner Cable Channel 323, or online via the National Federation of State High Schools Association’s website or app with a subscription. As 11-4A district, area and regional champs, this is the Lincoln boys basketball team’s first trip to state in 12 years. Its last semifinal appearance was in 2004, when Lincoln faced at two-point loss to Houston…