News Briefs

Trustee Audrey Pinkerton represents District 7 which includes North Central Oak Cliff and parts of West Dallas. In this excerpt from her monthly column in The Advocate, she shares how innovation in the classroom helps students soar and how one partner supports that effort. Innovation drives excellence in classrooms When you look at some of the most successful classrooms today, you find many of them share commonalities, including opportunities for students to explore, problem solve, collaborate, create and innovate. Every year, Dallas ISD’s most innovative teachers determine ways to bring all of these components to their classrooms through hands-on activities…

Kimley-Horn, an engineering and planning firm, donated 74 boxes full of classroom supplies to teachers at Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs. More than 500 employees at the firm chipped in to stuff the supplies boxes that included calculators, notebooks, STEM-related projects, and more. The supplies will help the students become the next generation of engineers and scientists. “Kimley-Horn kicks off each new year with a gathering of our Texas staff. As we planned this year’s meeting, we sought ways to serve the engineering profession through community service. What better way than to support the education of future engineers…

Two students at Dan D. Rogers Elementary School are riding high after winning a special raffle for students with perfect attendance. Schumacher Clinical Group, which is a new community partner of Rogers Elementary, donated two bikes to raffle off to students who didn’t miss any class during the first semester. First-grader Aylin Gutierrez Vega and fourth-grader Brandon Ibarra were the raffle winners.

Trustee Bernadette Nutall represents District 9, and she shares how community support in her district is helping students soar. Below is an excerpt from her monthly column, which appears in the Dallas Weekly. Community generosity is fueling success at District 9 schools It’s shaping up to be another exciting year in District 9, with community organizations stepping up in an amazing way to support our students. To mention a few examples: o    A partnership between tech giant NEC and the Young Women’s Preparatory Network led to the donation of a second computer lab to Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School.…