Inside Dallas ISD

“A jump-start to every child’s future” Pre-K enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year is underway. Dallas ISD is hosting Pre-K Pop Up Drive-thru events, every Saturday in the month of May, to support families with registration of new and returning Pre-K students in four different locations: May 7 – Francisco F. “Pancho” Medrano Junior High School | 9815 Brockbank Drive, Dallas, 75220 May 14 – Lincoln High School and Humanities/Communications Magnet | 2826 Elsie Faye Heggins St., Dallas, 75215 May 21 – South Oak Cliff High School | 3601 S. Marsalis Ave., Dallas, 75216 May 28 – H. Grady Spruce…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2021-2022 Principal of the Year finalist Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson has served as the founding principal of Sudie L. Williams Talented and Gifted Academy for the last four years. A native Dallasite and proud Dallas ISD graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, he is especially proud to serve as an educator in his home community. He is an honors graduate (summa cum laude) of Texas College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in history, a graduate of…

Dallas ISD celebrates teaching excellence by recognizing outstanding educators who are making a difference in the lives of students every day. Meet 2021-2022 Principal of the Year finalist Gabrelle Dickson. Gabrelle Dickson has served as principal of Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs for five years, leading the campus since its second year of existence. She began her career in 1999 as a seventh-grade English teacher in Austin ISD before joining San Antonio ISD as part of a turnaround team at Sam Houston High School.  Although being a principal is all she ever wanted to do, Dickson’s administrative journey…

Lily Lane is Dallas ISD’s Teen School Board president, something she counts as one of her biggest accomplishments. “I saw the real impact that Teen Board had on the district,” said Lily. “I knew that I wanted to lead my peers toward making lasting change for future students.” Being a voice for Dallas ISD’s student body isn’t the only change Lily was looking to make. Ever since she was a young girl, she always knew she wanted to be a surgeon to help people have a second chance at life, just like she was given. “Pediatric surgery came to mind…