Inside Dallas ISD

Listening to classical sounds on music station WRR-FM 101.1 and the different types of instrumentation coming through the airwaves sculpted Quinn Mason, a recent graduate at North Dallas High School, into the accomplished musician he is today. “The variance in beats and soundscape of live instruments (on WRR-FM) is what intrigued me the most from the other stations, ” he said. For Mason, the realization to compose great arrangements came at age 9. This year, he was one of six students nationwide to win the American Composers Forum (ACF) NextNotes High School Composition Award. His piece is entitled Masonian Rondo for brass quartet. Recipients of the award…

Dallas ISD is holding a job fair this Saturday, June 20, for custodial and cafeteria positions. The job fair is scheduled for 8 a.m.–1 p.m. at Emmett J. Conrad High School, 7502 Fair Oaks Ave. The district will offer some candidates on the spot job offers at the event. See the below poster for more information.

Summer winds are blowing again for students across the district. The Dallas Winds Symphony conducted a weeklong band camp for Dallas ISD students. Nearly 600 middle and high school band systems filled Booker T Washington High School to improve their musical skills and learn from Dallas’ finest. With live performances by district band directors and workshops led by top area conductors, Dallas Winds Band Camp was an upbeat for teachers and students alike.

Elementary students across 10 campuses used science, technology, engineering and math to create, explore and invent during the weeklong summer enrichment program Camp Invention. Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary, featured in the photo gallery above, participated in the camp for the third year. Cesar Reyes, Zaragoza Elementary instructional coach, said students ages 7 to 12 are learned to collaborate with one another and welcomed peer imagination. Other schools that participated in Camp Invention were John Quincy Adams Elementary, Felix Botello Elementary, Federick Douglass Elementary, H.I. Holland Elementary at Lisbon, Clara Oliver Elementary, Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary, Oran M. Roberts Elementary, Clinton P. Russell…