Inside Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD students from across the district will convene at Skyline High School to learn more about the Texas Governor’s Race on Tuesday, May 17th! The purpose of this event is to give young voters an opportunity to hear candidates at the top of the ballot discuss topics and issues that are important to high schoolers in Texas. This event will be moderated by the Student Voter Empowerment Coalition (SVEC), a nonpartisan student-led extracurricular club aimed at increasing voter awareness and participation among students and their families through voter education, motivation, empowerment, and civic engagement. Virtual Livestream: https://bit.ly/3PbPVO8.

On Tuesday, May 3, Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center welcomed its newest “dream court,” thanks to Nancy Lieberman Charities, which partnered with Dallas ISD, Tiger 21 and the Dallas Police Department. This effort was made possible by a $160,000 donation to cover the state-of-the-art outdoor basketball court, a supply of brand new basketballs and hand-painted floor murals with games like leapfrog and hopscotch. More than 15 district campuses have been chosen as recipients of the foundation’s Dream Court™ program, including Stevens Park Elementary School and Jesús Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard in 2021. Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center Principal Alpher Garrett-Jones…

Robert Matthew Bell III is the senior Teen School Board representative for Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) at James W. Fannin. Now in his second year on the board, he was recently inducted into the National Honor Society, is also on the school’s National Academy Foundation advisory board and has been on the student council since his freshman year, when he served as president. A former charter school student, Robert chose to attend Dallas ISD’s IDEA for high school and says, “It was one of the better decisions I’ve made. I’ve been able to meet people in the fields I’m…

For over a decade, every student who is part of the distinguished dance programs at W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy and Sunset High School has learned the traditional dances of Mexico, among other cultural dance styles. And earlier this year, after a first-of-its-kind regional dance tournament, both of these neighborhood schools in the heart of North Oak Cliff were deemed to have top-tier Ballet Folklórico programs. The first North Texas Ballet Folklórico Competition (NTBFC) took place in December and January. Middle school and high school teams from several public schools in Carrollton, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Grand Prairie and Richardson entered…