Inside Dallas ISD

At the end of January, 20 schools competed in the Region XII Academic Decathlon. Of those participating campuses, School of Science and Engineering and School for the Talented & Gifted received the highest team points in their respective divisions: medium and small. Four teams advanced to the Academic Decathlon State Meet in their respective conferences. Advancing schools are the School of Science & Engineering, School for the Talented & Gifted, Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School, and The School of Business Management. The decathletes will compete in the 2022 Academic Decathlon State Meet February 24-27 in Frisco and San…

February is Career and Technical Education Month, or CTE Month, celebrating the importance of career and technical programs across the country. Dallas ISD Career and Technical Education (CTE) students have opportunities to acquire skills and knowledge in 14 career clusters including Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction; Arts, Audio-Visual Technology, and Communications; Business, Marketing, and Finance; Education and Training; Energy; Health Science; Hospitality and Tourism; Human Services; Information Technology; Law and Public Service; Manufacturing; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM); and Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics.   Join Dallas ISD CTE as we celebrate this month by showcasing the…

Starting in the 2022-2023 school year, students from campuses that feed into the Career Institute South can enroll in four new virtual courses–AP Statistics, AP World History, German, and Italian.  Students who take these classes will stay on their own campus but work virtually with students from campuses throughout the district.  These new virtual classes will be available to high school students attending Adamson, Carter, Kimball, Molina, Pinkston, Roosevelt, South Oak Cliff, Sunset, and Wilmer-Hutchins.  For more information about these virtual courses, watch this video. These classes are open enrollment. Interested students should list the class on their 2022-2023 choice…

What job candidate wouldn’t want the chance to work alongside a mentor, getting hands-on practice while observing an experienced person in the role? That is the opportunity given Sunset High School Principal Resident Jacob Nunez and six of his colleagues, who are the first to participate in Dallas ISD’s one-year principal residency program. “The residency is an opportunity for in-the-moment professional development, to grow and learn,” says Nunez. He joined Dallas ISD as a world history teacher in 2005 and has been an assistant principal at Greiner Middle School, where he helped in achieving an Exemplary rating; Lassiter Early College,…