News Briefs

Two chess clubs at Dallas ISD elementary schools are having winning ways under the direction of coach Yolanda Peña at Louise Wolff Kahn and Arcadia Park. In April, both clubs competed in the UIL chess puzzle competition. The Kahn fifth-graders took first and second place, and fourth-graders placed third and fourth. Third-graders, who were new to chess club last year, placed first, second and third. Arcadia Park’s fifth-graders placed fourth and second. A chess puzzle requires players to know the chess pieces and rules to solve chess-related problems, often finding the very best move or series of moves as a…

The STEM Department partnered with Ten80 Education to provide an opportunity for eight schools to participate in the STEM Innovators-in-Training Experience. Hands-on workshops included work with model race cars, coding, gaming and flying/powering paper airplanes, among other experiences. After the event, participants can submit entries into challenges ranging rom game concepts to an innovative business pitch to earn cash prizes to further project development. District schools participating included David W. Carter High School, Hillcrest High School, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, James Madison High School, Justin F. Kimball High School, Lincoln High School Collegiate Academy, Skyline High School and…

Spend the next 78 seconds catching up on many of the great things that happened across the district this week! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. First of its kind Arthur Kramer Elementary School is the first Dallas ISD school to receive this distinction (learn more)! Future careers As part of Education: Go Get It Week, students at Leila P. Cowart Elementary School dressed for the job they want to have when they grow up (see photos). Enhancing STEM  Students, staff and project partners celebrated three new mobile carts that will enhance STEM education at Ann Richards Middle School (read this). Computer Lab NEC…

Luis Díaz, a third-grade teacher at L. P. Cowart Elementary School, wants to give Dallas ISD students what his teachers in Puerto Rico gave him … an opportunity to get to know the world through education. “My teachers helped me travel, imaginarily through their lessons, so I grew up with a passion to discover the world,” he said. Díaz has traveled to 20 countries, and that experience has allowed him to appreciate people’s culture and heritage. The nine-year teacher also motivates his students to aim high. “I come from a public school system and I tell my students that if…