Inside Dallas ISD

Last month, over 160 Dallas ISD middle school choir students competed at the Region 20 UIL Middle School All Region Choir contest with 70 students earning a spot in one of the choirs! This honor reflects the high-quality educational experiences taking place daily in the middle school visual and performing arts classrooms in Dallas ISD. The district’s Visual & Performing Arts Department offers a set of courses at the middle school level which delivers dynamic experiences for students interested in the visual and performing arts. These offerings include visual art, choir, modern band, traditional band, orchestra, mariachi, dance, and theater.…

During Black History Month, The Hub is spotlighting former students of Dallas ISD in our Legacy of Learning series. How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because, someday in your life, you will have been all of these. ~ George Washington Carver Tell us about your journey as a Dallas ISD student.  My journey in DISD began at W.A. Blair Elementary School. From there I attended Maynard Holbrook Jackson Vanguard School, Oliver Wendell Holmes Honor Academy, and I…

During Black History Month, The Hub is spotlighting former students of Dallas ISD in our Legacy of Learning series. “Attack your academics the same way you attack your sport.” ~Ryan Hopkins Tell us about your journey as a Dallas ISD student. I attended Dallas ISD schools my entire childhood. I began at Joseph J. Rhoads at age four and graduated from Lincoln High School at 18. Who was one of your most influential teachers in Dallas ISD, and why? Mr. Jerry Perry, my fifth grade math teacher at J.J. Rhoads, was most influential for me because he saw the academic potential…

During Black History Month, The Hub is spotlighting former students of Dallas ISD in our Legacy of Learning series. The memories you make and some of the friends you make will stay with you for a long time, so make some good ones! ~Nicholas Rivers Tell us about your journey as a Dallas ISD student. My journey with Dallas ISD was sort of complicated. My family moved around a lot within the DFW metroplex, so I attended multiple Dallas ISD campuses. However, my journey began at a small elementary school in Oak Cliff named T. D. Marshall. Later, I attended…