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The Dallas Symphony Orchestra named Alfonso Manzanera of Stevens Park Elementary School as the winner of its Music Teacher of the Year Award. “Music teachers make an important and positive difference in young people’s lives, yet they rarely get the recognition they deserve,” DSO Director of Education Jamie Allen said. “Everyone at the Dallas Symphony – on stage, behind the scenes and in the audience – was likely inspired by a music teacher at some point in their lives.” Nominations were submitted to the DSO with an application and two letters of recommendation. Alfonso Manzanera was selected from a group of four…

It was another great week in Dallas ISD! Watch the above video, or read below, to catch up on the latest news. Pre-K pounds the pavement Dallas ISD Early Learning teams spread across the city to knock on doors to let families know that pre-K registration starts Monday, April 2 (watch this). ACE teachers honored A special reception at City Hall honored the teachers and leaders at Dallas ISD ACE campuses who have dramatically improved student learning over the past three years (watch this). Aspen Challenge High school teams presented their amazing projects from the Aspen Challenge, where they developed solutions for issues facing their community (read…

Shelly Goel, a student at Dallas ISD’s School of Science and Engineering, took top honors earlier this month at the Texas State Science and Engineering Fair. Her project, in the Biomedical Engineering category, created a smartphone application to facilitate early detection of cardiovascular diseases. Her work earned the Best of Show Award: Top Project in Senior Division; first place, Grand Physical Sciences Award; first place, Biomedical Engineering, Senior Division; and the Texas Board of Professional Future Engineer Award.

A new editorial from the Dallas Morning News details the positive ways Dallas ISD is emphasizing social and emotional learning with younger students to help address any underlying mental-health issues that could lead them to act out in class. The editorial details how Dallas ISD and Big Thought, with a grant from the Wallace Foundation, are “training elementary school teachers to help students understand what’s happening in their brains and how to better handle their emotions.” https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2017/07/25/dallas-isd-and-big-thought-to-receive-wallace-foundation-grant-to-foster-childrens-social-and-emotional-learning/ Go here to read the full Dallas Morning News editorial and see other ways Dallas ISD is addressing behavioral issues through social and…