Inside Dallas ISD

The seven-person Destination Imagination team from Bryan Adams High School traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee with their creativity in tow and brought back a second-place win in the global competition that featured nearly 1,500 teams from around the world. The team’s service learning project that focused on literacy was inspired by each of the member’s love for reading. The team presented their project at the Destination Imagination Global competition in May. The students developed their project, Literacy Militia, in an effort to increase access to books in their area, which doesn’t have a free library nearby. The team’s first step was to create a…

A busy hallway of fourth- and fifth-graders carefully enter numbers into computers as their parents curiously watch. A few moments later, students beam as they see their robots come alive. On Friday, May 22, families were invited to Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary to interact with students who have completed engineering modules as part of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Nurturing Engineering with Robots, Discipline and Science after-school enrichment program. Students were challenged to program robots “on the fly,” said Alain Mota, math and science instructional coach. Mota is teaching students advanced skills in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. The students learn…

It was an impressive sight to see. Students and visitors walked quietly and spoke softly as they viewed more than 80 exhibits commemorating Yom Hashoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day. For 18 years, students in the Holocaust Studies class at Thomas Jefferson High School have created an annual museum that provides a startling reminder of how far evil can go while, at the same time, honoring victims and celebrating stories of survival. Cathleen Cadigan, who teaches the Holocaust Studies class and AP U.S. History at TJ, first began the project in 1997. What began as a small display in her classroom grew enough to…

This week, The Hub is recognizing district staff who are instrumental in supporting the educational experiences of Dallas ISD students. Like their counterparts across the nation, Dallas ISD staff play an essential role in student success. During Staff Appreciation Week, we invite the community to join us in recognizing the dedicated employees who wholeheartedly commit themselves to providing an exceptional educational experience for all children. Each day this week, we recognize three of the hundreds of exemplary Dallas ISD staff across the district. As we highlight their experiences, we salute the role every staff member plays in making our schools, communities and…