Inside Dallas ISD

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…

During Black History Month, The Hub is spotlighting former students of Dallas ISD in our Legacy of Learning series. “When you open your heart and mind to differences, your worldview will expand and you’ll learn so much about how very similar we all truly are.”  ~Jennifer R. Hudson Tell us about your journey as a Dallas ISD student. I started school as a kindergartner at R.L. Thornton Elementary. I was there until second grade, when my family moved. Besides meeting my first best friend, Vivian Ivy, and cutting up school work my poor teacher had spent hours creating (I’m so…

You didn’t have to look hard to find inspiration in everything at the Regional Destination Imagination Competition. Dallas ISD students showed up to compete in a sea of vibrant homemade costumes and props. Colorful characters collided with colossal set pieces made of multi-colored boxes, duct tape, and flowy fabric. Everything from tin foil turtle shells and wacky hats to costumes that lit up like Christmas trees was on display at the competition. This was the scene at the regional competition Saturday, February 12, at Skyline High School as 96 Dallas ISD schools and 164 teams of students gathered to compete…