Inside Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD held a summer commencement ceremony – the last graduation for the class of 2022 – at Ellis Davis Field House on Aug. 9th. Approximately 170 students who graduated from 25 Dallas ISD high schools walked the stage. Dallas ISD Chief of School Leadership Tiffany Huitt opened the ceremony with a welcome speech. She thanked the school counselors and administrators for working alongside the educational team to ensure students were attending regularly and providing social and emotional support. “Graduates, I want to congratulate you for reaching this important milestone in your lives and I commend you because you have…

Representing the Texas delegation, the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Mock Trial team defeated Alabama and claimed the championship at the National Judicial Competition (NJC). The five-person team, who affectionately call themselves the “Five Guys,” are rising juniors Andrea Novoa, Ari Arceo, Lindsey Jenkins, and Mikayla Spivey, and rising sophomore Hannah Estrada. In addition, Law Magnet’s Naudia Terry won Best Plaintiff Attorney, and Titus Brown won Best Justice for the second year in a row. The Law Magnet mock trial team, coached by program director and alumnus Don Gonzalez, has finished in the top three in each of the last…

More than 1,500 new teachers, librarians, media specialists and other campus-based personnel got a Dallas ISD welcome as they get ready to start the 2022-23 school year. This year, the Dallas ISD – Human Capital Management Department hired approximately 1,600 new teachers and anticipates hiring 2,000 more throughout this year. Similar to past years the district will have approximately 10,000 teacher positions overall. The New Teacher Academy, which took place at the Winspear Opera House served as an all-day orientation and training for all the new educators who are starting this year with Dallas ISD. Dallas ISD teachers can earn…

Approximately 300 students and 18 staffers from W.W. Bushman Elementary will start the 2022-23 school year as new members of the Elisha M. Pease Elementary School family. Pease Elementary will serve as a temporary home for students from both campuses while Dallas ISD builds a new school that will host 1,000 students. “I am excited to see new faces because the students bring us joy,” said Pease Elementary Principal Sharri Zachary. “We have a phenomenal team of teachers who are committed, not only to the students but to our community. They’re looking forward to receiving all of their students in…